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Item | Value |
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Country | United States |
Facebook page | reachberkeley |
Website | https://www.berkeleyreach.org/ |
Donate page | https://www.patreon.com/berkeleyreach |
Donation case page | https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/55SHk8kh9dDvaDTCC/reflections-on-berkeley-reach |
Key people | Sarah Spikes |
Launch date | 2018-03 |
Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
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Overall | 23 | 100 | 1,400 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1,200 | 24,000 |
Rationality community | 23 | 100 | 1,400 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1,200 | 24,000 |
Donor | Total | 2019 | 2018 |
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Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (filter this donee) | 24,000.00 | 0.00 | 24,000.00 |
Effective Altruism Funds: Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (filter this donee) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois (filter this donee) | 2,000.00 | 1,200.00 | 800.00 |
Jalex Stark (filter this donee) | 1,200.00 | 1,200.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 32,200.00 | 2,400.00 | 29,800.00 |
Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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Why I am no longer supporting REACH | 2018-11-15 | Benjamin Hoffman | Compass Rose | Berkeley REACH | Third-party case against donation | Rationality community | Hoffman gives an update to his previous post (which was in support of REACH). Hoffman accuses REACH of banning a close friend of his without detailing the conduct that resulted in the ban or the evidence for the ban. REACH founder Sarah Spikes responds in comments. | ||
Berkeley REACH Supporters Update: September 2018 (GW, IR) | 2018-09-16 | Sarah Spikes | LessWrong | Berkeley REACH | Donee periodic update | Rationality community | Berkeley REACH provides an update of its last fundraising round, the lease it got due to that funding, how it has been running so far, and the status of its 501(c)(3) application | ||
After an increase in rent, the Berkeley REACH … | 2018-06-27 | Eliezer Yudkowsky | Eliezer Yudkowsky | Berkeley REACH | Third-party case for donation | Rationality community | Eliezer promotes REACH on his Facebook timeline and announces himself as a donor (despite not having visited REACH himself). | ||
Last Chance to Fund the Berkeley REACH (GW, IR) | 2018-06-27 | Cody Wild Tessa Alexanian Raymond Arnold | LessWrong | Berkeley REACH | Donee donation case | Rationality community | An announcement that REACH will close unless it raises some additional money. It’s unclear whether the authors of the post are part of REACH. | ||
Reflections on Berkeley REACH (GW, IR) | 2018-06-07 | Sarah Spikes | LessWrong | Berkeley REACH | Donee periodic update | Rationality community | Describes progress REACH has made during March, April, and May. | ||
Thoughts on the REACH Patreon (GW, IR) | 2018-04-30 | Raymond Arnold | LessWrong | Berkeley REACH | Third-party case for donation | Rationality community | Arnold gives his personal thinking on why he thinks REACH is a good thing to fund. | ||
Humans need places (GW, IR) | 2018-04-19 | Benjamin Hoffman | LessWrong | Berkeley REACH | Third-party case for donation | Rationality community | Hoffman brings up REACH in the context of one of his older posts, “Why I am not a Quaker (even though it often seems as though I should be)”, and presents a case for funding REACH. |
Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 23) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Jalex Stark | 1,200.00 | 3 | Rationality community | http://www.jalexstark.com/donations/2019.html | -- | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The donor quotes the donee: "The Berkeley REACH (Rationality and Effective Altruism Community Hub) is a physical community space for people trying to optimize their lives and their philanthropy. We facilitate cooperation between individuals and groups who are trying to improve the world." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donor says: "I consider this entirely a "local" donation for the benefit of agents that are similar to grad-school me --- people living in the SF Bay area, trying to define their intellectual and career identities, looking for communities outside of academia in which to do this." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): This is a $100/month commitment over the course of the whole year. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 3.33% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This is a committed periodic donation. Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: Most likely, the donor will continue donating at $100/month going forward. |
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Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Effective Altruism Funds: Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund | 5,000.00 | 2 | Rationality community | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/ea-community/payouts/2dyBJqJBSIq6sAGU6gMYQW | Luke Ding Alex Foster Denise Melchin Matt Wage Tara MacAulay | Grant is to provide funds to support the panel for dispute resolution, as the donor "would like the panel to succeed in becoming a trusted resource for the local community, and want to ensure they have the capacity to engage in training or seek professional advice where this could be useful." The grant write-up concludes: "This grant will provide the panel with readily available funding in the event that they wish to seek legal counsel, the services of an independent investigator, or other professional support, particularly if they are faced with a time-sensitive matter.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 3.88%. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | 24,000.00 | 1 | Rationality community | https://web.archive.org/web/20181107040049/http://existence.org/grants-list/ | -- | Grant “to implement improvements in support of the Rationality and Effective Altruism Community Hub (REACH)” BERI support is mentioned on the REACH Patreon page: "In October 2018, BERI (Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative) awarded a grant of $24k toward REACH operations for 2018-2019. So far, $10k of that has been dispersed as salary for the REACH Manager, Sarah “Stardust” Spikes.". | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like one of many monthly donations for $100. | |
Patrick Brinich-Langlois | 100.00 | 4 | Rationality community | https://www.patbl.com/misc/other/donations/ | -- | This looks like the first of many monthly donations for $100. |