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More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?
“Utter neglect of displaced people has become the new normal.”
The flow of new money and interest into core EA fields like AI safety poses a challenge to a movement that was used to being small.
It can be hard to start a nonprofit. Savoie and Sarek are trying to make it easier.
Leading USAID’s small social innovation fund, Gallant prioritizes evidence and evaluation.
After founding GiveDirectly, Niehaus is pushing the frontiers of social science research.
Regular giving, even in small amounts, can save lives.
These are 11 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.
If you want to do good this Giving Tuesday, it’s probably a good idea to donate regularly.
These are the most effective charities for reducing animal suffering.
A short history of Giving Tuesday, the international day for giving back.
How people like you could wipe out extreme poverty and prevent the next pandemic.
For more than 60 years, the Rockefeller Foundation has hosted scientists, academics, and artists for a unique summer program.
Annual top donor lists don’t always include the top donors. A philanthropy expert explains why.
After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested for fraud.
Profound philosophical errors enabled the FTX collapse.
EA faces a reckoning after the fall of a major donor, but its rank-and-file members haven’t given up.
Ultra-wealth gives someone like Elon Musk the power to do great good in the world — and great harm.
Predicting the pace of AI intelligence is the first step to knowing what we should do about it.
The CEO of Evidence Action is disrupting international development by finding low-cost solutions to widespread problems.
The ultrawealthy are donating more than ever. That doesn’t mean the rest of us are giving less.
Foundations love funding reproductive health care, unless it’s for an abortion.
The billionaire and public health leader answers five of Recode’s questions about pandemic prevention and economic disparities.
Maybe government employees should be paid for with tax dollars, not private philanthropy.
The Berkshire Hathaway billionaire says he’s “optimistic.”
With a recent $2.7 billion announcement, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos has donated $8.5 billion in less than a year.
How Silicon Valley might beat the Tax Man.
The saga highlights just how uncharted the territory is in the world of crypto philanthropy.
How important are billionaires? Look at the reaction to Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce.
The billionaire couple is getting a divorce.
A conversation with Andrew Steer about the US Earth Day climate summit, and how he wants to spend Bezos’s money.
Texas schools. A food bank. Now a climate-change prize. The Tesla founder discovers Big Philanthropy.
The law limits the cost of broadband access to $15 a month for needy families.
It’s easy to lose track of the numbers. But you shouldn’t.
A new poll from Vox and Data for Progress pulls back the curtain.
San Francisco is once again fighting over billionaires’ philanthropic power.
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried, who uses math for ... everything.
The Amazon founder is slowly answering concerns from transparency advocates about the Bezos Earth Fund.
The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy lost an ugly race for the Senate last year.
We need more transparency in the world of charity.
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