The Navigation Fund

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The Navigation Fund is a private foundation that donates to effective charities. It is funded by billionaire crypto entrepreneur Jed McCaleb and was established in November 2023.

The Navigation Fund focuses its grantmaking on a number of cause areas:

References

“Jed McCaleb”. Forbes. Accessed 7 July 2024.

Weisser, Vincent (2023) “The Navigation Fund launched + is hiring a program officer to lead the distribution of $20M annually for AI safety! Full-time, fully remote, pay starts at $200k”. EA Forum. Accessed 7 July 2024.

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The Nav­i­ga­tion Fund

References

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