Gilfoyle Foundation

Improving global living standards, one hard problem at a time.

Our mission is to improve global living standards by addressing critical challenges through direct capital investments and grants.

About the Foundation

About Us

Philanthropy has extraordinary potential to help solve some of our hardest problems. But expanding opportunity and accelerating equality also means preparing for the challenges that stall social progress. The Gilfoyle Foundation is built to address both.

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What We Do

Our work spans three focus areas.

01

AI Safety Research

Funding independent research that tests how AI systems actually behave, with every result published openly.

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02

Ocean Research & Exploration

Funding expeditions to places science hasn’t reached, and the monitoring that shows how marine life is holding up.

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03

Public Policy

Funding nonpartisan research and evaluation that people on either side of a debate can trust.

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People-First Impact Fund

Guided by data and our partners, we drive experimentation in promising, untested approaches and accelerate proven ideas for change. We believe that more power in the hands of more people drives social progress further and faster for everyone.