I’d be very interested in joining as a regranter, though it may make sense to wait a few years, by which point I will have donated most of my crypto pool and gained a bunch of experience. You can see my current strategy at Being an individual alignment grantmaker.
Edit: Does screening for conflicts of interest mean not allowing regranters to grant to people they know? If yes, I can see the reasoning, but if I was operating under this rule it would have blocked several of my most promising grants, which I found through personal connections. I would propose having these grants marked clearly and the regranter’s reputation being more strongly staked on those grants going well, rather than outright banning them.
Edit2: Will there be a network for regranters (e.g. Discord, Slack), and would it be possible for me to join as an independent grantmaker to share knowledge and best practices? Or maybe I should just apply now as I’m keen to learn, just not confident I am ready to direct $250k+/year.
Regrantors are able to make grants to people they know (in fact, having a diverse network is part of what makes for an effective regrantor); they just have to disclose if there’s a conflict of interest, and we may reject a grant if we don’t feel comfortable with it on those grounds.
We don’t currently have a network for regrantors that is open for external people to join.
I’d be very interested in joining as a regranter, though it may make sense to wait a few years, by which point I will have donated most of my crypto pool and gained a bunch of experience. You can see my current strategy at Being an individual alignment grantmaker.
Edit: Does screening for conflicts of interest mean not allowing regranters to grant to people they know? If yes, I can see the reasoning, but if I was operating under this rule it would have blocked several of my most promising grants, which I found through personal connections. I would propose having these grants marked clearly and the regranter’s reputation being more strongly staked on those grants going well, rather than outright banning them.
Edit2: Will there be a network for regranters (e.g. Discord, Slack), and would it be possible for me to join as an independent grantmaker to share knowledge and best practices? Or maybe I should just apply now as I’m keen to learn, just not confident I am ready to direct $250k+/year.
You are welcome to apply now!
Regrantors are able to make grants to people they know (in fact, having a diverse network is part of what makes for an effective regrantor); they just have to disclose if there’s a conflict of interest, and we may reject a grant if we don’t feel comfortable with it on those grounds.
We don’t currently have a network for regrantors that is open for external people to join.