The Donation Election has begun!

Three important links:

This post introduces our candidates. We’re splitting by cause area for easy reading, but in the election they are all competing against each other. You can still check out our marginal funding page (but note that not every listed org is a candidate in the election).

Note that:

Though the deadline for new candidates has passed, there will likely be a few more candidates added in the next few days (details here).
It is possible that, after eligibility checks, a few candidates may be removed from the list. I won’t post publicly about removing specific candidates because eligibility in the Donation Election shouldn’t affect your decision on whether to donate to them or not — eligibility is all about whether CEA can grant to them easily.

This table was co-written with GPT-5 to improve clarity and readability for Forum readers. Any mistakes or oversights are our own, not the organisations mentioned. If you spot an error, please message me or comment — I’ll donate $10 to the Donation Election Fund for everyone who spots an error.

Global Health

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	1Day Sooner Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$50K: hires a contractor to pursue a major NIH hepatitis C funding opportunity $200K: hires a full-time staffer to lead hepatitis C vaccine field-building 10M DALYs/year: global disease burden from hepatitis C	Hosting a high-leverage NIH workshop to shift funding from HIV to hepatitis C vaccine efforts Dedicated staff time to secure >$10M in U.S. federal funding for HCV vaccines and challenge studies Sustained advocacy for a tractable and underfunded vaccine target with large global health upside
	ACTRA (Acción Transformadora) Marginal Funding post Donate	121K gap on a $231K 2026 budget; $110K already raised. CBT cuts criminal relapse by about 25% across 50+ trials. Early pilots show a 0.24 SD gain in self-control and conflict-resolution skills; cost-effectiveness estimated at 22× cash transfers.	One more pilot RCT to finalize the third-generation CBT curriculum. Scale-up through government and NGO channels reaching high-risk youth. Evaluation and data systems to identify conditions for large-scale impact before a 2027 full RCT.
	Against Malaria Foundation Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	US$462 million total funding gap for 2027–2029 distributions; US$286.76 million of that is needed immediately. Each US$2 buys one mosquito net that protects two people from malaria. 88 million nets funded would protect about 158 million people.	Immediate funding enables AMF to commit to and begin national net distributions without delay, avoiding lapses in protection. Every additional US$175 million supports 70 million people (at US$4.50 per delivered net) or 158 million people when co-funding covers delivery. Marginal funds directly translate into nets shipped, tracked, and distributed—each donation traceable from manufacture to household delivery.
	Alliance for Reducing Microbial Resistance (ARMoR) Marginal Funding post Email Aanika if you’d like to donate	Estimated cost-effectiveness: about $950 per life saved globally, $6,200 per life saved within the EU. 2026 budget: $280,000, with $140,000 remaining to raise. $90,000 funds the entire EU advocacy campaign for 2026.	$12,000 enables investigation into additional market-shaping policies where ARMoR’s policy capital can be leveraged. $36,000 funds a full-time senior research hire for one year to expand evidence generation and policy influence. $90,000 covers ARMoR’s full EU advocacy campaign to secure adoption of a subscription-model pull incentive for antibiotics, likely to appear in the EU Pharmaceutical Legislation.
	ClusterFree Marginal Funding post Donate	Around 3M adults suffer from cluster headaches each year; less than half (47%) in the EU had unrestricted access to standard treatments as of 2019. ClusterFree can immediately absorb $50K–$150K in new funding to expand early-stage operations. Led by Alfredo Parra under the Qualia Research Institute, with support from experts including Peter Singer and Scott Alexander.	Hiring a second teammate for outreach and communications to scale global advocacy and policy engagement. Accelerating campaigns to ease restrictions on psychedelic treatments shown to alleviate cluster headaches (e.g., DMT, psilocybin). Strengthening international collaboration and open letters to drive treatment access reforms across 11 countries.
	Development Media International (DMI) Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.27M total marginal funding gap for 2026 ($765K Uganda, $504K Mozambique). $675 per under-five life saved across current campaigns, based on LiST modelling and a $3.4M budget saving 5,000 lives. Over 70M people reached quarterly; national campaigns would reach 28M in Uganda and 7.7M in Mozambique, saving 4,500+ lives annually.	In Uganda: $765K funds expansion to all regions, translating content into new languages and buying additional radio airtime—reaching 22.2M more people and saving at least 2,500 children annually. In Mozambique: $504K completes national rollout, extending reach by 5.7M and saving about 2,000 children a year. Both expansions leverage existing staff, M&E, and production systems already paid for, so added funds go directly to airtime and translation—maximizing cost-effectiveness and scale.
	Dimagi Marginal Funding post Donate	$4M expands coverage to about 50,000 small and vulnerable newborns (SVNs) across Uganda, adding operational research and national health system engagement. $250K launches the model in Nigeria through 25 local partner organizations, testing feasibility in a new context. $36 funds delivery for one newborn under the Uganda pilot, where early results show strong feasibility and Ministry of Health interest.	Wider testing of community-based Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) across more regions and implementers, generating mortality and cost-effectiveness data. Pilot replication in Nigeria to assess scalability and adaptability across health systems. Immediate care for additional newborns while building evidence to decide whether the model should be scaled globally or deprioritized.
	Family Empowerment Media Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.1 million funding gap to support FEM’s 2025–2026 radio campaigns across Nigeria, Niger, and Benin. 16 months of prior campaigning in Kano reached large audiences through government partnerships. Over 1,000 listeners interviewed in Niger to inform an upcoming two-year campaign.	Launch of new evidence-based family planning radio campaigns in three countries, expanding access to life-saving information for women with limited alternatives. Rigorous monitoring and randomized controlled trial (RCT) redesign to strengthen evidence of behavior change and impact. Potential expansion to a fourth country if funding exceeds $1.1 million, accelerating learning and reach of FEM’s scalable communication model.
	Fortify Health Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$10K in marginal funding (out of a $60K total budget) would fund the next phase: building a predictive risk model for AI-enabled quality assurance in wheat flour fortification. Current lab-based testing costs $20 per sample; the AI tool would reduce this to $0.10, saving an estimated $864K by 2031—a 14.4× return on investment. Fortify Health reaches 11 million people monthly at $0.22 per person per year and has averted ~26K years of life lived with anaemia over the past year.	Development of an AI-powered, end-to-end QA/QC system that ensures correct micronutrient levels in fortified wheat flour in real time, replacing slow, costly lab testing. A predictive risk model enabling regulators to prioritize high-risk mills and intervene early, improving compliance and product quality across India’s fortification sector. A scalable, open-access platform expected to enhance cost-effectiveness by 1.2× relative to cash transfers and serve as a replicable model for wheat, rice, maize, and salt fortification in LMICs.
	IDinsight Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$100K funds a full pilot of IDinsight’s cost-effectiveness advisory with one livelihoods NGO, testing program efficiency gains. $500K funds simultaneous pilots with BOMA, Pratham International, and Pact, plus a dedicated costing expert. $1M supports a two-year, three-partner rollout and builds a replicable cost-optimization framework across sub-Saharan Africa.	Establishes proof of concept for IDinsight’s strategic cost-optimization model, helping NGOs achieve ≥5× social return on investment (SROI). Embeds cost-effectiveness methods in large livelihoods programs, guiding real-time design and scaling decisions for millions reached. Builds internal capacity and open-source tools that enable funders and implementers to preserve the most impactful program components under resource constraints.
	Lafiya Marginal Funding post Donate	$950K funding gap for 2026 on a $2.63M budget; $1.68M already raised to sustain work in 4 Nigerian states. 350K+ women reached with contraceptive access since launch; 49% were first-time users. Program modeled by Rethink Priorities at ~37x cash transfers.	Expansion to 2 new Nigerian states, providing ~40K years of contraceptive coverage via 80 new Lafiya Sisters. Training more Lafiya Sisters in current states, reaching 2K+ additional rural communities with family planning. Strengthening operations and M&E teams to support rapid, high-quality scale-up.
	Malaria Consortium Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$49M funding gap to maintain current malaria prevention and early detection programs, including malaria vaccine scale-up. 4.7M nets delivered, 14.5M tests provided, 13M people treated, and 100M preventive treatments given in 2024–25. Flexible funds bridged sudden cuts to malaria programs, sustaining essential protection during gaps in government or donor support.	$10K funds 75 rapid tests, 33K malaria screenings, and training for 570 community distributors. $100K expands prevention or diagnosis to new high-burden areas, pilots improved delivery strategies, or scales proven testing programs. $1M enables vaccine rollout across Africa, strengthens surveillance and data systems, closes immunization gaps, and builds multi-year stability for locally-led malaria prevention.
	New Incentives Marginal Funding post Donate	Extending program coverage through early 2029 across 11 northern Nigerian states. ~1.8M additional infants to be reached and protected from measles, pneumonia, and other deadly diseases. Randomized controlled trial evidence shows cash incentives can double vaccination rates in rural Nigeria.	Sustains and expands New Incentives’ cash-transfer model for childhood immunization. Enables continuous delivery of vaccines to new birth cohorts in high-mortality, low-coverage regions. Strengthens local health systems by partnering with clinics and governments to increase vaccination uptake
	NOVAH (No Violence At Home) Marginal Funding post Donate	$190K total funding sought to expand to Burundi, continue national broadcast in Rwanda, and prepare for Tanzania. $25 protects one woman from violence for a year; $85 averts one DALY; $20 generates one WELLBY. Pilot reached 30K listeners with a 40% relative reduction in physical or sexual violence and 15pp rise in shared financial decisions.	$60K funds NOVAH’s first HQ M&E officer, improving data quality and multi-country learning. $50K adapts and launches the program in Burundi; $60K produces Season 3 in Rwanda. $20K supports research and partnership groundwork in Tanzania to prepare 2027 scale-up.
	One Acre Fund Marginal Funding post Donate	$1 donated to One Acre Fund is matched 1:1 by The Life You Can Save. Each $150 reaches 10 farm families with inputs, training, and market access. Each $1 invested in 2024 generated $4.43 in farmer profits and assets; projected to reach $9.64 by 2030.	Scaling the core model to more smallholder farmers, raising average profits by 35–40%. $1K supports 4,500 trees for farmers, improving soil health, nutrition, and long-term income. $10K connects 550+ farmers to higher-value markets, boosting household profitability and resilience.
	Respira Health Marginal Funding post Donate	$23K completes the pilot; $84K extends runway to Sept 2026. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) causes 3.5M deaths annually (second biggest killer in India, fourth globally). Digital Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) can cut mortality risk by 9% after 3 sessions and may achieve ~$20 per DALY at scale.	$23K enables a full 8-week virtual PR pilot with WhatsApp chatbot delivery and local physiotherapist support for screening, monitoring, and data collection. $84K funds both pilot completion and initial scale-up, giving operational runway through Sept 2026. Pilot findings will refine the cost-effectiveness model and determine scalability of digital PR for India’s COPD population, where one third of global COPD deaths occur.
	Vida Plena Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Total 2026 funding gap: $175K. Expansion to three new municipalities costs $18K each (~800 people per site). 2026 projected reach: ~2,600 participants at an average cost of $112 per person; cost-effectiveness estimated at 4.98–22.7 WELLBYs per $1K donated (0.66–3× GiveDirectly).	$18K expands to one new municipality (~800 people served). $23K funds monitoring and evaluation to prepare for an RCT. $15K builds a supervisor training program to scale quality delivery.

