In fairness, the situation is a bit confusing. Open Phil came from GiveWell, which is meant for external donors. In comparison, as Linch mentioned, Open Phil mainly recommends donations just to Good Ventures (Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz). My impression is that OP’s main concern is directly making good grants, not recommending good grants to other funders. Therefore, a large amount of public research is not particularly crucial.
I think the name is probably not quite ideal for this purpose. I think of it more like “Highly Effective Philanthropy”; it seems their comparative advantage / unique attribute is much more their choices of focus and their talent pool, than it is their openness, at this point.
If there is frustration here, it seems like the frustration is a bit more “it would be nice if they could change their name to be more reflective of their current focus”, than “they should change their work to reflect the previous title they chose”.
In fairness, the situation is a bit confusing. Open Phil came from GiveWell, which is meant for external donors. In comparison, as Linch mentioned, Open Phil mainly recommends donations just to Good Ventures (Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz). My impression is that OP’s main concern is directly making good grants, not recommending good grants to other funders. Therefore, a large amount of public research is not particularly crucial.
I think the name is probably not quite ideal for this purpose. I think of it more like “Highly Effective Philanthropy”; it seems their comparative advantage / unique attribute is much more their choices of focus and their talent pool, than it is their openness, at this point.
If there is frustration here, it seems like the frustration is a bit more “it would be nice if they could change their name to be more reflective of their current focus”, than “they should change their work to reflect the previous title they chose”.