The Pineapple Fund was a philanthropic project by an anonymous individual which gave away 5,057 bitcoins to 60 charities. The amount was valued at $86 million in December 2017.^[3][4][5][6] Some of the themes supported were medical research, environmental conservation, human rights and psychedelic therapy.

The Pineapple Fund was announced with a post on Reddit on December 14, 2017. The individual used the pseudonym “Pine”, and explained that “My aims, goals, and motivations in life have nothing to do with … being the mega rich. So I’m doing something else: donating the majority of my bitcoins to charitable causes”.^[7] The individual behind the fund has remained pseudonymous.^{[citation needed]}

An application form was made available on the website, open to all charities around the world. Speaking to the magazine Philanthropy, the founder said that more than 10,000 applications were received.^[8]

After five months, a total of 5,104 bitcoins had been donated and liquidated for a value of $55 million after exchange rate volatility.^[9]

• The fund’s first donation was $1 million to Watsi, a charity for crowdfunding healthcare.^[10]
• The fund donated a total of $3 million to SENS Research Foundation^[11][12][13] and Methuselah Foundation for development of rejuvenation therapies based on periodic repair of the cell and tissue damage that causes aging.^[14]
• The fund made its three largest donations of $5 million each to GiveDirectly,^[15] The Open Medicine Foundation,^[16] and to MAPS.^[17]
• The fund donated $2 million to the Organ Preservation Alliance.^[14]
• The fund has also donated $1 million or more to organizations such as BitGive Foundation,^[18] OpenStreetMap,^[19] Internet Archive,^[20] and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance.^[21]
• The fund donated 88.34 Bitcoin (BTC) to The Apache Software Foundation, valued at $1M at the time of the donation.^[22]

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