Open Philanthropy’s New Co-CEO
We’re excited to announce that Open Philanthropy co-founder Alexander Berger has been promoted to co-CEO!
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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, the Open Philanthropy Project, to give readers a fuller picture of the reasoning behind our work.
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06/30/2021 Blog: Give & Learn -
06/03/2021 Blog: Give & Learn New Staff in Operations, Programs, and Research (2021)
We're excited to introduce the new members of the Open Philanthropy team.
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04/29/2021 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2020 and Plans for 2021
Holden Karnofsky compares Open Philanthropy's progress with the goals it set forth a year ago, and lays out plans for the coming year.
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12/17/2020 Blog: Give & Learn 2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
GiveWell recommended $100 million in grants to its top and standout charities this year.
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05/08/2020 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2019 and Plans for 2020
Holden Karnofsky compares Open Philanthropy's progress with the goals it set forth a year ago, and lays out plans for the coming year.
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05/08/2020 Blog: Give & Learn New Staff in Communications, Grants, Operations, Programs, and Research (2020)
We're excited to introduce the new members of the Open Philanthropy team.
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12/10/2019 Blog: Give & Learn 2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
GiveWell recommended $54.6 million in grants to its top and standout charities this year.
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08/20/2019 Blog: Give & Learn Will Companies Make Good on Cage-Free Pledges?
Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer Lewis Bollard discusses whether companies will follow through on their cage-free pledges.
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08/06/2019 Blog: Give & Learn Questions We Ask Ourselves Before Making a Grant
Open Philanthropy Communications Director Michael Levine discusses the questions our program officers ask themselves before making our grant.
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07/09/2019 Blog: Give & Learn GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat
Open Philanthropy Managing Director Alexander Berger discusses how the organization is thinking about near-term, human-centered giving opportunities now.
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06/10/2019 Blog: Give & Learn Explaining Our Bet on Sherlock Biosciences’ Innovations in Viral Diagnostics
Open Philanthropy Science Program Officers Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs discuss Sherlock Biosciences in the context of preventing pandemics.
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04/15/2019 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2018 and Plans for 2019
Holden Karnofsky compares Open Philanthropy's progress with the goals it set forth a year ago, and lays out plans for the coming year.
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04/10/2019 Blog: Give & Learn New Staff in Operations, Programs, and Research
We're excited to introduce the new members of the Open Philanthropy team.
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04/08/2019 Blog: Give & Learn History of Philanthropy Literature Review: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Holden Karnofsky reflects on how the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs may have played a role in reducing the risk of nuclear war.
Topics: History of Philanthropy, Global Catastrophic Risks, Open Philanthropy Project -
12/20/2018 Blog: Give & Learn Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 2018
Open Philanthropy Project staff give personal recommendations for individual donations.
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12/12/2018 Blog: Give & Learn 2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
GiveWell recommended $64 million in grants to its top and standout charities this year.
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09/20/2018 Blog: Give & Learn History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Campaign for Marriage Equality
This new case study from our History of Philanthropy project focuses on the role of philanthropy in the campaign to secure marriage equality in the U.S.
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03/30/2018 Blog: Give & Learn Managing Funder-Grantee Dynamics Responsibly
Michael Levine discusses some challenges surrounding the funder-grantee relationship.
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03/20/2018 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2017 and Plans for 2018
A review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2017 and its plans for 2018.
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03/09/2018 Blog: Give & Learn An Update to How the Open Philanthropy Project is Thinking About Grant Check-Ins
Morgan Davis gives an update on the Open Philanthropy Project's thinking behind its grant evaluations.
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02/02/2018 Blog: Give & Learn History of Philanthropy Case Study: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and State EITC Programs
This new case study from our History of Philanthropy project focuses on the role of CBPP in state-level Earned Income Tax Credit programs.
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01/18/2018 Blog: Give & Learn Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal
Lewis Bollard discusses fish welfare as a branch of farm animal welfare.
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12/31/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 2017
Open Philanthropy Project staff give personal recommendations for individual donations.
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12/21/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Our ‘Second Chance’ Program for NIH Transformative Research Applicants
Heather Youngs discusses our search for projects within scientific research through a request for proposals to NIH transformative research applicants.
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12/05/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Update on Investigating Neglected Goals in Biological Research
Nick Beckstead gives an update on Open Philanthropy's work investigating biological research, an area it believes is underfunded.
