Effective Altruism Funds

TagLast edit: 9 Jun 2022 20:07 UTC by Leo

Effective Altruism Funds (often called EA Funds) are expert-managed, cause-specific pools of funds for regranting. This structure allows small and large donors to efficiently delegate their charitable decision-making to central fund managers. Since the EA Funds sometimes support small, speculative, or individual projects that would not normally qualify for tax deductions, this can also be tax-efficient, as donations to EA Funds are deductible in some jurisdictions.

EA Funds is a spin-off of the Centre for Effective Altruism. Currently, four Funds exist:

Further reading

Shulman, Carl (2016) Risk-neutral donors should plan to make bets at the margin at least as well as giga-donors in expectation, Effective Altruism Forum, December 30.

External Links

Effective Altruism Funds. Official website.

Apply for funding.

Related links

Animal Welfare Fund | Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund | Founders Pledge | Global Health and Development Fund | Long-Term Future Fund

EA Funds is more flexible than you might think

Jonas V5 Mar 2021 9:35 UTC

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The EAIF is discontinuing most university group funding

Max_Daniel19 Aug 2022 2:40 UTC

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EA Funds has appointed new fund managers

Jonas V23 Mar 2021 10:55 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

abergal27 May 2021 6:44 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: Ask Us Anything!

AdamGleave3 Dec 2020 13:44 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund Grants (November 2020)

agdfoster1 Dec 2020 12:11 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Future Fund: September 2020 grants

Habryka18 Sep 2020 10:25 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Why you should give to a donor lottery this Giving Season

SamDeere17 Nov 2020 12:40 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: November 2020 grant recommendations

SamDeere3 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

You can now apply to EA Funds anytime! (LTFF & EAIF only)

Jonas V17 Jun 2021 20:06 UTC

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Request For Proposals: EA Animal Welfare Fund

kierangreig🔸7 May 2021 19:50 UTC

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A Qualitative Case for LTFF: Filling Critical Ecosystem Gaps

Linch3 Dec 2024 21:57 UTC

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EA Funds organisational update: Open Philanthropy matching and distancing

calebp2 Aug 2023 1:28 UTC

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The Long-Term Future Fund has room for more funding, right now

abergal29 Mar 2021 1:46 UTC

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EA Animal Welfare Fund: 2024 Review, Changes, and Plans

KarolinaSarek🔸11 Nov 2024 16:23 UTC

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My quick thoughts on donating to EA Funds’ Global Health and Development Fund and what it should do

Vasco Grilo🔸15 Dec 2023 9:08 UTC

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Public reports are now optional for EA Funds grantees

abergal13 Nov 2021 0:37 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund’s Plan to Focus on Principles-First EA

Linch6 Dec 2023 3:24 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund Ask Us Anything (January 2024)

Tom Barnes12 Jan 2024 18:36 UTC

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LTFF and EAIF are unusually funding-constrained right now

Linch29 Aug 2023 23:56 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: April 2019 grant recommendations

Habryka23 Apr 2019 7:00 UTC

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Brief Updates on EAIF

hbesceli12 Sep 2024 10:01 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund: May–August 2021 grant recommendations

Max_Daniel24 Dec 2021 10:42 UTC

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(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

You can talk to EA Funds before applying

evhub28 Sep 2021 20:39 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: Ask us anything!

kierangreig🔸7 May 2021 19:54 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from May 2022 to March 2024

Linch26 Jun 2024 13:33 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

Jonas V3 Jun 2021 1:01 UTC

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Announcing EffectiveCrypto.org, powered by EA Funds

SamDeere30 Nov 2021 15:31 UTC

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Donating crypto on EA Funds: more coins, low fees

SamDeere22 Nov 2021 17:02 UTC

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Which Community Building Projects Get Funded?

AnonymousEAForumAccount13 Nov 2019 20:31 UTC

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Help us improve EA Funds

SamDeere30 Oct 2020 13:12 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund AMA

Helen19 Dec 2018 4:10 UTC

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Announcing the 2019-20 Donor Lottery

SamDeere2 Dec 2019 13:56 UTC

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EA Funds donation platform is moving to Giving What We Can

Luke Freeman23 May 2022 3:57 UTC

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(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

[Question] What is the marginal impact of a small donation to an EA Fund?

Eevee🔹23 Nov 2020 7:09 UTC

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EA Infrastructure Fund: Ask us anything!

