Makes sense to me, thanks for sharing! It seems pretty plausible that the tighter remit is a good choice, both operationally and in terms of communication with donors. And I appreciate the clear examples of what falls inside and out.
One question, not intended as a criticism: you point out that EAIF would no longer function as a catch-all donor-of-last resort to random projects, which makes sense. But I do come across people working on such projects, and it does feel like there should be somewhere I can refer them, where they will be evaluated by cause-agnostic generalist EA evaluators (even if their prior probability of beating AI/GHW/Animals was low). Are you aware of such a venue?
Could you give me some examples of these kinds of projects? I think, as Linch said, Manifund is probably their best bet, or posting on the EA forum asking for funding from individual donors.
I was wondering the same thing, especially for projects that are managed by EAs or intended to meet EA principles. Are there any EA sources out there that fund such projects?
Makes sense to me, thanks for sharing! It seems pretty plausible that the tighter remit is a good choice, both operationally and in terms of communication with donors. And I appreciate the clear examples of what falls inside and out.
One question, not intended as a criticism: you point out that EAIF would no longer function as a catch-all donor-of-last resort to random projects, which makes sense. But I do come across people working on such projects, and it does feel like there should be somewhere I can refer them, where they will be evaluated by cause-agnostic generalist EA evaluators (even if their prior probability of beating AI/GHW/Animals was low). Are you aware of such a venue?
Could you give me some examples of these kinds of projects? I think, as Linch said, Manifund is probably their best bet, or posting on the EA forum asking for funding from individual donors.
Manifund comes to mind, though they’re more of a platform than a grantmaking agency.
I was wondering the same thing, especially for projects that are managed by EAs or intended to meet EA principles. Are there any EA sources out there that fund such projects?