Interesting I didn’t think of that. Makes a lot of sense. I think like Jason said the bigger the grant, the more weight I would put on transparency myself anyway.
If I remember correctly, the application form says if you are an individual then choosing to be anonymous is not held against you. If you are an org asking for anonymous donation then it is slightly held against you in the decision making process.
I can imagine there could be grants for orgs to work on infohazardous things which would need to be anonymized, and I am unsure how to handle these. Still, overall it seems like these are mostly small-ish grants to individuals, so I am OK with it, and as you said, the bigger the grant the higher the burden I would put on the org to not be anonymous. To be clear, I assume that’s what LTFF does anyway.
I can imagine there could be grants for orgs to work on infohazardous things which would need to be anonymized, and I am unsure how to handle these
It’s true that we get some applications that ask for privacy on infohazard grounds, and I think it’s very important that at least some longtermist/x-risk fund is willing to cover them without demanding public reports. But I think they’re very much in the minority of anonymous applications we receive or grants we give out, so if donors broadly don’t want us to make anonymous grants, I don’t want to hide behind infohazards as an excuse.
Interesting I didn’t think of that. Makes a lot of sense. I think like Jason said the bigger the grant, the more weight I would put on transparency myself anyway.
If I remember correctly, the application form says if you are an individual then choosing to be anonymous is not held against you. If you are an org asking for anonymous donation then it is slightly held against you in the decision making process.
I can imagine there could be grants for orgs to work on infohazardous things which would need to be anonymized, and I am unsure how to handle these. Still, overall it seems like these are mostly small-ish grants to individuals, so I am OK with it, and as you said, the bigger the grant the higher the burden I would put on the org to not be anonymous. To be clear, I assume that’s what LTFF does anyway.
It’s true that we get some applications that ask for privacy on infohazard grounds, and I think it’s very important that at least some longtermist/x-risk fund is willing to cover them without demanding public reports. But I think they’re very much in the minority of anonymous applications we receive or grants we give out, so if donors broadly don’t want us to make anonymous grants, I don’t want to hide behind infohazards as an excuse.