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Announcing the Lead Exposure Action Fund

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Alexander Berger, Emily Oehlsen, James Snowden, Chris Smith and Santosh Harish

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September 23, 2024

This post announced the launch of LEAF. It explains why lead exposure is such a devastating issue, what the fund aims to achieve, and where we committed our first $20+ million in grants.
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New Grantmaking Program: Forecasting

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Benjamin Tereick

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February 19, 2024

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. We are happy to announce that we have added forecasting as an official grantmaking focus area. As of January 2024, the forecasting team comprises two full-time...
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Introducing Open Philanthropy’s New Leadership Team

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Alexander Berger

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February 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Since Holden formally stepped down as co-CEO of Open Philanthropy last July, I’ve been working to build out our new leadership team. This post introduces the...
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New Grantmaking Program: Global Public Health Policy

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James Snowden

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November 22, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added a new cause area to our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio: Global Public Health Policy. The program will be overseen...
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Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest

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Jason Schukraft

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September 29, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. In March 2023, we launched the Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest. The goal of the contest was to surface novel considerations that could affect our views on...
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Alexander Berger is Now Sole CEO of Open Philanthropy

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Holden Karnofsky

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July 27, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here.   On behalf of Open Philanthropy’s board, I’m excited to announce that Alexander Berger is now sole CEO of Open Philanthropy!  Alexander has served as co-CEO...
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Announcing the Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest

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Jason Schukraft and Peter Favaloro

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March 10, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here.   We just launched the 2023 Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest. We’re looking for essays that influence our views on one of two questions: What is...
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