We have a number of entities we can use to provide funding, and which we use depends on the exact circumstances. It could be our non-profit entity FTX Foundation Inc or it could be a DAF of one of our board members or it could be something else if it’s a for-profit investment. We will work with people we support to find the best way for them to receive the funding.
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Entire career.
Not from us, but please try to keep your answers brief. Not sure about Google!
Yes, but Pacific Time.
We don’t know yet. We’re going to see how this one goes and then decide after that.
The first open call will end March 21. We’ll probably have more calls for proposals in the future, but we’re really not sure when, and this will depend in part on how this experiment goes.
Quick addition to this: For colleges and universities, indirect costs may not exceed 10% of the direct costs. On this front, Future Fund will mimic Open Philanthropy’s indirect costs policy.
Thank you!
We definitely include non-human sentient beings as moral patients. Future Fund focuses on humanity in our writing because we think the human trajectory is the main factor we can influence in order to benefit both humans and non-humans in the long run.
Yes, we’re open to funding academic research relevant to our mission and/or areas of interest.
Thanks! (a) No. (b) Yes.
No, funding applications will not be made public.
Thanks for pointing this out; we didn’t know about this. I think the easiest solution would be for you to either (a) use a different google account or (b) create a new google account for this purpose.
You could also perhaps try not attaching any files and just spending us links to Google docs set to “anyone with the link can view.”
We’d be willing to fund professionals who submit an application directly.
If we’re funding a for-profit organization to do something profitable, we’d like to receive equity. If you can arrange for that, we’re all set.
FTX Foundation has funded some animal work in the past, and almost certainly will do so in the future. Future Fund won’t be funding animal welfare work except when we see a good case that it’s one of the best ways to improve the longterm future. Basically James Ozden has it right.
There aren’t restrictions on multiple discrete applications.
We have a more robust interest in neglected existential risks, such as AI and bio. However, we think the issues discussed in our economic growth section are good from a longtermist POV, and we’d like to see what ideas people put forward.
Our areas of interest aren’t in order of priority, and there’s internal disagreement about the order of priority.
“Over the coming two weeks, the FTX foundation will be making its decisions and likely disbursing $100m, possibly more.”
Just wanted to quickly correct this. Though we aim to give out at least $100M this year, we are not aiming to do that in this first call for proposals.