OpenPhilantropy writes that LTFF “supported projects we often thought seemed valuable but didn’t encounter ourselves.” But since the chair of the LTFF is now a Senior Program Associate at OpenPhilantropy, I assume that this does not apply to existing funding opportunities.
Having a chair who works at Open Phil has helped less than one might naively think. My impression is that Open Phil doesn’t want to commit to evaluating LTFF applications that the LTFF thinks are good but doesn’t have the ability to fund. We are working out how to more systematically share applications going forward in a way that doesn’t create an obligation for Open Phil to evaluate them (or the impression that Open Phil has this obligation to the public), but I think that this will look more like Open Phil having the option to look at some grant applications we think are good, as opposed to Open Phil actually checking every application that we share with them.
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Having a chair who works at Open Phil has helped less than one might naively think. My impression is that Open Phil doesn’t want to commit to evaluating LTFF applications that the LTFF thinks are good but doesn’t have the ability to fund. We are working out how to more systematically share applications going forward in a way that doesn’t create an obligation for Open Phil to evaluate them (or the impression that Open Phil has this obligation to the public), but I think that this will look more like Open Phil having the option to look at some grant applications we think are good, as opposed to Open Phil actually checking every application that we share with them.