(Note: Wrote this before I saw Ben’s comment, so there are some redundancies.)
There are a couple of large (for EA) organizations working on this, but their clientele generally prefer privacy, and they work quietly. Unlike 80,000 Hours or CEA, which have very large potential audiences, an advisory service looking to help ultra-wealthy people isn’t necessarily going to be visible to people outside that category (which creates the common and understandable impression that such orgs don’t exist).
Of course, many ultra-wealthy people who are interested in philanthropy stumble over EA at some point, and I’d guess from my experience around the community that many organizations have one or more donors in this category (though again, these donations are often quiet). For a public example, see Melanie Perkins and GiveDirectly.
You can also see the implicit impact of ultra-wealthy donors in public donation statistics — GiveWell presumably didn’t double their donations in 2020 vs. 2019 without help from some very wealthy people. Likewise, EA Funds’ monthly active donor numbers are rising much more slowly than their monthly donations, implying that a couple of people are donating a lot.
(Note: Wrote this before I saw Ben’s comment, so there are some redundancies.)
There are a couple of large (for EA) organizations working on this, but their clientele generally prefer privacy, and they work quietly. Unlike 80,000 Hours or CEA, which have very large potential audiences, an advisory service looking to help ultra-wealthy people isn’t necessarily going to be visible to people outside that category (which creates the common and understandable impression that such orgs don’t exist).
The organizations in question: Effective Giving and Longview Philanthropy.
Of course, many ultra-wealthy people who are interested in philanthropy stumble over EA at some point, and I’d guess from my experience around the community that many organizations have one or more donors in this category (though again, these donations are often quiet). For a public example, see Melanie Perkins and GiveDirectly.
You can also see the implicit impact of ultra-wealthy donors in public donation statistics — GiveWell presumably didn’t double their donations in 2020 vs. 2019 without help from some very wealthy people. Likewise, EA Funds’ monthly active donor numbers are rising much more slowly than their monthly donations, implying that a couple of people are donating a lot.