I think that there’s a pretty compelling case for Cari & Dustin to give everything to Open Phil. The main reason is that Open Phil is already evaluating and funding the other options, and will continue to do so. They are funding many moonshots (AI risk), and are basically funding many smaller grants (through things like regranting programs with BERI and CEA).
If they were to give directly to moonshots or other projects, that would just mean moving the decision from Open Phil staff to Cari & Dustin individually, which seems weird to me. They could hire other people to do this, but at that point they are basically making a competitor to Open Phil.
Should they sponsor an Open Phil equivalent/competitor? My guess is that this would most make sense if this other organization were sufficiently different and/or specialized; though in these cases, I’d expect Open Phil would be happy with them and consider funding them directly; they would be less of an equivalent and more of a collaborating group. If they were too similar they would compete for talent; I think much of the best talent is at Open Phil, so this would be a struggle for them.
From what I understand, Holden really doesn’t have complete power. If his influence were too high, that could be modified while keeping the main Open Phil relationship the same.
The general structure of “I’m rich, so I’ll make one, and only one, group to decide, on a high level, what to do with my money” seems pretty reasonable and common to me.
Separately, I’d of course like to see other mega-billionaires also come in, but that’s somewhat of a separate issue.
Should they sponsor an Open Phil equivalent/competitor? My guess is that this would most make sense if this other organization were sufficiently different and/or specialized
The concrete proposal that currently seems most compelling is for either Open Phil or Good Ventures to commit to each year granting X amount to each of the EA Funds for regranting (size of X to be determined).
I think this would diversify grantmaker decision-making. I’m currently quite bullish on diversifying grantmaker decision-making.
I don’t think it matters very much if Good Ventures does this directly or if it happens through Open Phil.
Right now there is quite a bit of this happening through Open Phil. My guess would be that they would want to seem more happen, but don’t feel like the existing groups could efficiently take much more money from them at the moment.
This isn’t to discourage other donors; extra donor diversity seems pretty useful as well.
My impression is that this money is being used for EA Grants and Community Grants (I believe it’s called), but not EA Funds. I don’t fully understand the details here, but imagine they probably have decent reasons for this.
I believe BERI also got money to regrant, but it’s possible it’s not from Open Phil. You could see their list of grants here:
https://existence.org/grants/
I think that there’s a pretty compelling case for Cari & Dustin to give everything to Open Phil. The main reason is that Open Phil is already evaluating and funding the other options, and will continue to do so. They are funding many moonshots (AI risk), and are basically funding many smaller grants (through things like regranting programs with BERI and CEA).
If they were to give directly to moonshots or other projects, that would just mean moving the decision from Open Phil staff to Cari & Dustin individually, which seems weird to me. They could hire other people to do this, but at that point they are basically making a competitor to Open Phil.
Should they sponsor an Open Phil equivalent/competitor? My guess is that this would most make sense if this other organization were sufficiently different and/or specialized; though in these cases, I’d expect Open Phil would be happy with them and consider funding them directly; they would be less of an equivalent and more of a collaborating group. If they were too similar they would compete for talent; I think much of the best talent is at Open Phil, so this would be a struggle for them.
From what I understand, Holden really doesn’t have complete power. If his influence were too high, that could be modified while keeping the main Open Phil relationship the same.
The general structure of “I’m rich, so I’ll make one, and only one, group to decide, on a high level, what to do with my money” seems pretty reasonable and common to me.
Separately, I’d of course like to see other mega-billionaires also come in, but that’s somewhat of a separate issue.
The concrete proposal that currently seems most compelling is for either Open Phil or Good Ventures to commit to each year granting X amount to each of the EA Funds for regranting (size of X to be determined).
I think this would diversify grantmaker decision-making. I’m currently quite bullish on diversifying grantmaker decision-making.
I don’t think it matters very much if Good Ventures does this directly or if it happens through Open Phil.
Right now there is quite a bit of this happening through Open Phil. My guess would be that they would want to seem more happen, but don’t feel like the existing groups could efficiently take much more money from them at the moment.
This isn’t to discourage other donors; extra donor diversity seems pretty useful as well.
Open Phil makes grants to the EA Funds for regranting?
I’ve heard different things, it’s been harder to pin this down.
“Approximately half of the money we’re receiving from Open Philanthropy, we expect to regrant to promising work in the community, either directly through EA Grants or via separate grants to local groups.” https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/blog/announcing-grant-from-the-open-philanthropy-project/
My impression is that this money is being used for EA Grants and Community Grants (I believe it’s called), but not EA Funds. I don’t fully understand the details here, but imagine they probably have decent reasons for this.
Carl Shulman has a $5m fund for regranting. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/centre-for-effective-altruism-new-discretionary-fund
I believe BERI also got money to regrant, but it’s possible it’s not from Open Phil. You could see their list of grants here: https://existence.org/grants/