After a competitive process, we have decided to promote Matt to the role of senior program officer to lead our work in the space. His innovation policy grantmaking played a major role in our decision to launch the fund in the first place, and he has shown exceptional judgment in considering new areas for expansion — a key skill needed for this early phase of the Fund.
In October 2024, we shared our plans to launch a new program in partnership with the Livelihood Impact Fund to help stimulate economic growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with at least $40 million in funding over the first three years. After an extremely competitive hiring round, we’re excited to announce that we’ve hired Justin Sandefur to lead the program.
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Abundance & Growth Fund, which will spend at least $120 million over the next three years to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific and technological progress while lowering the cost of living.
Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. In 2024, grantees in Open Philanthropy’s Global Health and Wellbeing (GHW) portfolio made progress toward developing a next-generation malaria vaccine, successfully advocated for U.K. retailers to adopt a new welfare standard that we expect to improve conditions...
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan, Rafael Latham-Proença and Oliver Kim
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October 16, 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 Some content may be outdated.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. This is a high-level summary of our approach to launching a program focused on economic growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and not a medium...
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.
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 Some content may be outdated.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. I have bittersweet news to announce: Holden Karnofsky, who cofounded Open Philanthropy and helped to run it through July 2023, is leaving to become a Visiting...
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 Some content may be outdated.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...
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...
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...
