Philanthropy & Funding
Giving in the Light of Reason
Will the Open Philanthropy Project’s experiment in effective altruism validate the cause or demonstrate its hubris? Open access to this article is made possible by an underwriter.
Investigating organizations and the people who run them (more)
Will the Open Philanthropy Project’s experiment in effective altruism validate the cause or demonstrate its hubris? Open access to this article is made possible by an underwriter.
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
Some values are more important than giving more people access to Wikipedia for free.
Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Getting Away With It.
Would the Impact Genome Project have predicted the impact of Martin Luther King?
Bringing a discussion of cash transfers in for a landing.
We are mistaking an important experiment for a proven solution.
Is the future of social enterprise full of promise—or hot air?
Why we can and must try to answer the question: What charities do the most good?
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.