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New Roles in Global Health and Wellbeing
June 29, 2021
Open Philanthropy is expanding and we are recruiting a number of talented new hires to help us direct philanthropic funding in new-to-OP causes and to join the team that identifies new areas for grantmaking. Our Global Health and Wellbeing team – which works to improve life through causes like global development, scientific research, and farm animal welfare – is ramping up its grantmaking. The... Read More
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Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth
June 25, 2021
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Open Philanthropy’s New Co-CEO
June 16, 2021
We’re excited to announce that Open Philanthropy co-founder Alexander Berger has been promoted to co-CEO! For some time now, Alexander has been the primary leader for most of our work on causes focused on maximizing verifiable impact within our lifetimes, while I have increasingly focused on causes directly aimed at affecting the very long-run future. I felt that Alexander should be promoted... Read More
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New Staff in Operations, Programs, and Research (2021)
June 3, 2021
Since our last hiring update, we have had a lot of new staff join Open Philanthropy. I’d like to use this post to introduce the new members of our team. We’re excited to have them! If you are interested in joining our team, check out open positions on our Working at Open Phil page. Asya Bergal, Program Associate Asya joined Open Philanthropy in April 2021. Previously, Asya worked... Read More
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Our Progress in 2020 and Plans for 2021
April 29, 2021
This post compares our progress with the goals we set forth a year ago, and lays out our plans for the coming year. In brief: We recommended over $200 million worth of grants in 2020. The bulk of this came from recommendations to support GiveWell’s top charities and from our major current focus areas: potential risks of advanced AI, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, criminal justice... Read More
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Report on Semi-informative Priors
March 25, 2021
One of Open Phil’s major focus areas is technical research and policy work aimed at reducing potential risks from advanced AI. To inform this work, I have written a report developing one approach to forecasting when artificial general intelligence (AGI) will be developed. By AGI, I mean computer program(s) that can perform virtually any cognitive task as well as any human, for no more money... Read More
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Our Approach to Recruiting a Strong Team
January 5, 2021
Open Philanthropy’s ability to give effectively to the world’s most important and neglected causes hinges on the collective strength and expertise of our team. As such, we’ve thought extensively about how we can identify those who could most meaningfully contribute to Open Philanthropy’s mission, and how we can craft a recruitment process that encourages them to apply. Recruiting Manager Anya... Read More
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
December 17, 2020
We believe that every life has equal value — and that philanthropic dollars can go particularly far by helping those who are living in poverty by global standards. Currently, many of the best giving opportunities we’ve found in the Global Health and Development focus area are recommended by GiveWell, a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing its full... Read More
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
December 17, 2020
We believe that every life has equal value — and that philanthropic dollars can go particularly far by helping those who are living in poverty by global standards. Currently, many of the best giving opportunities we’ve found in the Global Health and Development focus area are recommended by GiveWell, a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing its full... Read More
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
December 17, 2020
We believe that every life has equal value — and that philanthropic dollars can go particularly far by helping those who are living in poverty by global standards. Currently, many of the best giving opportunities we’ve found in the Global Health and Development focus area are recommended by GiveWell, a nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing its full... Read More
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