Current general strategy: I’m hoping that I can identify opportunities that are missed by “bigger funders” (either due to differing values, funding sizes or other concerns). This year I think I found two opportunities where donations are plausibly better than giving to EA Funds. I probably spent around 20 hours on this decision and am not fully comfortable with it. Most of the time was spent in “mere discussions” rather than me sitting down and trying to compute cost-effectiveness in a spreadsheet. I’m unsure about investing to give, but I am investing a lot of my savings and may well give these away later anyway.
Center for Reducing Suffering, 40k CHF: I am fairly convinced by arguments for Suffering Focused Ethics. The two big organizations in the space are CRS and CLR. I’ve supported the latter in the past, but they are currently not funding constraint. I’ve been impressed with the work of CRS thus far and their plans for the future (I’ve had the chance to discuss this with other donors in the space and have a Q&A session with CRS staff).
Pour Demain, 7k CHF: This is a new organization that aims to implement effective policy interventions in Switzerland focusing (also) on long-term risks like pandemic preparedness or AI safety. Their model seems plausible and I trust their founder.
GiveWell’s Maximum Impact fund, 3k CHF. This was primarily to be able to advocate for GiveWell charities at work which I think is a much easier sell than the other organizations.
Current general strategy: I’m hoping that I can identify opportunities that are missed by “bigger funders” (either due to differing values, funding sizes or other concerns). This year I think I found two opportunities where donations are plausibly better than giving to EA Funds. I probably spent around 20 hours on this decision and am not fully comfortable with it. Most of the time was spent in “mere discussions” rather than me sitting down and trying to compute cost-effectiveness in a spreadsheet. I’m unsure about investing to give, but I am investing a lot of my savings and may well give these away later anyway.
Center for Reducing Suffering, 40k CHF: I am fairly convinced by arguments for Suffering Focused Ethics. The two big organizations in the space are CRS and CLR. I’ve supported the latter in the past, but they are currently not funding constraint. I’ve been impressed with the work of CRS thus far and their plans for the future (I’ve had the chance to discuss this with other donors in the space and have a Q&A session with CRS staff).
Pour Demain, 7k CHF: This is a new organization that aims to implement effective policy interventions in Switzerland focusing (also) on long-term risks like pandemic preparedness or AI safety. Their model seems plausible and I trust their founder.
GiveWell’s Maximum Impact fund, 3k CHF. This was primarily to be able to advocate for GiveWell charities at work which I think is a much easier sell than the other organizations.