Animal Welfare

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	Animal Ask Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$185K funding gap for 2026; Animal Ask’s annual budget is $240K, with a $45K runway at year start. 57 major research projects completed since 2020 across insects, shrimp, fish, chickens, pigs, and ruminants. Average project cost: $13K; total expenditure to date: $820K.	Funds ~14 new research projects in 2026 advising animal advocacy campaigns and preventing suboptimal ones. Supports priority research in India, Indonesia, and other Asian countries on corporate fish welfare, broiler welfare, and EU policy asks. Expands Animal Ask’s capacity to provide evidence-based consultation and foundational research that shapes advocacy strategy.
	Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	ACE seeks $535.7K by Mar 2026 to cover its $1.9M operating budget and expand meta-fundraising capacity. Since 2019, ACE influenced at least $59M in donations to recommended charities, with $28M estimated as counterfactual. In FY2024–25, $12.3M was influenced, of which $6.4M was counterfactual—$6.05 in new giving for every $1 spent on evaluations.	Expands outreach and marketing to attract new donors to effective animal advocacy, potentially shifting conventional donors toward higher-impact giving. Strengthens evaluation quality via a feasibility study and improved methods for cost-effectiveness and charity participation. Funds Movement Grants and ecosystem-building work, such as hosting EAA events and developing an animal advocacy map to identify high-leverage interventions.
	Animal Ethics Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Seeking $105K–$180K for 2026 outreach on neglected animal advocacy topics. Funding mix: 66–90% program delivery, 0–17% fundraising, 10–17% operations. Focus areas: AI & Animals, Wild Animal Suffering, and Aquatic Animal Sentience.	Multilingual documentaries and education campaigns in Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Asia-based outreach and partnerships for aquatic and wild animal welfare. Stable funding base for long-term research, media, and advocacy work.
	Aquatic Life Institute Marginal Funding post Donate	$291K remaining gap for ALI’s $1.25M 2025 budget; $954K already secured Goal: $100K from individual donors this Giving Season Eyestalk ablation ban in BAP-certified hatcheries will improve welfare for ~44B shrimp annually when implemented	$150K builds a 2–3-month reserve fund, protecting $4 in program value per $1 reserved and ensuring continuity during EU and UN policy windows $141K strengthens AI-ready infrastructure to boost efficiency 40–60%, enabling faster welfare tracking and policy responses Full $291K builds a resilient, data-driven system that scales aquatic welfare reform across certification, policy, and corporate domains
	Arthropoda Foundation Marginal Funding post Donate	$160K in grants funded seven studies in 2025, covering welfare research for at least one trillion farmed arthropods. Annual budget: $175K (80% for grants). Current 2026 funding gap: $55K. Adding a part-time staff member (~$45K) would enable more proactive grantmaking.	Filling the $55K gap maintains core operations and ongoing arthropod welfare research grants. Each additional ~$20–40K could fund multiple new studies on insect and crustacean sentience and welfare. Hiring a part-time staffer expands capacity for field-building and developing new research projects.
	Center for Wild Animal Welfare (CWAW) Marginal Funding post Donate	$60K in donations will be matched 1:1, doubling early contributions toward CWAW’s first-year operations.	Expands staff time, outreach, and participation in policy forums, enabling CWAW to influence live UK legislative windows and launch the first “State of Wild Animal Welfare Policy” report. Supports new policy development on humane fertility control and pesticide standards—concrete, near-term interventions reducing painful population control methods. Builds core infrastructure (website, operations, contingency fund) to establish CWAW as the first dedicated wild animal welfare policy advocate, converting science into tractable government action.
	Compassion in World Farming Marginal Funding post Donate	$100K goal by Dec 2025 to sustain CIWF U.S. campaigns. $400K total funding gap to cover programs through Mar 2026. $25K Giving Tuesday goal (with $10K match) and $50K year-end match sought.	$10K builds grassroots volunteer and leadership programs. $15K supports federal advocacy, including the 200-farmer fly-in opposing the EATS/Save Our Bacon Act. $20K funds organizing costs for cage-free retailer campaigns.
	Animal Welfare Fund Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$4.2M in grants deployed across 45 projects in 2025, with $2M more planned for Q4; AWF aims to scale to $20M annually. $11.6M funding gap for 2026; every $20K–$300K donation tier translates into concrete campaigns, research, or new organizations. Example grants: $28.5K ended cages for 270K hens in Slovenia; $290K secured shrimp welfare commitments affecting billions of animals.	Expands early-stage and scale-up grants targeting the most numerous farmed animals—hens, fish, shrimp, insects—especially in the Global South. Funds pilot programs, corporate accountability, and policy advocacy to establish welfare standards before intensive farming systems entrench. Supports research and movement-building for neglected species and regions, ensuring proven interventions reach billions of animals at scale.
	Faunalytics Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$370K gap remains to close Faunalytics’ 2025 budget. ~$60K of that funds two final 2025 research projects: Public Perceptions of Standard U.S. Farming Practices and Contextual Advocacy for Food Systems in the Global South. Faunalytics’ 12-person team runs 10–12 studies per year, maintaining the world’s largest open-access animal advocacy research library (6K+ summaries).	Stability for ongoing programs and staff, enabling Faunalytics to finish 2025 projects and start its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan. Coverage of unfunded 2025 research and program costs, securing continuity for evidence-based advocacy resources used by 2K+ advocates. If overfunded, growth capital will support new studies (e.g., on food systems in India, Brazil, and China), new databases, AI-powered research tools, and expanded advocate support.
	From Fauna Marginal Funding post Donate	Over 99% of cultivated meat resources go to science and policy; under 1% funds public-narrative work. $15K keeps From Fauna’s viral campaign running; $50–60K sustains five to six more months of video output; $115K hires a full-time editor for a year; $260K+ builds a full media team. A single $500 video can reach hundreds of thousands to millions, outperforming most policy or advocacy channels on reach-per-dollar.	Extends a fast-growing social-media channel (1.5 M views, 150 K likes since Aug 2025) countering misinformation that helped drive bans in 7 US states. Produces new short-form videos reframing cultivated meat with curiosity and warmth, collaborating with creators (1 M + followers). Builds dedicated production capacity to scale global reach and defend the cultivated-meat narrative before public fear hardens into policy.
	Hive Marginal Funding post Donate	$463K 2026 budget with a $200K remaining funding gap; $62K targeted for end-of-year campaign. 4.5K-member global community across 100+ countries; 700 weekly active Slack users; 45% newsletter open rate. 77 high-impact outcomes so far in 2025, including 22 job placements, 7 new initiatives, and 6 funded projects.	Maintains Hive’s 6-person team and keeps its core infrastructure—Slack, newsletter, and matchmaking—running at scale. Fully funds the Global Ambassador Program for Asia and Latin America, expanding localized support and coordination in neglected regions. Enables cost-effective growth: leadership capacity, conference outreach, and a contingency buffer that sustains Hive’s role as the farmed animal movement’s shared infrastructure.
	Humane and Sustainable Food Lab (HSFL) Marginal Funding post Donate	Funding gap unspecified; ongoing support from Stanford, Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), and the NIH delayed due to the U.S. government shutdown. HSFL has over five research projects pending additional funding, including collaborations with Stanford Dining and multiple U.S. universities. Staff time and projects have been reduced due to uncertainty in grant decisions.	Launch of a “True Cost of Food” study integrating animal welfare into university procurement. Large-scale behavioral data project tracking plant-based menu adoption across U.S. restaurants and bars. Continued evaluations of plant-based defaults and nonprofit campaigns (New Roots Institute, Greener by Default), to identify strategies that shift norms and reduce demand for factory-farmed products.
	Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC) Marginal Funding post Donate	LIC is fundraising $690K to close its 2026 budget of $2M ($1.3M secured). 4-year-old nonprofit law firm with five litigators and one legal operations specialist. Legal victories include enforcing California’s cruelty laws and prompting reforms at the state’s largest poultry producer.	Enables new lawsuits enforcing animal cruelty laws against agricultural corporations. Adds litigation staff to pursue more high-impact cases in parallel. Advances precedent-setting rulings that make animal welfare legally enforceable.
	New Roots Institute Marginal Funding post Donate	Total funding sought: $995K for 2025 expansion. Roles subtotal: $290K for four new staff (Student Groups & Community Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Campaigns Specialist, Events Specialist). Youth Summit delivery: $330K; Fellow grant increase: $150K–$375K depending on cohort size (60–150 fellows).	Expands fellowship grants to $5K per student to attract and retain top talent and fund 240–300 additional advocacy hours per fellow. Adds new staff to scale recruitment, coaching, and campus-based networks—targeting 200% growth in qualified applicants and 25–30% higher campaign completion. Launches a five-day, in-person Youth Summit to cement skills, networks, and collaboration, expected to raise fellow–alumni partnerships by 25% and deepen long-term commitment to ending factory farming.
	Shrimp Welfare Project Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	~4.5B shrimps helped per year via HSI, at ~1,400 shrimps per $ per year; 24 stunner commitments and 11 retailer policies to date. Each $50K stunner can impact ~100M+ shrimps per year; lowering unit cost to ~$10K would 5x site reach and expand access to smallholders. Scale vision: $5–10M could accelerate “HSI 2.0” toward ≥100B shrimps helped per year by 2030; ~10% of funds go to exploratory pilots (<$100K each).	More humane-slaughter capacity: purchase and deploy additional stunners; fund in-country implementation/MEL to lock in sustained use and outcomes at scale. R&D to speed and cheapen welfare tech: co-develop stun-kill harvest solutions and lower-cost, fit-for-purpose stunners to improve cost-effectiveness and smallholder uptake. Strategic scale plays: seed a country-level HSI 2.0 rollout and targeted corporate/producer engagement, with exploratory work (e.g., wild-caught, China scoping, “credits” mechanism) to unlock new high-leverage pathways.
	The Humane League (THL) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$3.6M funding gap for 2025; THL could absorb $4M+ in additional funds for high-impact chicken welfare interventions. $2M allocated to the Open Wing Alliance (OWA): $1M for program expansion and $1M for regranting to help spare 300M hens and 1.3B chickens by 2030. $1M for US corporate cage-free accountability, $250K for Animal Policy Alliance (APA) staffing and tech tools, and $750K for APA regranting.	Expands OWA globally with new staff in Asia, Africa, Europe, and MENA, plus a Corporate Campaigns trainer—enabling wider adoption of cage-free standards and doubling regranting capacity. Strengthens U.S. campaigns to hold major retailers and restaurants accountable for cage-free commitments, moving toward two-thirds of hens cage-free by 2030 (200M hens). Builds the Animal Policy Alliance’s legislative capacity—funding local advocacy groups, policy coordination, and new AI tools for advocacy support.
	The Humane League UK (THL UK) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	£290K current funding gap for April 2025–March 2026; £100K goal for 2025 matched giving appeal (with £50K match pool). 77 cage-free corporate commitments due in 2025 and 128 Better Chicken Commitments due in 2026; 85% of cage-free targets already met. THL’s cage-free work estimated by ACE to help ~11 hens and 46 broiler chickens per donated dollar.	Sustains THL UK’s corporate accountability campaigns to ensure UK retailers and food companies meet welfare commitments for millions of chickens and hens. Strengthens pressure on lagging firms to adopt slower-growing chicken breeds and maintain cage-free standards, preventing backsliding across the industry. Builds long-term financial resilience so THL UK can expand advocacy for hens, chickens, and fishes in 2026 while reducing reliance on US grants.
	Wild Animal Initiative Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	2026 target budget: $4.1M; current gap: $267K. Additional $3.1M (aspirational) would fund major expansions like rodent contraception R&D and university research hubs. WAI has awarded 84 grants, published 7 peer-reviewed papers (65 citations), and grown its research community to ~600 members.	Fills a $267K shortfall to sustain core programs in research, grants, academic outreach, and community infrastructure. Enables hiring a Foundations Relations Manager (expected 4x ROI in year two) and a Services Team community coordinator to strengthen researcher support. Expands high-leverage initiatives: rodent contraception R&D ($169K–$240K for “Big Think,” $1M–$3M challenge phase) and creation of research hubs and fellowships at universities ($2.2M total).

