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Effective Altruism Forum

Published on May 13, 2026 4:11 AM GMT 1. The funding gap 314 organisations applied to the first round of the India Animal Welfare Funding Circle, which we launched in December, 2025 . Looking at what got funded versus what applied, the two pictures are almost completely inverted. The largest categories of applications, direct care and livelihoods-focused work, contributed least to the funded port…

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Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

Mercury Project directors Heather Lanthon and Rebecca Gluskin respond to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual letter laying out the foundation's investment agenda. For successful programs to translate into meaningful change, philanthropies have to also invest in the social and behavioral science needed to scale those programs. The post Supporting the Call for Philanthropy at Scale appeare…

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