I think the experience of the FRAPPE donor circle, which formed in response to the first COVID wave in spring 2020, is relevant. We found that it didn’t take that much money or time for us to be able to 1) get access to high-quality, often non-public information about the crisis and how it was unfolding and 2) find strong giving opportunities that not enough other people were paying attention to. I like Chris’s idea because the combination of high salience + fast-moving environment is often a good one for finding high-leverage opportunities, but it’s easier to intervene effectively and take on a leadership role when you have gone to the trouble of setting up some infrastructure for it in advance.
I think the experience of the FRAPPE donor circle, which formed in response to the first COVID wave in spring 2020, is relevant. We found that it didn’t take that much money or time for us to be able to 1) get access to high-quality, often non-public information about the crisis and how it was unfolding and 2) find strong giving opportunities that not enough other people were paying attention to. I like Chris’s idea because the combination of high salience + fast-moving environment is often a good one for finding high-leverage opportunities, but it’s easier to intervene effectively and take on a leadership role when you have gone to the trouble of setting up some infrastructure for it in advance.