Thanks for asking Ervin. Were we to scale this project according to our estimates, we would need additional funding. There are also some small gaps in Rethink Charity operations that we’d like to fill. Talks are ongoing with CEA about additional funding either through their Grants or Funds programs
Huh, given the odd funding splurges (things like a $60k EA Grant for developing a new version of Less Wrong for people to have fun intellectual discussions on, and I believe a similarly luxuriant amount to EA Geneva) I’m surprised an organization which does as much as Rethink Charity isn’t already fully funded by the movement building fund. Does anyone know how much money got donated to that and where it’s gone?
Qualifying this by clarifying that I’m the ED of Development for Rethink Charity – I would say the lineup of projects offered by Rethink (SHIC, LEAN, RC Forward and Rethink Priorities, EA Survey) should be among the most competitive funding options for community building, especially considering our reach and impact on a comparatively low budget: https://rtcharity.org/monthly-donor-briefing-03-2018/
Do you/Rethink Charity need funding? I presume the EA Community fund is throwing a healthy amount of money your work?
Thanks for asking Ervin. Were we to scale this project according to our estimates, we would need additional funding. There are also some small gaps in Rethink Charity operations that we’d like to fill. Talks are ongoing with CEA about additional funding either through their Grants or Funds programs
Huh, given the odd funding splurges (things like a $60k EA Grant for developing a new version of Less Wrong for people to have fun intellectual discussions on, and I believe a similarly luxuriant amount to EA Geneva) I’m surprised an organization which does as much as Rethink Charity isn’t already fully funded by the movement building fund. Does anyone know how much money got donated to that and where it’s gone?
Ben West asked this question in the EA Facebook group late last year, and I believe EA Funds has updated since then: https://www.facebook.com/groups/effective.altruists/permalink/1606722932717391/
It’s not clear what the optimal amount of funding for resurrecting LW should be, but according to the EA survey (run by Rethink), LW had been a top source for introducing people to EA until recently: http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1h5/ea_survey_2017_series_how_do_people_get_into_ea/
Qualifying this by clarifying that I’m the ED of Development for Rethink Charity – I would say the lineup of projects offered by Rethink (SHIC, LEAN, RC Forward and Rethink Priorities, EA Survey) should be among the most competitive funding options for community building, especially considering our reach and impact on a comparatively low budget: https://rtcharity.org/monthly-donor-briefing-03-2018/
Just to clarify: EA Geneva has not received any funding from CEA to date—we are waiting on the decision from the recent community grants round.