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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Date
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Focus Area
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Author(s)
February 16, 2017
September 24, 2017
Title
Reasonable Doubt: A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
Date
September 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
David Roodman
September 21, 2012
Title
Recent Board Meeting on GiveWell’s Evolution
Date
September 2012
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 30, 2013
March 07, 2019
Title
Reflections on Our 2018 Generalist Research Analyst Recruiting
Date
March 2019
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
March 25, 2021
Title
Report on Semi-Informative Priors
Date
March 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
July 15, 2022
Title
Report on Social Returns to Productivity Growth
Date
July 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Tom Davidson
June 17, 2021
Title
Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth
Date
June 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
May 12, 2022
Title
Request for Proposals: Help Open Philanthropy Quantify Biological Risk
Date
May 2022
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Author
Damon Binder and Andrew Snyder-Beattie
January 15, 2014
Title
Returns to Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 21, 2015
Title
Science Policy and Infrastructure
Date
April 2015
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 17, 2015
Title
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Date
November 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 09, 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Animal Welfare
Date
January 2024
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Martin Gould, Emma Buckland
February 02, 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
February 2024
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
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
July 20, 2012
Title
Some History Behind Our Shifting Approach to Research
Date
July 2012
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
April 23, 2015
Title
Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We’re Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Author
Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger
May 02, 2012
December 23, 2015
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
Date
December 2015
Focus Area
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 22, 2017
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2017
Date
December 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 20, 2018
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2018
Date
December 2018
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 18, 2019
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2019
Date
December 2019
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 23, 2020
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
Date
November 2020
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 19, 2023
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2023
Date
December 2023
Focus Area
Author
Alexander Berger
February 28, 2019
Title
Supporting a New Technology Security Policy Think Tank
Date
February 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
February 10, 2016
Title
Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
Date
February 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Helen Toner
July 27, 2023
Title
Takeaways from the Metaculus AI Progress Tournament
Date
July 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Javier Prieto
March 02, 2017
Title
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
Date
March 2017
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
November 18, 2021
Title
Technical Updates to Our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework
Date
November 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Peter Favaloro and Alexander Berger
March 25, 2014
Title
The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
Date
March 2014
Focus Area
Author
Elie Hassenfeld
May 14, 2014
August 13, 2015
Title
The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
August 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Nick Beckstead
July 03, 2014
Title
The Moral Value of the Far Future
Date
July 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 12, 2017
Title
The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
Date
June 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
February 27, 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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
October 30, 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 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
February 24, 2015
Title
Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
Date
February 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 06, 2016
Title
Three Key Issues I’ve Changed My Mind About
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 19, 2012
April 09, 2015
Title
Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
Date
April 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 10, 2023
Title
Two New Requests for Proposals: Understanding the Real-World Capabilities and Impacts of Large Language Models
Date
November 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Ajeya Cotra
January 26, 2018
Title
Update on Cause Prioritization at Open Philanthropy
Date
January 2018
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 01, 2013
Title
Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – November 2013
Date
November 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
March 14, 2013
September 16, 2016