Nice, thanks! It sounds like you know these orgs better than I do. Superficially, if you look at their websites, you’ll notice a lot of organizational isomorphism , e.g.
GiveWell: “We search for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.”
CEP: “CEP has resources on effective giving practices for individual donors and philanthropic advisors.”
Effective Giving: “Our mission is to help major donors to find – and fund – the most promising solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.”
Grantmakers for Effective Philanthropy: “our community turns a hunger for more effective philanthropy into clear pathways for achieving it.”
The Life You Can Save: “At The Life You Can Save, we make “smart giving simple” by recommending charities that save lives and improve well-being where each dollar goes the furthest.”
Happier Lives Institute: “The Happier Lives Institute connects donors, researchers, and policymakers with the most cost-effective opportunities to increase global wellbeing.”
So it seems like you know that there are substantive differences between these orgs, but at face value, they’re marketing themselves in similar ways. So what I’m asking is: has there been something digestible that would articulate their similarities and differences? Has there been any effort to think about whether this is too man orgs or too few?
(Edited to put the Effective Altruism Foundation into the funder category which I think is a better fit)
Nice, thanks! It sounds like you know these orgs better than I do. Superficially, if you look at their websites, you’ll notice a lot of organizational isomorphism , e.g.
GiveWell: “We search for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.”
CEP: “CEP has resources on effective giving practices for individual donors and philanthropic advisors.”
Effective Giving: “Our mission is to help major donors to find – and fund – the most promising solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.”
Grantmakers for Effective Philanthropy: “our community turns a hunger for more effective philanthropy into clear pathways for achieving it.”
The Life You Can Save: “At The Life You Can Save, we make “smart giving simple” by recommending charities that save lives and improve well-being where each dollar goes the furthest.”
Happier Lives Institute: “The Happier Lives Institute connects donors, researchers, and policymakers with the most cost-effective opportunities to increase global wellbeing.”
So it seems like you know that there are substantive differences between these orgs, but at face value, they’re marketing themselves in similar ways. So what I’m asking is: has there been something digestible that would articulate their similarities and differences? Has there been any effort to think about whether this is too man orgs or too few?
(Edited to put the Effective Altruism Foundation into the funder category which I think is a better fit)