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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:

  1. Global Health and Development

  2. Animal Welfare

  3. Long-Term Future

  4. Effective Altruism Infrastructure

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

In­tro­duc­ing the EA Funds

William_MacAskill9 Feb 2017 0:15 UTC
46 points
62 comments4 min readEA link

EA Funds Beta Launch

TaraMacAulay28 Feb 2017 3:40 UTC
31 points
24 comments15 min readEA link

Up­date on Effec­tive Altru­ism Funds

Kerry_Vaughan20 Apr 2017 17:20 UTC
21 points
92 comments12 min readEA link

Dis­cus­sion: Ad­ding New Funds to EA Funds

Kerry_Vaughan1 Jun 2017 18:52 UTC
14 points
22 comments9 min readEA link

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

EA Global11 Aug 2017 8:19 UTC
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0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

An­nounc­ing the 2017 donor lottery

SamDeere16 Dec 2017 0:34 UTC
27 points
36 comments1 min readEA link

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

HenryStanley31 Jan 2018 8:10 UTC
41 points
16 comments1 min readEA link

How to im­prove EA Funds

HenryStanley4 Apr 2018 9:27 UTC
43 points
33 comments3 min readEA link

EA Funds—An up­date from CEA

MarekDuda7 Aug 2018 18:21 UTC
33 points
24 comments8 min readEA link

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

Habryka21 Nov 2018 3:41 UTC
21 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund: Novem­ber grant decisions

Habryka2 Dec 2018 0:26 UTC
35 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

EA Meta Fund Grants Re­port: Nov 18

agdfoster3 Dec 2018 10:45 UTC
23 points
0 comments10 min readEA link

EA Funds and Donor Lot­tery this De­cem­ber: Quick Update

MarekDuda6 Dec 2018 0:50 UTC
25 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund AMA

Helen19 Dec 2018 4:10 UTC
39 points
30 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund AMA

Jamie_Spurgeon19 Dec 2018 14:48 UTC
21 points
20 comments1 min readEA link

EA Meta Fund AMA: 20th Dec 2018

agdfoster19 Dec 2018 18:06 UTC
21 points
32 comments1 min readEA link

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

Habryka17 Jan 2019 20:25 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

SamDeere24 Jan 2019 22:22 UTC
7 points
13 comments2 min readEA link

Hit Based Giv­ing for Global Development

DavidNash6 Feb 2019 18:19 UTC
24 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

EA grants available to in­di­vi­d­u­als (cross­post from LessWrong)

Jameson Quinn7 Feb 2019 15:23 UTC
31 points
13 comments3 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2019 grant recommendations

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

EA Meta Fund Grants—March 2019

agdfoster23 May 2019 8:55 UTC
67 points
5 comments11 min readEA link

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

Habryka10 Jun 2019 20:37 UTC
60 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

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

JamesSnowden26 Jun 2019 22:05 UTC
34 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Changes to EA Funds man­age­ment teams (June 2019)

SamDeere9 Jul 2019 23:30 UTC
28 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

EA Meta Fund Grants—July 2019

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

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Au­gust 2019 grant recommendations

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

Which Com­mu­nity Build­ing Pro­jects Get Funded?

AnonymousEAForumAccount13 Nov 2019 20:31 UTC
99 points
56 comments10 min readEA link

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

HStencil26 Nov 2019 18:41 UTC
17 points
19 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the 2019-20 Donor Lottery

SamDeere2 Dec 2019 13:56 UTC
52 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

EA Meta Fund Novem­ber 2019 Pay­out Report

SamDeere7 Dec 2019 16:32 UTC
40 points
14 comments7 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Novem­ber 2019 An­i­mal Welfare Fund Pay­out Report

SamDeere11 Dec 2019 19:06 UTC
31 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Effec­tive Altru­ism Funds Pro­ject Updates

SamDeere20 Dec 2019 22:23 UTC
46 points
36 comments6 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

EA Meta Fund Grants – March 2020

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 8:43 UTC
18 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

An­i­mal Welfare Fund Grants – March 2020

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

Pan­demic pre­pared­ness orgs now on EA Funds

SamDeere9 Apr 2020 9:15 UTC
14 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

