“ I could take a bet on less trusted/proven people as grantmakers.”
I was thinking just yesterday that if I won the EA lottery this might be a cool thing to do—I think the value of giving a “future grantmaker” the opportunity would be high and then I would guess that their end decision wouldn’t be much worse than your punt/GiveWell charities.
To find this person and minimise time spent on it, I might ask local group organisers who the most promising “future grantmakers” are and then filter by underrepresented groups in EA or just pick one of the shortlist at random. Others could say if this is at all realistic!
A separate comment is that I get the impression you would have a different perspective to other grantmakers so I would be excited to see what you would fund if you did decide to put some time in.
Training for Good is currently developing a training programme for aspiring EA grantmakers. Although it’s still in development, we’re hoping that the programme will end with a “capstone project” in which trainees make real grant allocations (funded by external donors). This would give donors the opportunity to support future grantmakers.
I’ve sent you a PM about this but keen to chat with anyone else that might be interested.
“ I could take a bet on less trusted/proven people as grantmakers.”
I was thinking just yesterday that if I won the EA lottery this might be a cool thing to do—I think the value of giving a “future grantmaker” the opportunity would be high and then I would guess that their end decision wouldn’t be much worse than your punt/GiveWell charities.
To find this person and minimise time spent on it, I might ask local group organisers who the most promising “future grantmakers” are and then filter by underrepresented groups in EA or just pick one of the shortlist at random. Others could say if this is at all realistic!
A separate comment is that I get the impression you would have a different perspective to other grantmakers so I would be excited to see what you would fund if you did decide to put some time in.
Training for Good is currently developing a training programme for aspiring EA grantmakers. Although it’s still in development, we’re hoping that the programme will end with a “capstone project” in which trainees make real grant allocations (funded by external donors). This would give donors the opportunity to support future grantmakers.
I’ve sent you a PM about this but keen to chat with anyone else that might be interested.