Global Catastrophic Risks

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) Marginal Funding post Donate	~$400K needed to sustain ALLFED’s core team and top-priority projects for one year, beyond expected major-funder support. Matching campaign: gifts up to $20K will be matched 1:1 from Nov 25–Dec 9 2025. Example project costs: $80K for nuclear-war survival research, $80K for pandemic failsafe plans, $60–80K for EU infrastructure policy, $30K for car-retrofit power resilience tech.	Maintains critical research and policy work on food, energy, and infrastructure resilience under global catastrophes such as nuclear winter or engineered pandemics. Enables pilots (e.g., $100K nuclear-winter growth chamber, $200–600K crop growth pilot) and continuation of technology prototypes ensuring minimal survival needs if systems collapse. Funds high-impact policy initiatives in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the EU to embed food-system resilience in national strategies.
	Center for Reducing Suffering (CRS) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Estimated 2026 budget: $200K; current reserves: $75K; funding gap: ~$150K to secure 12 months of runway. Current team: 7 researchers (up from 3 in early 2025). Typical annual budget prior to expansion: ~$125K.	Launch of an introductory fellowship program to train and mentor new researchers focused on s-risk reduction and suffering-focused ethics. New research publications and outreach through essays, books, and a Substack aimed at building a community around suffering reduction. Stronger infrastructure and experimentation to make the field more stable, connected, and innovative in the long term.
	Longview Philanthropy’s Emerging Challenges Fund Marginal Funding post Donate	$50M directed by Longview in 2025 across 50+ projects reducing catastrophic and existential risks. Six 2025 ECF grants supported AI and nuclear risk reduction, including U.S.–China arms control discussions and AI misuse research. Six AI and four nuclear grantmakers active in 2026, expanding capacity for rapid, expert-led grantmaking.	Funds new 2026 investigations and grants targeting global catastrophic risks (e.g., frontier AI, digital sentience, nuclear security). Enables flexible, rapid deployment within days to fill high-leverage funding gaps or seize time-sensitive opportunities. Expands support for projects that need diversified donor backing to demonstrate independence from major funders.
	Sentinel Marginal Funding post Donate	Filled $700K of its ~$1.6M 2025 budget and seeks to close a $900K gap to sustain and expand global risk monitoring. At full funding, Sentinel estimates averting 3.5 (0.4–11) basis points of existential risk, or 0.27–7.2 basis points per $1M spent. Full staffing would include 3 full-time engineers ($360K), a Head of Emergency Response ($150K/year), and an expanded foresight team ($264K/year).	Builds large-scale open-source monitoring for global catastrophic risks, including tracking ~100K subreddits and Chinese military news, plus early disease symptom detection. Funds emergency-response capacity—alert systems, rapid-deployment fund ($100K), and crisis drills—to act on early warnings within 24 hours. Expands forecasting and analysis to detect and respond to AI, biosecurity, and geopolitical threats faster and more accurately.

Meta– or mixed

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	Centre for Enabling EA Learning and Research (CEEALAR) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	£30K ($39K) urgently needed to replace the collapsing 19th-century roof and prevent building damage. £270K ($355K) full 2026 budget to fund operations, programs, and infrastructure upgrades. Current gap: £330K ($430K), with only ~4 months of runway remaining.	Restores a safe, functional space for ~20 EA residents at half the cost of London or SF housing. Launches a 3-month AI safety fellowship, two hackathons, and new partnership programs in 2026. Builds KPI dashboards and alumni tracking to measure career transitions and project impact, strengthening the EA talent pipeline.
	Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	34 grants made so far in 2025 for $2.4M; expected 2025 total: $2.8M. Current fund balance: $1.3M; projected end-year balance if no new funding: $0.9M. To make $2.8M in grants in 2026 (same level as 2025), EAIF needs to raise $1.9M.	Allows EAIF to continue 2026 grantmaking at the same scale as 2025 rather than reducing total grants. Funds projects in roughly the same mix as recent years (EA groups, community building, content, research, services/infrastructure, effective giving, and individual support). Lets EAIF respond to incoming applications across these areas instead of turning down or shrinking viable proposals.
	Rethink Priorities Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Core 2026 budget: $7.5M, with capacity to deploy up to $9.3M effectively. Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) will match up to $400K in unrestricted gifts to global health work. In 2025, Rethink Priorities produced 180 outputs and supported funding decisions involving hundreds of millions of dollars.	Expands high-leverage research across global health, animal welfare, AI strategy, and digital minds—areas shaping long-term global priorities. Funds cross-cause prioritization tools and evaluation systems to direct philanthropic capital toward the most cost-effective opportunities. Strengthens RP’s operational backbone, enabling faster response to emerging risks and the launch of new interdisciplinary initiatives.

AI Safety and post-AGI governance

Other

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	Center for Election Science Marginal Funding post Donate	CES seeks an additional $350K for 2025–2026 to scale pilots, legislative work, and research. Currently active in 5 states with 2 live legislative efforts (Maryland, Utah) and 2 pilot programs in development (Frederick and Cumberland, MD). Maryland voter study found 74.6% of voters support improving the voting system, showing cross-partisan appeal.	Expands real-world pilots like Utah’s first live approval-voting election and Maryland’s 2026 municipal pilots. Funds rapid-response legislative support and voter education during high-leverage reform windows. Strengthens CES’s research base and coalition work to advance bipartisan, evidence-based election reform.
	One for the World Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Take the pledgeMake a one-time donation	$300K moved since July 2025; projected $1.8M for AY26. 114 new pledges YTD vs 26 in same period last year (4× growth). $160K budget deficit for AY26; current runway extends through April 2026.	Extends runway to sustain rapid pledge and donation growth. Expands workplace outreach and chapter programs, the top sources of new pledges. Strengthens Donational platform to improve donor retention and recurring giving.
	The Unjournal Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.7K funds one full expert evaluation package (including evaluator compensation, management, and admin). $10–15K funds a new Pivotal Questions project—rigorous multi-evaluation analysis on high-uncertainty issues (e.g., welfare metrics, demand elasticity). Current monthly operations cost $16.8K, with 63% for staff salaries and 20% for evaluator pay.	More evaluations of EA-linked or pivotal research (each package benchmarks rigor and reliability for key cause areas). Expansion of Pivotal Questions work connecting funders’ top uncertainties to expert analysis. Development and benchmarking of AI peer review tools against human evaluations, plus better synthesis and communication capacity.

