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Survival and Flourishing Fund, 2025; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 3 self (sff)confirmed

SFF-2025 S-Process Recommendations Announcement

https://survivalandflourishing.fund/2025/recommendations

Funder Jaan Tallinn; $34.33M recommended; METR $548,000; Palisade $1,133,000; FAR AI $919,000; SaferAI $311,000; SecureBio $754,000; RAND TASP $1,022,000; CAIS $289,000.

Signals citing this source

  • Center for AI Safety, F (against): SFF recommended $289,000 to CAIS in 2025 (about $1.1M cumulative per 80,000 Hours); SFF's funder Jaan Tallinn led Anthropic's Series A.“Center for AI Safety (CAIS) Main: $210,000 Freedom: $78,000 Fairness: $0 Mean: $0 $289,000”
  • METR, F (for): Current page (re-fetched 14 Sep 2026) states METR cannot accept donations made by or at the direction of frontier AI company employees, tighter than the September 2025 footnote; the SFF 2025 recommendation of $548,000 is confirmed on the fund's page and FY2024 revenue of $13.6M on ProPublica.
  • Palisade Research, F (against): SFF recommended $1,133,000 to Palisade in 2025 (plus a $928,000 matching pledge); SFF's funder Jaan Tallinn led Anthropic's Series A.“Palisade Research Main: $477,000 Freedom: $441,000 Fairness: $0 Mean: $216,000 $1,133,000”
  • RAND, F (against): SFF recommended $1,022,000 to RAND's Technology and Security Policy Center in 2025; SFF's funder Jaan Tallinn led Anthropic's Series A.“RAND Corporation [Technology and Security Policy Center] Main: $274,000 Freedom: $749,000”
  • SaferAI, F (for): SFF recommendations of about $1.06M over 2022 to 2025; EU AI Office Lot 1 consortium member.“SaferAI Main: $0 Freedom: $307,000 Fairness: $4,000 Mean: $0 $311,000”
  • SaferAI, F (against): SFF recommended $311,000 to SaferAI in 2025 (with a $111,000 match) after earlier rounds; SFF's funder is Jaan Tallinn, the Anthropic Series A lead.“SaferAI Main: $0 Freedom: $307,000 Fairness: $4,000 Mean: $0 $311,000”

Ledger rows citing this URL

  • T66 SFF 2025: $1,133,000 incl. $205,000 speculation grant and $928,000 matching pledge confirmed
  • T67 SFF 2025: $919,000 incl. $200,000 speculation and $719,000 matching at 0.25x confirmed
  • T68 SFF 2025: $311,000 incl. $90,000 speculation and $111,000 matching confirmed
  • T69 SFF 2025: $754,000 general support; $1,500,000 for SecureDNA lists SecureBio as receiving charity (not added, different program) confirmed
  • T70 SFF 2025: $1,022,000 to the Technology and Security Policy Center confirmed
  • T71 SFF 2025: $289,000 to CAIS; the CAIS Action Fund is a separate entity ($772,000, not added) confirmed