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10/02/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Reasonable Doubt? A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
Part one of David Roodman's summary of his review of the evidence on the impacts of incarceration on crime for the Open Philanthropy Project.
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09/21/2017 Blog: Give & Learn New Report on the Welfare Differences Between Cage and Cage-Free Housing
Ajeya Cotra re-examines the evidence on hen welfare in different housing systems.
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09/13/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Worldview Diversification
The Open Philanthropy Project and Good Ventures support the most promising work according to different perspectives.
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08/01/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Swinging for the Fences
The Open Philanthropy Project and Good Ventures try to maximize our impact by taking risks and learning from failure.
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07/03/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Projects, People and Processes
Holden Karnofsky discusses project-based, people-based, and process-based approaches to delegating the task of finding giving opportunities.
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04/12/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Why are US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding?
Lewis Bollard reflects on the success of US corporate cage-free campaigns.
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03/15/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2016 and Plans for 2017
A review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2016 and its plans for 2017.
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02/17/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Radical Empathy
Holden Karnofsky discusses the Open Philanthropy Project's views on empathy and moral concern.
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02/09/2017 Blog: Give & Learn Giving Suggestions Pertaining to Recent Executive Actions
The Open Philanthropy Project responds to requests for giving recommendations in the wake of recent executive orders.
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06/27/2016 Blog: Give & Learn History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
This new case study from our History of Philanthropy project focuses on the founding and growth of the Center for Global Development.
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05/05/2016 Blog: Give & Learn Our Progress in 2015 and Plans for 2016
A review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2015 and its plans for 2016.
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04/07/2016 Blog: Give & Learn Hits-based Giving
Holden Karnofsky outlines the Open Philanthropy Project's giving strategy: hits-based giving.
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04/07/2016 Blog: Give & Learn Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms
Lewis Bollard discusses the reasoning behind the Open Philanthropy Project's recent support of corporate cage-free campaigns.
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02/10/2016 Blog: Give & Learn Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
The Open Philanthropy Project has recommended a grant of $1.75 million to launch the Alliance for Safety and Justice.
Topics: Criminal Justice Reform, Policy, Open Philanthropy Project -
12/29/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
Open Philanthropy Project staff recommendations for individual donors interested in giving to organizations in Open Philanthropy focus areas.
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12/01/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Our Grants to GiveWell’s 2015 Recommended Charities
We are excited to announce our grants to GiveWell’s “top charities” for the 2015 giving season.
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11/30/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Giving Now vs. Later
Holden Karnofsky lays out our working framework for deciding how much Good Ventures should give to GiveWell top charities this year.
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11/20/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be recommending more/larger grants at this stage? Holden Karnofsky lays out the case for and against.
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10/27/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Why a New Study of the Mariel Boatlift Has Not Changed Our Views on the Benefits of Immigration
David Roodman examines a new study on the Mariel boatlift and concludes that it doesn't give cause to change our view of the benefits of immigration.
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10/01/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
Some thinking on the question of "differential technological development": is it desirable to accelerate progress on certain technologies over others?
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09/17/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Open Philanthropy Project Update
An update on the progress we've made over the last six months at the Open Philanthropy Project.
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09/16/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard
We're excited to announce that Lewis Bollard plans to join us as a Program Officer, working on the treatment of animals in industrial agriculture.
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09/07/2015 Blog: Give & Learn The Process of Hiring Our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
On the process of and reasoning behind hiring our Program Officer for criminal justice reform, Chloe Cockburn.
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09/03/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
We recently published a case study on the impact of philanthropy on the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
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08/25/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?
What if a big geomagnetic storm does hit? Part 4 in David Roodman's series.
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08/17/2015 Blog: Give & Learn The Long-term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Nick Beckstead discusses our work on global catastrophic risks, & how we think about what size of risks are most worth worrying about.
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08/04/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Could Raising Alcohol Taxes Save Lives?
David Roodman investigates whether increasing alcohol tax rates would save lives.
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08/03/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Announcing a $25 Million Grant to GiveDirectly
Our investment is meant to accelerate GiveDirectly’s growth and build its capacity to partner with major international aid agencies.
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07/24/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Key Questions About Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
Part 3 in our series on fundamental questions for philanthropists: things to keep in mind when making and evaluating grants.
