“Historical EA funding data: 2025 update” by Jacco🔸

“Historical EA funding data: 2025 update” by Jacco🔸

NOTE: Original post updated with additional data, which impacts some conclusions / observations - see "Updated data" section for further details.

Check out this post for more up-to-date and interactive data.

I was searching for summary data of EA funding trends, but couldn't find anything more recent than Tyler's post from 2022. So I decided to update it. If this analysis is done properly anywhere, please let me know.

The spreadsheet is here (some things might look weird due to importing from Excel to sheets)

Observations

  • EA grantmaking appears on a steady downward trend since 2022 / FTX.
  • The squeeze on GH funding to support AI / other longtermist priorities appears to be really taking effect this year (though 2025 is a rough estimate and has significant uncertainty.)
  • I am really interested in particular about the apparent drop in GW grants this year. I suspect that it is wrong or at least misleading - the metrics report suggests they are raising ~300 million dollars p.a. from non OP donors. Not sure if I have made an error (missing direct to charity donations?) or if they are just sitting on funding with the ongoing USAID disruption.

(Edit note: I [...]

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Outline:

(00:48) Observations

(01:42) Methodology

(02:29) Notes

(02:35) Updated data, with additional sources

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First published:
November 14th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/NWHb4nsnXRxDDFGLy/historical-ea-funding-data-2025-update

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