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Monthly Newsletter
Welcome to our January 2026 newsletter! Our Abundance & Growth Fund has a new blog — read more about its launch here, and its inaugural post here ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
In addition to launching the blog, we:
* Continued our annual tradition of publishing posts about staff donations and giving suggestions for individual donors ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Wrote about our decision to renew our funding for GiveWell and increase it, committing an additional $175 million for 2026 ([link removed]).
We continue to grow our team: see the end of the newsletter for open roles and opportunities to get involved. And keep reading for more updates and highlights from the past month!
— Jeremy Klemin
Coefficient Giving in the News
Interviews with Coefficient staff
* CEO Alexander Berger discussed some of philanthropy's biggest historic wins on NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money ([link removed]).
* Deena Mousa, strategy fellow in GHW Cause Prioritization, joined the High-Impact Growth podcast to discuss our approach to grantmaking. She also appeared on Ben Yeoh Chats to discuss effective philanthropy and using AI to improve global health ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
Writing by Coefficient staff
* Lewis Bollard, managing director in Farm Animal Welfare, wrote about ten big wins for farmed animals in 2025 ([link removed]).
* Matt Clancy, program director in Abundance & Growth, wrote about the value of technological progress for Works in Progress, and compiled 28 thoughts on abundance and growth for the Fund's blog ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Jordan Dworkin, associate program officer in Abundance & Growth, wrote about the role of research integrity in scientific abundance for the Fund's blog ([link removed]).
* Aveek Bhattacharya, strategy fellow in GHW Cause Prioritization, wrote about ethnonationalism in the U.K. and England's new animal welfare strategy ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Deena Mousa, strategy fellow in GHW Cause Prioritization, published a blog post about GiveDirectly's use of machine learning to help people in need, and wrote for The Morning News about AI's impact on the economy ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Jacob Trefethen, managing director in Global Health & Wellbeing, released a new episode of Hard Drugs covering the hepatitis B vaccine ([link removed]).
* James Hu, senior program associate in Lead Exposure, co-wrote an article for the Center for Global Development's blog on estimating human lead exposure from battery recycling ([link removed]).
Media coverage of our work
* Vox's year-end round-up of good animal welfare news featured the work of several grantees ([link removed]).
* The Guardian covered recent housing victories in Australia in which our grantee, YIMBY Melbourne, was involved ([link removed]).
* Forbes covered grantee Daniel Carpenter's research, which focuses on how institutions respond to emerging threats ([link removed]).
* Inside Philanthropy briefly profiled the philanthropic work of Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz, our founding partners ([link removed]).
Grantee Updates
Photo courtesy of the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative
* The Pakistan Air Quality Initiative published a comprehensive national report on the country's air quality crisis ([link removed]).
* Mark Manary established a counseling program that achieved markedly improved outcomes for illiterate women with perinatal depression. The early results were so promising that Melinda French Gates awarded Manary's project with additional support to expand the program ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* YIMBY Melbourne has contributed to some important policy wins on housing supply, including the local state government recently adopting YIMBY Melbourne's recommended standards for three-story townhouses ([link removed]).
* Several papers presented at NeurIPS, a leading machine learning conference, were funded through programs that we support ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
Jobs and Other Opportunities
* Grants Associates to help us manage and execute our grantmaking process ([link removed]).
As always, please consider referring candidates — if we hire someone you referred, we'll give you $5,000 ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
We also have:
* A variety of funding opportunities, including fellowships, scholarships, support for group organizers, and funding for career development and transition ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* A general application to let us know you'd be interested in working at Coefficient Giving ([link removed]).
Want to learn more about Coefficient? You can explore our full portfolio of funds, apply for a grant, or work with us as a funding partner ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
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