CEA’s 2019 An­nual Review

MaxDalton23 Apr 2020 7:39 UTC
38 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

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

agdfoster15 May 2020 12:28 UTC
48 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Re­quest for pro­posal—EA An­i­mal Welfare Fund

KarolinaSarek28 May 2020 3:02 UTC
35 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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

Habryka11 Jun 2020 4:17 UTC
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

EA Meta Fund Grants – July 2020

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

An­i­mal Welfare Fund Grants – Au­gust 2020

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

Donat­ing effec­tively does not nec­es­sar­ily im­ply donat­ing tax-deductibly

SamDeere18 Aug 2020 10:53 UTC
87 points
11 comments4 min readEA link

The EA Meta Fund is now the EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund

Jonas V20 Aug 2020 12:46 UTC
49 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Ap­ply to EA Funds now

Jonas V15 Sep 2020 19:23 UTC
56 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Septem­ber 2020 grants

Habryka18 Sep 2020 10:25 UTC
76 points
27 comments18 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2020 grants and recommendations

Habryka18 Sep 2020 10:28 UTC
40 points
7 comments9 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Help us im­prove EA Funds

SamDeere30 Oct 2020 13:12 UTC
40 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Why you should give to a donor lot­tery this Giv­ing Season

SamDeere17 Nov 2020 12:40 UTC
74 points
25 comments11 min readEA link

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

BrownHairedEevee23 Nov 2020 7:09 UTC
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4 comments1 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund Grants (Novem­ber 2020)

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

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Novem­ber 2020 grant recommendations

Habryka3 Dec 2020 12:57 UTC
76 points
5 comments14 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: Novem­ber 2020 grant recommendations

SamDeere3 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC
28 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Ask Us Any­thing!

AdamGleave3 Dec 2020 13:44 UTC
89 points
153 comments1 min readEA link

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

Jung Enthusiast9 Dec 2020 2:08 UTC
3 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

CEA’s 2020 An­nual Review

MaxDalton10 Dec 2020 23:45 UTC
69 points
9 comments31 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

2018-19 Donor Lot­tery Re­port, pt. 1

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

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

MaxDalton22 Dec 2020 3:47 UTC
99 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Ap­ply to EA Funds now

Jonas V13 Feb 2021 13:36 UTC
79 points
15 comments4 min readEA link

EA Funds is more flex­ible than you might think

Jonas V5 Mar 2021 9:35 UTC
158 points
14 comments2 min readEA link

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

JP Addison12 Mar 2021 22:54 UTC
53 points
56 comments1 min readEA link

EA Funds has ap­pointed new fund managers

Jonas V23 Mar 2021 10:55 UTC
76 points
33 comments11 min readEA link

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

abergal29 Mar 2021 1:46 UTC
127 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

Re­quest For Pro­pos­als: EA An­i­mal Welfare Fund

kierangreig7 May 2021 19:50 UTC
67 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: Ask us any­thing!

kierangreig7 May 2021 19:54 UTC
63 points
130 comments2 min readEA link

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

Joan12 May 2021 16:20 UTC
33 points
9 comments6 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig22 May 2021 3:44 UTC
26 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

abergal27 May 2021 6:44 UTC
110 points
17 comments58 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund: May 2021 grant recommendations

Jonas V3 Jun 2021 1:01 UTC
92 points
99 comments42 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund: Ask us any­thing!

Jonas V3 Jun 2021 1:06 UTC
70 points
117 comments3 min readEA link

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

Jonas V17 Jun 2021 20:06 UTC
97 points
34 comments1 min readEA link

Funds are available to fund non-EA-branded groups

Buck21 Jul 2021 1:08 UTC
104 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: July 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig26 Aug 2021 9:29 UTC
40 points
6 comments13 min readEA link
(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

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

kierangreig3 Sep 2021 20:15 UTC
42 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

You can talk to EA Funds be­fore applying

evhub28 Sep 2021 20:39 UTC
104 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

List of EA fund­ing opportunities

MichaelA26 Oct 2021 7:49 UTC
172 points
42 comments6 min readEA link

Things I of­ten tell peo­ple about ap­ply­ing to EA Funds

MichaelA27 Oct 2021 6:51 UTC
77 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

Public re­ports are now op­tional for EA Funds grantees

abergal13 Nov 2021 0:37 UTC
69 points
32 comments1 min readEA link

Donat­ing crypto on EA Funds: more coins, low fees

SamDeere22 Nov 2021 17:02 UTC
75 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Where should I donate?

