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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 Some content may be outdated.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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Social Science Research Topics for Global Health and Wellbeing

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February 2, 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 Some content may be outdated.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. Open Philanthropy strives to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. To find the best opportunities to help others, we...
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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 Some content may be outdated.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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Social Science Research Topics for Animal Welfare

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Martin Gould and Emma Buckland

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January 9, 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 Some content may be outdated.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 list of social science research topics related to animal welfare, developed by researchers on the Open Phil farm animal welfare (FAW) team. ...
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Suggestions for Individual Donors From Open Philanthropy Staff – 2023

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Alexander Berger

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Suggestions for Individual Donors

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December 19, 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 past years, we sometimes published suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations to support. This post shares new suggestions from Open Philanthropy program staff who...
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AI Governance Talent Profiles We’d Like to See

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Julian Hazell

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December 19, 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. Open Philanthropy runs a program called “Career Development and Transition Funding” (CDTF) — see this post for information on recent updates we made to it. This...
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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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