Last I heard it was something like 10% of their GCR budget.
It’s also basically impossible to apply for GHD funding. I recently decided to put my money where my mouth is and get involved in an early stage GHD project, but there’s basically no EA-aligned funder who’s willing to let you approach them.
SFF are exclusively longtermist, EA GHD as mentioned basically shut down, and Givewell and CoGi don’t accept unsolicited applications. So as far as I can see if you think you have an idea in the GHD space and need funding for it you basically have to look outside the EA world (someone tell me if I missed something!)
Last I heard it was something like 10% of their GCR budget.
I don’t think that’s right — CG gave $400m to GHW in 2025, and to get a sense of what % that might be, Alexander Berger (CEO of CG) shared that overall “Coefficient Giving directed over $1 billion in 2025” in his recent letter.
I’m confused by the strong negative reaction to this comment. I guess it’s about the CoGi funding, which does sound like I was wrong. But it seems to be true that there’s no option to directly apply for funding for a new project (NickLaing mentions the GH funding circle, but they completed one round last year and their website doesn’t currently imply there would be any more).
I think this helps explain the decline of GHD in the OP—AIM’s charity list notwithstanding, no-one in the movement is incentivised to come up with practical ideas in the field.
Yep this is a legitimate concern, its hard for new projects that aren’t being incubated through CE for sure. I think there are decent arguments for bigger funders not funding new initiatives though. I think its not the worst for friends/family/non EA funds to help starting new initiatives before official funders get involved. Also (I could be wrong) if you made a very strong argument here on the forum there might be people willing to help.
The Global Health Funding circle is another EA avenue for newer ventures :). Also Scott Alexander’s yearly giveaway is open to new ideas and they fund a bunch of GHD stuff
Last I heard it was something like 10% of their GCR budget.
It’s also basically impossible to apply for GHD funding. I recently decided to put my money where my mouth is and get involved in an early stage GHD project, but there’s basically no EA-aligned funder who’s willing to let you approach them.
SFF are exclusively longtermist, EA GHD as mentioned basically shut down, and Givewell and CoGi don’t accept unsolicited applications. So as far as I can see if you think you have an idea in the GHD space and need funding for it you basically have to look outside the EA world (someone tell me if I missed something!)
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I don’t think that’s right — CG gave $400m to GHW in 2025, and to get a sense of what % that might be, Alexander Berger (CEO of CG) shared that overall “Coefficient Giving directed over $1 billion in 2025” in his recent letter.
I’m confused by the strong negative reaction to this comment. I guess it’s about the CoGi funding, which does sound like I was wrong. But it seems to be true that there’s no option to directly apply for funding for a new project (NickLaing mentions the GH funding circle, but they completed one round last year and their website doesn’t currently imply there would be any more).
I think this helps explain the decline of GHD in the OP—AIM’s charity list notwithstanding, no-one in the movement is incentivised to come up with practical ideas in the field.
Yep this is a legitimate concern, its hard for new projects that aren’t being incubated through CE for sure. I think there are decent arguments for bigger funders not funding new initiatives though. I think its not the worst for friends/family/non EA funds to help starting new initiatives before official funders get involved. Also (I could be wrong) if you made a very strong argument here on the forum there might be people willing to help.
The Global Health Funding circle is another EA avenue for newer ventures :). Also Scott Alexander’s yearly giveaway is open to new ideas and they fund a bunch of GHD stuff