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Dona­tion writeup

TagLast edit: 5 Apr 2021 18:04 UTC by Pablo

In a donation writeup, someone explains why they’ve chosen to donate or grant money to a particular recipient, or why they’ve recommended that other people donate. (For example, GiveWell’s charity analyses would count.)

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[Question] Where are you donat­ing in 2020 and why?

MichaelA23 Nov 2020 8:47 UTC
71 points
65 comments1 min readEA link

EAs write about where they give

Julia_Wise9 Dec 2016 16:00 UTC
18 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

Where I’m giv­ing and why: Ju­lia Wise

Julia_Wise27 Dec 2013 20:05 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Where I am donat­ing this year and meta pro­jects that need funding

weeatquince2 Mar 2018 13:42 UTC
11 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

Where are you donat­ing this year and why – in 2019? Open thread for dis­cus­sion.

weeatquince11 Dec 2019 0:57 UTC
69 points
20 comments1 min readEA link

Where I’m giv­ing and why: Peter Hurford

Peter Wildeford24 Dec 2013 22:34 UTC
5 points
9 comments4 min readEA link

Where I’m giv­ing and why: Tom Ash

Tom_Ash28 Jan 2014 15:37 UTC
2 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

My Dona­tions for 2016

jsteinhardt28 Dec 2016 17:03 UTC
15 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

Where I’m giv­ing and why: Will MacAskill

William_MacAskill30 Dec 2013 23:00 UTC
1 point
16 comments5 min readEA link

Dona­tion Plans for 2017

Jeff Kaufman23 Dec 2017 22:25 UTC
13 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Where I’m giv­ing and why: Eric Friedman

Eric_Friedman21 Dec 2013 19:33 UTC
0 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

2018-19 Donor Lot­tery Re­port, pt. 1

Ross Rheingans-Yoo13 Dec 2020 17:18 UTC
77 points
2 comments11 min readEA link

Where I gave and why in 2016

Ben Kuhn6 Jan 2017 5:10 UTC
6 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Where Some Peo­ple Donated in 2017

MichaelDickens11 Feb 2018 21:55 UTC
18 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

My open-for-feed­back dona­tion plans

MichaelA4 Apr 2020 12:47 UTC
25 points
6 comments9 min readEA link

My Char­i­ta­ble Giv­ing Re­port 2019

BrownHairedEevee27 Feb 2020 16:35 UTC
24 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Where I Am Donat­ing in 2016

MichaelDickens1 Nov 2016 4:10 UTC
17 points
39 comments19 min readEA link

Donor Lot­tery Debrief

TimothyTelleenLawton4 Aug 2020 20:58 UTC
129 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2019 grant recommendations

Habryka23 Apr 2019 7:00 UTC
142 points
242 comments47 min readEA link

2017 Donor Lot­tery Report

AdamGleave12 Nov 2018 19:26 UTC
128 points
9 comments16 min readEA link

An­i­mal Char­ity Eval­u­a­tors (ACE) re­leased their 2020 recom­men­da­tions (with Wild An­i­mal Ini­ti­a­tive added to their top char­i­ties)

Luke Freeman25 Nov 2020 0:26 UTC
31 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

2016 AI Risk Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks13 Dec 2016 4:36 UTC
57 points
12 comments28 min readEA link

2019 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks19 Dec 2019 2:58 UTC
147 points
28 comments64 min readEA link

2017 AI Safety Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks20 Dec 2017 21:54 UTC
43 points
17 comments23 min readEA link

Why I’m Donat­ing to Giv­ing Green This Year

Sindy_Li15 Dec 2020 22:10 UTC
36 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] What Small Weird Thing Do You Fund?

Yonatan Cale25 Nov 2021 11:15 UTC
58 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

Sugges­tions for In­di­vi­d­ual Donors from Open Philan­thropy Staff – 2023

Alexander_Berger20 Dec 2023 2:01 UTC
106 points
14 comments8 min readEA link

2021 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks23 Dec 2021 14:06 UTC
176 points
18 comments75 min readEA link

Mati’s 2020 dona­tion recommendations

Mati_Roy8 Dec 2020 19:02 UTC
12 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

2018 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks18 Dec 2018 4:48 UTC
118 points
28 comments64 min readEA link

Where are the GWWC team donat­ing in 2023?