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07/14/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Geomagnetic Storms: Using Extreme Value Theory to Gauge the Risk
David Roodman uses extreme value theory to estimate the risk of an outsized geomagnetic storm: part 3 of a series.
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07/10/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Key Questions About Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
How to hire program staff and choose focus areas? Part 2 in our series on fundamental questions for philanthropists.
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07/08/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Geomagnetic Storms: History’s Surprising, If Tentative, Reassurance
What does the history of geomagnetic storms tell us about the risk? Part 2 of David Roodman's series.
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07/08/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Key Questions About Philanthropy, Part 1: What Is the Role of a Funder?
What's the right role for a grantmaker, beyond providing funding? The first post in a series on fundamental, under-discussed questions about philanthropy.
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06/30/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Geomagnetic Storms: An Introduction to the Risk
Are geomagnetic storms a global catastrophic risk? Part 1 of David Roodman's investigation.
Topics: Geomagnetic Storms, Global Catastrophic Risks, Open Philanthropy Project -
06/16/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform
Chloe Cockburn is joining the Open Philanthropy Project as a Program Officer, leading our work on criminal justice reform.
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05/22/2015 Blog: Give & Learn History of Philanthropy Case Study: Pew and Drug Safety Legislation
The second case study from our history of philanthropy project focuses on the Pew Charitable Trusts' drug safety legislation program.
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05/21/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Funder-Initiated Startups
Unlike for-profit companies, it seems that many major nonprofits are initiated by funders. We give some examples and possible explanations.
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05/11/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy
Holden Karnofsky outlines the steps we're taking to determine our priorities in science philanthropy.
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04/28/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Science Policy and Infrastructure
We outline a vision for a think tank devoted to addressing systemic issues in the world of biomedical sciences.
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04/24/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger
Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger discuss why they're partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project.
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04/24/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger
Kaitlyn and Mike will be learning with us and supporting the work of the Open Philanthropy Project over the next two years.
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04/23/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Notable Lessons from the Open Philanthropy Project
A compilation of our biggest lessons to date, for people who want to quickly absorb what we've learned.
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04/21/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Breakthrough Fundamental Science
Holden Karnofsky discusses the difficulty of securing support for "breakthrough fundamental science" in the current life sciences ecosystem.
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04/17/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
Is there a "valley of death" between academic biomedical research and clinical application? Holden Karnofsky discusses what we've learned about this topic.
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04/01/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Investigating Neglected Goals in Scientific Research
Holden Karnofsky discusses the process and challenges of investigating neglected goals in scientific research.
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03/16/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and Plans for 2015
Holden Karnofsky provides an update on Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2014 and plans for 2015.
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03/13/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Open Philanthropy Project Update: Global Catastrophic Risks
Holden Karnofsky provides an update on Open Philanthropy Project's progress and plans for work on global catastrophic risks.
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03/12/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy
Holden Karnofsky provides an update on Open Philanthropy Project's progress and plans for work on U.S. policy causes.
Topics: Policy, Open Philanthropy Project -
03/10/2015 Blog: Give & Learn The Path to Biomedical Progress
Holden Karnofsky provides a basic guide to understanding biomedical research and examines common misperceptions regarding scientific research.
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03/02/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
Holden Karnofsky examines the track record of the Sandler Foundation and whether or not its success is a product of an atypical approach to philanthropy.
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02/19/2015 Blog: Give & Learn Notes from November convening on our policy priorities
Holden Karnofsky writes about the November convening on possible Open Philanthropy Project U.S. policy priorities.
Topics: Policy, Criminal Justice Reform, Immigration Policy, Macroeconomic Policy, Open Philanthropy Project -
12/01/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Our Grants to GiveWell’s 2014 Recommended Charities
Cari Tuna explains the reasoning behind our grants to GiveWell's recommended charities for the 2014 giving season.
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10/31/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Update on Open Philanthropy Project
Holden Karnofsky gives an update on our work to choose focus areas for the Open Philanthropy Project.
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10/16/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Expert Philanthropy vs. Broad Philanthropy
Holden Karnofsky considers the benefits of developing deep expertise in a few causes compared with getting involved in many causes.
Topics: Policy, Open Philanthropy Project -
09/11/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Challenges of Transparency
Holden Karnofsky reflects on the biggest challenges of being public and open about giving decisions.
