One thing to keep in mind with PF doing “ineffective”grants is that they’re sometimes limited by their statutes, eg. the Hans-Wilsdorf foundation, despite moving multiple hundreds of millions of $, can only do so in the canton of Geneva because the founder decided so when creating the org.
I read that CE post, it does make sense as a way to reach the goal. But they are focused on creating new foundations.
Your point about statutes is well taken. For example, community foundations would be a poor target. I think the data approach could help deal with that.
Hi Kyle!
You might be mixing this up with CE’s Incubation Program, which does focus on creating new charities.
The Foundation Program does not, as is explained in the write-up linked above.
CE is very prolific on the Forum lately so maybe you’ve seen of their other posts?
[Disclaimer: I’ve worked with CE before and am a current Incubatee, but have never done any work on the Foundations Program. Send me a DM if you want me to put you in touch with some of the people who have]
Oh I think I misread the post a bit—I thought all of the foundations were brand new but it seems there is a part that says that some had already existed before the program.
This program is pretty similar to what I had in mind. It seems though that this program will only reach a small number of foundations and likely those already semi-aligned with EA.
Charity entrepreneurship has led a pilot project somewhat related to your point (2). There’s more info in their writeup.
One thing to keep in mind with PF doing “ineffective”grants is that they’re sometimes limited by their statutes, eg. the Hans-Wilsdorf foundation, despite moving multiple hundreds of millions of $, can only do so in the canton of Geneva because the founder decided so when creating the org.
I read that CE post, it does make sense as a way to reach the goal. But they are focused on creating new foundations.
Your point about statutes is well taken. For example, community foundations would be a poor target. I think the data approach could help deal with that.
Hi Kyle! You might be mixing this up with CE’s Incubation Program, which does focus on creating new charities. The Foundation Program does not, as is explained in the write-up linked above.
CE is very prolific on the Forum lately so maybe you’ve seen of their other posts?
[Disclaimer: I’ve worked with CE before and am a current Incubatee, but have never done any work on the Foundations Program. Send me a DM if you want me to put you in touch with some of the people who have]
Oh I think I misread the post a bit—I thought all of the foundations were brand new but it seems there is a part that says that some had already existed before the program.
This program is pretty similar to what I had in mind. It seems though that this program will only reach a small number of foundations and likely those already semi-aligned with EA.