Alexander Berger - CEO, Coefficient Giving
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This is a staff profile page for Alexander Berger, CEO of Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), a major philanthropic organization that funds AI safety research among other cause areas. Relevant to AI safety governance and funding landscape.
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This is the staff profile page for Alexander Berger, co-founder and CEO of Coefficient Giving (a rebranded Open Philanthropy). He oversees strategic direction and grantmaking, having directed over $3 billion in giving, including grants relevant to AI safety and global health.
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- •Alexander Berger is co-founder and CEO of Coefficient Giving, overseeing $3B+ in philanthropic giving
- •He previously co-founded the project in 2011 that became Coefficient Giving and was its first employee in 2017
- •His background includes research analyst work at GiveWell focused on global health cost-effectiveness
- •Coefficient Giving directed over $1 billion in 2025 alone, its largest annual total
- •The organization funds AI safety research among other cause areas, making leadership profiles relevant to the funding ecosystem
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Alexander Berger CEO .wysiwyg:first-child_h2:first-child]:border-t-0 [&>.wysiwyg:first-child_h2:first-child]:mt-0"> Alexander Berger is co-founder and CEO of Coefficient Giving. He sets our strategic direction, oversees our grantmaking, and leads our work with external donors. Before becoming CEO, Alexander served as co-CEO and led Coefficient’s work on global health and wellbeing. During his time as co-CEO and then sole CEO, he has overseen over $3 billion of giving and launched Coefficient’s first pooled funds to reduce lead exposure and accelerate economic growth . Previously, Alexander led our initial process for selecting focus areas and hiring and training program officers. In 2011, he co-founded the project that eventually became Coefficient Giving, and in 2017 he was the first employee of the independent organization. Alexander began his career as a research analyst at GiveWell, conducting evidence reviews and cost-effectiveness analyses in global health. He holds an M.A. in education policy and a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University, where he graduated with honors and distinction. Read more from Alexander in this interview with Vox . Featured Writing li+li]:mt-5 "> 2025 Letter from the CEO Coefficient Giving directed over $1 billion in 2025, the most in our history. This significant milestone is the result of extraordinary dedication from our funders, staff, and grantees, who share the conviction that effective philanthropy can be a powerful lever for making the world a much better place. GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat Our thinking on prioritizing across different causes has evolved as we’ve made more grants. This post explores one aspect of that: the high bar set by the best global health and development interventions, and what we’re learning about the relative performance of some of our other grantmaking areas that seek to help people today. Technical Updates to Our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework In 2019, we wrote a blog post about how we think about the "bar" for our giving and how we compare different kinds of interventions to each other using back-of-the-envelope calculations, all within the realm of what we now call Global Health and Wellbeing (GHW). This post updates that one and: Explains how we previously… Join Our Team li+li]:mt-5 "> Careers
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