Founders Pledge LTD is a UK-based intermediary funder that channels entrepreneurs’ philanthropy toward highly evidence-driven, high-leverage opportunities, especially in cause areas where relatively small grants can have outsized impact. Its giving is strongly shaped by effective altruism and longtermist thinking, with a heavy emphasis on global catastrophic risk reduction, AI safety, biosecurity, climate mitigation, and the most cost-effective global health and development interventions. It tends to fund sophisticated nonprofits and research/policy organizations rather than broad, general-interest charities, and often supports pooled or programmatic funds that target neglected gaps in the field.
Primarily pooled, strategic grants through themed funds; often invite-only or centrally reviewed rather than open application. Grants are typically directed toward high-impact, neglected opportunities and may range from catalytic project support to longer-horizon patient capital, with some time-sensitive rapid-response funding in emergencies.
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Use the central Requests for Funding pathway when it is open, but note that intake has been temporarily closed at times and some funds are explicitly no-unsolicited-proposals or invite-only. Applications are most compelling when they present a clear evidence base, strong cost-effectiveness, and a direct link to one of Founders Pledge’s priority areas such as AI safety, biosecurity, climate, or highly leveraged global health/development work.
Current and upcoming funding from Founders Pledge LTD that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: High-impact charities and projects; requests for funding are reviewed; funding decisions consider the broader climate landscape and ecosystem needs.
Who can apply: Catalytic opportunities in global health & development where small investments can generate extraordinary impact and lasting change; requests for funding are reviewed.
Who can apply: High-impact funding opportunities that are scale- and impact-focused; the program accepts and reviews requests for funding.
Who can apply: Exceptional opportunities aligned with safeguarding the long-term future; the fund is primarily an investment vehicle and makes small grants to the best available opportunities each year.
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