We envision a world in which philanthropists increasingly document and share their research, reasoning, results, and mistakes to help each other learn more quickly and serve others more effectively.
In this space, we often cross-post items from the blog of our partner, Open Philanthropy, to give readers a fuller picture of the reasoning behind our work.
My colleague Emma Buckland contributed (excellent) research to this piece. All opinions and errors are mine alone. It’s deadline time. Over the last decade, many of the world’s largest food companies — from McDonald’s to Walmart — pledged to stop sourcing eggs from caged hens in at least their biggest… Read More
Topics: Farm Animal WelfareAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. “We” refers to Open Philanthropy throughout. Introduction At Open Philanthropy, we often use the Importance, Neglectedness, and Tractability framework when making decisions about how to prioritize spending across cause areas. In this post, we apply… Read More
Topics: Global Health R&DAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. “We” refers to Open Philanthropy throughout. Emma Buckland, Program Associate in Farm Animal Welfare, drafts a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation for her colleagues. At Open Philanthropy, our mission is to help others as much as we can… Read More
Topics: Global Health and WellbeingThe TuriTap, a new low-tech water chlorination device that operates without electricity, entered a crucial phase of testing in January: a randomized controlled trial across 40 health care facilities in western Kenya. For Open Philanthropy, this represents a milestone in a journey that began in 2020, when program officers Chris… Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. It’s a slightly unusual cross-post because we weren’t the sole funder for the initiative; many other funders also provided support. “We” refers to Open Philanthropy throughout. We are excited to announce the launch of our new… Read More
Topics: Abundance & GrowthAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. “We” refers to Open Philanthropy throughout. 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… Read More
Topics:This post originally appeared in the monthly farm animal welfare newsletter written by Lewis Bollard, program officer for farm animal welfare. Sign up here to receive an email each month with Lewis’ research and insights into farm animal advocacy. Note that the… Read More
Topics: Farm Animal WelfareAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. Since 2016, Open Philanthropy’s Scientific Research team has supported hundreds of projects aimed at improving human health globally. Our efforts span a broad spectrum, from advancing the fundamental understanding of high-burden diseases to backing the… Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. As we enter the holiday giving season, we’re continuing our tradition of sharing a list of giving opportunities suggested by Open Philanthropy program staff. Read More
Topics:In October, our longtime grantee David Baker won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for groundbreaking work in protein design. We wanted to take the opportunity to highlight his work and some of its practical applications, such as enabling better vaccines, that we have been supporting Baker and his colleague Neil King… Read More
Topics: Global Health R&D, Scientific Research