Executive summary: In 2023, Manifund experimented with novel funding mechanisms like impact certificates and regranting to support technical AI safety and EA projects. They funded $2 million across dozens of projects, learned lessons about what works, and aim to expand successful programs going forward.
Key points:
Impact certificates show promise but haven’t hit product-market fit yet; need more participants and bigger use cases to validate the model.
Regranting utilized experts’ knowledge and sped up funding decisions; worked well with both large and small regrantor budgets.
Open call brought in quality projects and engaged individual donors; but is labor intensive to run.
Quality of funded projects seems high based on regrantor expertise and special context.
Areas for improvement: fundraising, hiring, community engagement, supporting grantees, focus and ambition.
Big ideas for 2024: 10x impact certificates, become a donations hub, offer donor-advised fund services.
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Executive summary: In 2023, Manifund experimented with novel funding mechanisms like impact certificates and regranting to support technical AI safety and EA projects. They funded $2 million across dozens of projects, learned lessons about what works, and aim to expand successful programs going forward.
Key points:
Impact certificates show promise but haven’t hit product-market fit yet; need more participants and bigger use cases to validate the model.
Regranting utilized experts’ knowledge and sped up funding decisions; worked well with both large and small regrantor budgets.
Open call brought in quality projects and engaged individual donors; but is labor intensive to run.
Quality of funded projects seems high based on regrantor expertise and special context.
Areas for improvement: fundraising, hiring, community engagement, supporting grantees, focus and ambition.
Big ideas for 2024: 10x impact certificates, become a donations hub, offer donor-advised fund services.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.