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Research & Updates
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March 2012
Title
Philanthropy’s Success Stories
Date
March 01, 2012
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2012
May 2012
April 2013
October 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 30, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
Title
The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 06, 2013
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2014
September 2014
October 2014
February 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 27, 2015
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Scientific Research
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April 2015
Title
Breakthrough Fundamental Science
Date
April 14, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2015
June 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 1: What is the Role of a Funder?
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June 23, 2015
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July 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
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July 09, 2015
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July 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
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July 22, 2015
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September 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
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September 03, 2015
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February 2016
April 2016
May 2016
Title
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
Date
May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2016
October 2016
Title
Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
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October 25, 2016
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December 2016
February 2017
April 2017
Title
New Report on Early Field Growth
Date
April 26, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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June 2017
July 2019
Title
GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat
Date
July 09, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2019
October 2019
Title
How Feasible Is Long-range Forecasting?
Date
October 10, 2019
Focus Area
Longtermism
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November 2021