I gave more than I thought I would. In early 2020, I predicted I would give between 11% and 12% of my income to charity in 2020:
Unfortunately, due to the higher cost of living in the Bay Area and my student loan obligations, I do not foresee greatly exceeding 10% this year. I predict that I will ultimately end up donating between 11% and 12% of my income this year.
However, I actually gave closer to 16%, primarily due to lower expenses, good investment returns, higher earnings, refinancing my loans, and stimulus checks.
I gave more than I thought I would. In early 2020, I predicted I would give between 11% and 12% of my income to charity in 2020:
However, I actually gave closer to 16%, primarily due to lower expenses, good investment returns, higher earnings, refinancing my loans, and stimulus checks.
That is amazing Cullen!
Was this towards any particular organisations/​charities?
As listed here:
Legal Priorities Project: $ 10,005.50
Long-Term Future EA Fund: $ 8,036.00
Joe Biden for President: $ 2,800
GiveWell (regrant): $ 1,551
Center for Election Science: $ 1,000
Charter Cities Institute: $ 1,000
EA Cameroon: $ 250
Against Malaria Foundation: $ 120
GiveDirectly: $ 83.51
Malaria Consortium: $ 30
Nuclear Threat Initiative: $ 22
Wild Animal Initiative: $ 10
MIRI: $ 10
I don’t think COVID changed my allocation very much, with the exception of the EA Cameroon donation.
May I ask why it is you had decided on this way of donating and how you came to the decision that these projects were the best donate to?