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Mar 27, 2024 · Hassenfeld cofounded GiveWell with fellow ex-hedge-funder Holden Karnofsky in 2007, before effective altruism was even a seed-stage social movement. From the start, the organization was the...
Mr. Karnofsky, a 28-year-old former hedge-fund employee who started GiveWell with Mr. Hassenfeld when they had trouble finding information to direct their own charitable giving, says the group has tried to simplify its review process and make it less burdensome for nonprofit groups.
Aug 8, 2022 · Founded in 2007 by Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld, both alums of the eccentric hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, the group sought to identify the most cost-effective giving opportunities...
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Dec 24, 2007 · Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld, 20-something former hedge fund analysts, left their big-money jobs and started Clear Fund, a company dedicated to helping people navigate the world of ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Hassenfeld and ex-hedge-funder Holden Karnofsky formed GiveWell together in 2007, before effective altruism turned into a social movement. Since its inception, the organization led the so-called evidence-based charity community.
Oct 5, 2021 · Holden Karnofsky, a co-founder of GiveWell, explores the ethical questions around charitable giving. [MUSIC PLAYING] EZRA KLEIN: I’m Ezra Klein, and this is “The Ezra Klein Show.”. Over the ...
GiveWell's board of directors investigated and found that the founders Karnofsky and Hassenfeld had acted inappropriately and as a result, it fined each of them $5000 and Karnofsky was demoted from executive director to a program director.
