GiveWell’s Maximum Impact Fund https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund is probably what you were looking for in the first place, it distributes 100% of the money to projects with the highest direct impact, and its employees are funded by external funds.
As far as I understand, the CEA “mission is to build a community of students and professionals acting on the principles of effective altruism, by creating and sustaining high-quality discussion spaces”. So indeed they probably do “fancy” events (the Bahamas thing is completely unrelated, see other comment). Which is probably something you do not find as valuable as more direct work. (And I personally would agree with you, and donated to New Incentives last year).
Don’t worry about criticizing “anonymously”, your name is the first thing that shows up when you Google “psb777″ anyway. If you want an admin to edit your visible name you can ask for help by clicking in the bottom right.
But please try to be more polite, everyone here is doing their best, if you don’t like how the CEA is using their money you should donate to a recommended charity indeed. Keep in mind that Oxfam seems to have similar salaries and ~15M£ in assets so, if this is something important to you, charities like the Against Malaria Foundation could be a better choice.
I agree that based on what you’re posting so far, there are definitely better choices for you than UK CEA. Here are two lists by EA related projects:
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/best-charities-to-donate-to-2022/#donate-to-reputable-and-effective-charities
https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/best-charities/ (this one includes Oxfam!)
There is a lot of diversity of opinions in the EA movement on what’s exactly best to donate to, depending on each individual’s unique values.
GiveWell’s Maximum Impact Fund https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund is probably what you were looking for in the first place, it distributes 100% of the money to projects with the highest direct impact, and its employees are funded by external funds.
As far as I understand, the CEA “mission is to build a community of students and professionals acting on the principles of effective altruism, by creating and sustaining high-quality discussion spaces”.
So indeed they probably do “fancy” events (the Bahamas thing is completely unrelated, see other comment).
Which is probably something you do not find as valuable as more direct work. (And I personally would agree with you, and donated to New Incentives last year).
Don’t worry about criticizing “anonymously”, your name is the first thing that shows up when you Google “psb777″ anyway. If you want an admin to edit your visible name you can ask for help by clicking in the bottom right.
But please try to be more polite, everyone here is doing their best, if you don’t like how the CEA is using their money you should donate to a recommended charity indeed. Keep in mind that Oxfam seems to have similar salaries and ~15M£ in assets so, if this is something important to you, charities like the Against Malaria Foundation could be a better choice.