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Other Global Health and Development

Though the bulk of our giving in global health and development is centered around GiveWell recommendations, learning and experimentation, and scientific research, we occasionally support promising opportunities that fall outside of those areas. This includes GiveWell’s operations, policy advocacy, and some programs that do not fit clearly into our other thematic areas. It is possible some of these miscellaneous grants will grow into their own thematic areas over time.

Other Global Health and Development is one of four thematic areas within Global Health & Development.

Our Work

Blog Post 6/2016
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
by Holden Karnofsky

Between a recent case study on the Center for Global Development (CGD) and our review of CGD’s track record, we’ve now assembled a full story - spanning 16 years - of a philanthropist having outsized impact by making a long-term bet on a new institution.

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Grant 10/2021
GiveWell — General Support (2021)
$3,600,295
Grant 12/2020
Center for Global Development — Aid Effectiveness Advocacy Research
$50,000

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant to the Center for Global Development to support research led by Amanda Glassman on the impact of aid effectiveness advocacy.

Grant 10/2020
Direct Relief — COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa
$275,000

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant to Direct Relief to support the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa’s work distributing personal protective equipment to community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Grant 10/2020
GiveWell — General Support (October 2020)
$2,389,753

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant to GiveWell for general support.

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Grant 10/2020
Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy
$375,000

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant to the Effective Altruism Foundation to support research and advocacy on potential policy interventions in Europe.

Grant 4/2020
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Net Health Impact Calculations
$550,000

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant to the Center for Global Development (CGD) to support work to calculate the net health impacts of COVID-19 in various countries.

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