The Center for High Impact Philanthropy is a center at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the

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in the

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. The center focuses on

high impact philanthropy Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis". People who pursue the goals of effective altruism, c ...

, both in the US and internationally. The Center puts out studies, papers, and briefings on how to maximize the impact of one's philanthropy. Among the materials available on their website are: a primer on high impact philanthropy, and a guide on holiday giving.

History

According to its website, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy was established in the Spring of 2006 by the dean of the school and a small group of anonymous alumni of the

Wharton School of Business The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...

(the business school of the University of Pennsylvania).

Funding

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy relies on a number of foundations for its funding, including the

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. The Hewlett Foundation aw ...

and the

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death ...

Media and blog coverage

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy has been mentioned twice on the blog of charity evaluator

GiveWell GiveWell is an American non-profit charity assessment and effective altruism-focused organization. GiveWell focuses primarily on the cost-effectiveness of the organizations that it evaluates, rather than traditional metrics such as the percent ...

References

External links

Website
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