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Open Philanthropy’s Cause Exploration Prizes

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Aaron Gertler and Chris Smith

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May 25, 2022

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 Some content may be outdated.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. Update: We’ve now announced the recipients of these prizes. At Open Philanthropy, we aim to give as effectively as we can. To find the best opportunities,...
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Our Progress in 2021 and Plans for 2022

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Holden Karnofsky and Alexander Berger

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May 12, 2022

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 Some content may be outdated.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. 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 with the goals...
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Request for Proposals: Help Open Philanthropy Quantify Biological Risk

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Damon Binder and Andrew Snyder-Beattie

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May 12, 2022

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 Some content may be outdated.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. Update: See here for a list of funded proposals Open Philanthropy is seeking proposals from those interested in contributing to a research project informing and estimating biosecurity-relevant...
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New Grantmaking Program: Supporting the Effective Altruism Community around Global Health and Wellbeing

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Zachary Robinson

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February 22, 2022

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 Some content may be outdated.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 searching for a program officer to help us launch a new grantmaking program. The program would support projects and organizations in the effective altruism community (EA)...
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Open Philanthropy’s Regranting Challenge

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Alexander Berger, Emily Oehlsen and Chris Smith

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February 1, 2022

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 is running a $150 million Regranting Challenge, aiming to add funding to the grantmaking budgets of one to five outstanding programs at other foundations....
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Incoming Program Officers for South Asian Air Quality and Global Aid Policy

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Otis Reid

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January 3, 2022

Last year, I wrote that Open Philanthropy was expanding and we were recruiting to help us direct philanthropic funding in new causes: We’re hiring two new Program Officers, in South Asian air quality and global aid advocacy. Each of these Program Officers will identify specific grants and grantees that we believe can beat our 1,000x…
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2021 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities: Why We’re Giving More Going Forward

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Alexander Berger

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November 19, 2021

As we wrote last week, we’re substantially growing our overall giving in Global Health and Wellbeing, with the bar in that broad portfolio continuing to be set by the cost-effective, evidence-backed charities recommended by GiveWell. (As most of our readers know, Open Philanthropy started off as a project of GiveWell.) Today we are excited to…
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Our Criminal Justice Reform Program Is Now an Independent Organization: Just Impact

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Zachary Robinson and Alexander Berger

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November 16, 2021

Today, we’re making three announcements: After hundreds of grants totaling more than $130 million over six years, one of our first programs -- criminal justice reform (CJR) -- is becoming an independent organization. The team that had been leading our CJR program, Chloe Cockburn and Jesse Rothman, is transitioning to Just Impact, which describes itself…
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Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth

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Tom Davidson

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June 17, 2021

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 1900, the global economy has grown by about 3% each year, meaning that it doubles in size every 20–30 years. I’ve written a report assessing...
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