Skip to Content

We publish blog posts to explain our general philosophy on giving, reflect on our progress thus far, announce our plans for the future, and more.

Blogs

Projects, People and Processes

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Reflections

/

June 26, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. One of the challenges of large-scale philanthropy...
Continue Reading

The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Announcements

/

June 12, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. Over a year ago, we started exploring options...
Continue Reading

May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts

Announcements

/

May 1, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Pew Charitable Trusts staff reviewed this page prior to publication. In July 2014, we made a general support grant of $3 million over two years...
Continue Reading

Why Are US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding?

By

Lewis Bollard

/

Research Reports

/

April 11, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Campaigns since early 2015 have secured pledges from over 200 US companies to eliminate battery cages from their supply chains, including from all of...
Continue Reading

Our Progress in 2016 and Plans for 2017

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Annual Reviews

/

March 14, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. This post compares our progress...
Continue Reading

Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking

By

Luke Muehlhauser

/

Blog Posts

/

March 2, 2017

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Note: this post discusses a number of technical and philosophical questions that might influence our overall grantmaking strategy. It is primarily aimed at researchers,...
Continue Reading

Radical Empathy

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Reflections

/

February 16, 2017

This 2017 essay outlines our early approach to global humanitarianism — the view that people have intrinsic value regardless of the circumstances of their birth (and that animals’ lives have value, too).
Continue Reading

Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Reflections

/

December 28, 2016

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. Note: in this post, “we” refers to the Open...
Continue Reading

Worldview Diversification (2016)

By

Holden Karnofsky

/

Reflections

/

December 13, 2016

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, The Open Philanthropy Project. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. In principle, we try to find the best giving...
Continue Reading