Director, Global Health and Development Team (remote, apply by September 10) - setting the strategy for RP’s GHD department, overseeing its research, and leading fundraising execution and partner relationships. $154,000/year.
AI Integration Lead (remote, apply by August 30) - leading RP’s effort to determine empirically where AI can reliably augment our research and operational work, and building the tools and workflows that prove out. Open to candidates leaning either way: a researcher fluent in AI tooling, or a technically strong builder with EA literacy. $132,986–$146,447/year.
The donations an organization generates and the impact it causes aren’t always the same thing. Dr. Melanie Basnak, Senior Program Officer at Coefficient Giving, and Dr. Samara Mendez, Senior Economist at Rethink Priorities, will break down that gap at our next RP Strategic Webinar: “Measuring Counterfactual Impact in Effective Giving,” on Thursday, August 27 (10 AM ET / 3 PM BST / 4 PM CEST). You’ll learn:
What “counterfactual share” means and why it’s the right thing to measure
What the cross-organization data revealed
Practical recommendations, including what to ask donors and how to weight results
We coordinated a collective room-for-more-funding estimate across five organizations with dedicated WAW workstreams: Animal Ethics, the Center for Wild Animal Welfare, the NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program, Wild Animal Initiative, and our own Animal Welfare Department.
Each organization estimated what it could do with additional funding in 2027, both to bolster current strategies and to pursue more ambitious ones. The combined estimate: $3.16M–$8.23M in additional funding for 2027.
Rethink Priorities Updates:
Hiring:
Director, Global Health and Development Team (remote, apply by September 10) - setting the strategy for RP’s GHD department, overseeing its research, and leading fundraising execution and partner relationships. $154,000/year.
AI Integration Lead (remote, apply by August 30) - leading RP’s effort to determine empirically where AI can reliably augment our research and operational work, and building the tools and workflows that prove out. Open to candidates leaning either way: a researcher fluent in AI tooling, or a technically strong builder with EA literacy. $132,986–$146,447/year.
View both roles and applyUpcoming Webinar: Measuring Counterfactual Impact in Effective Giving
The donations an organization generates and the impact it causes aren’t always the same thing.
Dr. Melanie Basnak, Senior Program Officer at Coefficient Giving, and Dr. Samara Mendez, Senior Economist at Rethink Priorities, will break down that gap at our next RP Strategic Webinar: “Measuring Counterfactual Impact in Effective Giving,” on Thursday, August 27 (10 AM ET / 3 PM BST / 4 PM CEST).
You’ll learn:
Register hereWhat “counterfactual share” means and why it’s the right thing to measure
What the cross-organization data revealed
Practical recommendations, including what to ask donors and how to weight results
New report: Wild Animal Welfare Donation Opportunities & Room for More Funding
We coordinated a collective room-for-more-funding estimate across five organizations with dedicated WAW workstreams: Animal Ethics, the Center for Wild Animal Welfare, the NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program, Wild Animal Initiative, and our own Animal Welfare Department.
Each organization estimated what it could do with additional funding in 2027, both to bolster current strategies and to pursue more ambitious ones. The combined estimate: $3.16M–$8.23M in additional funding for 2027.
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