The FTX Future Fund was a philanthropic fund created by the FTX Foundation.^[1] Its scope was to fund projects that aimed to improve humanity’s long-term prospects. The fund was launched in February 2022 and shut down in November 2022 when FTX collapsed.^[2]

The Future Fund was run by Nick Beckstead, Leopold Aschenbrenner, Avital Balwit, William MacAskill and Ketan Ramakrishnan. During its existence, the Future Fund made grants worth around $100 million.^[3]

Further reading

Beckstead, Nick et al. (2022) Announcing the Future Fund, Future Fund.

Beckstead, Nick et al. (2022): Future Fund June 2022 update, Future Fund.

Beckstead, Nick et al. (2022): The FTX Future Fund team has resigned, Future Fund.

External links

Grants and regrants made by the Future Fund.

Related entries

FTX Foundation | FTX collapse | Effective altruism funding| FTX-collapse-related resources

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Beckstead, Nick et al. (2022) Announcing the Future Fund, Future Fund.
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Beckstead, Nick et al. (2022) The FTX Future Fund team has resigned
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Future Fund website (2022) Our grants and regrants (Web archive)