Projects
The Sijbrandij Foundation funds both new initiatives and existing projects and companies. Below is a selected list of active projects and investments.
Incentives affect every aspect of human society—they determine how individuals are motivated and choose to approach shared goals. Improving their design can shape better outcomes in fields that are central to humanity’s flourishing. Led by Director Jana Gallus, the Center for Incentive Design is a research initiative that builds a community of interdisciplinary scholars, practitioners, and policy makers who are passionate about using incentives to better the world. It promotes and engages in audacious attempts to improve outcomes at scale. It spurs interdisciplinary research on incentive design to drive progress in three key areas: health, education, and housing.
The Charter Cities Institute (CCI) is a nonprofit dedicated to building the ecosystem for charter cities—new cities granted a special jurisdiction to create a new governance system and enact policy reforms. CCI is empowering new cities with better governance to lift tens of millions of people out of poverty.
With a mission to unlock new sources of funding for public goods and charity, Glo Dollar is a USDC-like stablecoin: 100% backed, always 1:1 redeemable, US regulated. On top of all of that, it enables people to fund their favorite public goods. Glo Dollar donates its profits to charities that its users choose. They vote on fighting extreme poverty, strengthening Web3 public goods, or combating climate change, among other causes.
Through interactive exhibits and thought-provoking art pieces, the Misalignment Museum helps people understand the opportunities and implications for how AI is shaping the world we live in. Its goal is to elevate awareness and discussion that lead to a hopeful and vibrant future. Located in the Chase Center in San Francisco, the museum also hosts private events, tours, team offsites, and school field trips.
OpenResearch is a nonprofit research organization with a startup mentality. Its focus is on pivotal, unanswered questions, drawing on the strengths of traditional academic research with the operational experiences of Silicon Valley’s startup community, to fill knowledge gaps. It is an independent research organization that provides scientific freedom for researchers and leads with questions, not conclusions. It partners with individuals, nonprofits, and academic institutions to achieve and communicate the most comprehensive and nuanced outcomes.
Third Sector is a national nonprofit helping to unlock possibility, confront inequity, and catalyze change to the benefit of the people and places our government, community-based, and philanthropic partners serve.