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09/03/2014 Blog: Give & Learn David Roodman on Immigration and Current Residents’ Wages
We commissioned David Roodman to examine how increasing immigration to the U.S. would impact wages for current U.S. residents.
Topics: Immigration Policy, Policy, Open Philanthropy Project -
08/20/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Introducing the Open Philanthropy Project
Cari Tuna writes about the Open Philanthropy Project, a new name to describe the collaboration between Good Ventures and GiveWell.
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07/24/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts
Good Ventures has awarded $3 million to The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of our work on criminal justice reform.
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07/04/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Potential Global Catastrophic Risk Focus Areas
Alexander Berger writes about the areas we currently see as most promising with the goal of reducing global catastrophic risks.
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06/06/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Potential U.S. Policy Focus Areas
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about the specific causes we're considering as possible focus areas in U.S. policy advocacy.
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06/05/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Narrowing Down U.S. Policy Areas
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about how we've investigated the space of policy-oriented philanthropy.
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05/29/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Reflections on a Site Visit in Myanmar (Burma)
A blog post by Cari Tuna and Natalie Crispin about their recent trip to Myanmar and thoughts on the value of site visits.
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05/21/2014 Blog: Give & Learn The Importance of Committing to Causes
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about how committing to causes will help us learn.
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05/21/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control and Elimination
A blog post by Elie Hassenfeld about our research into opportunities to support malaria control and elimination.
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05/12/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Our Writeup of Criminal Justice Reform
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about our research into the cause of criminal justice reform.
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04/03/2014 Blog: Give & Learn The First Case Study from our History of Philanthropy Project
The first case study from our history of philanthropy project focuses on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Care for the Homeless program.
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03/06/2014 Blog: Give & Learn Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014
Read about the progress we've made toward identifying focus areas and our plans for 2014.
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12/03/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Our Giving Season Plans
Good Ventures announces its plans for the 2013 giving season, including $5 million in matching funds for GiveDirectly.
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09/20/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Learning to be an Effective Altruist
Effective altruism isn't about having the "right" answers. It’s about continuous learning and being open to any cause or approach to doing good.
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07/03/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Observations on the War on Drugs
Good Ventures shares a report it commissioned on the drug policy reform landscape.
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06/04/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Supporting a Closer Look at Philanthropy’s Track Record
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures' grant to the Center for Global Development to learn about the history of philanthropy.
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04/19/2013 Blog: Give & Learn An Update on Our Grant to Population Services International Myanmar
An update on Good Ventures' grant to Population Services International Myanmar.
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04/01/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Searching for Funding Gaps in Immunization and Micronutrient Delivery
Cari Tuna writes about Good Ventures' search for opportunities to fund the delivery of immunizations and micronutrient supplements.
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03/11/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Key Questions for Every New Donor
A blog post by Cari Tuna about key questions that shape every donor's giving decisions.
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02/01/2013 Blog: Give & Learn Learning Grants in Policy Advocacy
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures' learning grants in policy advocacy in support of drug policy reform and marriage equality.
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12/28/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Year-End Grants to GiveWell’s Top Charities
A blog post by Cari Tuna announcing Good Ventures’ $2 million in year-end grants to GiveWell’s top charities, including the Against Malaria Foundation.
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09/27/2012 Blog: Give & Learn “Quick Grant” to the US Cochrane Center
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures’ grant to the US Cochrane Center, which publishes systematic reviews of medical research.
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09/11/2012 Blog: Give & Learn About the PSI Myanmar Project
A blog post by Cari Tuna about the project Good Ventures is co-funding with the Gates Foundation to slow the spread of drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar.
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08/23/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Co-Funding with the Gates Foundation
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures’ first co-funding effort, an anti-malaria initiative with the Gates Foundation.
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08/06/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Grants to “Standout” Charities
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures’ grants to “standout” charities identified by GiveWell in 2011.
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08/02/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Notes from Key Conversations
A blog post by Cari Tuna about increasing transparency in philanthropy by publishing notes from Good Ventures’ key conversations.
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06/28/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Teaming Up With GiveWell
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures’ decision to team up with GiveWell, a nonprofit researching philanthropic opportunities, on similar goals.
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06/25/2012 Blog: Give & Learn Our Vision, Mission & Initial Approach to Giving
A blog post by Cari Tuna about Good Ventures' vision, mission and initial approach to grantmaking.