From Open Philanthropy <[email protected]>
Subject Open Philanthropy Update - 2022 Q1
Date April 29, 2022 11:00 PM
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News coverage, grant announcements, and job openings from January through April 2022.

On the blog
* We announced ([link removed]) the launch of our $150 million Regranting Challenge, which will support high-impact programs that improve human health, facilitate economic development, and/or address climate change.
* We announced ([link removed]) that our criminal justice reform program was becoming an independent organization (Just Impact ([link removed]) ).
* Alexander Berger and Peter Favaloro shared a set of technical updates ([link removed]) to our cause prioritization framework for Global Health and Wellbeing ([link removed]) .
* We announced ([link removed]) our largest-to-date support for GiveWell’s recommendations: $300 million for 2021, up from $100 million in 2020, with tentative plans to donate an additional $500 million per year in 2022 and 2023.
* We introduced our newest program officers ([link removed]) : Santosh Harish ([link removed]) , who will lead our new South Asian Air Quality program, and Norma Altshuler ([link removed]) , who will lead our new Global Aid Advocacy program.

In the news
* Devex wrote about the launch of our new programs ([link removed]) to improve air quality in South Asia and advocate for more effective global aid.
* In an interview for The Browser ([link removed]) , Alexander Berger discussed effective giving, “what ordinary people can do to improve the world,” and other topics.
* In a podcast with Sunday Times tech correspondent Danny Fortson ([link removed]) , Holden Karnofsky discussed AI risk, the importance of our current century, and other topics.
* Alexander Berger and Peter Favaloro presented to the Center for Global Development ([link removed]) on our cause prioritization framework for Global Health and Wellbeing. Devex wrote up the talk ([link removed]) (Devex Pro subscribers only).
* The Chronicle of Philanthropy wrote about our Regranting Challenge ([link removed]) (requires Chronicle account).

Grantmaking

Open Philanthropy announced a number of grants and investments ([link removed]) , including (but not limited to):
* In Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness ([link removed]) : Californians Against Pandemics ([link removed]) to support work on a ballot initiative that will fund research with the goal of reducing biosecurity risks posed by novel pathogens.
* In Criminal Justice Reform ([link removed]) : Just Impact ([link removed]) to support the organization’s launch, and its efforts to safely reduce incarceration in the United States.
* In Farm Animal Welfare ([link removed]) : Compassion in World Farming ([link removed]) to support work on fish welfare and ending the use of cages in farming.
* In Global Health and Development ([link removed]) : Pure Earth ([link removed]) to support work on reducing lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries, and a GiveWell Incubation Grant to Malaria Consortium ([link removed]) to study effects of its campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Ondo state, Nigeria.
* In Immigration Policy ([link removed]) : The Federation of American Scientists ([link removed]) to support work on high-skilled immigration policy.
* In Scientific Research ([link removed]) : UC Davis ([link removed]) to support a feasibility analysis of a potential test of gene drives for malaria control, and Purdue University ([link removed]) to support the development of a computational model to translate preclinical data in mouse disease models to humans.
* In other areas ([link removed]) : The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security ([link removed]) to support the development of two forecasting platforms aimed at helping policymakers answer questions.

For the full list of grants, visit our public database ([link removed]) .

Jobs ([link removed]) and other opportunities
* An Operations Manager ([link removed]) to support our growing organization.
* Multiple roles ([link removed]) in grants, finance, operations, and recruiting, at multiple seniority levels.
* A general application ([link removed]) to let us know you'd be interested in working at Open Philanthropy.

Best,

Aaron Gertler
www.openphilanthropy.org ([link removed])

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