There should be a small crack team dedicated to identifying rich people who’d be good candidates for EA benefactors and recruiting them, now that SBF and FTX are down for the count. If you’re interested in doing this, message me and I can give you some names privately.
I’m not sure they would call it “recruiting”, but there already are large parts of existing nonprofits that talk to current & future ultra high net worth individuals, such as Longview Philanthropy, Founders Pledge, Generation Pledge, and Open Philanthropy. But there are only a very limited number of potentially sympathetic ultra high net worth individuals, and you don’t want to put them off effective giving, so it’s important to do it right. As such, I definitely would not suggest starting a new crack team to try to do this work. Instead, it’s better to talk to the existing groups that cater to UHNWIs, first.
Also, the EA movement really needs to diversify its assets. It’s a mistake for so much of our collective assets to be tied up in Meta and crypto, although this is somewhat unavoidable – Dustin owns Dustin’s assets, not the EA movement. When seeking out more big benefactors, we should look beyond tech.
There should be a small crack team dedicated to identifying rich people who’d be good candidates for EA benefactors and recruiting them, now that SBF and FTX are down for the count. If you’re interested in doing this, message me and I can give you some names privately.
I’m not sure they would call it “recruiting”, but there already are large parts of existing nonprofits that talk to current & future ultra high net worth individuals, such as Longview Philanthropy, Founders Pledge, Generation Pledge, and Open Philanthropy. But there are only a very limited number of potentially sympathetic ultra high net worth individuals, and you don’t want to put them off effective giving, so it’s important to do it right. As such, I definitely would not suggest starting a new crack team to try to do this work. Instead, it’s better to talk to the existing groups that cater to UHNWIs, first.
Also, the EA movement really needs to diversify its assets. It’s a mistake for so much of our collective assets to be tied up in Meta and crypto, although this is somewhat unavoidable – Dustin owns Dustin’s assets, not the EA movement. When seeking out more big benefactors, we should look beyond tech.
My understanding is Dustin has already diversified out of Meta to some large degree (though I have no insider information).
I’d be happy to help however I can :)