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Research & Updates
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May 2022
Title
History of Philanthropy: Work We’ve Commissioned
Date
May 16, 2022
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
November 2021
Title
Vox: A criminal justice expert’s guide to donating effectively
Date
November 30, 2021
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
November 2021
Title
Inside Philanthropy: With More Donors, Open Philanthropy Is Spinning Its Criminal Justice Reform Work Into a New Fund
Date
November 16, 2021
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
November 2021
Title
Our Criminal Justice Reform Program Is Now an Independent Organization: Just Impact
Date
November 16, 2021
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
May 2021
Title
The New York Times: Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
Date
May 31, 2021
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
May 2021
Title
The New Republic: The Progressive Trio Shaping Biden’s Ambitious Economic Policy
Date
May 04, 2021
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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March 2021
Title
The Washington Post: Money can’t buy criminal justice reform. But it can fuel a movement.
Date
March 16, 2021
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
July 2020
Title
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Philanthropy Now podcast: Open Philanthropy: How donors and philanthropists can support criminal justice reform
Date
July 22, 2020
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
June 2019
Title
The New York Times: Trump Isn’t Alone. These Millennials on the Left Want Low Interest Rates, Too
Date
June 12, 2019
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
April 2019
Title
History of Philanthropy Literature Review: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Date
April 08, 2019
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
September 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Campaign for Marriage Equality
Date
September 20, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
June 2018
Title
Nature: Migrants and refugees are good for economies
Date
June 21, 2018
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
March 2018
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
March 15, 2018
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
February 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and State EITC Programs
Date
February 02, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
January 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Role in Global Price Drops for Antiretroviral Drugs
Date
January 10, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
December 2017
December 2017
November 2017
Title
Dr. Michael Clemens, Co-Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy, Center for Global Development
Date
November 29, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
October 2017
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
October 05, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
October 2017
Title
October 2017 Update on Protect the People Grant
Date
October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Aftereffects: In the U.S., Evidence Says Doing More Time Typically Leads to More Crime After
Date
September 25, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Incapacitation: How Much Does Putting People Inside Prison Cut Crime Outside?
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Deterrence Is De Minimis
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Reasonable Doubt: A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
September 20, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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September 2017
Title
Mike Konczal, Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Date
September 19, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
September 2017
Title
Dr. Josh Bivens, Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute
Date
September 18, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
August 2017
Title
Josh Morrison, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Waitlist Zero
Date
August 25, 2017
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
August 2017
Title
Ady Barkan, Campaign Director, Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
August 10, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
August 2017
Title
Vox: There’s no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers
Date
August 03, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2017
Title
Kristie De Peña, Immigration Policy Counsel, and Matthew La Corte, Immigration Policy Analyst, Niskanen Center
Date
June 22, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2017
May 2017
May 2017
Title
May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
May 01, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
April 2017
Title
New Report on Early Field Growth
Date
April 26, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
April 2017
Title
Some Case Studies in Early Field Growth
Date
April 09, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
April 2017
Title
Professor Trevor Gaunt, Emeritus Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town
Date
April 04, 2017
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
March 2017
Title
Dr. Josh Bivens, Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute
Date
March 21, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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March 2017
Title
Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
March 21, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
March 2017
Title
Professor Simon Nicholson, Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Date
March 10, 2017
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
February 2017
Title
Lewis Bollard, Program Officer, Farm Animal Welfare, Open Philanthropy Project
Date
February 23, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
February 2017
Title
Joe Coon, Kristie De Peña, Matthew La Corte, and Andrew Mills, Niskanen Center
Date
February 14, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
November 2016
November 2016
Title
Dr. Josh Bivens, Research and Policy Director, and Dr. Ben Zipperer, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Date
November 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
November 2016
Title
Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
November 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
November 2016
Title
David Bennion, Executive Director, Free Migration Project
Date
November 07, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
October 2016
Title
The New York Times: Competing Views on How to Regulate Illegal Migration
Date
October 30, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
October 2016
Title
Josh Morrison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WaitList Zero
Date
October 20, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
September 2016
Title
Maybe the Murder Rate Levelled Off This Year?
