Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American philanthropist. Formerly a reporter for ''

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'', she is the co-founder and Chair of the philanthropic organizations Good Ventures and Open Philanthropy. She is married to

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and

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co-founder

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. Tuna and Moskovitz were included in ''

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's'' 2025 "''Time'' 100 Philanthropy" list for their "data-focused approach to direct funds to causes where they can do the most good."

Early life

Cari Tuna was born in

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, on October 4, 1985. The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in

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, where she attended Signature School. There, she was

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, founded an

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chapter and was co-valedictorian. Tuna studied

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, where she wrote for the student paper, the ''

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''. While studying, she contributed articles to her hometown newspaper, the '' Evansville Courier & Press'', and completed an internship at the ''

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''. With a basic knowledge of Arabic and Turkish, she considered a career as a foreign correspondent. Tuna graduated with a B.A.

Career

After graduation, Tuna became a reporter for ''

'', where she covered topics including enterprise technology, the California economy, and corporate management. In 2011, Tuna quit her job at ''The Wall Street Journal'' to focus on philanthropy full-time. Tuna is currently the chair of Good Ventures, a foundation she co-founded with her husband, and is the chair of Open Philanthropy, which began as a partnership between Good Ventures and

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, and is now a philanthropic advisor and funder focused on cost-effective, high-impact giving. Tuna also serves on the board of GiveWell. Tuna has stated that she chooses philanthropic cause areas to support based on their "neglectedness, importance, and tractability (how hard it might be to solve)." Since its founding, Open Philanthropy has directed more than $4 billion in grants across a variety of focus areas, including global health, scientific research, pandemic preparedness, potential risks from advanced AI, and farm animal welfare. Tuna was included in ''

's'' "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role at Open Philanthropy. She was also recognized by Melinda French Gates as one of six women "making philanthropic strides", saying that Tuna's "experience as a journalist has informed her approach", adding that she is "rigorous about looking at the data and figuring out how to be as effective as possible."

Personal life

Tuna met internet entrepreneur

on a

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, and they got married in 2013. In 2010, she and her husband became the youngest couple ever to sign

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and

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's Giving Pledge.

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Doing philanthropy better
- Effective Altruism Global talk with William MacAskill
Giving away a Facebook fortune
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