Meet the Candidates: Donation Election 2025

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Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	1Day Sooner Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$50K: hires a contractor to pursue a major NIH hepatitis C funding opportunity $200K: hires a full-time staffer to lead hepatitis C vaccine field-building 10M DALYs/year: global disease burden from hepatitis C	Hosting a high-leverage NIH workshop to shift funding from HIV to hepatitis C vaccine efforts Dedicated staff time to secure >$10M in U.S. federal funding for HCV vaccines and challenge studies Sustained advocacy for a tractable and underfunded vaccine target with large global health upside
	ACTRA (Acción Transformadora) Marginal Funding post Donate	121K gap on a $231K 2026 budget; $110K already raised. CBT cuts criminal relapse by about 25% across 50+ trials. Early pilots show a 0.24 SD gain in self-control and conflict-resolution skills; cost-effectiveness estimated at 22× cash transfers.	One more pilot RCT to finalize the third-generation CBT curriculum. Scale-up through government and NGO channels reaching high-risk youth. Evaluation and data systems to identify conditions for large-scale impact before a 2027 full RCT.
	Against Malaria Foundation Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	US$462 million total funding gap for 2027–2029 distributions; US$286.76 million of that is needed immediately. Each US$2 buys one mosquito net that protects two people from malaria. 88 million nets funded would protect about 158 million people.	Immediate funding enables AMF to commit to and begin national net distributions without delay, avoiding lapses in protection. Every additional US$175 million supports 70 million people (at US$4.50 per delivered net) or 158 million people when co-funding covers delivery. Marginal funds directly translate into nets shipped, tracked, and distributed—each donation traceable from manufacture to household delivery.
	Alliance for Reducing Microbial Resistance (ARMoR) Marginal Funding post Email Aanika if you’d like to donate	Estimated cost-effectiveness: about $950 per life saved globally, $6,200 per life saved within the EU. 2026 budget: $280,000, with $140,000 remaining to raise. $90,000 funds the entire EU advocacy campaign for 2026.	$12,000 enables investigation into additional market-shaping policies where ARMoR’s policy capital can be leveraged. $36,000 funds a full-time senior research hire for one year to expand evidence generation and policy influence. $90,000 covers ARMoR’s full EU advocacy campaign to secure adoption of a subscription-model pull incentive for antibiotics, likely to appear in the EU Pharmaceutical Legislation.
	ClusterFree Marginal Funding post Donate	Around 3M adults suffer from cluster headaches each year; less than half (47%) in the EU had unrestricted access to standard treatments as of 2019. ClusterFree can immediately absorb $50K–$150K in new funding to expand early-stage operations. Led by Alfredo Parra under the Qualia Research Institute, with support from experts including Peter Singer and Scott Alexander.	Hiring a second teammate for outreach and communications to scale global advocacy and policy engagement. Accelerating campaigns to ease restrictions on psychedelic treatments shown to alleviate cluster headaches (e.g., DMT, psilocybin). Strengthening international collaboration and open letters to drive treatment access reforms across 11 countries.
	Development Media International (DMI) Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.27M total marginal funding gap for 2026 ($765K Uganda, $504K Mozambique). $675 per under-five life saved across current campaigns, based on LiST modelling and a $3.4M budget saving 5,000 lives. Over 70M people reached quarterly; national campaigns would reach 28M in Uganda and 7.7M in Mozambique, saving 4,500+ lives annually.	In Uganda: $765K funds expansion to all regions, translating content into new languages and buying additional radio airtime—reaching 22.2M more people and saving at least 2,500 children annually. In Mozambique: $504K completes national rollout, extending reach by 5.7M and saving about 2,000 children a year. Both expansions leverage existing staff, M&E, and production systems already paid for, so added funds go directly to airtime and translation—maximizing cost-effectiveness and scale.
	Dimagi Marginal Funding post Donate	$4M expands coverage to about 50,000 small and vulnerable newborns (SVNs) across Uganda, adding operational research and national health system engagement. $250K launches the model in Nigeria through 25 local partner organizations, testing feasibility in a new context. $36 funds delivery for one newborn under the Uganda pilot, where early results show strong feasibility and Ministry of Health interest.	Wider testing of community-based Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) across more regions and implementers, generating mortality and cost-effectiveness data. Pilot replication in Nigeria to assess scalability and adaptability across health systems. Immediate care for additional newborns while building evidence to decide whether the model should be scaled globally or deprioritized.
	Family Empowerment Media Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.1 million funding gap to support FEM’s 2025–2026 radio campaigns across Nigeria, Niger, and Benin. 16 months of prior campaigning in Kano reached large audiences through government partnerships. Over 1,000 listeners interviewed in Niger to inform an upcoming two-year campaign.	Launch of new evidence-based family planning radio campaigns in three countries, expanding access to life-saving information for women with limited alternatives. Rigorous monitoring and randomized controlled trial (RCT) redesign to strengthen evidence of behavior change and impact. Potential expansion to a fourth country if funding exceeds $1.1 million, accelerating learning and reach of FEM’s scalable communication model.
	Fortify Health Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$10K in marginal funding (out of a $60K total budget) would fund the next phase: building a predictive risk model for AI-enabled quality assurance in wheat flour fortification. Current lab-based testing costs $20 per sample; the AI tool would reduce this to $0.10, saving an estimated $864K by 2031—a 14.4× return on investment. Fortify Health reaches 11 million people monthly at $0.22 per person per year and has averted ~26K years of life lived with anaemia over the past year.	Development of an AI-powered, end-to-end QA/QC system that ensures correct micronutrient levels in fortified wheat flour in real time, replacing slow, costly lab testing. A predictive risk model enabling regulators to prioritize high-risk mills and intervene early, improving compliance and product quality across India’s fortification sector. A scalable, open-access platform expected to enhance cost-effectiveness by 1.2× relative to cash transfers and serve as a replicable model for wheat, rice, maize, and salt fortification in LMICs.
	IDinsight Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$100K funds a full pilot of IDinsight’s cost-effectiveness advisory with one livelihoods NGO, testing program efficiency gains. $500K funds simultaneous pilots with BOMA, Pratham International, and Pact, plus a dedicated costing expert. $1M supports a two-year, three-partner rollout and builds a replicable cost-optimization framework across sub-Saharan Africa.	Establishes proof of concept for IDinsight’s strategic cost-optimization model, helping NGOs achieve ≥5× social return on investment (SROI). Embeds cost-effectiveness methods in large livelihoods programs, guiding real-time design and scaling decisions for millions reached. Builds internal capacity and open-source tools that enable funders and implementers to preserve the most impactful program components under resource constraints.
	Lafiya Marginal Funding post Donate	$950K funding gap for 2026 on a $2.63M budget; $1.68M already raised to sustain work in 4 Nigerian states. 350K+ women reached with contraceptive access since launch; 49% were first-time users. Program modeled by Rethink Priorities at ~37x cash transfers.	Expansion to 2 new Nigerian states, providing ~40K years of contraceptive coverage via 80 new Lafiya Sisters. Training more Lafiya Sisters in current states, reaching 2K+ additional rural communities with family planning. Strengthening operations and M&E teams to support rapid, high-quality scale-up.
	Malaria Consortium Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$49M funding gap to maintain current malaria prevention and early detection programs, including malaria vaccine scale-up. 4.7M nets delivered, 14.5M tests provided, 13M people treated, and 100M preventive treatments given in 2024–25. Flexible funds bridged sudden cuts to malaria programs, sustaining essential protection during gaps in government or donor support.	$10K funds 75 rapid tests, 33K malaria screenings, and training for 570 community distributors. $100K expands prevention or diagnosis to new high-burden areas, pilots improved delivery strategies, or scales proven testing programs. $1M enables vaccine rollout across Africa, strengthens surveillance and data systems, closes immunization gaps, and builds multi-year stability for locally-led malaria prevention.
	New Incentives Marginal Funding post Donate	Extending program coverage through early 2029 across 11 northern Nigerian states. ~1.8M additional infants to be reached and protected from measles, pneumonia, and other deadly diseases. Randomized controlled trial evidence shows cash incentives can double vaccination rates in rural Nigeria.	Sustains and expands New Incentives’ cash-transfer model for childhood immunization. Enables continuous delivery of vaccines to new birth cohorts in high-mortality, low-coverage regions. Strengthens local health systems by partnering with clinics and governments to increase vaccination uptake
	NOVAH (No Violence At Home) Marginal Funding post Donate	$190K total funding sought to expand to Burundi, continue national broadcast in Rwanda, and prepare for Tanzania. $25 protects one woman from violence for a year; $85 averts one DALY; $20 generates one WELLBY. Pilot reached 30K listeners with a 40% relative reduction in physical or sexual violence and 15pp rise in shared financial decisions.	$60K funds NOVAH’s first HQ M&E officer, improving data quality and multi-country learning. $50K adapts and launches the program in Burundi; $60K produces Season 3 in Rwanda. $20K supports research and partnership groundwork in Tanzania to prepare 2027 scale-up.
	One Acre Fund Marginal Funding post Donate	$1 donated to One Acre Fund is matched 1:1 by The Life You Can Save. Each $150 reaches 10 farm families with inputs, training, and market access. Each $1 invested in 2024 generated $4.43 in farmer profits and assets; projected to reach $9.64 by 2030.	Scaling the core model to more smallholder farmers, raising average profits by 35–40%. $1K supports 4,500 trees for farmers, improving soil health, nutrition, and long-term income. $10K connects 550+ farmers to higher-value markets, boosting household profitability and resilience.
	Respira Health Marginal Funding post Donate	$23K completes the pilot; $84K extends runway to Sept 2026. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) causes 3.5M deaths annually (second biggest killer in India, fourth globally). Digital Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) can cut mortality risk by 9% after 3 sessions and may achieve ~$20 per DALY at scale.	$23K enables a full 8-week virtual PR pilot with WhatsApp chatbot delivery and local physiotherapist support for screening, monitoring, and data collection. $84K funds both pilot completion and initial scale-up, giving operational runway through Sept 2026. Pilot findings will refine the cost-effectiveness model and determine scalability of digital PR for India’s COPD population, where one third of global COPD deaths occur.
	Vida Plena Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Total 2026 funding gap: $175K. Expansion to three new municipalities costs $18K each (~800 people per site). 2026 projected reach: ~2,600 participants at an average cost of $112 per person; cost-effectiveness estimated at 4.98–22.7 WELLBYs per $1K donated (0.66–3× GiveDirectly).	$18K expands to one new municipality (~800 people served). $23K funds monitoring and evaluation to prepare for an RCT. $15K builds a supervisor training program to scale quality delivery.

