I think FHF can be argued to fall within the scope of either fund. I’m sure you saw this part of the above report:
We see this as a promising meta initiative because The Future of Humanity Foundation is aiming to leverage FHI’s operations and increase its overall impact. (FHI itself also acts as a meta initiative to some degree, because it provides scholarships, promotes important ideas through popular science books, and trains early-career researchers through its Research Scholars Programme.)
I perceive this grant to be worldview-specific rather than cause-area-specific: there are several longtermist cause areas (AI safety, pandemic prevention, etc.) that FHI contributes to. Other grants (e.g., Happier Lives Institute, Charity Entrepreneurship) are also based on particular worldviews or even cause areas, so this is not unprecedented.
In general, I think it makes sense for the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) to support both cause-neutral and cause-specific projects, as long as they have a meta component and the EAIF fund managers are well-placed to evaluate the projects.
I personally actually think it’s pretty unclear what the EAIF’s funding threshold and benchmark should be. The GHDF aims to beat GiveWell top charities, the AWF should match/beat OP’s animal welfare grantmaking, the LTFF aims to beat OP’s last longermist dollar, but there’s no straightforward benchmark for the EAIF given that it’s kind of cause-agnostic. I plan to work with the fund managers to define this more clearly going forward. Let me know if you have any ideas.
I think FHF can be argued to fall within the scope of either fund. I’m sure you saw this part of the above report:
I perceive this grant to be worldview-specific rather than cause-area-specific: there are several longtermist cause areas (AI safety, pandemic prevention, etc.) that FHI contributes to. Other grants (e.g., Happier Lives Institute, Charity Entrepreneurship) are also based on particular worldviews or even cause areas, so this is not unprecedented.
In general, I think it makes sense for the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) to support both cause-neutral and cause-specific projects, as long as they have a meta component and the EAIF fund managers are well-placed to evaluate the projects.
I personally actually think it’s pretty unclear what the EAIF’s funding threshold and benchmark should be. The GHDF aims to beat GiveWell top charities, the AWF should match/beat OP’s animal welfare grantmaking, the LTFF aims to beat OP’s last longermist dollar, but there’s no straightforward benchmark for the EAIF given that it’s kind of cause-agnostic. I plan to work with the fund managers to define this more clearly going forward. Let me know if you have any ideas.