Sam Bankman-Fried’s Red Flags Seen in All Corners of Empire (1)

On paper, the nonprofit Our World in Data is neatly aligned with Sam Bankman-Fried’s worldview. It focuses on “terrifying problems,” including poverty, climate change and pandemics -- the very issue SBF called his next big risk in July.

So it’s little surprise that in that same month, the FTX Future Fund offered the group a $7.5 million grant to track changes in living standards, the global impact of Covid-19 and other “trends that are relevant to humanity’s long-term prospects.”

The nonprofit turned the money down.

“We were reviewing their offer, conducting due diligence checks,” an Our World in Data ...