Would there be interest in someone coordinating an Effective Giving Fund at some point, so that those of us interested in these kinds of orgs could defer our decisions on which specific national/regional orgs to support to people with more time to investigate? (Tax advantages would be a plus as well.)
My quick take is that I’d have to invest a decent bit of time into evaluating five different countries/regions, as well as five different organizations, in order to make an intelligent allocation. So I’d probably allocate suboptimally. Hopefully that task will get even harder over time as more orgs of this type launch![1]
An interesting idea! To my knowledge this is not something we have any plans for (see Luke’s comment below). I can see a world in future where something like this would be useful though as the number of effective giving orgs grows and the levels of success between orgs becomes more apparent
I actually think that GWWC and AIM are exploring the possibility of setting up a new Fund which would make grants in the meta charity space (including to effective giving initiatives). It would likely have a similar focus to the meta funding circle. This is all very early stage, and there are lots of details to be worked out, but watch this space!
Would there be interest in someone coordinating an Effective Giving Fund at some point, so that those of us interested in these kinds of orgs could defer our decisions on which specific national/regional orgs to support to people with more time to investigate? (Tax advantages would be a plus as well.)
My quick take is that I’d have to invest a decent bit of time into evaluating five different countries/regions, as well as five different organizations, in order to make an intelligent allocation. So I’d probably allocate suboptimally. Hopefully that task will get even harder over time as more orgs of this type launch![1]
This is an off-year for donations for my wife and me, so this comment is not me seeking advice on allocating this year.
An interesting idea!
To my knowledge this is not something we have any plans for(see Luke’s comment below). I can see a world in future where something like this would be useful though as the number of effective giving orgs grows and the levels of success between orgs becomes more apparentI actually think that GWWC and AIM are exploring the possibility of setting up a new Fund which would make grants in the meta charity space (including to effective giving initiatives). It would likely have a similar focus to the meta funding circle. This is all very early stage, and there are lots of details to be worked out, but watch this space!