Jonas V3 Jun 2021 1:06 UTC

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The EA Meta Fund is now the EA Infrastructure Fund

Jonas V20 Aug 2020 12:46 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: November 2020 grant recommendations

Habryka3 Dec 2020 12:57 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Effective Altruism Funds Project Updates

SamDeere20 Dec 2019 22:23 UTC

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CEA’s 2020 Annual Review

MaxDalton10 Dec 2020 23:45 UTC

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(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Animal Welfare Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig🔸22 May 2021 3:44 UTC

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0 comments16 min readEA link

(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

EA Meta Fund Grants—July 2019

agdfoster13 Sep 2019 15:40 UTC

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EA Funds has a Public Grants Database

calebp18 Oct 2022 12:55 UTC

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Changes to EA Funds management teams (June 2019)

SamDeere9 Jul 2019 23:30 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from April to October 2024

KarolinaSarek🔸27 Nov 2024 11:43 UTC

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[Question] Where should I donate?

Eevee🔹22 Nov 2021 20:56 UTC

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EA Meta Fund Grants – March 2020

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 8:43 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long Term Future Fund and EA Meta Fund applications open until June 28th

Habryka10 Jun 2019 20:37 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: July 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig🔸26 Aug 2021 9:29 UTC

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(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

EA Meta Fund Grants Report: Nov 18

agdfoster3 Dec 2018 10:45 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund Grants – March 2020

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 8:48 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Introducing the EA Funds

William_MacAskill9 Feb 2017 0:15 UTC

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Request for proposal—EA Animal Welfare Fund

KarolinaSarek🔸28 May 2020 3:02 UTC

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Long Term Future Fund: November grant decisions

Habryka2 Dec 2018 0:26 UTC

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Long Term Future Fund application is closing this Friday (June 12th)

Habryka11 Jun 2020 4:17 UTC

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(docs.google.com)

Donating effectively does not necessarily imply donating tax-deductibly

SamDeere18 Aug 2020 10:53 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: August 2019 grant recommendations

Habryka3 Oct 2019 18:46 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund AMA

Jamie_Spurgeon19 Dec 2018 14:48 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: December 2021 grant recommendations

abergal18 Aug 2022 20:50 UTC

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EA Meta Fund November 2019 Payout Report

SamDeere7 Dec 2019 16:32 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Announcing the 2017 donor lottery

SamDeere16 Dec 2017 0:34 UTC

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CEA’s Community Building Grants are becoming more targeted; the EA Infrastructure Fund will start evaluating grants for some EA groups

Uni Groups Team12 May 2021 16:20 UTC

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2018-19 Donor Lottery Report, pt. 1

Ross Rheingans-Yoo🔸13 Dec 2020 17:18 UTC

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Things I often tell people about applying to EA Funds

MichaelA🔸27 Oct 2021 6:51 UTC

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Apply to EA Funds now

Jonas V13 Feb 2021 13:36 UTC

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Giving What We Can & EA Funds now operate independently of CEA

MaxDalton22 Dec 2020 3:47 UTC

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(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Funds are available to fund non-EA-branded groups

Buck21 Jul 2021 1:08 UTC

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Kerry Vaughan, Nick Beckstead, and Lewis Bollard: EA Funds

EA Global11 Aug 2017 8:19 UTC

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(www.youtube.com)

EA Animal Welfare Fund: Request for Proposals Regarding Scoping Research/Project(s) on Neglected yet Large-Scale Animal Populations

kierangreig🔸3 Sep 2021 20:15 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund Grants – August 2020

SamDeere14 Aug 2020 14:57 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Future Fund: April 2020 grants and recommendations

Habryka18 Sep 2020 10:28 UTC

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(app.effectivealtruism.org)

List of EA funding opportunities

MichaelA🔸26 Oct 2021 7:49 UTC

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Pandemic preparedness orgs now on EA Funds

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 9:15 UTC

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Apply to EA Funds now

Jonas V15 Sep 2020 19:23 UTC

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EA Meta Fund AMA: 20th Dec 2018

agdfoster19 Dec 2018 18:06 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund and EA Meta Fund applications open until June 12th

agdfoster15 May 2020 12:28 UTC

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Long-Term Future Fund: November 2019 short grant writeups

Habryka5 Jan 2020 0:15 UTC

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November 2019 Animal Welfare Fund Payout Report

SamDeere11 Dec 2019 19:06 UTC

31 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

(app.effectivealtruism.org)

EA Funds Beta Launch

TaraMacAulay28 Feb 2017 3:40 UTC

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Announcing an updated drawing protocol for the EffectiveAltruism.org donor lotteries

SamDeere24 Jan 2019 22:22 UTC

7 points

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EA Meta Fund Grants – July 2020

agdfoster12 Aug 2020 11:58 UTC

53 points

23 comments11 min readEA link

(app.effectivealtruism.org)

CEA’s 2019 Annual Review

MaxDalton23 Apr 2020 7:39 UTC

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0 comments6 min readEA link

(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Future Fund Ask Us Anything (September 2023)

