Governance pro tip: Husband and wife should not have two seats on a five-member board of any org that solicits donations from the public. Even if you disclose it on your 990, as FLI did.
Even worse, it appears to be the president and treasurer!
Edit: I missed Jason’s phrase about soliciting donations from the public. I don’t think that it matters personally, and I wasn’t aware that OpenPhil isn’t doing this, but it’s at least not what Jason meant.
The Open Philanthropy 501(c)(3) is governed by a Board of Directors currently consisting of Dustin Moskovitz (Chair), Cari Tuna, Divesh Makan, Holden Karnofsky, and Alexander Berger. Open Philanthropy LLC is governed by a Board of Managers currently consisting of Dustin Moskovitz, Cari Tuna, Elie Hassenfeld, Holden Karnofsky, and Alexander Berger.
″ . . . . that solicits donations from the public.” I didn’t see any such solicitation on Open Phil’s website.
Open Phil makes recommendations to some entities not controlled by Moskovitz and Tuna, but in addition to them being recommendations, I don’t really consider other megadonors to be “the public.” They know they are something like free-riding on Moskovitz and Tuna’s research arm. In contrast, FLI is soliciting donations from ordinary people, including by asking them to designate FLI via the Amazon Smile program.
Governance pro tip: Husband and wife should not have two seats on a five-member board of any org that solicits donations from the public. Even if you disclose it on your 990, as FLI did.
Even worse, it appears to be the president and treasurer!
Edit: I missed Jason’s phrase about soliciting donations from the public. I don’t think that it matters personally, and I wasn’t aware that OpenPhil isn’t doing this, but it’s at least not what Jason meant.
Oops:
Does Open Philanthropy solicit donations from the public?
I was under the impression that they do, but I might have been mistaken.
they do not
″ . . . . that solicits donations from the public.” I didn’t see any such solicitation on Open Phil’s website.
Open Phil makes recommendations to some entities not controlled by Moskovitz and Tuna, but in addition to them being recommendations, I don’t really consider other megadonors to be “the public.” They know they are something like free-riding on Moskovitz and Tuna’s research arm. In contrast, FLI is soliciting donations from ordinary people, including by asking them to designate FLI via the Amazon Smile program.