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• CliffordDec 26, 2022, 10:47 AM

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  in reply to: Henri Thunberg 🔸’s comment on: Les­sons learned from Tyve, an effec­tive giv­ing startup

  Thanks Henrith!
  
  It would take me some time to get good numbers for these. Here are some thoughts off the top of my head in the meantime.
  
  1. Rate of enrollment at companies.

  I think this averaged 25%. We had a couple of enthusiastic companies of around 50 people where we got 35-40% . But it wasn’t uncommon to have more like 6%.
  
  2. Average donation amount.
  The £15,000 number includes company matches. The average monthly donation is £75 and the average company contribution is £25. Some companies offer very generous matching e.g. topping up donations by £50 regardless of donation size. Also bear in mind a small number of people are donating 10x more than the average.
  
  I don’t think it was lower when we were operating as a for-profit.
  
  3. Dropoff rates
  Dropoff rates are very low (less than 5% a year if you exclude people who leave the company). This is one of the biggest advantages of payroll giving.
  
  Would be great to hear your account of the Swedish charity startup.

• CliffordDec 26, 2022, 10:35 AM

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  in reply to: Yonatan Cale’s comment on: Les­sons learned from Tyve, an effec­tive giv­ing startup

  Thanks Yonatan. I like your version of “should exist vs people want this to exist”. I’ve also seen and been tempted by proposals for “lists”.

• CliffordDec 26, 2022, 10:32 AM

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  in reply to: Larks’s comment on: Les­sons learned from Tyve, an effec­tive giv­ing startup

  Thank you Larks!

Les­sons learned from Tyve, an effec­tive giv­ing startup

• CliffordDec 1, 2022, 3:19 PM

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  in reply to: Will Howard🔹’s comment on: Effec­tive giving

  Out of curiosity, what would the post be about?

• CliffordDec 1, 2022, 3:18 PM

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  in reply to: Will Howard🔹’s comment on: Effec­tive giving

  Wow. I hadn’t realised Jaan Tallinn was a billionaire.

• CliffordNov 28, 2022, 12:41 PM

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  in reply to: DE’s comment on: Effec­tive giving

  Thanks Dewi!
  
  Yes, if you click “New Post”—you can turn this off in the normal way by unticking the checkbox: “This post may appear on the frontpage”.

  New Threads will only appear in the subforum.

• CliffordNov 28, 2022, 9:01 AM

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  on: Effec­tive giving

  Pre-commitent: I will reply on this thread with where I decide to donate by New Years Day.
  
  I’m planning to meet up with a friend and decide where to give my donations on New Years Eve. I often find I put my giving off so I’m using this post as a commitment device.
  
  1. If anyone wants to join me, feel free to comment with the date you plan to donate by.
  2. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to structure your thinking on where to donate? I’m planning to spend a couple of hours on this with a friend.

• CliffordNov 23, 2022, 2:09 PM

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  in reply to: bruce’s comment on: Where are you donat­ing this year, and why? (Open thread)

  Thanks for this candid answer! I really appreciate hearing your thinking and more emotional motivations behind the decisions.

• CliffordNov 23, 2022, 1:04 PM

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  in reply to: bruce’s comment on: Where are you donat­ing this year, and why? (Open thread)

  Thank you Bruce! If it’s easy to share, how did you decide on these nonprofits?

Sup­port­ing on­line con­nec­tions: what I learned af­ter try­ing to find im­pact­ful opportunities

A cou­ple of ex­pert-recom­mended jobs in biose­cu­rity at the mo­ment (Oct 2022)

• CliffordOct 11, 2022, 6:19 PM

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  on: Ask Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship Anything

  What are the main advantages of having entrepreneurs start separate organisations vs running the projects inside a larger organisation? You could imagine a world in which entrepreneurs are employees of CE and this would have benefits.

• CliffordOct 5, 2022, 11:09 AM

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  on: Ask (Every­one) Any­thing — “EA 101”

  Does anyone know why the Gates Foundation doesn’t fill the GiveWell top charities’ funding gaps?

• CliffordAug 30, 2022, 9:39 PM

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  in reply to: DirectedEvolution’s comment on: Have you ever made a valuable con­nec­tion with some­one via the Fo­rum?

  Thanks for sharing!

• CliffordAug 30, 2022, 9:39 PM

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  in reply to: Emrik’s comment on: Have you ever made a valuable con­nec­tion with some­one via the Fo­rum?

  Useful to know, thanks. I think that’s an interesting way to think about it.

• CliffordAug 25, 2022, 10:53 AM

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  in reply to: OscarD🔸’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Thanks Oscar! I’ve updated the sentence in the essay now to read: “The result would be an enormous transformation, perhaps of a significance similar to or greater than the industrial revolution in the 1800s.”

• CliffordAug 24, 2022, 9:30 AM

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  in reply to: Yelnats T.J.’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Good question—I think there are a bunch to choose from but perhaps not one winner. We cover this in one of the FAQs (copy and pasting below).
  
  What resources have inspired people to get involved with effective altruism in the past?

  Some examples of resources that have inspired people to get involved in effective altruism (but don’t necessarily represent its current form) include:

  • Doing Good Better, by Will MacAskill

  • The 80,000 Hours career guide, by Benjamin Todd

  • The Precipice, by Toby Ord

  • Taking Charity Seriously, by Toby Ord

  • Our top charities, by GiveWell

  • Rationality: A-Z, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

  • Doing Good – A conversation with William MacAskill, by Sam Harris

  • The why and how of effective altruism, by Peter Singer at TED.

  • The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle, by Peter Singer

  • On Caring, by Nate Soares

  • The most important century, by Holden Karnofsky

  • 500 million, but not a single one more, by Jai Dhyani

  • An introduction to effective altruism, by Ajeya Cotra

  • Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer

  • Effective altruism: an introduction, the 80,000 Hours podcast

• CliffordAug 23, 2022, 9:56 PM

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  in reply to: AndreFerretti’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Great to hear Andre! :)

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