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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The second case study from our history of philanthropy project focuses on the Pew Charitable Trusts' drug safety legislation program.
Topics: History of Philanthropy, Open Philanthropy Project, PolicyUnlike for-profit companies, it seems that many major nonprofits are initiated by funders. We give some examples and possible explanations.
Topics: Open Philanthropy ProjectHolden Karnofsky outlines the steps we're taking to determine our priorities in science philanthropy.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectWe outline a vision for a think tank devoted to addressing systemic issues in the world of biomedical sciences.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectKaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger discuss why they're partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project.
Topics: Open Philanthropy ProjectKaitlyn and Mike will be learning with us and supporting the work of the Open Philanthropy Project over the next two years.
Topics: Open Philanthropy Project
A compilation of our biggest lessons to date, for people who want to quickly absorb what we've learned.
Topics: Open Philanthropy Project
Holden Karnofsky discusses the difficulty of securing support for "breakthrough fundamental science" in the current life sciences ecosystem.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectIs there a "valley of death" between academic biomedical research and clinical application? Holden Karnofsky discusses what we've learned about this topic.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy ProjectHolden Karnofsky discusses the process and challenges of investigating neglected goals in scientific research.
Topics: Scientific Research, Open Philanthropy Project