Why don’t you just add an option for people to donate funds to public reporting only projects?
I apologize if I’m coming off rude, but I think the reason this has me particularly peeved is that this isn’t just some normal charity, this is one of the major charities behind the movement.
If it turns out that you mismanaged this fund, you are going to tarnish the entire effective altruism movement. This is the type of thing that gets an episode on John Oliver if you mess up.
I think that this would probably be fully funged by other donors as we have a very small number of grants that aren’t publicly reported and a relatively small proportion of donors provide the majority of our funding.
That said GWWC now manages the donations side of funds and I can request they add this feature if I see more demand for it (it will create some operational overhead on our side).
I don’t think that argument makes sense. The more money one donates, the more funds will likely be distributed to causes of all types, including private ones. While you can’t be certain your specific donation caused an increase in funding to private causes, you can be relatively confident that on average such donations will do so.
This is just like how you can’t guarantee buying meat will kill more animals, but you can be relatively confident it will do so on average.
Why don’t you just add an option for people to donate funds to public reporting only projects?
I apologize if I’m coming off rude, but I think the reason this has me particularly peeved is that this isn’t just some normal charity, this is one of the major charities behind the movement.
If it turns out that you mismanaged this fund, you are going to tarnish the entire effective altruism movement. This is the type of thing that gets an episode on John Oliver if you mess up.
I think that this would probably be fully funged by other donors as we have a very small number of grants that aren’t publicly reported and a relatively small proportion of donors provide the majority of our funding.
That said GWWC now manages the donations side of funds and I can request they add this feature if I see more demand for it (it will create some operational overhead on our side).
I don’t think that argument makes sense. The more money one donates, the more funds will likely be distributed to causes of all types, including private ones. While you can’t be certain your specific donation caused an increase in funding to private causes, you can be relatively confident that on average such donations will do so.
This is just like how you can’t guarantee buying meat will kill more animals, but you can be relatively confident it will do so on average.