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+**FTX Foundation** was a private philanthropic collective associated with [[cryptocurrency]] giant [[FTX]] and its founder [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]. Working under the banner of [[effective altruism]], it issued grants and investments to "improve [[global health]], prevent [[pandemics]], reduce animal suffering, protect the climate and improve humanity's prospects of long-term survival and flourishing."((//About.// FTX Foundation. Retrieved November 17, 2022, from https://archive.ph/LQNUW))
+===== Activities =====
+==== Grants ====
+Grant recipients include:((Service, R. F. (2022, November 14). //Crypto company’s collapse strands scientists.// Science. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223104201/https://www.science.org/content/article/crypto-company-s-collapse-strands-scientists)) ((Hyatt, J. (2022, November 22). //This Climate Change Nonprofit Didn’t Ask For FTX’s Money–But Got $200,000 Anyway.// Forbes. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223200337/https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2022/11/22/this-climate-change-nonprofit-didnt-ask-for-ftxs-moneybut-got-200000-anyways/?sh=6e344a695e9c))
+  * [[1Day Sooner]]
+  * [[CarbonPlan]]
+  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:HelixNano]]
+  * [[SecureBio]]
+  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sherlock Biosciences]]
+===== Organization =====
+The foundation operated several subsidiary projects including the [[Future Fund]] and [[FTX Climate]].
+The foundation was associated with the [[Clean Air Task Force]], [[Effective Altruism Global]], [[GiveWell]] and the [[Humane League]].((//Home.//  FTX Foundation. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220625130718/https://www.ftxfoundation.org/))
+==== Funding ====
+The majority of the Foundation's funding is provided by [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] and other senior principals at [[FTX]]. FTX users and employees also support the Foundation's activities, through the FTX Giving program, by contributing to FTX Philanthropy Inc., a non-profit organization organized for tax-exempt purposes.
+==== Personnel ====
+^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Affiliation(s)  ^
+| [[Nick Beckstead]]  | CEO  | [[Open Philanthropy]], [[Future of Humanity Institute]], [[Centre for Effective Altruism]]  |
+| [[Ross Rheingans-Yoo]]  | Special Project Lead((//Ross Rheingans-Yoo.// CypherHunter. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230308005223/https://www.cypherhunter.com/en/p/ross-rheingans-yoo/))  | [[Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications]], [[Harvard University]], [[Jane Street Capital]], [[Systems Research at Harvard]] (SYRAH)  |