Cari Tuna
American philanthropist
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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 Coefficient Giving. 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] Forbes has described her as "one of the most generous philanthropists in the world."[2]
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| Born | October 4, 1985 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (Political science, B.A.) |
| Occupations | Philanthropist, former journalist |
| Known for | Co-founding Coefficient Giving and Good Ventures |
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Early life
Cari Tuna was born in Minnesota,[3] on October 4, 1985.[4] The eldest of three children of two doctors, she was brought up in Evansville, Indiana, where she attended Signature School.[5] There, she was student council president, founded an Amnesty International chapter and was co-valedictorian.[6]
Tuna studied political science at Yale University, where she wrote for the student paper, the Yale Daily News.[7][8] 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.[6] Tuna graduated with a B.A.[9]
Career
After graduation, Tuna became a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered topics including enterprise technology, the California economy, and corporate management.[10]
In 2011, Tuna quit her job at The Wall Street Journal to focus on philanthropy full-time.[6] Tuna is currently the chair of Good Ventures, a foundation she co-founded with her husband, and is the chair of Coefficient Giving, which began as a partnership between Good Ventures and GiveWell, and is now a philanthropic advisor and funder focused on helping philanthropists give more effectively.[6][7] Tuna also serves on the board of GiveWell.[11]
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)."[12] Since its founding, Coefficient Giving 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.[13][14]
Tuna was included in Time's "100 Most Influential People in AI 2024" for her role at Coefficient Giving.[15] 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."[16]
Personal life
Tuna met internet entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz on a blind date, and they got married in 2013.[6][17] In 2010, she and her husband became the youngest couple ever to sign Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge.[6] Tuna is the youngest individual signer of the Giving Pledge.[18]