Very much second the thoughtful commentary by Marcus. As a professional fundraiser, I would also argue that even if this money becomes available, there is no indication that it would be likely to be funneled into high-impact causes. Speaking quite frankly, I have generally found the EA space to be suboptimal at fundraising—largely because fundraising is fundamentally relationship-driven, while EA is focused on numbers and impact. I might argue that EA needs to ramp up it’s traditional fundraising acumen if it would like to acquire some of these dollars.
P.S. For clarity: I’m not arguing that EA should toss out numbers and impact—that’s the whole point of what we’re doing! I’m simply saying that we have a long way to go in implementing classic fundraising best practices, and that without that, it may be difficult to secure funding from non-EA sources.
Very much second the thoughtful commentary by Marcus. As a professional fundraiser, I would also argue that even if this money becomes available, there is no indication that it would be likely to be funneled into high-impact causes. Speaking quite frankly, I have generally found the EA space to be suboptimal at fundraising—largely because fundraising is fundamentally relationship-driven, while EA is focused on numbers and impact. I might argue that EA needs to ramp up it’s traditional fundraising acumen if it would like to acquire some of these dollars.
P.S. For clarity: I’m not arguing that EA should toss out numbers and impact—that’s the whole point of what we’re doing! I’m simply saying that we have a long way to go in implementing classic fundraising best practices, and that without that, it may be difficult to secure funding from non-EA sources.