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Anthropic
Impact Ops
Evidence Action
GiveDirectly
Giving What We Can
Longview
Open Philanthropy
The Good Food Institute
Wild Animal Initiative
The organization updates are in alphabetical order (0-A-Z).
80,000 Hours released a blog post covering the advances made in AI capabilities and safety research in 2024: What happened with AI in 2024?
They also published year-in-review highlights of their content:
And The 80,000 Hours Podcast also released an interview with Sam Bowman on why housing still isn't fixed and what would actually work.
Anima International has seen progress in their policy work on drawing up the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, alongside other animal advocates. While missing from the first draft, the AI risks to non-human welfare are now recognised in the second draft of the Code). The final version is scheduled to be published in April 2025.
As part of their mission to build a stronger advocacy movement in Central Asia, Anima International organized the first vegan festival in Uzbekistan – transferring organizing skills to local groups, and spreading knowledge about the modern animal welfare movement and effective altruism. The event was attended by 700 people.
The organization has published two new blog posts: A summary of their work and achievements in reducing animal suffering in 2024, and Executive Director Jakub Stencel's overview of promising organizations to support in 2025.
Evidence Action shared its year-in-review highlighting the global challenges their team tackled in 2024 — and what they didn't.
Faunalytics released a new study, What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking. While smoking and animal product consumption are not perfect analogies, the decreasing popularity of smoking may be a worthwhile template for animal product reduction. By examining peer influences in smoking cessation, this review explores how social connections and relationships may drive the adoption of plant-based diets, offering insights for both advocacy and future research.
In 2024, Faunalytics made significant strides, including a comprehensive website redesign, the publication of eight original studies, and the expansion of its research library with visual, practical, and translated resources. Check out Faunalytics’ 2024 Year In Review and 2025 research plans here.
Fish Welfare Initiative is seeking parties to respond to their Innovation Challenge to develop satellite imagery models to assess water quality in fish farms. Models should be submitted to the organization by February 28.
Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI) has posted various recent updates:
Giving What We Can (GWWC) is looking for an Operations Associate ($35K-$65K, remote with slight preference for US or UK candidates). The Operations Associate will work closely with our Operations Manager, Zou Xinyi, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations while driving forward high-impact projects. The role offers an opportunity to develop your skills in operations and leadership within a mission-driven organisation. Watch a Q+A session with Grace and Zou from GWWC here. Apply by January 19. If you’d like to refer someone for the role, fill in this form.
GiveDirectly responded to Los Angeles wildfires by delivering cash payments to low-income families in the neighborhoods hardest-hit by the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles' history.
GiveWell's Cross-Cutting team wrote about their research strategy and upcoming focus areas. See other recent blog posts here.
GiveWell published their 2023 metrics report and accompanying blog post.
Impact Ops is supporting the search for a hands-on and entrepreneurial Project Manager to establish a co-working hub in New York City. This hub will serve as a physical space for collaboration and community-building, bringing together individuals and organizations working on important global challenges.
A reminder that Open Philanthropy has a newsletter, and a blog where you can find updates.
Last month, OpenPhilanthropy:
Good Food Institute CEO Ilya Sheyman wrote about how GFI's 5 core values can fuel progress in 2025 and beyond.
Thanks to pressure from THL, last month nine global companies reported on their cage-free commitments to spare nearly 11,000,000 hens from cages, and based on the progress they have made towards their goals, THL estimates they spared 500,000 hens from cages in 2024. Notably, Grupo Bimbo, one of the largest bakeries in the world, doubled its cage-free usage, and Wagamama shortened its timeline for Asia and the Middle East, and agreed to publish roadmaps for those regions in addition to reporting progress in the US and Europe.
THL also published a video recapping progress made in 2024.
Board member positions at Wild Animal Initiative are now accepting expressions of interest. Ideal for those interested in reducing suffering of wild animals with backgrounds in nonprofit governance, financial management, or legal advising. Apply by January 26th.