Linch30 Aug 2023 23:02 UTC

64 points

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The Long-Term Future Fund is looking for a full-time fund chair

Linch5 Oct 2023 1:49 UTC

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The EA Animal Welfare Fund is looking for guest fund managers

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 4 Nov 2023 22:37 UTC

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(www.notion.so)

The EA Animal Welfare Fund (Once Again) Has Significant Room For More Funding

kierangreig🔸20 Nov 2023 22:02 UTC

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GWWC’s evaluations of evaluators

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸22 Nov 2023 16:21 UTC

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Hypothetical grants that the Long-Term Future Fund narrowly rejected

calebp15 Nov 2023 19:39 UTC

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Discussion: Adding New Funds to EA Funds

Kerry_Vaughan1 Jun 2017 18:52 UTC

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EA Funds—An update from CEA

MarekDuda7 Aug 2018 18:21 UTC

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The flow of funding in EA movement building

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸23 Jun 2023 3:45 UTC

202 points

33 comments10 min readEA link

The Grant Decision Boundary: Recent Cases from the Long-Term Future Fund

Linch29 Nov 2024 1:50 UTC

66 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund: March 2024 recommendations

Linch27 May 2024 21:11 UTC

88 points

9 comments9 min readEA link

What Does a Marginal Grant at LTFF Look Like? Funding Priorities and Grantmaking Thresholds at the Long-Term Future Fund

Linch10 Aug 2023 20:11 UTC

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How much extra funding can EA AWF regrant?

KarolinaSarek🔸13 Nov 2024 13:44 UTC

100 points

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EA Meta Fund Grants—March 2019

agdfoster23 May 2019 8:55 UTC

67 points

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[Question] Did Fortify Health receive $1 million from EA Funds?

HStencil26 Nov 2019 18:41 UTC

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[Question] How should I allocate my donations among EA funds?

Jung Enthusiast9 Dec 2020 2:08 UTC

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[Question] Will EAIF and LTFF publish its reports of recent grants?

throwaway12910323 Apr 2022 12:24 UTC

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EA Funds and Donor Lottery this December: Quick Update

MarekDuda6 Dec 2018 0:50 UTC

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Animal Welfare Fund: April 2022 grant recommendations

kierangreig🔸25 Aug 2022 23:47 UTC

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7 comments14 min readEA link

Org Proposal: Effective Foundations

Kyle Smith22 Apr 2023 14:22 UTC

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Hit Based Giving for Global Development

DavidNash6 Feb 2019 18:19 UTC

24 points

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Long-Term Future Fund: July 2021 grant recommendations

abergal18 Jan 2022 8:49 UTC

75 points

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Historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman explains why he took the pledge

Keyboard_cat26 Nov 2021 20:17 UTC

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EA Funds—A simple analysis of grants

Ricardo Pimentel9 Feb 2024 21:13 UTC

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EA Funds: Long-Term Future fund is open to applications until November 24th (this Saturday)

Habryka21 Nov 2018 3:41 UTC

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EA grants available to individuals (crosspost from LessWrong)

Jameson Quinn7 Feb 2019 15:23 UTC

31 points

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A change to the grantmaking schedule of the Effective Altruism Global Health & Development Fund

James Snowden🔸26 Jun 2019 22:05 UTC

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How to improve EA Funds

Henry Stanley 🔸4 Apr 2018 9:27 UTC

43 points

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AMA: JP Addison and Sam Deere on software engineering at CEA

JP Addison🔸12 Mar 2021 22:54 UTC

53 points

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Animal Welfare Fund: November 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig🔸18 Jan 2022 9:45 UTC

59 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

Update on Effective Altruism Funds

Kerry_Vaughan20 Apr 2017 17:20 UTC

21 points

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The 2021 EA Funds Donor Lottery is now open

SamDeere29 Nov 2021 19:08 UTC

37 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

EA Funds: Long-Term Future fund is open to applications until Feb. 7th

Habryka17 Jan 2019 20:25 UTC

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EA Funds hands out money very infrequently—should we be worried?

Henry Stanley 🔸31 Jan 2018 8:10 UTC

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[Question] What should EAIF Fund?

hbesceli26 Oct 2024 20:49 UTC

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Farmed animals are suffering—here’s how THL UK would use marginal funding to help them.

Molly Archer-Zeff11 Nov 2024 11:00 UTC

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Finding before funding: Why EA should probably invest more in research

Falk Lieder17 Aug 2022 8:48 UTC

102 points

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Estimating EA Growth Rates (MCF memo)

Angelina Li25 Oct 2023 8:48 UTC

133 points

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Long-Term Future Fund: April 2023 grant recommendations

abergal2 Aug 2023 1:31 UTC

107 points

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