I think this is an important point and it’s good you brought it up. But I think you were unnecessarily harsh, and you could have done the same good with less harshness.
A version I would have preferred:
How were grantors chosen, and in particular why was Rachel—included? She seems young, without relevant accomplishments, and has no experience grant making. I believe she’s dating the Manifold founder, which makes this a question of conflict of interest.
This leaves open the option you’re missing something, and that this could be remedied. You can always become harsh later if you’re not given a satisfactory answer (it looks like you feel you were).
FWIW I don’t feel fully satisfied by Austin’s answer but I also think the person with standing to object is the anonymous donor. One reason I’m excited about this infrastructure is that it allows people to accumulate track records and for funders to choose who to delegate to.
Thanks, Elizabeth, I appreciate the reworded message!
no experience grant making
In particular, one of the goals of our regranting program is to let people without grantmaking experience build that experience/track record in a small-stakes context. We don’t require that regrantors have experience, and may actually favor regrantors who do not already have significant grantmaking expertise (on the theory that senior grantmakers are likely to be able to locate money for those opportunities)
I think this is an important point and it’s good you brought it up. But I think you were unnecessarily harsh, and you could have done the same good with less harshness.
A version I would have preferred:
This leaves open the option you’re missing something, and that this could be remedied. You can always become harsh later if you’re not given a satisfactory answer (it looks like you feel you were).
FWIW I don’t feel fully satisfied by Austin’s answer but I also think the person with standing to object is the anonymous donor. One reason I’m excited about this infrastructure is that it allows people to accumulate track records and for funders to choose who to delegate to.
Thanks, Elizabeth, I appreciate the reworded message!
In particular, one of the goals of our regranting program is to let people without grantmaking experience build that experience/track record in a small-stakes context. We don’t require that regrantors have experience, and may actually favor regrantors who do not already have significant grantmaking expertise (on the theory that senior grantmakers are likely to be able to locate money for those opportunities)