Speaking & Writing

Cari Tuna joined Bill Gates and other philanthropic leaders in New York to mark 25 years of the Gates Foundation. In her remarks, she reflected on how the Foundation’s evidence-driven approach to tackling global health challenges has inspired Good Ventures’ own work.

During a fireside chat, Cari Tuna spoke with Rob Reich, professor of political science at Stanford, about choosing causes strategically, the value and limitations of quantifying impact, and bringing together donors to tackle important, neglected problems like lead poisoning.

In this essay, Dustin Moskovitz reflects on what he’s learned over 15 years of philanthropy, from the difficulty of choosing focus area to understanding that doing good is less about finding perfect answers and more about embracing uncertainty and humility.