Our Progress in 2015 and Plans for 2016
A review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2015 and its plans for 2016. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentWe 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.
A review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2015 and its plans for 2016. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentHolden Karnofsky outlines the Open Philanthropy Project's giving strategy: hits-based giving. Read More
Topics:Lewis Bollard discusses the reasoning behind the Open Philanthropy Project's recent support of corporate cage-free campaigns. Read More
Topics: Farm Animal WelfareThe Open Philanthropy Project has recommended a grant of $1.75 million to launch the Alliance for Safety and Justice. Read More
Topics: Criminal Justice ReformOpen Philanthropy Project staff recommendations for individual donors interested in giving to organizations in Open Philanthropy focus areas. Read More
Topics:We are excited to announce our grants to GiveWell’s “top charities” for the 2015 giving season. Read More
Topics: Global Health & DevelopmentHolden Karnofsky lays out our working framework for deciding how much Good Ventures should give to GiveWell top charities this year. Read More
Topics: Global Health & DevelopmentShould the Open Philanthropy Project be recommending more/larger grants at this stage? Holden Karnofsky lays out the case for and against. Read More
Topics: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. Read More
Topics:Some thinking on the question of "differential technological development": is it desirable to accelerate progress on certain technologies over others? Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks