4 years ago Our World In Data had problems getting funded after the Gates Foundation didn‘t extend their support. Apparently it worked out in the end (probably not due to the 50€ I chipped in back then, though).
We have some support from readers who donated to our work and that could keep us going for some time. Buy as I was mentioning elsewhere here, we have no longer term funding for the time after mid-November, but we are talking to two possible funders. But if these things shouldn’t work out it would be a disaster for us yes.
I wrote OpenPhil about it back then but it didn‘t fall into any of their cause areas unfortunately.
In addition to grants, our work is also made possible with the donations of individuals and organizations that have made contributions to support our project:
This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.
4 years ago Our World In Data had problems getting funded after the Gates Foundation didn‘t extend their support. Apparently it worked out in the end (probably not due to the 50€ I chipped in back then, though).
From Max Roser‘s AMA:
I wrote OpenPhil about it back then but it didn‘t fall into any of their cause areas unfortunately.
This is really interesting, does anyone know which funder(s) stepped in and saved the day?
Good question. Their website has a list of possible candidates:
This is missing the meaty part of the story. Our World in Data was the org that Dominic Cummings got in trouble for trying to throw £500k at it, because he thought that their work was essential in the middle of the pandemic. Eventually it seems like they declined the grant and got funding through the “Department of Health and Social Care” instead. See Dominic Cummings’ side of the story here.