Note: this was a draft, half-written in Mar 2025; now very out of date

Summary

AISTOF is a “pooled multi-donor charitable fund”, organized & run by Jueyan Zhang.

Grants

Example of major, “best”, or archetypal grants?

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Focus area, views

What fields do they support? What are they excited by?

Funding source

Where does their money come from?

Medium-to-high net worth individuals (people donating $100k-$10m per year) work with AISTOF.

Decision process

How do they make grants? Who to contact, how to apply?

AISTOF stays on top of funding opportunities. No application, instead Jueyan might reach out to you (or vice versa) about funding.

Hot takes

Takes, criticisms, what they’re good at, what they’re bad at