Free Migration Project donations received

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Basic donee information

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Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 3 3,000 10,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000
Migration policy 3 3,000 10,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 24,000 24,000 24,000 24,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Free Migration Project

Donor Total 2022 2019 2016
Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) 24,000.00 0.00 0.00 24,000.00
Vipul Naik (filter this donee) 6,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 0.00
Total 30,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 24,000.00

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (3 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 3)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Vipul Naik3,000.0022022-01-04Migration policyhttps://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project (GW, IR)-- Donation process: The donation post does not explicitly describe a donation process, but https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Maturing_of_background_investigation (GW, IR) mentions various pieces of background investigation that the donor completed prior to the donation decision.

Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support

Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Some_background_thinking_motivating_this_donation (GW, IR) describes reasons the donor considers the donee worth supporting: existence value as "one of the few organizations (and the only one I clearly know) that supports freedom of movement as its core mission" and its sponsorship of the Open Borders Conference. It also discusses FMP's room for more funding.

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Reasons_for_amount (GW, IR) describes reasons for the amount, based both on the donor's donation budget and on marginal value of funding for the donee. The donor's donation budget is ultimately the more binding constraint, and guidance is provided to other aligned donors on how much further room for funding is there.
Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%

Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Reasons_for_timing (GW, IR) describes various reasons for the timing of the donation: FMP's financial situation, donor's donation budget accumulation, donor's exit from the board, and maturing of background investigation. Tax considerations influencing the decision to donate in 2022 are also described.

Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Potential_future_donations (GW, IR) describes some of the donor's thoughts on future donations. It says: "If I were to donate to FMP in the future, or to recommend to others to donate more to it, one thing I'd like to nail down is a better picture of how exactly FMP is spreading the idea of free migration and open borders, and how successful it has been. I might have further conversations with Dave on this point in the coming weeks and months, and might write more about this (even if I don't make a further donation, as long as I think there's enough value in what FMP is doing to be worth bringing to the attention of others)."

Other notes: In https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xzQzLoEC5mvPyJTYY/my-q1-2022-donation-to-free-migration-project#Some_considerations_specific_to_my_relationship_with_Free_Migration_Project (GW, IR) the donor describes several considerations specific to his relationship with Free Migration Project, that might generate conflicts of interest and give the donor access to private information.
Vipul Naik3,000.0022019-12-22Migration policyhttps://vipulnaik.com/donation-history/-- Donation process: End-of-year donation made from a perspective of semi-obligation

Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support

Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donation log page says: "I thought of this as a one-time donation to discharge my responsibility as a board member to financially support the organization, given my limitations in contributing in other ways."

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Explaining the amount, the donation log page says: "I see it as the equivalent of sending $500/year for 6 years, which is the duration of my board tenure."
Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%

Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Explaining the timing, the donation log page says: "There isn't a very specific reason for the timing, other than the fact that at the end of the year, I'm thinking about donation opportunities and in particular looking at donations that I have some sense of "obligation" to make."

Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The donation page log says: "I'm not planning to make a followup donation in the near future, since this donation discharges my responsibility; any further donation decisions will be based on the same sort of extensive analysis that I subjected my EA Hotel donation to."
Open Philanthropy24,000.0012016-05Migration policy/humanitarian migration/free migrationhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/immigration-policy/free-migration-project-planning-grantAlexander Berger Donation process: The grantee was introduced to Alexander Berger of Open Philanthropy via an email from Vipul Naik. After that, a funding proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Free_Migration_Project/Free_Migration_Project_funding_proposal_(OPP)_final.pdf was submitted by David Bennion, the founder of the grantee organization being started up.

Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses

Intended use of funds: The grant is a planning grant for the Free Migration Project, a nonprofit organization formed on May 7, 2016 by David Bennion. The funding proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Free_Migration_Project/Free_Migration_Project_funding_proposal_(OPP)_final.pdf says the grant is "to engage in a planning and visioning process during Free Migration Project’s start-up phase. This process will involve soliciting feedback from immigrant rights organizers and migration policy thinkers, identifying and analyzing potential obstacles to the organization’s mission, and formulating broad-stroke strategies based on that feedback and analysis." The proposed timeframe of the planning process is May 15, 2016, to November 15, 2016.

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is as requested in https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Free_Migration_Project/Free_Migration_Project_funding_proposal_(OPP)_final.pdf (the funding proposal).

Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The funding happens shortly after the organization is started, and its timing is influenced by the organization's start time.
Intended funding timeframe in months: 6

Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: Open Philanthropy does not publicly outline its thoughts on followup donations, but the funding proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Free_Migration_Project/Free_Migration_Project_funding_proposal_(OPP)_final.pdf (submitted by the grantee) says: "This planning process will [...] help the Open Philanthropy Project determine whether additional funding would further its own objectives."

Donor retrospective of the donation: No followup grants are made by Open Philanthropy, despite the possibility of followup grants being mentioned in the funding proposal. A conversation https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/David_Bennion_11-07-16_%28public%29.pdf is conducted between Open Philanthropy and David Bennion on 2016-11-07, around the end of the timeframe for the planning. No explicit retrospective is published by Open Philanthropy.

Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10.