Based on Toggl time tracking, I spent 45 hours on the process, including talking to the organisations and preparing the report.
All of the funding was unrestricted, although I had discussions with each organisation about their strategy and provided feedback. The organisations supported are all small, and I expect most of the upside to come from allowing them to demonstrate their worth and grow in the future, so I’d prefer not to constrain their plans.
I had anticipated my donations being somewhat more skewed towards a single organisation, but had always intended to make some grant to all organisations that I felt were promising after conducting an in-depth investigation. In particular, the organisations involved invested significant time (conversations with me, collating relevant data, feedback on this report), and I believe this should be rewarded, similar to the rationale behind GiveWell’s participation grants. I also think it’s likely that much of the money moved as a result of my research will be from third-parties influenced by this post, and I feel my recommendations are more credible if I put “my money where my mouth is”.
Based on Toggl time tracking, I spent 45 hours on the process, including talking to the organisations and preparing the report.
All of the funding was unrestricted, although I had discussions with each organisation about their strategy and provided feedback. The organisations supported are all small, and I expect most of the upside to come from allowing them to demonstrate their worth and grow in the future, so I’d prefer not to constrain their plans.
I had anticipated my donations being somewhat more skewed towards a single organisation, but had always intended to make some grant to all organisations that I felt were promising after conducting an in-depth investigation. In particular, the organisations involved invested significant time (conversations with me, collating relevant data, feedback on this report), and I believe this should be rewarded, similar to the rationale behind GiveWell’s participation grants. I also think it’s likely that much of the money moved as a result of my research will be from third-parties influenced by this post, and I feel my recommendations are more credible if I put “my money where my mouth is”.