We occasionally publish blog posts to explain our general philosophy on giving, reflect on our progress thus far, announce our plans for the future, and more.
Blog Posts
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July 27, 2023
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Alexander Berger is Now Sole CEO of Open Philanthropy
Date
July 2023
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 15, 2021
April 23, 2021
December 11, 2020
Title
2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 2020
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 23, 2020
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
Date
November 2020
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 01, 2020
December 18, 2019
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2019
Date
December 2019
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 06, 2019
Title
2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 07, 2019
April 08, 2019
Title
History of Philanthropy Literature Review: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Date
April 2019
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 08, 2019
December 20, 2018
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2018
Date
December 2018
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 12, 2018
Title
2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 20, 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Campaign for Marriage Equality
Date
September 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 17, 2018
March 20, 2018
February 14, 2018
January 26, 2018
Title
Update on Cause Prioritization at Open Philanthropy
Date
January 2018
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 10, 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Role in Global Price Drops for Antiretroviral Drugs
Date
January 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 22, 2017
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2017
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December 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 18, 2017
Title
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017
Date
December 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 26, 2017
June 12, 2017
Title
The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
Date
June 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 14, 2017
February 16, 2017
February 09, 2017
Title
Giving Suggestions Pertaining to Recent Executive Actions
Date
February 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 28, 2016
Title
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)
Date
December 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 14, 2016
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
Date
December 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 13, 2016
September 16, 2016
Title
Update on How We’re Thinking about Openness and Information Sharing
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 06, 2016
Title
Three Key Issues I’ve Changed My Mind About
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 15, 2016
June 22, 2016
Title
Concrete Problems in AI Safety
Date
June 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 15, 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
Date
June 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 20, 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2016
Title
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2016
Title
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 29, 2016
April 04, 2016
February 23, 2016
December 23, 2015
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
Date
December 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 17, 2015
Title
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Date
November 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 17, 2015
September 11, 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 03, 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 22, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 09, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 23, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 1: What is the Role of a Funder?
Date
June 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 16, 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn
Date
June 2015
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 14, 2015
Title
Funder-Initiated Startups
Date
May 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2015
Title
Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy
Date
May 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 23, 2015
Title
Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 21, 2015
Title
Science Policy and Infrastructure
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 14, 2015
Title
Breakthrough Fundamental Science
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 09, 2015
Title
Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 26, 2015
Title
Investigating Neglected Goals in Scientific Research
Date
March 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 12, 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and Plans for 2015
Date
March 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 11, 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project Update: Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
March 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 10, 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy
Date
March 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
February 27, 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
February 24, 2015
Title
Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
Date
February 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
February 19, 2015
Title
Notes from November Convening on Our Policy Priorities
Date
February 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 30, 2014
October 16, 2014
Title
Expert Philanthropy vs. Broad Philanthropy
Date
October 2014
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 11, 2014
September 03, 2014
Title
David Roodman’s Draft Writeup on Immigration and Current Residents’ Wages
Date
September 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
August 20, 2014
Title
Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)
Date
August 2014
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 24, 2014
Title
Partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
July 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 03, 2014
Title
The Moral Value of the Far Future
Date
July 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 29, 2014
Title
Potential U.S. Policy Focus Areas
Date
May 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 22, 2014
Title
Narrowing down U.S. Policy Areas
Date
May 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 14, 2014
May 06, 2014
Title
Our Writeup on Criminal Justice Reform
Date
May 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 23, 2014
Title
Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS)
Date
April 2014
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 05, 2014
Title
GiveWell Labs – Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014
Date
March 2014
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 15, 2014
Title
Returns to Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 07, 2014
Title
Exploring Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 26, 2013
Title
Scientific Research Funding
Date
December 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 21, 2013
Title
How to Approach Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 06, 2013
Title
The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 2013
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 30, 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 24, 2013
Title
Exploring Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
October 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 16, 2013
October 10, 2013
September 26, 2013
July 18, 2013
Title
Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk
Date
July 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 11, 2013
Title
Our Landscape of the Open Science Community
Date
July 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 03, 2013
Title
Grant to Center for Global Development (CGD)
Date
July 2013
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 20, 2013
June 06, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 23, 2013
Title
Possible Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
May 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 24, 2013
April 18, 2013
March 14, 2013
February 21, 2013
Title
GiveWell’s Plan for 2013: A Top-Level Decision
Date
February 2013
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 27, 2012
Title
US Cochrane Center (USCC) Gets Our First “Quick Grant” Recommendation
Date
September 2012
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 21, 2012
Title
Recent Board Meeting on GiveWell’s Evolution
Date
September 2012
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 20, 2012
Title
Some History Behind Our Shifting Approach to Research
Date
July 2012
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 28, 2012