Open Philanthropy

Extracted Attributes

• CEO

  Alexander Berger

• Type

  Philanthropic advising and funding organization

• Belief on AGI

  May be developed before 2045, poses risks from accidents, deliberate misuse, or drastic societal change

• Key Focus Areas

  Global health, scientific research, pandemic preparedness, potential risks from advanced AI, farm animal welfare, global aid policy, land use reform, biosecurity

• Legal Structure

  Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) and 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization

• Primary Funders

  Dustin Moskovitz, Cari Tuna

• Funding Approach

  Cost-effective, high-impact giving, strategic cause selection (large, tractable, neglected problems), evidence-based solutions, hits-based giving

• Founding Structure

  Partnership between Good Ventures and GiveWell

• Total Grants Directed

  Over $4 billion (as of June 2025)

• Board of Managers (LLC)

  Cari Tuna (Chair), Dustin Moskovitz, Elie Hassenfeld, Alexander Berger

• Board of Directors (501c3)

  Cari Tuna (Chair), Dustin Moskovitz, Divesh Makan, Alexander Berger

Timeline

• Launched as a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2011-XX-XX

• Became an independent Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). (Source: Web Search Results)

  2017-XX-XX

• Directed over $4 billion in grants. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-XX

Open Philanthropy

Open Philanthropy is an American philanthropic advising and funding organization focused on cost-effective, high-impact giving. Its current CEO is Alexander Berger. As of June 2025, Open Philanthropy has directed more than $4 billion in grants across a variety of focus areas, including global health, scientific research, pandemic preparedness, potential risks from advanced AI, and farm animal welfare. It chooses focus areas through a process of "strategic cause selection" — looking for problems that are large, tractable, and neglected relative to their size.

Web Search Results

• Open Philanthropy - Wikipedia

  Open Philanthropy is an American philanthropic advising and funding organization focused on cost-effective, high-impact giving. Its current CEO is Alexander Berger. [...] Open Philanthropy is a leading funder of research on AI alignment and other work aimed at reducing existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence. The organization has stated a belief that artificial general intelligence may be developed before 2045, and that this could pose risks from accidents, deliberate misuse, or "drastic societal change". Ajeya Cotra, a researcher at Open Philanthropy, has said that "a lens that [she uses] to think about the A.I. revolution is that it will play [...] Open Philanthropy is also a founding member of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future, a public-private partnership aimed at ending childhood lead poisoning. Other founding members include UNICEF and USAID. ### Abundance and Growth Fund

• Open Philanthropy

  IP TAKE: Open Philanthropy (OP) is an umbrella LLC comprising several affiliated philanthropic organizations funded primarily by Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz. OP is a major global funder known for a unique funding approach that prioritizes evidence-based solutions and the tenets of effective altruism. OP seeks to maximize impact by narrowing its issue areas based on “importance, neglectedness, and tractability.” This signature formula led OP to be an early supporter of issues that later [...] PROFILE: Open Philanthropy was established in 2014 as an outgrowth of a partnership between Good Ventures and the charity evaluator GiveWell, and officially became an independent limited liability corporation (LLC) in 2017. OP’s programs and grants are mainly funded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and his spouse, former Wall Street Journal reporter Cari Tuna. As per Open Philanthropy’s website, OP’s grantmaking is conducted via several affiliated entities, including a donor-advised fund [...] Inside Philanthropy Inside Philanthropy Go beyond 990s. Facebook LinkedIn X # Open Philanthropy IP Staff | November 14, 2024 Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share via Email OVERVIEW: Open Philanthropy pursues two broad giving areas: Global Health & Wellbeing and Global Catastrophic Risks. Within these programs, sub-topics include global aid policy, farm animal welfare, land use reform, biosecurity & pandemic preparedness, and risks from advanced AI.

• Governance - Open Philanthropy

  # Governance Open Philanthropy is a philanthropic advisor and funder. We are made up of several affiliated organizations that research potential focus areas, investigate giving opportunities, make grants and investments, evaluate our impact, and support donors who partner with us to pursue high-impact giving at scale. [...] Open Philanthropy staff who primarily conduct research (including researching potential cause areas and evaluating our impact) are typically employed or contracted by the Open Philanthropy 501(c)(3), a nonprofit research organization. Staff who investigate and recommend grants or investments, distribute funds to grantees, and provide operations support are typically employed or contracted by the Open Philanthropy LLC. Good Ventures does not currently have employees of its own and instead relies [...] The Open Philanthropy LLC is governed by a Board of Managers currently consisting of Cari Tuna (Chair of the Board), Dustin Moskovitz, Elie Hassenfeld, and Alexander Berger. The Open Philanthropy 501(c)(3) is governed by a Board of Directors currently consisting of Cari Tuna (Chair of the Board), Dustin Moskovitz, Divesh Makan, and Alexander Berger. Open Philanthropy Open Philanthropy ###### Mailing Address ###### Email ###### Media Inquiries ###### Anonymous Feedback

• About Us - Open Philanthropy

  # About Us Open Philanthropy is a philanthropic funder and advisor. Since our founding, we’ve directed over $4 billion in grants as part of our mission to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us. [...] We launched in 2011 as a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures to answer a fundamental question: how can philanthropic giving achieve the greatest impact? In 2017, we became an independent organization, continuing to use this question to guide our research and grantmaking. (Read more about our governance here.) We work with donors who share our commitment to cost-effective, high-impact giving. [...] We balance evidence-based giving with ambitious bets on transformative opportunities. Historically, we’ve been the largest funder of GiveWell‘s recommended organizations, backing proven interventions like malaria-preventing bednets. Simultaneously, we pursue hits-based giving — investing in ambitious projects with uncertain but potentially extraordinary impact, such as our early funding for computational protein design research that later contributed to a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough.

• How to Apply for Funding | Open Philanthropy

  We’re seeking to fund programs and events in a variety of areas of interest to Open Philanthropy — including effective altruism, global catastrophic risks, biosecurity, AI for epistemics, forecasting, and other areas. We’re open to funding programs or events aimed at individuals at any career stage, and with a wide range of potential purposes, including teaching new skills, providing new career opportunities, offering mentorship, or facilitating networking.

• Instance Of

  Q117850