Cari Tuna
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| Born | October 4, 1985 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (Political science, B.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | philanthropist, former journalist |
| Known for | Co-founding Open Philanthropy and Good Ventures |
| Spouse | |
Cari Tuna (born October 4, 1985) is an American philanthropist. Formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, she is the co-founder and Chair of the philanthropic organizations Good Ventures and Open Philanthropy. She is married to Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Tuna and Moskovitz were included in Time's 2025 "Time 100 Philanthropy" list for their "data-focused approach to direct funds to causes where they can do the most good."[1]
Early life
[edit]Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota,[2] on October 4, 1985.[3] The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School.[4] There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian.[5]
Tuna studied political science at Yale University, where she wrote for the student paper, the Yale Daily News.[6] While studying, she contributed articles to her hometown newspaper, the Evansville Courier & Press, and completed an internship at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. With a basic knowledge of Arabic and Turkish, she considered a career as a foreign correspondent.[5] Tuna graduated with a B.A.[7]
Career
[edit]After graduation, Tuna became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered topics including enterprise technology, the California economy, and corporate management.[8]
In 2011, Tuna quit her job at The Wall Street Journal to focus on philanthropy full-time.[5] 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 GiveWell, and is now a philanthropic advisor and funder focused on cost-effective, high-impact giving.[5][9] Tuna also serves on the board of GiveWell.[10]
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)."[11] 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.[12][13]
Tuna was included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role at Open Philanthropy.[14] 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."[15]
Personal life
[edit]Tuna met internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they got married in 2013.[5][16] In 2010, she and her husband became the youngest couple ever to sign Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "How We Chose Time100 Philanthropy 2025". Time. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ Callahan, David (2017). The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age (First ed.). New York. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-101-94705-0. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Cari Tuna". InfluenceWatch. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Douglass, Kenny (2014-12-30). "Billionaire from Evansville to spread the wealth". 14 News. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ a b c d e f Cha, Ariana Eunjung (2014-12-26). "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ^ Callahan, David (2013-09-12). "Meet Cari Tuna, the Woman Giving Away Dustin Moskovitz's Facebook Fortune". Inside Philanthropy. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "Cari Tuna". Open Philanthropy. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ^ "Cari Tuna". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ Lee, Vincent (September 12, 2013). "Meet Cari Tuna, the Woman Giving Away Dustin Moskovitz's Facebook Fortune". Inside Philanthropy. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "People". GiveWell. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz". Time. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "About Us". Open Philanthropy. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "Our Focus Areas". Open Philanthropy. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024". Time. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Melinda French Gates on Karlie Kloss and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Philanthropy". Vanity Fair. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ Louis, Serah. "Meet the Wives and Girlfriends of Billionaires". MoneyWise. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Tuna, Cari (2019-09-23). "Open Philanthropy Project's Cari Tuna on Funding Global Health" (Interview). Interviewed by Abby Schultz.
- Carbonara, Peter (2025-05-20), "Time100 Philanthropy: Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz", Time
External links
[edit]- Cari Tuna on Instagram
- Cari Tuna on Twitter
- Doing philanthropy better - Effective Altruism Global talk with William MacAskill
- Giving away a Facebook fortune - Financial Times interview
- 1985 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- 21st-century American businesswomen
- 21st-century American women journalists
- 21st-century American philanthropists
- American nonprofit businesspeople
- American organization founders
- People associated with effective altruism
- People from Evansville, Indiana
- The Wall Street Journal people
- Yale College alumni
- Journalists from Minnesota
- American women philanthropists
- Philanthropists from Minnesota