This is a good discussion, but I think that you’re missing the strongest argument, in this context, against donation-splitting: we’re not in a one-shot. Within the context of a one-shot, it makes much more sense to donation-split. But there’s a charity that I donate to in part because I am convinced that they are very financially constrained (iteration impact). Furthermore, Donors can respond to each other within a year. If most EAs give around December/​January, OpenPhil and GWWC can distribute in February, after hearing from relevant orgs how much funding they received. If a charity is credible in saying that they’re under their expected funding, again, people can donate in response. So in practice I don’t expect donation splitting to have that positive an effect on charity financing uncertainty, particularly compared to something like multi-year commitments.
That makes a lot of sense, Keller! In addition, donation splitting seems to make the most sense within cause areas, but diminishing returns here can be mitigated by donating to funds (e.g. Animal Welfare Fund) instead of particular charities (e.g. The Humane League).
This is a good discussion, but I think that you’re missing the strongest argument, in this context, against donation-splitting: we’re not in a one-shot. Within the context of a one-shot, it makes much more sense to donation-split. But there’s a charity that I donate to in part because I am convinced that they are very financially constrained (iteration impact). Furthermore, Donors can respond to each other within a year. If most EAs give around December/​January, OpenPhil and GWWC can distribute in February, after hearing from relevant orgs how much funding they received. If a charity is credible in saying that they’re under their expected funding, again, people can donate in response. So in practice I don’t expect donation splitting to have that positive an effect on charity financing uncertainty, particularly compared to something like multi-year commitments.
That makes a lot of sense, Keller! In addition, donation splitting seems to make the most sense within cause areas, but diminishing returns here can be mitigated by donating to funds (e.g. Animal Welfare Fund) instead of particular charities (e.g. The Humane League).
Seems reasonable.