Open Philanthropy

We're excited to announce two new hires -- @santoshharish1 and @NormaAltshuler -- who will launch South Asian Air Quality and Global Aid Advocacy, respectively, as our first two new causes in more than five yearshttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/incoming-program-officers-for-south-asian-air-quality-and-global-aid-advocacy …

New role posted! We're looking for an Operations Manager to support our growing organization. Apply, or share with others who might be a great fit!https://www.openphilanthropy.org/get-involved/working-at-open-phil#open-positions …

New role posted! We're hiring for a Grants Associate, as well as for positions on our legal, finance, operations, and recruiting teams. Apply, or share with others who might be a great fit!https://www.openphilanthropy.org/get-involved/working-at-open-phil#open-positions …

In this post, we explain our updated framework for how we compare health and income gains and articulate our “bar” for what level of cost-effectiveness a grant needed to hit to be worth making going forwardhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/technical-updates-our-global-health-and-wellbeing-cause-prioritization-framework …

After 6+ years, our criminal justice reform program is becoming an independent organization. @chloecockburn and her team are transitioning to Just Impact, which we are helping to launch with $50M to continue to work to safely reduce incarcerationhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-criminal-justice-reform-program-now-independent-organization-just-impact …

We're accepting proposals for projects working with deep learning systems that could help us understand and make progress on AI alignment. Learn more about the research directions and the application process here:https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/request-for-proposals-for-projects-in-ai-alignment-that-work-with-deep-learning-systems …

Four new roles posted! We are hiring for our legal, finance, operations, and recruiting teams, and open to many levels of experience. Apply, or share with others who might be great fits!https://www.openphilanthropy.org/get-involved/working-at-open-phil#open-positions …

Open Phil co-CEO Holden Karnofsky recently spoke with @ezraklein about how to do the most good, why we may be living in the most important century, the merits of worldview diversification, and more.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-holden-karnofsky.html …

Applications are open for the Open Phil AI Fellowship! This program extends full support to a community of current & incoming PhD students, in any area of AI/ML, whose research aims to reduce global catastrophic risks posed by advanced AI systems.https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/the-open-phil-ai-fellowship …

The @80000Hours podcast recently interviewed Open Philanthropy co-CEO Holden Karnofsky about building aptitudes, career choice, and ways to positively shape humanity's longterm future outside of work. Read part two of the two-part series here:https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/holden-karnofsky-building-aptitudes-kicking-ass/ …

The @80000Hours podcast recently interviewed Open Philanthropy co-CEO Holden Karnofsky about his personal blog, positively shaping humanity’s longterm future, and living in the most important century. Read part one of the two-part series here:https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/holden-karnofsky-most-important-century/ …

We're accepting applications for new projects that seek to introduce people to effective altruism, longtermism, and related ideas! We think projects like these could be very impactful. Learn more here:https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EEtTQkFKRwLniXkQm/open-philanthropy-is-seeking-proposals-for-outreach-projects …

The @80000Hours podcast recently interviewed Open Philanthropy co-CEO @albrgr about our Global Health and Wellbeing grantmaking, how we think about maximizing the impact of our giving, and more.https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/alexander-berger-improving-global-health-wellbeing-clear-direct-ways/ …

The Global Health and Wellbeing team is expanding! We are hiring two new Program Officers in South Asian air quality and global aid advocacy. In addition, we're hiring Research Fellows and Strategy Fellows to help us find the next causes for expansion.https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/new-roles-in-global-health-and-wellbeing …

Since 1900, the global economy has doubled every 20-30 years — much faster than in ancient times. In this new post, Tom Davidson argues that advanced AI could drive even faster growth, with the economy doubling every 2-3 years.https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/report-advanced-ai-drive-explosive-economic-growth …

We just posted two new job openings: Program Officer: Global Aid Advocacy and Farm Animal Welfare Program Assistant. Apply, or share with others who might be a great fit!https://www.openphilanthropy.org/get-involved/working-at-open-phil#open-positions …

This post introduces new members of the Open Phil team who've joined in the last year. We’re excited to have them! https://www.openphilanthropy.org/new-staff-operations-programs-research-2021 … If you are interested in joining our team, check out open positions:https://www.openphilanthropy.org/get-involved/working-at-open-phil#open-positions …