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.
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What's the right role for a grantmaker, beyond providing funding? The first post in a series on fundamental, under-discussed questions about philanthropy.
Topics: Open Philanthropy Project
Are geomagnetic storms a global catastrophic risk? Part 1 of David Roodman's investigation.
Topics: Geomagnetic Storms, Global Catastrophic Risks, Open Philanthropy ProjectChloe Cockburn is joining the Open Philanthropy Project as a Program Officer, leading our work on criminal justice reform.
Topics: Criminal Justice Reform, Policy, Open Philanthropy ProjectThe 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