Random take: people underrate optionality / information value. Even within EA, few opportunities are within 5x of the best opportunities (even on the margin), due to inefficiencies in the process by which people get informed about donation opportunities. Waiting to donate is great if it increases your chances of donating very well. Almost all of my friends regret their past donations; they wish they’d saved money until they were better-informed.
Random take: there are still some great c3 opportunities, but hopefully after the Anthropic people eventually get liquidity they’ll fill all of the great c3 opportunities.
Some public c3 donation opportunities I like are The Midas Project (small funding gap + no industry money), Forethought, and LTFF/ARM.
Random take: you should really invest your money to get a high return rate.
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Random take: people underrate optionality / information value. Even within EA, few opportunities are within 5x of the best opportunities (even on the margin), due to inefficiencies in the process by which people get informed about donation opportunities. Waiting to donate is great if it increases your chances of donating very well. Almost all of my friends regret their past donations; they wish they’d saved money until they were better-informed.
Random take: there are still some great c3 opportunities, but hopefully after the Anthropic people eventually get liquidity they’ll fill all of the great c3 opportunities.
Some public c3 donation opportunities I like are The Midas Project (small funding gap + no industry money), Forethought, and LTFF/ARM.
Random take: you should really invest your money to get a high return rate.
Are you abbreviating 501(c)(3) to c3?
Speaking (with confidence) for Zach: yes.