From people who have made significant plan changes, about a third are (in part) earning to give (though usually they’re also going for career capital too). But this could overestimate the proportion. [this was also partly the figure I had in mind, though it’s a bit different].
Thinking through EA groups, often a significant fraction (like over 30%) of ppl are software engineers or similar and donating income.
GiveWell users and GWWC members also make up a big fraction of “dedicated EAs”, and if you count them as mainly contributing through their donations, then it could be a majority. There’s thousands of them compared to hundreds changing plans due to 80k (excluding etg).
How many EAs are currently earning to give?
Good point, it’s very hard to tell.
From people who have made significant plan changes, about a third are (in part) earning to give (though usually they’re also going for career capital too). But this could overestimate the proportion. [this was also partly the figure I had in mind, though it’s a bit different].
Thinking through EA groups, often a significant fraction (like over 30%) of ppl are software engineers or similar and donating income.
GiveWell users and GWWC members also make up a big fraction of “dedicated EAs”, and if you count them as mainly contributing through their donations, then it could be a majority. There’s thousands of them compared to hundreds changing plans due to 80k (excluding etg).