November 21, 2022 FTX Collapsed and Sam Bankman-Fried’s Wealth Vaporized. Where Does Effective Altruism Stand? November 21, 2022/ Mike Scutari The EA field is at a crossroads in the aftermath of the FTX meltdown. We take a look at the movement’s pre-collapse identity crisis, SBF’s outsized influence, and where EA goes from here now that he’s out of the picture.Read More
November 16, 2022 The Philanthropic Fallout from the Collapse of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried November 16, 2022/ Michael Kavate As the crash of cryptocurrency exchange FTX continues to reverberate, who is being impacted most by the fiasco? And what are the larger implications for billionaire philanthropy?Read More
February 17, 2022 Is Elon Musk Finally Getting Serious About Philanthropy? If So, Here’s What It Might Look Like February 17, 2022/ Philip Rojc Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion last year, leaving no indication of where it went. Rather than guess, we thought we’d pose a more interesting question—what would it look like if Musk actually became a good philanthropist?Read More
February 10, 2022 GiveWell Turns Its Effective Altruism Lens to an Overlooked Issue—Eliminating Lead Poisoning February 10, 2022/ Liz Longley GiveWell rates charities based on the evidence-based principles of effective altruism, periodically recommending grants for causes with high potential. The latest example: reducing children’s exposure to lead toxicity.Read More
November 16, 2021 With More Donors on Board, Open Philanthropy Is Spinning Its Criminal Justice Work into a New Fund November 16, 2021/ Katherine Don Open Philanthropy, a leading funder of criminal justice reform, just announced that its program will now be an independent fund building on its work to date. The fund has already picked up some big donors. Read More