[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] We’ve just published an extensive writeup on the cause of U.S. criminal justice reform, which was one of the causes we previously listed as a priority for investigation under GiveWell Labs. We first became interested in this cause when our initial…
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How to approach policy-oriented philanthropy
[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] As noted previously, we’ve been working on improving our broad understanding of the role that philanthropy can play in influencing and informing policy. One of my goals has been to hear different perspectives on how one should (for maximum effectiveness) approach…
The track record of policy-oriented philanthropy
[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] As noted previously, I’ve been working on improving our broad understanding of the role that philanthropy can play in influencing and informing policy. One of the questions I’ve been focused on is “What is the track record of policy-oriented philanthropy?” Specifically:…
The role of philanthropic funding in politics
[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] As noted previously, I’ve been working on improving our broad understanding of the role that philanthropy can play in influencing and informing policy. One of the questions I’ve been focused on is “what sorts of activities can one fund in order…
Exploring policy-oriented philanthropy
[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] Over the last few months, I’ve been working on improving our broad understanding of the role that philanthropy can play in influencing and informing public policy. We feel that this is one of the major categories of philanthropy that we’re currently…