I wonder to what degree these fundraising coordination issues would be solved if funders chose one of a small number of trusted, informed EAs and asked them what to fund. Sort of analogous to giving your money to a superangel/venture capitalist in the for-profit world. In the same way I might look at a venture capitalist’s track record to decide whether to invest with them, I could e.g. observe the fact that Matt Wage was one of the original funders of FLI, infer that he’s skilled at finding giving opportunities, and ask him to tell me where I should donate. Something like this could also cut down on duplication of thinking & research between donors.
I wonder to what degree these fundraising coordination issues would be solved if funders chose one of a small number of trusted, informed EAs and asked them what to fund. Sort of analogous to giving your money to a superangel/venture capitalist in the for-profit world. In the same way I might look at a venture capitalist’s track record to decide whether to invest with them, I could e.g. observe the fact that Matt Wage was one of the original funders of FLI, infer that he’s skilled at finding giving opportunities, and ask him to tell me where I should donate. Something like this could also cut down on duplication of thinking & research between donors.