J-PAL (the executive director of J-PAL North America is a woman, and one of the two co-founders was a different woman)
J-PAL may also be the most “entrepreneurial” organization on the list, though SCI’s direct work seems to make them a closer fit for the types of organizations that have won in past years.
Questions:
1. Do you have any personal connection to the award/program?
2. Do you know how many charities were nominated last year?
3. Are you planning to nominate an organization, and would it help if multiple people nominated the same organization?
Great, this is exactly the sort of response I was hoping for!
I do not have a personal connection to the award, and I don’t know how many charities were nominated last year. I plan to nominate the organization that stands out in this discussion (thus far J-PAL). The website doesn’t mention any kind of voting system, so one nomination should suffice.
Frustratingly, I think the requirement that the organization must serve North American women rules out ACE, SCI, CFAR, and Encompass. J-PAL may have a chance.
J-PAL would be very unlikely to qualify (they may have done a bit of work in Mexico, but I’m not aware of them having any coverage in the U.S. or Canada). I’d recommend checking that before you take the time to nominate them. (Still, thanks for broadcasting this award in the first place; it’s nice to know that people are keeping an eye out for good funding opportunities like this.)
CFAR and Encompass (https://encompassmovement.org/) might also fit the bill? Maybe also some (other) EA meta-charities whose current team configuration I don’t remember well enough.
This is a fine place to post questions like this!
A few EA-aligned organizations with female leaders (not a comprehensive list):
Animal Charity Evaluators (nearly all-female staff, as well)
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (nearly all-female staff, as well)
J-PAL (the executive director of J-PAL North America is a woman, and one of the two co-founders was a different woman)
J-PAL may also be the most “entrepreneurial” organization on the list, though SCI’s direct work seems to make them a closer fit for the types of organizations that have won in past years.
Questions:
1. Do you have any personal connection to the award/program?
2. Do you know how many charities were nominated last year?
3. Are you planning to nominate an organization, and would it help if multiple people nominated the same organization?
Great, this is exactly the sort of response I was hoping for!
I do not have a personal connection to the award, and I don’t know how many charities were nominated last year. I plan to nominate the organization that stands out in this discussion (thus far J-PAL). The website doesn’t mention any kind of voting system, so one nomination should suffice.
Frustratingly, I think the requirement that the organization must serve North American women rules out ACE, SCI, CFAR, and Encompass. J-PAL may have a chance.
J-PAL would be very unlikely to qualify (they may have done a bit of work in Mexico, but I’m not aware of them having any coverage in the U.S. or Canada). I’d recommend checking that before you take the time to nominate them. (Still, thanks for broadcasting this award in the first place; it’s nice to know that people are keeping an eye out for good funding opportunities like this.)
I think J-PAL North America does do lots of work in the US although I doubt they’re focused enough on women/children to qualify for this. https://www.povertyactionlab.org/na/about
CFAR and Encompass (https://encompassmovement.org/) might also fit the bill? Maybe also some (other) EA meta-charities whose current team configuration I don’t remember well enough.