Open Philanthropy (previously the Open Philanthropy Project) is a research and grantmaking foundation based in San Francisco.

History

Open Philanthropy launched in late 2011, as a partnership between Good Ventures and GiveWell.^[1] The partnership operated under the name GiveWell Labs before adopting, in August 2014, the name Open Philanthropy Project.^[2] It continued to be part of GiveWell until 2017, when it became an independent organization.^[3] The name was changed to Open Philanthropy around December 2019.

Leadership

Cari Tuna is Open Philanthropy's president, and Holden Karnofsky and Alexander Berger are its two co-CEOs. Karnofsky oversees grantmaking in biosecurity, AI safety and longtermism, while Berger oversees grantmaking in global health and development, farmed animal welfare, scientific research and other areas within global health and wellbeing.^[4]

Funding opportunities

Applications are currently open for young individuals interested in obtaining financial support for pursuing careers that help improve the long-term future.^[5]

Further reading

Matthews, Dylan (2015) You have $8 billion. You want to do as much good as possible. What do you do?, Vox, April 24 (updated 16 October 2018).

Wiblin, Robert (2017) You want to do as much good as possible and have billions of dollars. What do you do?, 80,000 Hours, October 11.
An interview with Nick Beckstead, a program officer at Open Philanthropy.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2018) The world’s most intellectual foundation is hiring. Holden Karnofsky, founder of GiveWell, on how philanthropy can have maximum impact by taking big risks, 80,000 Hours, February 27.
An interview with Holden Karnofsky, Open Philanthropy's CEO.

External links

Open Philanthropy. Official website.

Apply for funding.

Apply for a job.

Related entries

Cari Tuna | GiveWell | Good Ventures | Holden Karnofsky

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Karnofsky, Holden (2011) Announcing GiveWell Labs, The GiveWell Blog, September 8 (updated 2 September 2014).
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Karnofsky, Holden (2014) Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs), Open Philanthropy, August 20.
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Karnofsky, Holden (2017) The Open Philanthropy Project is now an independent organization, Open Philanthropy, June 12.
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Karnofsky, Holden (2021) Open Philanthropy’s new co-CEO, Open Philanthropy, June 15.
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Open Philanthropy (2020) Early-career funding for individuals interested in improving the long-term future, Open

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