I used to donate mid-year for the reasons you gave. The last couple years I donated at the end of the year because the EA Forum was running a donation election in early December, and I wanted to publish my “where I’m donating” post shortly before the donation election, and I don’t want to donate until after I’ve published the post. But perhaps syncing with the donation election is less important and I should publish and donate mid-year instead?
I used to donate mid-year for the reasons you gave. The last couple years I donated at the end of the year because the EA Forum was running a donation election in early December, and I wanted to publish my “where I’m donating” post shortly before the donation election, and I don’t want to donate until after I’ve published the post. But perhaps syncing with the donation election is less important and I should publish and donate mid-year instead?