I think this is a great idea. Just wanted to flag that we’ve done this with other clubs at the University of Melbourne in the past. To give some concrete examples of how this can achieve quite a lot without a huge amount of time and effort:
We successfully diverted $500 to GiveDirectly on one occasion, from the annual revenue of a club that raises money for charity, simply by attending their AGM and giving a presentation
On another occasion, we joined as a co-host for a charity fundraiser event with several other clubs, and were allowed to select high impact / EA-aligned charities as the recipients for the event, which ended up raising close to $1,200 total
I would definitely encourage EA groups at other universities to try similar things. There could be a lot of low-hanging fruit, e.g. clubs who simply haven’t thought that carefully about their choices of charities before.
I think this is a great idea. Just wanted to flag that we’ve done this with other clubs at the University of Melbourne in the past. To give some concrete examples of how this can achieve quite a lot without a huge amount of time and effort:
We successfully diverted $500 to GiveDirectly on one occasion, from the annual revenue of a club that raises money for charity, simply by attending their AGM and giving a presentation
On another occasion, we joined as a co-host for a charity fundraiser event with several other clubs, and were allowed to select high impact / EA-aligned charities as the recipients for the event, which ended up raising close to $1,200 total
I would definitely encourage EA groups at other universities to try similar things. There could be a lot of low-hanging fruit, e.g. clubs who simply haven’t thought that carefully about their choices of charities before.