Date
September 26, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
September 2016
Title
Sarah Williamson, Executive Director, Protect the People
Date
September 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
July 2016
Title
Professor Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Date
July 27, 2016
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Content Type
July 2016
Title
Joe Coon, Kristie De Peña, Matthew La Corte, Andrew Mills, and Will Wilkinson, Niskanen Center
Date
July 22, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
July 2016
Title
Ady Barkan, Campaign Director, and Shawn Sebastian, Field Director, Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
July 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
July 2016
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
July 06, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2016
Title
Dr. Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, and Cynthia Rathinasamy, Program Coordinator, Migration and Development Team, Center for Global Development
Date
June 21, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
Date
June 15, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
May 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
May 20, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
May 2016
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
May 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
April 2016
Title
Eric Lindblom, O’Neill Institute; Kristina DeMain and John Walsh, Washington Office on Latin America; and Graham Boyd, New Approach PAC
Date
April 28, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
April 2016
Title
Josh Morrison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Waitlist Zero
Date
April 25, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
April 2016
Title
Dr. George Wright, Professor of Strategy and Organization, University of Strathclyde
Date
April 07, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
April 2016
Title
Norman Volk, Former Chair, The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Date
April 01, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
March 2016
Title
Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA
Date
March 31, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
March 2016
March 2016
March 2016
Title
Philip Tetlock, Annenberg University Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Creator, Good Judgment Project
Date
March 08, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
February 2016
Title
Ady Barkan, Director of Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
February 12, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
February 2016
Title
Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
Date
February 10, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
February 2016
Title
Josh Morrison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WaitList Zero
Date
February 05, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
February 2016
Title
Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Lea Kenig, Deputy chief development officer, Carnegie
Date
February 05, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
February 2016
Title
America’s Recently Heralded Urban “Crime Wave” May Already Have Peaked
Date
February 02, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
February 2016
Title
December 2015 Update on IOM Haiti Grant
Date
February 01, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Content Type
January 2016
Title
Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
January 25, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
December 2015
Title
Joel Hektner, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, North Dakota State University
Date
December 17, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
December 2015
Title
Dr. Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development (CGD) and Cynthia Rathinasamy, Program Coordinator, Migration and Development Team (CGD)
Date
December 15, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
December 2015
Title
Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
Date
December 15, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
December 2015
Title
David Bier, Director of Immigration Policy, The Niskanen Center
Date
December 14, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
December 2015
Title
Ady Barkan, Campaign Director of the Fed Up campaign and Co-Director of Local Progress, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
December 08, 2015
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
November 2015
Title
Louis Tay, Assistant Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Purdue University
Date
November 30, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
October 2015
Title
Why a New Study of the Mariel Boatlift Has Not Changed Our Views on the Benefits of Immigration
Date
October 21, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
October 2015
Title
Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Ben Spielberg, Research Assistant, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
October 21, 2015
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
September 2015
Title
Josh Morrison, Executive Director, Waitlist Zero
Date
September 15, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
September 2015
Title
Professor Nestor Kapusta, Associate Professor, Suicide Research Group, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna
Date
September 14, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
September 2015
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Date
September 02, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
August 2015
Title
Peter Gollwitzer, Professor of Psychology, New York University
Date
August 03, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
August 2015
Title
Excerpts from Emails About ARNOVA Grant
Date
August 01, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Content Type
July 2015
Title
Daniel Greene, Researcher, Project for Education Research That Scales and Lytics Lab, Stanford University
Date
July 28, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
July 2015
Title
Piers Steel, Professor and Distinguished Research Chair, Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Date
July 25, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
July 2015
Title
Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Date
July 08, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2015
Title
Building Capacity to Promote Freer Global Mobility, a CGD-Open Philanthropy Project Workshop
Date
July 07, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2015
Title
Taynin Kopanos, DNP, NP, Vice President of State Government Affairs, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Date
June 30, 2015
Focus Area
Other Areas
Content Type
June 2015
Title
Dr. Allison DeFoor, Chairman, Florida State University Project on Accountable Justice (PAJ), and Deborrah Brodsky, Director, PAJ
Date
June 26, 2015
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
June 2015
Title
Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
June 25, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
June 2015
Title
A Conversation with Staff from the International Organization for Migration, Protect the People, and the Center for Global Development
Date
June 23, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn
Date
June 16, 2015
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Content Type
June 2015
Title
David Bier, Immigration Policy Analyst, Niskanen Center
Date
June 05, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
June 2015
June 2015
Title
Scott Sumner, Director, Program on Monetary Policy, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Date
June 03, 2015
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
June 2015
Title
Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
June 03, 2015
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
May 2015