Tuna first learned about
charity evaluatorGiveWell and the movement for effective giving after reading The Life You Can Save, and the couple was introduced to the ideas of
effective altruism. Tuna and Moskovitz formed Good Ventures. Moskovitz was busy running
Asana, so Tuna quit her job in 2011 to work full-time on Good Ventures. She also joined the board of GiveWell in April 2011.[3]
In March 2013, Good Ventures launched its own website.[7] In August 2014, GiveWell Labs, an internal project of GiveWell that did research on effective philanthropy, morphed into the
Open Philanthropy Project, a joint venture of GiveWell and Good Ventures.[8] Good Ventures no longer has any full-time staff, and distributes grants according to recommendations from Open Philanthropy.[9]
Operations
Good Ventures plans to spend out 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.[10][11][12][13][14] The organization has a publicly available grants database on its website.[15] Good Ventures LLC invests in for-profits related to human health and well-being, and donates earnings to the Good Ventures Foundation.[16] Its investments include
Vicarious, a company working in
artificial intelligence.[17][18]