Happy to see this! I continue to think that smart EA funding expansion is an important area and wish it got more attention.
Minor notes:
If I’m counting right, this comes to a total of approximately $362,000. The Funding Circle website states that “Our members give above $100,000 to this cause area each year, and this is the expected minimum annual giving to join.”. So it seems like the funding circle is basically 2-3 people, I presume? Or is there money I’m missing?
Links to the nonprofits would be useful, in the post. As a simple example, I tried searching “Bedrock”, and got many miscellaneous results.
I really hope this work can help us identify great founders in this area, and then we can scale up the work from those individuals.
I’m surprised to see the focus fundraising charities focused on international countries. I’m looking now, and it seems like the giant majority of charitable funding is given by the top few countries. (Maybe this is where Ark and Bedrock are focused, that wasn’t clear).
Hey Ozzie—the MCF runs biannual grant rounds, and this round also seems to have moved less than the average so far (e.g. see the winter 2023 round which moved about 700k and summer 2024 which moved 2m). In general, I would expect the average annual amount moved to be higher than what was granted this time, but Joey would know more than me.
I know a couple of MCF members, and I understand some are “2nd tier” members—they have access to the applications but I’m not sure if they commit to the annual 100k. @Joey ?
We at Effective Giving Ireland are thrilled to be supported by Meta-Charity Funders. It’s really going to be a game-changer for us. For tax-reasons, we’d strongly encourage everyone to donate effectively in their home countries, many of which will now have an effective giving option, which is often tax deductible.
Happy to see this! I continue to think that smart EA funding expansion is an important area and wish it got more attention.
Minor notes:
If I’m counting right, this comes to a total of approximately $362,000. The Funding Circle website states that “Our members give above $100,000 to this cause area each year, and this is the expected minimum annual giving to join.”. So it seems like the funding circle is basically 2-3 people, I presume? Or is there money I’m missing?
Links to the nonprofits would be useful, in the post. As a simple example, I tried searching “Bedrock”, and got many miscellaneous results.
I really hope this work can help us identify great founders in this area, and then we can scale up the work from those individuals.
I’m surprised to see the focus fundraising charities focused on international countries. I’m looking now, and it seems like the giant majority of charitable funding is given by the top few countries. (Maybe this is where Ark and Bedrock are focused, that wasn’t clear).
Hey Ozzie—the MCF runs biannual grant rounds, and this round also seems to have moved less than the average so far (e.g. see the winter 2023 round which moved about 700k and summer 2024 which moved 2m). In general, I would expect the average annual amount moved to be higher than what was granted this time, but Joey would know more than me.
I know a couple of MCF members, and I understand some are “2nd tier” members—they have access to the applications but I’m not sure if they commit to the annual 100k. @Joey ?
“Links to the nonprofits would be useful.”
Here are a few which may not be easy to find since they’re quite new:
Effective Giving Ireland: Effective Giving Ireland
Benefficenza: Home – Benefficienza
Mieux Donner: Mieux Donner
We at Effective Giving Ireland are thrilled to be supported by Meta-Charity Funders. It’s really going to be a game-changer for us. For tax-reasons, we’d strongly encourage everyone to donate effectively in their home countries, many of which will now have an effective giving option, which is often tax deductible.
On the funding amount discrepancy: It could be that they don’t do all of their giving through the funding circle