====== Global Challenges Foundation ======

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The **Global Challenges Foundation** is a Swedish philanthropic organization based in [[sweden:Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].

===== History =====

The Global Challenges Foundation was founded in 2012 by Swedish financial analyst and author [[Laszlo Szombatfalvy]], who donated SEK 500 million.((//About.// The Global Challenges Foundation. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230128033209/https://globalchallenges.org/about/the-global-challenges-foundation/))

In 2017, the foundation provided a two-year grant to fund the [[Overpopulation Project]].((//Project.// The Overpopulation Project. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230201161012/https://overpopulation-project.com/overpopulation-research-and-outreach-learn-about-this-neglected-global-issue/))

The foundation has also provided funding to the [[Council on Strategic Risks]],((//Support.// Council on Strategic Risks. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://archive.ph/Mw4uc)) and is partnered with the [[Centre for the Study of Existential Risk]].((//Home.// Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from https://archive.ph/5CNhY))

===== Organization =====

^  Personnel  ^^^
^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Laszlo Szombatfalvy]]  | Founder  | -  |
| [[Jens Orback]]  | Managing Director  | -  |

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-global-challenges-foundation/|LinkedIn]]