I’ve heard from someone that Open Phil-sponsored companies are now doing essentially what you suggest. If you look at for example Anthropic’s job board you can see one of their benefits is, “Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.” By donating equity they avoid income taxes, and perhaps there are other tax implications of donating tax instead of cash (I’m not an expert).
I’ve heard from someone that Open Phil-sponsored companies are now doing essentially what you suggest. If you look at for example Anthropic’s job board you can see one of their benefits is, “Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.” By donating equity they avoid income taxes, and perhaps there are other tax implications of donating tax instead of cash (I’m not an expert).
Donating equity seems a bit different but also interesting! Thanks