Executive summary: Manifund ran several impact certificate programs in Q1 2023 with mixed results, and is exploring new directions like regranting and prize challenges to find product-market fit for funding awesome projects.
Key points:
Manifund ran impact certificate programs for ACX Grants, the Manifold Community Fund, and a Chinatalk essay competition in Q1.
The ACX Grants impact market had lower investor participation than hoped, but a micro-regranting program engaging individual donors was successful.
The Manifold Community Fund tested some impact market changes, but most did not seem worth keeping; great projects emerged but didn’t require upfront funding.
The Chinatalk essay competition partnership achieved mixed results in engaging investors and generating concrete, market-ready predictions.
For Q2, Manifund is exploring initiatives like the Manifest festival, AI safety regranting, prize challenges, fiscal sponsorship, and collaborations to find promising directions.
Manifund is interested in connecting with creators, grantees, donors, and others to scale their work enabling awesome projects.
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Executive summary: Manifund ran several impact certificate programs in Q1 2023 with mixed results, and is exploring new directions like regranting and prize challenges to find product-market fit for funding awesome projects.
Key points:
Manifund ran impact certificate programs for ACX Grants, the Manifold Community Fund, and a Chinatalk essay competition in Q1.
The ACX Grants impact market had lower investor participation than hoped, but a micro-regranting program engaging individual donors was successful.
The Manifold Community Fund tested some impact market changes, but most did not seem worth keeping; great projects emerged but didn’t require upfront funding.
The Chinatalk essay competition partnership achieved mixed results in engaging investors and generating concrete, market-ready predictions.
For Q2, Manifund is exploring initiatives like the Manifest festival, AI safety regranting, prize challenges, fiscal sponsorship, and collaborations to find promising directions.
Manifund is interested in connecting with creators, grantees, donors, and others to scale their work enabling awesome projects.
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.