Announcements:
We launched the Strep A Vaccine Fund, a multi-donor effort to accelerate the development of vaccines against Strep A, a pathogen that kills more than 600,000 people a year.
Hiring:
We’re hiring an Operations Coordinator/Associate based in San Francisco or Washington D.C. As always, if your referral results in a hire, you’ll receive $5k as a thank you.
New writing:
We published a blog on how we do remote and in-person work at CG, with reflections from four staff on what working from D.C., SF, NYC, and Brasília is like.
Deena Mousa was profiled in our latest Day in the Life, walking through what it’s like to be a program officer on GHW Cause Prioritization.
Chris Webster wrote about how CG has integrated AI into our work: what we’ve built, where AI helps and falls short, and what he’s learned rolling out new tools across the org.
George Rosenfeld shared a personal letter to friends and family making the case that AI could transform the world within years and that the current trajectory is cause for concern.
Jeremy Klemin wrote about how Georgia Tech engineer Saad Bhamla, working with Thai researchers Kiatichai Faksri and Noppadon Nuntawong, is building a sub-$100 Raman spectroscopy device that could transform TB testing in low-resource settings.
Opportunities:
We launched a $10M RFP on Alternative Protein R&D — read our EA Forum post about it here. Applications are due August 10, 2026.
Our RFP for Humane Fish Slaughter Research/Prototypes is open through July 1, 2026. Funding is available for projects that materially improve the welfare of fish at capture and slaughter.
We also have a variety of other funding opportunities available, including fellowships, scholarships, support for group organizers, and funding for career development and transition.
Caleb Watney joined Coefficient Giving as our inaugural Managing Director of Public Policy, overseeing our work on U.S. AI policy, the Abundance & Growth Fund, and government relations. Before this, Caleb co-founded and co-led the Institute for Progress.
Coefficient Giving is hiring for several roles:
Multiple roles, U.S. AI Policy and Public Policy (Washington D.C., apply by July 23) — grantmakers and a Chief of Staff to help build out Caleb Watney’s new public policy team.
Expression of Interest, Office of the CEO (San Francisco preferred, rolling) — roles supporting CEO Alexander Berger by co-owning his priorities and setting him up to be as effective as possible.
As always, if your referral results in a hire, you’ll receive $5k as a thank you.
New writing:
We interviewed Samantha Kagel, CEO of Ambitious Impact, about how its Charity Entrepreneurship program has helped launch 50+ high-impact nonprofits.
Opportunities:
We launched a new RFP on Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI, supporting research, policy development, implementation, and field-building to help ensure AI improves human health and wellbeing, with particular attention to the global poor. We expect to allocate $10–30M and are reviewing applications on a rolling basis through August 21.
We also have a variety of other funding opportunities available, including fellowships, scholarships, support for group organizers, and funding for career development and transition.