Luke Freeman20 Dec 2023 1:18 UTC
54 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Dona­tion Post: 2018

ozymandias3 Jan 2019 14:10 UTC
23 points
1 comment4 min readEA link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Our 2022 Giving

Jeff Kaufman4 Dec 2022 15:35 UTC
114 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

EA Meta Fund Grants – July 2020

agdfoster12 Aug 2020 11:58 UTC
53 points
23 comments11 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

2018-19 Donor Lot­tery Re­port, pt. 2

Ross Rheingans-Yoo14 Dec 2020 14:31 UTC
31 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

My Q1 2019 EA Ho­tel donation

vipulnaik1 Apr 2019 2:23 UTC
120 points
6 comments13 min readEA link

Why I’m donat­ing to MIRI this year

Owen Cotton-Barratt30 Nov 2016 22:21 UTC
34 points
31 comments7 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Au­gust 2019 grant recommendations

Habryka3 Oct 2019 18:46 UTC
79 points
70 comments64 min readEA link

My 2018 donations

vipulnaik23 Dec 2018 20:38 UTC
37 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

The best $5,800 I’ve ever donated (to pan­demic pre­ven­tion).

ASB5 Feb 2022 21:18 UTC
281 points
81 comments4 min readEA link

Here’s where CEA staff are donat­ing in 2023

Oscar Howie10 Nov 2023 13:55 UTC
94 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

ACE Move­ment Grants: Novem­ber 2019 Gran­tee Updates

Animal Charity Evaluators21 Oct 2020 14:27 UTC
13 points
0 comments14 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

EA Meta Fund Grants—July 2019

agdfoster13 Sep 2019 15:40 UTC
32 points
4 comments11 min readEA link

Million dol­lar dona­tion: penny for your thoughts?

Huwelium16 Jun 2020 13:40 UTC
30 points
24 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Best EA use of $500,000AUD/​$340,000 USD for ba­sic sci­ence?

AspiringPhilanthropist27 Aug 2019 10:07 UTC
58 points
12 comments1 min readEA link

In­spiring oth­ers to do good

Laurin7 Jul 2021 12:41 UTC
14 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

My GWWC dona­tions Part 2: Re­view­ing and re­spond­ing to comments

Tom Gardiner30 Apr 2022 13:53 UTC
22 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

2020 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Larks21 Dec 2020 15:25 UTC
155 points
16 comments70 min readEA link

Recom­men­da­tions for pri­ori­tiz­ing poli­ti­cal en­gage­ment in the 2020 US elections

IanDavidMoss14 Oct 2020 13:52 UTC
38 points
22 comments7 min readEA link

My cur­rent thoughts on MIRI’s “highly re­li­able agent de­sign” work

Daniel_Dewey7 Jul 2017 1:17 UTC
60 points
59 comments19 min readEA link

Staff mem­bers’ per­sonal dona­tions for giv­ing sea­son 2022

GiveWell19 Dec 2022 17:20 UTC
61 points
1 comment10 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

How good is The Hu­mane League com­pared to the Against Malaria Foun­da­tion?

Stephen Clare29 Apr 2020 13:40 UTC
106 points
30 comments12 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy’s AI gov­er­nance grant­mak­ing (so far)

Aaron Gertler17 Dec 2020 12:00 UTC
63 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

[Question] Where are you donat­ing in 2021, and why?

Aaron Gertler16 Dec 2021 9:18 UTC
24 points
21 comments1 min readEA link

My Q1 2022 dona­tion to Free Mi­gra­tion Project

vipulnaik25 Dec 2021 2:38 UTC
8 points
0 comments16 min readEA link

We es­ti­mate GiveWell donors’ $15.3 mil­lion to the Against Malaria Foun­da­tion will save over 3,000 lives

GiveWell16 Oct 2020 9:31 UTC
17 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

The ex­treme cost-effec­tive­ness of cell-based meat R&D

Stijn10 Aug 2020 14:00 UTC
37 points
20 comments5 min readEA link

Cli­mate change dona­tion recommendations

Sanjay16 Jul 2020 21:17 UTC
46 points
7 comments14 min readEA link

Four Or­ga­ni­za­tions EAs Should Fully Fund for 2018

Peter Wildeford12 Dec 2017 7:17 UTC
40 points
28 comments9 min readEA link

Staff mem­bers’ per­sonal dona­tions for giv­ing sea­son 2020

GiveWell17 Dec 2020 11:55 UTC
31 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

Com­par­i­son chart of our 2020 recom­mended charities

Animal Charity Evaluators21 Jan 2021 2:03 UTC
15 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

An­nounc­ing our 2021 char­ity recommendations

Animal Charity Evaluators24 Nov 2021 14:53 UTC
9 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