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	Animal Ask Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$185K funding gap for 2026; Animal Ask’s annual budget is $240K, with a $45K runway at year start. 57 major research projects completed since 2020 across insects, shrimp, fish, chickens, pigs, and ruminants. Average project cost: $13K; total expenditure to date: $820K.	Funds ~14 new research projects in 2026 advising animal advocacy campaigns and preventing suboptimal ones. Supports priority research in India, Indonesia, and other Asian countries on corporate fish welfare, broiler welfare, and EU policy asks. Expands Animal Ask’s capacity to provide evidence-based consultation and foundational research that shapes advocacy strategy.
	Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	ACE seeks $535.7K by Mar 2026 to cover its $1.9M operating budget and expand meta-fundraising capacity. Since 2019, ACE influenced at least $59M in donations to recommended charities, with $28M estimated as counterfactual. In FY2024–25, $12.3M was influenced, of which $6.4M was counterfactual—$6.05 in new giving for every $1 spent on evaluations.	Expands outreach and marketing to attract new donors to effective animal advocacy, potentially shifting conventional donors toward higher-impact giving. Strengthens evaluation quality via a feasibility study and improved methods for cost-effectiveness and charity participation. Funds Movement Grants and ecosystem-building work, such as hosting EAA events and developing an animal advocacy map to identify high-leverage interventions.
	Animal Ethics Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Seeking $105K–$180K for 2026 outreach on neglected animal advocacy topics. Funding mix: 66–90% program delivery, 0–17% fundraising, 10–17% operations. Focus areas: AI & Animals, Wild Animal Suffering, and Aquatic Animal Sentience.	Multilingual documentaries and education campaigns in Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Asia-based outreach and partnerships for aquatic and wild animal welfare. Stable funding base for long-term research, media, and advocacy work.
	Aquatic Life Institute Marginal Funding post Donate	$291K remaining gap for ALI’s $1.25M 2025 budget; $954K already secured Goal: $100K from individual donors this Giving Season Eyestalk ablation ban in BAP-certified hatcheries will improve welfare for ~44B shrimp annually when implemented	$150K builds a 2–3-month reserve fund, protecting $4 in program value per $1 reserved and ensuring continuity during EU and UN policy windows $141K strengthens AI-ready infrastructure to boost efficiency 40–60%, enabling faster welfare tracking and policy responses Full $291K builds a resilient, data-driven system that scales aquatic welfare reform across certification, policy, and corporate domains
	Arthropoda Foundation Marginal Funding post Donate	$160K in grants funded seven studies in 2025, covering welfare research for at least one trillion farmed arthropods. Annual budget: $175K (80% for grants). Current 2026 funding gap: $55K. Adding a part-time staff member (~$45K) would enable more proactive grantmaking.	Filling the $55K gap maintains core operations and ongoing arthropod welfare research grants. Each additional ~$20–40K could fund multiple new studies on insect and crustacean sentience and welfare. Hiring a part-time staffer expands capacity for field-building and developing new research projects.
	Center for Wild Animal Welfare (CWAW) Marginal Funding post Donate	$60K in donations will be matched 1:1, doubling early contributions toward CWAW’s first-year operations.	Expands staff time, outreach, and participation in policy forums, enabling CWAW to influence live UK legislative windows and launch the first “State of Wild Animal Welfare Policy” report. Supports new policy development on humane fertility control and pesticide standards—concrete, near-term interventions reducing painful population control methods. Builds core infrastructure (website, operations, contingency fund) to establish CWAW as the first dedicated wild animal welfare policy advocate, converting science into tractable government action.
	Compassion in World Farming Marginal Funding post Donate	$100K goal by Dec 2025 to sustain CIWF U.S. campaigns. $400K total funding gap to cover programs through Mar 2026. $25K Giving Tuesday goal (with $10K match) and $50K year-end match sought.	$10K builds grassroots volunteer and leadership programs. $15K supports federal advocacy, including the 200-farmer fly-in opposing the EATS/Save Our Bacon Act. $20K funds organizing costs for cage-free retailer campaigns.
	Animal Welfare Fund Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$4.2M in grants deployed across 45 projects in 2025, with $2M more planned for Q4; AWF aims to scale to $20M annually. $11.6M funding gap for 2026; every $20K–$300K donation tier translates into concrete campaigns, research, or new organizations. Example grants: $28.5K ended cages for 270K hens in Slovenia; $290K secured shrimp welfare commitments affecting billions of animals.	Expands early-stage and scale-up grants targeting the most numerous farmed animals—hens, fish, shrimp, insects—especially in the Global South. Funds pilot programs, corporate accountability, and policy advocacy to establish welfare standards before intensive farming systems entrench. Supports research and movement-building for neglected species and regions, ensuring proven interventions reach billions of animals at scale.
	Faunalytics Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$370K gap remains to close Faunalytics’ 2025 budget. ~$60K of that funds two final 2025 research projects: Public Perceptions of Standard U.S. Farming Practices and Contextual Advocacy for Food Systems in the Global South. Faunalytics’ 12-person team runs 10–12 studies per year, maintaining the world’s largest open-access animal advocacy research library (6K+ summaries).	Stability for ongoing programs and staff, enabling Faunalytics to finish 2025 projects and start its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan. Coverage of unfunded 2025 research and program costs, securing continuity for evidence-based advocacy resources used by 2K+ advocates. If overfunded, growth capital will support new studies (e.g., on food systems in India, Brazil, and China), new databases, AI-powered research tools, and expanded advocate support.
	From Fauna Marginal Funding post Donate	Over 99% of cultivated meat resources go to science and policy; under 1% funds public-narrative work. $15K keeps From Fauna’s viral campaign running; $50–60K sustains five to six more months of video output; $115K hires a full-time editor for a year; $260K+ builds a full media team. A single $500 video can reach hundreds of thousands to millions, outperforming most policy or advocacy channels on reach-per-dollar.	Extends a fast-growing social-media channel (1.5 M views, 150 K likes since Aug 2025) countering misinformation that helped drive bans in 7 US states. Produces new short-form videos reframing cultivated meat with curiosity and warmth, collaborating with creators (1 M + followers). Builds dedicated production capacity to scale global reach and defend the cultivated-meat narrative before public fear hardens into policy.
