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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This new case study from our History of Philanthropy project focuses on the role of CBPP in state-level Earned Income Tax Credit programs.
Topics: History of Philanthropy, Open Philanthropy ProjectLewis Bollard discusses fish welfare as a branch of farm animal welfare.
Topics: Farm Animal Welfare, Policy, Open Philanthropy ProjectOpen Philanthropy Project staff give personal recommendations for individual donations.
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Heather Youngs discusses our search for projects within scientific research through a request for proposals to NIH transformative research applicants.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectNick Beckstead gives an update on Open Philanthropy's work investigating biological research, an area it believes is underfunded.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectPart one of David Roodman's summary of his review of the evidence on the impacts of incarceration on crime for the Open Philanthropy Project.
Topics: Criminal Justice Reform, Policy, Open Philanthropy ProjectAjeya Cotra re-examines the evidence on hen welfare in different housing systems.
Topics: Farm Animal Welfare, Policy, Open Philanthropy ProjectThe Open Philanthropy Project and Good Ventures support the most promising work according to different perspectives.
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The Open Philanthropy Project and Good Ventures try to maximize our impact by taking risks and learning from failure.
Topics: Open Philanthropy ProjectHolden Karnofsky discusses project-based, people-based, and process-based approaches to delegating the task of finding giving opportunities.
Topics: Open Philanthropy Project