BrownHairedEevee22 Nov 2021 20:56 UTC
29 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

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

Keyboard_cat26 Nov 2021 20:17 UTC
55 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

The 2021 EA Funds Donor Lot­tery is now open

SamDeere29 Nov 2021 19:08 UTC
37 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing Effec­tiveCrypto.org, pow­ered by EA Funds

SamDeere30 Nov 2021 15:31 UTC
147 points
24 comments3 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund: May–Au­gust 2021 grant recommendations

Max_Daniel24 Dec 2021 10:42 UTC
85 points
19 comments19 min readEA link
(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: July 2021 grant recommendations

abergal18 Jan 2022 8:49 UTC
75 points
7 comments17 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: Novem­ber 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig18 Jan 2022 9:45 UTC
59 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

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

throwaway12910323 Apr 2022 12:24 UTC
46 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

EA Funds dona­tion plat­form is mov­ing to Giv­ing What We Can

Luke Freeman23 May 2022 3:57 UTC
47 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

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

Falk Lieder17 Aug 2022 8:48 UTC
102 points
11 comments9 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: De­cem­ber 2021 grant recommendations

abergal18 Aug 2022 20:50 UTC
68 points
19 comments13 min readEA link

The EAIF is dis­con­tin­u­ing most uni­ver­sity group funding

Max_Daniel19 Aug 2022 2:40 UTC
67 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: April 2022 grant recommendations

kierangreig25 Aug 2022 23:47 UTC
59 points
7 comments13 min readEA link

EA Funds has a Public Grants Database

calebp18 Oct 2022 12:55 UTC
63 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

Org Pro­posal: Effec­tive Foundations

Kyle Smith22 Apr 2023 14:22 UTC
52 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

The flow of fund­ing in EA move­ment building

Vaidehi Agarwalla23 Jun 2023 3:45 UTC
202 points
33 comments10 min readEA link

EA Funds or­gani­sa­tional up­date: Open Philan­thropy match­ing and distancing

calebp2 Aug 2023 1:28 UTC
125 points
40 comments5 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2023 grant recommendations

abergal2 Aug 2023 1:31 UTC
107 points
55 comments43 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
175 points
20 comments8 min readEA link

LTFF and EAIF are un­usu­ally fund­ing-con­strained right now

Linch29 Aug 2023 23:56 UTC
168 points
31 comments15 min readEA link

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

Linch30 Aug 2023 23:02 UTC
64 points
127 comments2 min readEA link

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

Linch5 Oct 2023 1:49 UTC
101 points
21 comments8 min readEA link

Es­ti­mat­ing EA Growth Rates (MCF memo)

Angelina Li25 Oct 2023 8:48 UTC
131 points
18 comments30 min readEA link

The EA An­i­mal Welfare Fund is look­ing for guest fund managers

Neil_Dullaghan4 Nov 2023 22:37 UTC
84 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(www.notion.so)

Hy­po­thet­i­cal grants that the Long-Term Fu­ture Fund nar­rowly rejected

calebp15 Nov 2023 19:39 UTC
95 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

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

kierangreig20 Nov 2023 22:02 UTC
161 points
12 comments4 min readEA link

GWWC’s eval­u­a­tions of evaluators

Sjir Hoeijmakers22 Nov 2023 16:21 UTC
221 points
41 comments6 min readEA link

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

Linch6 Dec 2023 3:24 UTC
218 points
40 comments9 min readEA link

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

Vasco Grilo15 Dec 2023 9:08 UTC
33 points
14 comments3 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund Ask Us Any­thing (Jan­uary 2024)

Tom Barnes12 Jan 2024 18:36 UTC
33 points
22 comments2 min readEA link

EA Funds—A sim­ple anal­y­sis of grants

Ricardo Pimentel9 Feb 2024 21:13 UTC
20 points
11 comments6 min readEA link
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