	Hive Marginal Funding post Donate	$463K 2026 budget with a $200K remaining funding gap; $62K targeted for end-of-year campaign. 4.5K-member global community across 100+ countries; 700 weekly active Slack users; 45% newsletter open rate. 77 high-impact outcomes so far in 2025, including 22 job placements, 7 new initiatives, and 6 funded projects.	Maintains Hive’s 6-person team and keeps its core infrastructure—Slack, newsletter, and matchmaking—running at scale. Fully funds the Global Ambassador Program for Asia and Latin America, expanding localized support and coordination in neglected regions. Enables cost-effective growth: leadership capacity, conference outreach, and a contingency buffer that sustains Hive’s role as the farmed animal movement’s shared infrastructure.
	Humane and Sustainable Food Lab (HSFL) Marginal Funding post Donate	Funding gap unspecified; ongoing support from Stanford, Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy), and the NIH delayed due to the U.S. government shutdown. HSFL has over five research projects pending additional funding, including collaborations with Stanford Dining and multiple U.S. universities. Staff time and projects have been reduced due to uncertainty in grant decisions.	Launch of a “True Cost of Food” study integrating animal welfare into university procurement. Large-scale behavioral data project tracking plant-based menu adoption across U.S. restaurants and bars. Continued evaluations of plant-based defaults and nonprofit campaigns (New Roots Institute, Greener by Default), to identify strategies that shift norms and reduce demand for factory-farmed products.
	Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC) Marginal Funding post Donate	LIC is fundraising $690K to close its 2026 budget of $2M ($1.3M secured). 4-year-old nonprofit law firm with five litigators and one legal operations specialist. Legal victories include enforcing California’s cruelty laws and prompting reforms at the state’s largest poultry producer.	Enables new lawsuits enforcing animal cruelty laws against agricultural corporations. Adds litigation staff to pursue more high-impact cases in parallel. Advances precedent-setting rulings that make animal welfare legally enforceable.
	New Roots Institute Marginal Funding post Donate	Total funding sought: $995K for 2025 expansion. Roles subtotal: $290K for four new staff (Student Groups & Community Manager, Digital Marketing Manager, Campaigns Specialist, Events Specialist). Youth Summit delivery: $330K; Fellow grant increase: $150K–$375K depending on cohort size (60–150 fellows).	Expands fellowship grants to $5K per student to attract and retain top talent and fund 240–300 additional advocacy hours per fellow. Adds new staff to scale recruitment, coaching, and campus-based networks—targeting 200% growth in qualified applicants and 25–30% higher campaign completion. Launches a five-day, in-person Youth Summit to cement skills, networks, and collaboration, expected to raise fellow–alumni partnerships by 25% and deepen long-term commitment to ending factory farming.
	Shrimp Welfare Project Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	~4.5B shrimps helped per year via HSI, at ~1,400 shrimps per $ per year; 24 stunner commitments and 11 retailer policies to date. Each $50K stunner can impact ~100M+ shrimps per year; lowering unit cost to ~$10K would 5x site reach and expand access to smallholders. Scale vision: $5–10M could accelerate “HSI 2.0” toward ≥100B shrimps helped per year by 2030; ~10% of funds go to exploratory pilots (<$100K each).	More humane-slaughter capacity: purchase and deploy additional stunners; fund in-country implementation/MEL to lock in sustained use and outcomes at scale. R&D to speed and cheapen welfare tech: co-develop stun-kill harvest solutions and lower-cost, fit-for-purpose stunners to improve cost-effectiveness and smallholder uptake. Strategic scale plays: seed a country-level HSI 2.0 rollout and targeted corporate/producer engagement, with exploratory work (e.g., wild-caught, China scoping, “credits” mechanism) to unlock new high-leverage pathways.
	The Humane League (THL) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$3.6M funding gap for 2025; THL could absorb $4M+ in additional funds for high-impact chicken welfare interventions. $2M allocated to the Open Wing Alliance (OWA): $1M for program expansion and $1M for regranting to help spare 300M hens and 1.3B chickens by 2030. $1M for US corporate cage-free accountability, $250K for Animal Policy Alliance (APA) staffing and tech tools, and $750K for APA regranting.	Expands OWA globally with new staff in Asia, Africa, Europe, and MENA, plus a Corporate Campaigns trainer—enabling wider adoption of cage-free standards and doubling regranting capacity. Strengthens U.S. campaigns to hold major retailers and restaurants accountable for cage-free commitments, moving toward two-thirds of hens cage-free by 2030 (200M hens). Builds the Animal Policy Alliance’s legislative capacity—funding local advocacy groups, policy coordination, and new AI tools for advocacy support.
	The Humane League UK (THL UK) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	£290K current funding gap for April 2025–March 2026; £100K goal for 2025 matched giving appeal (with £50K match pool). 77 cage-free corporate commitments due in 2025 and 128 Better Chicken Commitments due in 2026; 85% of cage-free targets already met. THL’s cage-free work estimated by ACE to help ~11 hens and 46 broiler chickens per donated dollar.	Sustains THL UK’s corporate accountability campaigns to ensure UK retailers and food companies meet welfare commitments for millions of chickens and hens. Strengthens pressure on lagging firms to adopt slower-growing chicken breeds and maintain cage-free standards, preventing backsliding across the industry. Builds long-term financial resilience so THL UK can expand advocacy for hens, chickens, and fishes in 2026 while reducing reliance on US grants.
	Wild Animal Initiative Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	2026 target budget: $4.1M; current gap: $267K. Additional $3.1M (aspirational) would fund major expansions like rodent contraception R&D and university research hubs. WAI has awarded 84 grants, published 7 peer-reviewed papers (65 citations), and grown its research community to ~600 members.	Fills a $267K shortfall to sustain core programs in research, grants, academic outreach, and community infrastructure. Enables hiring a Foundations Relations Manager (expected 4x ROI in year two) and a Services Team community coordinator to strengthen researcher support. Expands high-leverage initiatives: rodent contraception R&D ($169K–$240K for “Big Think,” $1M–$3M challenge phase) and creation of research hubs and fellowships at universities ($2.2M total).