ACE Recom­mended Char­ity Fund: Six Month Up­date (July 2020)

Animal Charity Evaluators27 Jul 2020 20:02 UTC
11 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

An­nounc­ing our 2019 top charities

GiveWell1 Dec 2019 12:03 UTC
14 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Pri­ori­tiz­ing COVID-19 in­ter­ven­tions & in­di­vi­d­ual donations

IanDavidMoss6 May 2020 21:29 UTC
85 points
25 comments26 min readEA link

Zvi’s Thoughts on the Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund (SFF)

Zvi 15 Dec 2021 2:44 UTC
81 points
8 comments66 min readEA link

More on REG’s Room for More Funding

MichaelDickens16 Nov 2015 17:31 UTC
9 points
17 comments4 min readEA link

al­lo­cat­ing dona­tions to years

davidc4 Dec 2018 0:48 UTC
20 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Long-term in­vest­ment fund at Founders Pledge

Sjir Hoeijmakers10 Jan 2020 19:09 UTC
138 points
28 comments3 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund Grants – March 2020

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 8:48 UTC
27 points
0 comments7 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund Grants (Novem­ber 2020)

agdfoster1 Dec 2020 12:11 UTC
58 points
0 comments12 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

What would you do if you had half a mil­lion dol­lars?

Patrick17 Jul 2021 16:18 UTC
107 points
52 comments5 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy Staff: Sugges­tions for In­di­vi­d­ual Donors (2020)

Aaron Gertler2 Dec 2020 12:08 UTC
11 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Stripe’s first nega­tive emis­sions purchases

Aaron Gertler16 Jul 2020 1:13 UTC
65 points
2 comments5 min readEA link
(stripe.com)

Ex­plain­ing the Open Philan­thropy Pro­ject’s $17.5m bet on Sher­lock Bio­sciences’ In­no­va­tions in Viral Di­ag­nos­tics

anonymous_ea11 Jun 2019 17:23 UTC
26 points
0 comments8 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Why donate to 80,000 Hours

Benjamin_Todd24 Dec 2016 17:04 UTC
18 points
18 comments12 min readEA link

Plan­ning my birth­day fundraiser for Oc­to­ber 2020

BrownHairedEevee12 Sep 2020 19:26 UTC
23 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Micro­cre­dit may some­times be effec­tive, but per­haps shouldn’t be funded by donations

Sanjay19 Feb 2020 15:30 UTC
20 points
0 comments13 min readEA link

Why I donated to the En­vi­ron­men­tal Data & Gover­nance Initiative

JacobTref16 Jan 2017 11:34 UTC
15 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

Why the Open Philan­thropy Pro­ject isn’t cur­rently fund­ing or­ga­ni­za­tions fo­cused on pro­mot­ing effec­tive altruism

Holden Karnofsky28 Oct 2015 19:40 UTC
32 points
5 comments12 min readEA link

My mis­takes on the path to impact

Denise_Melchin4 Dec 2020 22:13 UTC
426 points
74 comments11 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Novem­ber 2019 short grant writeups

Habryka5 Jan 2020 0:15 UTC
46 points
11 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] What re­grets have you had re­gard­ing past dona­tions?

vipulnaik22 Sep 2022 15:27 UTC
38 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy Staff: Sugges­tions for In­di­vi­d­ual Donors (2019)

Aaron Gertler26 Dec 2019 17:13 UTC
21 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Tax Havens and the case for Tax Justice

Alex Barnes 15 Sep 2020 18:06 UTC
60 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Should donor lot­tery win­ners write re­ports?

rk22 Dec 2018 12:18 UTC
29 points
26 comments3 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund Grants – Au­gust 2020

SamDeere14 Aug 2020 14:57 UTC
18 points
4 comments8 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Fundrais­ing for the Cen­ter for Health Se­cu­rity: My per­sonal plan and open questions

MichaelA26 Mar 2020 16:53 UTC
14 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Grants pro­ject update

ricoh_aficio29 Sep 2017 20:05 UTC
28 points
35 comments8 min readEA link

ACE’s Spring 2019 Effec­tive An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy Fund Grants

erikaalonso22 Apr 2019 16:48 UTC
20 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

Why SoGive is not up­dat­ing char­ity rat­ings af­ter malaria vac­cine news

Sanjay23 Apr 2021 20:39 UTC
36 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] Ad­vice on start­ing a micro­grant program

ghabs23 Apr 2019 19:50 UTC
19 points
1 comment1 min readEA link