I don’t for a moment think that you are a con artist. I suspect that (a) the amounts involved are all small, (b) you genuinely believe that all the grants are effective, (c) mostly you’re right but (d) occasionally, in ordinary human frailty, your judgment errs. If that’s right, then no real harm is done, but I have no way of verifying any of that, because you don’t (as far as I can see) disclose any information at all about the unreported grants.
I have to say also that you sound like you’re saying that you refuse to comply with the law, but as far as I can see, Effective Ventures does in fact comply with the law and publishes a list of its grantees (save for individuals and those receiving grants of less than £25k) within its Trustees’ Report. But that seems to create a different problem, because the post above ought to make clear that organisations seeking grants in excess of £25k will not be able to remain anonymous, because the grant will be dislosed in the annual accounts (although I believe there is a “serious prejudice” exception).
I don’t for a moment think that you are a con artist
Thanks, but maybe you’re being too generous here! :) I don’t think you should have 0% probability on this; I just think you should basically be at around base rates.
I suspect that (a) the amounts involved are all small, (b) you genuinely believe that all the grants are effective, (c) mostly you’re right but (d) occasionally, in ordinary human frailty, your judgment errs. If that’s right, then no real harm is done, but I have no way of verifying any of that, because you don’t (as far as I can see) disclose any information at all about the unreported grants.
Yep this sounds right. That’s why in the parent thread, I was suggesting other more legible places to donate to, for people who care a lot about this.
I have to say also that you sound like you’re saying that you refuse to comply with the law
I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I apologize for any miscommunication. I don’t really handle operational details and I could be wrong about a bunch of stuff.
But that seems to create a different problem, because the post above ought to make clear that organisations seeking grants in excess of £25k will not be able to remain anonymous
I think we typically refer those grants to private funders. This may entail more uncertainty and delays and I apologize as a result.
I don’t know about how this aspect of law works, but does the Trustees’s report actually contain all the grants? Based on the May 2021 LTFF report, I would expect to see a e.g. significant grant made to the Cambridge Computer Science Department (or similar), but unless I am misreading, or it is labelled counter-intuitively, I don’t see it.
More importantly, I would expect almost-all of the secretive grants to be made to individuals, which sounds like they are excluded from the reporting anyway.
I don’t for a moment think that you are a con artist. I suspect that (a) the amounts involved are all small, (b) you genuinely believe that all the grants are effective, (c) mostly you’re right but (d) occasionally, in ordinary human frailty, your judgment errs. If that’s right, then no real harm is done, but I have no way of verifying any of that, because you don’t (as far as I can see) disclose any information at all about the unreported grants.
I have to say also that you sound like you’re saying that you refuse to comply with the law, but as far as I can see, Effective Ventures does in fact comply with the law and publishes a list of its grantees (save for individuals and those receiving grants of less than £25k) within its Trustees’ Report. But that seems to create a different problem, because the post above ought to make clear that organisations seeking grants in excess of £25k will not be able to remain anonymous, because the grant will be dislosed in the annual accounts (although I believe there is a “serious prejudice” exception).
Thanks for the reply!
Thanks, but maybe you’re being too generous here! :) I don’t think you should have 0% probability on this; I just think you should basically be at around base rates.
Yep this sounds right. That’s why in the parent thread, I was suggesting other more legible places to donate to, for people who care a lot about this.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to. I apologize for any miscommunication. I don’t really handle operational details and I could be wrong about a bunch of stuff.
I think we typically refer those grants to private funders. This may entail more uncertainty and delays and I apologize as a result.
(all views my own, not my employers’)
I don’t know about how this aspect of law works, but does the Trustees’s report actually contain all the grants? Based on the May 2021 LTFF report, I would expect to see a e.g. significant grant made to the Cambridge Computer Science Department (or similar), but unless I am misreading, or it is labelled counter-intuitively, I don’t see it.
More importantly, I would expect almost-all of the secretive grants to be made to individuals, which sounds like they are excluded from the reporting anyway.