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	Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) Marginal Funding post Donate	~$400K needed to sustain ALLFED’s core team and top-priority projects for one year, beyond expected major-funder support. Matching campaign: gifts up to $20K will be matched 1:1 from Nov 25–Dec 9 2025. Example project costs: $80K for nuclear-war survival research, $80K for pandemic failsafe plans, $60–80K for EU infrastructure policy, $30K for car-retrofit power resilience tech.	Maintains critical research and policy work on food, energy, and infrastructure resilience under global catastrophes such as nuclear winter or engineered pandemics. Enables pilots (e.g., $100K nuclear-winter growth chamber, $200–600K crop growth pilot) and continuation of technology prototypes ensuring minimal survival needs if systems collapse. Funds high-impact policy initiatives in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the EU to embed food-system resilience in national strategies.
	Center for Reducing Suffering (CRS) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Estimated 2026 budget: $200K; current reserves: $75K; funding gap: ~$150K to secure 12 months of runway. Current team: 7 researchers (up from 3 in early 2025). Typical annual budget prior to expansion: ~$125K.	Launch of an introductory fellowship program to train and mentor new researchers focused on s-risk reduction and suffering-focused ethics. New research publications and outreach through essays, books, and a Substack aimed at building a community around suffering reduction. Stronger infrastructure and experimentation to make the field more stable, connected, and innovative in the long term.
	Longview Philanthropy’s Emerging Challenges Fund Marginal Funding post Donate	$50M directed by Longview in 2025 across 50+ projects reducing catastrophic and existential risks. Six 2025 ECF grants supported AI and nuclear risk reduction, including U.S.–China arms control discussions and AI misuse research. Six AI and four nuclear grantmakers active in 2026, expanding capacity for rapid, expert-led grantmaking.	Funds new 2026 investigations and grants targeting global catastrophic risks (e.g., frontier AI, digital sentience, nuclear security). Enables flexible, rapid deployment within days to fill high-leverage funding gaps or seize time-sensitive opportunities. Expands support for projects that need diversified donor backing to demonstrate independence from major funders.
	Sentinel Marginal Funding post Donate	Filled $700K of its ~$1.6M 2025 budget and seeks to close a $900K gap to sustain and expand global risk monitoring. At full funding, Sentinel estimates averting 3.5 (0.4–11) basis points of existential risk, or 0.27–7.2 basis points per $1M spent. Full staffing would include 3 full-time engineers ($360K), a Head of Emergency Response ($150K/year), and an expanded foresight team ($264K/year).	Builds large-scale open-source monitoring for global catastrophic risks, including tracking ~100K subreddits and Chinese military news, plus early disease symptom detection. Funds emergency-response capacity—alert systems, rapid-deployment fund ($100K), and crisis drills—to act on early warnings within 24 hours. Expands forecasting and analysis to detect and respond to AI, biosecurity, and geopolitical threats faster and more accurately.

