Good Ventures

Good Ventures
Founded2011 (2011)
Founder
TypePrivate foundation
Key people
  • Cari Tuna
  • Dustin Moskovitz
Revenue$177,849,222 (2015)
Websitegoodventures.org

Good Ventures is a private foundation and philanthropic organization in San Francisco. It was co-founded by Cari Tuna, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, and her husband Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook and co-founder of Asana.[1][2][3] Good Ventures aims to spend most or all of its money during Tuna and Moskovitz's lifetimes.[4][3][5] Tuna and Moskovitz describe their goal as "to take the fullest possible advantage of the opportunity we have to help others." As of 2025, the foundation has distributed more than $5 billion in grants to address challenges including malaria, lead poisoning, AI safety, and pandemic preparedness. In 2025, Tuna and Moskovitz were named to the inaugural TIME100 Philanthropy list for their "data-centric approach" to giving.

Good Ventures does not have any full-time staff, and instead distributes grants according to recommendations from Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy). As of 2022, it is the fifth largest foundation in Silicon Valley.[6]

History

Cari Tuna, then a reporter at the San Francisco bureau of the Wall Street Journal, and Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook co-founder, started dating in 2009. In 2010, Moskovitz and Tuna signed the Giving Pledge, becoming the youngest couple to do so, and began investigating how best to give away the money.[4]

Tuna and Moskovitz launched their foundation, Good Ventures, in 2011. While Moskovitz continued to run Asana, Tuna quit her job to work full-time on Good Ventures. They first learned about the charity evaluator GiveWell and the movement for effective giving after reading The Life You Can Save. Tuna joined the board of GiveWell in April 2011, and the partnership between Good Ventures and GiveWell led to the launch of GiveWell Labs in September 2011, a project that conducted research on cost-effective philanthropy.[1][7]

In March 2013, Good Ventures launched its own website.[8]

In August 2014, GiveWell Labs was renamed the Open Philanthropy Project.[9][10]

In November 2025, Open Philanthropy rebranded as Coefficient Giving, reflecting its expanded role advising multiple donors beyond Good Ventures.[11] In 2025, Coefficient Giving directed over $200 million from donors other than Good Ventures.[12]

Operations

Good Ventures plans to spend the majority of its money before the death of Moskovitz and Tuna. Most of the money for the foundation comes from the stock Moskovitz obtained as a Facebook and Asana co-founder.[13][14][15][16][17] The foundation's giving addresses global health and development, abundance and growth, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, scientific research, navigating transformative AI, farm animal welfare, and more.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Gose, Ben (November 3, 2013). "A Facebook Co-Founder and His Wife Use Effective Altruism to Shape Giving". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Our Story". Good Ventures. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  5. ^ Matthews, Dylan (April 24, 2015). "You have $8 billion. You want to do as much good as possible. What do you do?". Vox. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Largest foundations in Silicon Valley". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  7. ^ "Announcing GiveWell Labs". GiveWell. September 8, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  8. ^ Olanoff, Drew (March 12, 2013). "Dustin Moskovitz And Cari Tuna Launch Site For Their Philanthropic Foundation, Good Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  9. ^ Karnofsky, Holden (August 20, 2014). "Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)". GiveWell. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)". Coefficient Giving. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  11. ^ "Open Philanthropy is now Coefficient Giving". Coefficient Giving. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  12. ^ "Open Philanthropy Is Now Coefficient Giving. Here's What Has and Hasn't Changed". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  13. ^ "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  14. ^ "Big tech bankrolls BLM in exchange for net neutrality support". 24 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  15. ^ "Wringing the Most Good Out of a Facebook Fortune". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  16. ^ Carpenter, Scott (2021-10-19). "Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz builds a second fortune". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  17. ^ "Dustin Moskovitz". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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