Do you have more information about how personal/family finance as a bottleneck for impact is to be understood?
Unfortunately, the majority of people’s open comments didn’t provide more detail beyond something like “financial constraints” or “low income.” Among the minority of comments which did offer more detail, the specific thing most often mentioned was simply that people could donate more if they had more money. Freedom to explore different options, switch career, spend more time on high-impact work, and stress related to money were all mentioned by ~ a couple of people.
This was very insightful. Thanks to everyone that made the survey and this write-up possible.
Do you have more information about how personal/family finance as a bottleneck for impact is to be understood? e.g.
Constrained runway --> Lower risk appetite and ability to switch careers/jobs/university course
Constrained savings / lowered ability to build up savings --> To make investments in (further) education
Constrained budget --> Need to set priorities not/less focused on impact
It would be great to see this in more detail in the next survey given the prevalence of the bottleneck.
Thanks!
Unfortunately, the majority of people’s open comments didn’t provide more detail beyond something like “financial constraints” or “low income.” Among the minority of comments which did offer more detail, the specific thing most often mentioned was simply that people could donate more if they had more money. Freedom to explore different options, switch career, spend more time on high-impact work, and stress related to money were all mentioned by ~ a couple of people.