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	Centre for Enabling EA Learning and Research (CEEALAR) Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	£30K ($39K) urgently needed to replace the collapsing 19th-century roof and prevent building damage. £270K ($355K) full 2026 budget to fund operations, programs, and infrastructure upgrades. Current gap: £330K ($430K), with only ~4 months of runway remaining.	Restores a safe, functional space for ~20 EA residents at half the cost of London or SF housing. Launches a 3-month AI safety fellowship, two hackathons, and new partnership programs in 2026. Builds KPI dashboards and alumni tracking to measure career transitions and project impact, strengthening the EA talent pipeline.
	Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	34 grants made so far in 2025 for $2.4M; expected 2025 total: $2.8M. Current fund balance: $1.3M; projected end-year balance if no new funding: $0.9M. To make $2.8M in grants in 2026 (same level as 2025), EAIF needs to raise $1.9M.	Allows EAIF to continue 2026 grantmaking at the same scale as 2025 rather than reducing total grants. Funds projects in roughly the same mix as recent years (EA groups, community building, content, research, services/infrastructure, effective giving, and individual support). Lets EAIF respond to incoming applications across these areas instead of turning down or shrinking viable proposals.
	Rethink Priorities Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	Core 2026 budget: $7.5M, with capacity to deploy up to $9.3M effectively. Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) will match up to $400K in unrestricted gifts to global health work. In 2025, Rethink Priorities produced 180 outputs and supported funding decisions involving hundreds of millions of dollars.	Expands high-leverage research across global health, animal welfare, AI strategy, and digital minds—areas shaping long-term global priorities. Funds cross-cause prioritization tools and evaluation systems to direct philanthropic capital toward the most cost-effective opportunities. Strengthens RP’s operational backbone, enabling faster response to emerging risks and the launch of new interdisciplinary initiatives.

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	Center for Election Science Marginal Funding post Donate	CES seeks an additional $350K for 2025–2026 to scale pilots, legislative work, and research. Currently active in 5 states with 2 live legislative efforts (Maryland, Utah) and 2 pilot programs in development (Frederick and Cumberland, MD). Maryland voter study found 74.6% of voters support improving the voting system, showing cross-partisan appeal.	Expands real-world pilots like Utah’s first live approval-voting election and Maryland’s 2026 municipal pilots. Funds rapid-response legislative support and voter education during high-leverage reform windows. Strengthens CES’s research base and coalition work to advance bipartisan, evidence-based election reform.
	One for the World Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Take the pledgeMake a one-time donation	$300K moved since July 2025; projected $1.8M for AY26. 114 new pledges YTD vs 26 in same period last year (4× growth). $160K budget deficit for AY26; current runway extends through April 2026.	Extends runway to sustain rapid pledge and donation growth. Expands workplace outreach and chapter programs, the top sources of new pledges. Strengthens Donational platform to improve donor retention and recurring giving.
	The Unjournal Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	$1.7K funds one full expert evaluation package (including evaluator compensation, management, and admin). $10–15K funds a new Pivotal Questions project—rigorous multi-evaluation analysis on high-uncertainty issues (e.g., welfare metrics, demand elasticity). Current monthly operations cost $16.8K, with 63% for staff salaries and 20% for evaluator pay.	More evaluations of EA-linked or pivotal research (each package benchmarks rigor and reliability for key cause areas). Expansion of Pivotal Questions work connecting funders’ top uncertainties to expert analysis. Development and benchmarking of AI peer review tools against human evaluations, plus better synthesis and communication capacity.

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Donation Election Discussion Thread by Toby Tremlett🔹 (24 Nov 2025 9:01 UTC; 38 points)

Toby Tremlett🔹 24 Nov 2025 11:40 UTC
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I’ll donate $10 to the Donation Election Fund for everyone who spots an error
...aaaand we’re already on $10. Thanks @Oli Munns!
- Ryan Kidd 30 Nov 2025 17:38 UTC
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  Shouldn’t the “AI governance” category be “AI safety” instead? Most of the work Apart, Forethought, and MATS do is not AI governance.
  - Toby Tremlett🔹 1 Dec 2025 8:36 UTC
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    Changed—that’s another $10
Jonathan B 2 Dec 2025 15:10 UTC
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In the future can you add these orgs? They are similar to Center for Election Science:
- Better Choices for Democracy advocates Consensus Choice Voting, a Condorcet-compliant form of ranked-choice voting.
- STAR Voting Action advocates STAR Voting, a hybrid of cardinal and ranked systems.
- Equal Vote Coalition is an umbrella that advocates all of the above.
- Jason 2 Dec 2025 15:40 UTC
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  There’s a rule that the organization needs to contribute a comment or post during Marginal Funding Week to be eligible to opt-in to the election. So the first step would be encouraging them to do so next year.

Logo	Charity basics	Key numbers	What marginal funding buys
	Apart Research Marginal Funding post Donate	$1K supports one participant in the Studio, converting hackathon ideas into publishable AI safety projects (often NeurIPS workshop papers). $5K supports a Fellowship participant through to a conference paper, leveraging >$5K in partner-provided compute. $12.5K funds a global AI Safety hackathon engaging 300+ participants; each team receives $400 in compute credits.	$80K funds a 2026 communications lead to publicize research and track engagement impact. $90K funds a Research Project Manager to expand Studio and Fellowship capacity, allowing more high-performing talent to advance from hackathons. $100K funds a Research Acceleration Engineer to mentor fellows, build prototypes, and scale technical research workflows across programs.
	Forethought Topics wiki page Marginal Funding post Donate	2026 baseline budget: $4.1M; expansion budget: $5.1M. Funding ask: $3.9M to reach the expansion plan through June 2027 (vs $2.4M for the baseline). Headcount projected to grow from 12.93 to 16.02 FTE under the expansion scenario.	Enables Forethought to hire 3+ additional researchers and extend runway from December 2026 to June 2027. Accelerates research on AI macrostrategy topics such as AI-enabled coups, digital rights, and space governance. Expands capacity for impact translation—running fellowships, events, and grants to ensure research leads to policy change.
	MATS Research Marginal Funding post Donate	$40.8K funds one additional MATS fellow. 100 fellows supported per program, twice yearly (200 per year). 446 alumni, 120+ arXiv papers (h-index 37); 80% of pre-2025 alumni work in AI safety, 10% founded AI safety orgs or teams.	Expansion to 120 fellows per Summer and Winter 2026 program, plus a new Fall 2026 fellowship. Launch of a 1–2-year senior researcher residency program. Additional high-impact fellows advancing AI alignment and safety research worldwide.

Meet the Candidates: Donation Election 2025

Global Health

Animal Welfare

Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE)

Center for Wild Animal Welfare (CWAW)

Humane and Sustainable Food Lab (HSFL)

Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC)

The Humane League (THL)

The Humane League UK (THL UK)

Global Catastrophic Risks

Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED)

Meta– or mixed

Centre for Enabling EA Learning and Research (CEEALAR)

AI Safety and post-AGI governance

Other