The end charity I’d favour is AMF, for the reasons I outlined in my contribution to the “Where I’m Giving And Why” series: it had robust evidence and also came out top in cost-effectiveness estimates. The only issue is that its room for more funding situation still seems complicated. However I’ll use some of my donations as matching funds for fundraising that Charity Science does, because this provides leverage and supports experiments to find scalable ways to fundraise for effective charities, which I think are very valuable.
The meta charity that I see as having a proven case for impact (besides Charity Science!) is GiveWell, which has plausibly moved tens of millions of counterfactual dollars. I discussed donating to them a year ago, but I’m not currently clear on whether they’ll be short of funds.
The only issue is that its room for more funding situation still seems complicated.
Does anyone have a summary of this which they can share? GiveWell’s leave me confused, and I switched to SCI from AMF this year based on GiveWell’s de-recommendation of AMF, and am unsure whether room for more funding provides some reason to stick with SCI.
Great idea for a thread Ben!
The end charity I’d favour is AMF, for the reasons I outlined in my contribution to the “Where I’m Giving And Why” series: it had robust evidence and also came out top in cost-effectiveness estimates. The only issue is that its room for more funding situation still seems complicated. However I’ll use some of my donations as matching funds for fundraising that Charity Science does, because this provides leverage and supports experiments to find scalable ways to fundraise for effective charities, which I think are very valuable.
The meta charity that I see as having a proven case for impact (besides Charity Science!) is GiveWell, which has plausibly moved tens of millions of counterfactual dollars. I discussed donating to them a year ago, but I’m not currently clear on whether they’ll be short of funds.
Does anyone have a summary of this which they can share? GiveWell’s leave me confused, and I switched to SCI from AMF this year based on GiveWell’s de-recommendation of AMF, and am unsure whether room for more funding provides some reason to stick with SCI.