Funding
RAND CAST is grateful for the generous philanthropic support that enables its important work. The center's efforts are supported through a combination of gifts for research at RAND's discretion and directed grants or contracts used for specific projects, as well as through income from operations.
Gifts for independently initiated research from RAND supporters that have been allocated by RAND leadership to the Center on AI, Security, and Technology, which was formed by a merger between the previous Technology and Security Policy Center and Meselson Center, include those given or recommended by:
- Coefficient Giving
- Ergo Impact
- Founders Pledge
- Charlottes och Fredriks Stiftelse
- Good Ventures
- Jaan Tallinn
- Longview
- Sentinel Bio
Gifts and grants from RAND supporters made specifically to support independently initiated research within RAND CAST have been given or recommended by:
- Effektiv Spenden
- Fidelity Charitable
- Tom Prickett
- Waking Up Foundation
Directed grants or contracts for specific research projects within RAND CAST are noted in the relevant research publications. These have been made or recommended by:
- The Audacious Project
- Chris Anderson and Jacqueline Novogratz
- Coefficient Giving
- DALHAP Investments Ltd.
- Ergo Impact
- Fathom
- Good Ventures
- High Tide Foundation
- The Li Lu Humanitarian Foundation
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Sea Grape Foundation
- Valhalla Foundation
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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