We have handed in grant proposals to the FTX Future Fund, the Survival Flourishing Fund and the EA Long-term Future Fund and are awaiting feedback… The sooner we get funding confirmed, the sooner Max can quit his job and we can start scaling up to leverage the UN’s Our Common Agenda and similarly promising opportunities for the mitigation of existential risks and the flourishing of future generations.
Seems like it might be useful for a more agile granter, such as perhaps an individual regranter to offer a backstop, e.g. to say “if SI doesn’t receieve funding from any of these sources, then I will offer the minimal amount so that Max would be comfortable quitting his job”, so that you can just get on with things. Assuming this would not be too much money, and there are no big hidden risks.
Thanks very much for highlighting this so clearly, yes indeed. We are currently in touch with one potential such grantmaker. If you know of others we could talk to, that would be great.
The amount isn’t trivial at ~600k. Max’ salary also guarantees my financial stability beyond the ~6 months of runway I have. It’s what has allowed us to make mid-term plans and me to quit my CBG.
Seems like it might be useful for a more agile granter, such as perhaps an individual regranter to offer a backstop, e.g. to say “if SI doesn’t receieve funding from any of these sources, then I will offer the minimal amount so that Max would be comfortable quitting his job”, so that you can just get on with things. Assuming this would not be too much money, and there are no big hidden risks.
Thanks very much for highlighting this so clearly, yes indeed. We are currently in touch with one potential such grantmaker. If you know of others we could talk to, that would be great.
The amount isn’t trivial at ~600k. Max’ salary also guarantees my financial stability beyond the ~6 months of runway I have. It’s what has allowed us to make mid-term plans and me to quit my CBG.