The EA Hub used to facilitate donation swaps—but the project was retired so now there’s no one owning this.
I think it can be hard to formally organise this, and have some reservations as to whether there could be legal implications for an organisation to run a project like this.
That being said, I know some people who are informally organising donation swaps at the moment.
It could be a good idea to gauge feasibility and interest in this across the EA community. I don’t know if it’s something GWWC would want to own but I do think it’s worth someone exploring!
Another thing to mention is that in the absence of a donation swap, if you expect a non-tax-deductible donation opportunity to be ≥2x times more impactful than one that you could claim a tax deduction on, you should probably choose the higher-impact option and forego the tax deduction. Here’s a nice page to explain why: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/donating-effectively-tax-deductibly
Thanks for your kind words about our work and team, too!!
My question is about donation swap and is there enough critical mass of givers (and demand) to implement or help facilitate something like this?
eg- Australia can give to some cause areas / charities but not others (eg existential risk, animal policy/lobbying etc)
Thanks for all the great work (and donations!) you and crew all do at GWWC.
Hi Simon,
Thanks for the question!
The EA Hub used to facilitate donation swaps—but the project was retired so now there’s no one owning this.
I think it can be hard to formally organise this, and have some reservations as to whether there could be legal implications for an organisation to run a project like this.
That being said, I know some people who are informally organising donation swaps at the moment.
It could be a good idea to gauge feasibility and interest in this across the EA community. I don’t know if it’s something GWWC would want to own but I do think it’s worth someone exploring!
Another thing to mention is that in the absence of a donation swap, if you expect a non-tax-deductible donation opportunity to be ≥2x times more impactful than one that you could claim a tax deduction on, you should probably choose the higher-impact option and forego the tax deduction. Here’s a nice page to explain why: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/donating-effectively-tax-deductibly
Thanks for your kind words about our work and team, too!!