We fund Probably Good, who try to empower people to think along impact-focused lines while remaining open-minded about how different people can best help others.
Our grants to effective giving orgs have not been conditional on them changing their recommendations (though we’re more likely to support orgs whose recommendations we believe in).
Tbc, I think it’s a tough problem and tradeoffs between respecting autonomy and standing behind your judgment calls as a grantmaker.
Hi Midtermist, I think this is a pretty important worry and appreciate you sharing your perspective.
Just speaking for myself and the EA (global health and wellbeing) program I work on (though it’s mostly led by Mel Basnak now).
Here are a few things we’re doing:
We fund Probably Good, who try to empower people to think along impact-focused lines while remaining open-minded about how different people can best help others.
We support orgs like Founders Pledge and Charity Entrepreneurship, who share our core values but who do their own research and might have different views.
Our grants to effective giving orgs have not been conditional on them changing their recommendations (though we’re more likely to support orgs whose recommendations we believe in).
Tbc, I think it’s a tough problem and tradeoffs between respecting autonomy and standing behind your judgment calls as a grantmaker.