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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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Open Philanthropy’s New Co-CEO

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Holden Karnofsky

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June 15, 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 Some content may be outdated.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. Holden Karnofsky is a co-founder and the former CEO of Open Philanthropy. He left Open Philanthropy in April 2024. We’re excited to announce that Open Philanthropy...
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Our Progress in 2020 and Plans for 2021

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Holden Karnofsky

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Annual Reviews

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April 23, 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. 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...
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Our Approach to Recruiting a Strong Team

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Anya Hunt

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Working at Coefficient

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January 5, 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. Open Philanthropy’s ability to give effectively to the world’s most important and neglected causes hinges on the collective strength and expertise of our team. As such,...
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities

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Holden Karnofsky

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December 11, 2020

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. We believe that every life has equal...
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New Report on How Much Computational Power It Takes to Match the Human Brain

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Joseph Carlsmith

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September 8, 2020

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 interested in when AI systems will be able to perform various tasks that humans can perform (“AI timelines”). To inform our thinking, I investigated what...
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Our Progress in 2019 and Plans for 2020

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Holden Karnofsky

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Annual Reviews

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May 1, 2020

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...
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