I agree. I have friends who work at one EA organization but I expect would donate to another. I don’t think Rob and Owen were saying there should be a norm in favour of donating to one’s employer in general. I thought we were just taking for granted as an effective altruist they would only donate to their own employer if they thought it was the best use of their money. Of course it’s often not. Givewell employees probably donate to their recommended charities rather than Givewell. I’d bet the same is true of ACE employees and ACE’s recommended charities.
ACE and GiveWell have both written blog posts about where staff donate in the past. It’s been a mix of recommended charities, the employer organization, and other charities. On skimming, it looks to me like GiveWell staff, at least in 2015, more closely followed the recommendations of their employer than ACE staff.
That seems like something we would expect if GiveWell and ACE researchers are doing a good job, given that animal interventions seem to have less robust evidence than global poverty ones.
I agree. I have friends who work at one EA organization but I expect would donate to another. I don’t think Rob and Owen were saying there should be a norm in favour of donating to one’s employer in general. I thought we were just taking for granted as an effective altruist they would only donate to their own employer if they thought it was the best use of their money. Of course it’s often not. Givewell employees probably donate to their recommended charities rather than Givewell. I’d bet the same is true of ACE employees and ACE’s recommended charities.
ACE and GiveWell have both written blog posts about where staff donate in the past. It’s been a mix of recommended charities, the employer organization, and other charities. On skimming, it looks to me like GiveWell staff, at least in 2015, more closely followed the recommendations of their employer than ACE staff.
(Links go to 2015 staff donation posts.)
That seems like something we would expect if GiveWell and ACE researchers are doing a good job, given that animal interventions seem to have less robust evidence than global poverty ones.