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His­tory of philanthropy

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Understanding how people have used money to do good in the past may help donors to do more good in the future. For this reason, the Open Philanthropy Project has commissioned several reports on the history of philanthropy.[1] Their research suggests that it may be more effective to be ambitious, to found new organizations, and to build movements advocating for policy change.[2]

Further reading

Karnofsky, Holden (2012) Philanthropy’s success stories, Open Philanthropy, March 1.
A summary of OpenPhil’s main takeaways from the casebook for The Foundation: A Great American Secret, by Joel Fleishman, Scott Kohler and Steven Schindler.

Open Philanthropy (2021) History of philanthropy, Open Philanthropy.

External links

HistPhil. An online publication on the history of philanthropy.

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    Open Philanthropy (2021) History of philanthropy, Open Philanthropy.

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    Karnofsky, Holden (2012) Philanthropy’s success stories, Open Philanthropy, March 1.

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Phil Har­vey (1938 − 2021)

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His­tor­i­cal Notes on Char­i­ta­ble Funds

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Chuck Feeney (1931–2023)

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An­drew Carnegie and Public Libraries: A Model of Effec­tive Altruism

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Tainted dona­tions: a his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive from Rho­dri Davies

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(www.philanthropisms.com)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: Clin­ton Health Ac­cess Ini­ti­a­tive’s Role in Global Price Drops for An­tiretro­viral Drugs

Holden Karnofsky10 Jan 2018 16:44 UTC
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0 comments3 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

The Track Record of Policy-Ori­ented Philanthropy

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0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Cen­ter on Bud­get and Policy Pri­ori­ties and State EITC Programs

lukeprog2 Feb 2018 16:25 UTC
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0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Philan­thropy’s Suc­cess Stories

Holden Karnofsky1 Mar 2012 16:53 UTC
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0 comments7 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

New Re­port on Early Field Growth

lukeprog26 Apr 2017 13:19 UTC
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1 comment2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Im­pact of Philan­thropy on the Pas­sage of the Afford­able Care Act

Milan_Griffes1 Sep 2015 10:25 UTC
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0 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Found­ing of the Cen­ter for Global Development

Holden Karnofsky15 Jun 2016 15:48 UTC
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0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

[Question] What are some in­ter­ven­tions be­fore 1920 that im­proved hu­man well-be­ing 100 years later?

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His­tory of Philan­thropy Liter­a­ture Re­view: Pug­wash Con­fer­ences on Science and World Affairs

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0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Cam­paign for Mar­riage Equality

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0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

The First Case Study from Our His­tory of Philan­thropy Project

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0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: Pew and Drug Safety Legislation

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0 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

[Question] In one hour, how could one donor com­pare the benefit of one marginal USD from 1921 to pro­tect civ­i­liza­tion in 2021?

ethankennerly17 Jul 2022 1:11 UTC
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His­tory of Philan­thropy Case Study: The Found­ing of the Cen­ter on Bud­get and Policy Priorities

Holden Karnofsky20 May 2016 15:30 UTC
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0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)