This page provides an overview of my history with the Open Philanthropy Project. I’m putting this up primarily as a reference point for people who come across my writings about the Open Philanthropy Project so that they can get a fuller context of my interaction with them. See also my page on GiveWell, from which the Open Philanthropy Project spun off. See also my donation history page and my page about effective altruism.
I keep drafts of some posts and comments related to the Open Philanthropy Project here, but this folder may not include brief comments such as those made on open threads.
You can also get search results for all Facebook posts by me referencing the Open Philanthropy Project.
Some salient items in my past history:
- Facebook post by me about the Open Philanthropy Project grant to OpenAI of $30 million (March 31, 2017)
- Facebook post by me on the Open Philanthropy Project’s change to its policy on relationship disclosures (August 30, 2017)
- Facebook post by me discussion the Open Philanthropy Project’s rationale for its 2017 grant to MIRI (November 10, 2017)
- My funding of Issa Rice’s work on porting the Open Philanthropy Project’s predictions to PredictionBook. The predictions can be viewed here.
- The Donations List Website page for the Open Philanthropy Project. The Donations List Website is still in a preliminary stage, and not all data has been vetted for accuracy.
Some comments I have made on the Open Philanthropy Project blog:
- My comment on History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Open Philanthropy Project blog), May 2016 (reply by Holden in June 2016). I sent two email follow-ups before receiving a reply to the comment. The email follow-ups may not have been necessary to get a reply.
- My comment on the Open Philanthropy Project October 2017 open thread, with a reply from Derek Hopf, the Grants Associate and Content Specialist.