Some diseases that kill many people receive very few resources for the development of diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines. In relative terms, R&D funding varies by 10 times or more across diseases, often without good reason. This suggests that science funders could find high-impact opportunities by targeting the most neglected diseases.
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.
The Effective Giving & Careers Fund helps people use their donations and careers to improve human and animal lives. We’re sharing an update on our progress so far and our priorities for 2025.
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.
2024 marked 10 years since we launched Open Philanthropy. We spent our first decade learning (about grantmaking, cause selection, and the history of philanthropy), and growing our team and expertise to be able to effectively deploy billions of dollars from Good Ventures, our main funder. Our early grants — and some grantees we’ve helped get started — are now old enough that we can see material signs of our impact in the world.
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...
From driving pedicabs in Austin to conducting mathematics research in Sydney to practicing law at traditional firms, our team members have followed diverse paths to their current roles.
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 Some content may be outdated.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. At Open Philanthropy, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to do the most good through our grantmaking. Many of us are also passionate...
