On only including longtermist donations, if it ended up being the case that the marginal giving multiplier was <1 for longtermists, but >1 overall, committed longtermists could coordinate with others to support GWWC in proportion to the benefit towards longtermism (e.g. share of marginally raised funds towards longtermism, but also possibly other impacts). In general, supporters of each cause should be willing to contribute in proportion to the marginal impact towards the causes they support. Doing this could take coordination, but I’d imagine it could mostly be managed by larger funders, like Open Phil or the EA Funds. And maybe it already is?
Alternatively, GWWC could do more cause-specific work or emphasize cause areas differently in its outreach, and do that in proportion to donations earmarked for specific causes.
If the marginal multiplier for longtermists is >1, after addressing concerns about double counting, and appropriately discounting future donations based on x-risk, then they should be willing to support GWWC even without coordination (as long as other groups aren’t donating to GWWC substantially less as a result, which would decrease the multiplier for them), although coordination may make it “fairer”.
On only including longtermist donations, if it ended up being the case that the marginal giving multiplier was <1 for longtermists, but >1 overall, committed longtermists could coordinate with others to support GWWC in proportion to the benefit towards longtermism (e.g. share of marginally raised funds towards longtermism, but also possibly other impacts). In general, supporters of each cause should be willing to contribute in proportion to the marginal impact towards the causes they support. Doing this could take coordination, but I’d imagine it could mostly be managed by larger funders, like Open Phil or the EA Funds. And maybe it already is?
See https://strivingforpositiveimpact.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/should-you-donate-to-a-fund-raising-meta-charity/.
Alternatively, GWWC could do more cause-specific work or emphasize cause areas differently in its outreach, and do that in proportion to donations earmarked for specific causes.
If the marginal multiplier for longtermists is >1, after addressing concerns about double counting, and appropriately discounting future donations based on x-risk, then they should be willing to support GWWC even without coordination (as long as other groups aren’t donating to GWWC substantially less as a result, which would decrease the multiplier for them), although coordination may make it “fairer”.