Should we make a grant to a meta-charity? | 2017-03-11 | Daniel May | Oxford Prioritisation Project | Oxford Prioritisation Project | Giving What We Can 80,000 Hours Raising for Effective Giving | Review of current state of cause area | Effective altruism/movement growth/fundraising | The summary says: "I introduce the concept of meta-charity, discuss some considerations for OxPrio, and look into how meta-charities evaluate their impact, and the reliability of these figures for our purposes (finding the most cost-effective organisation to donate £10,000 today). I then look into the room for more funding for a few meta-charities, and finally conclude that these are worth seriously pursuing further." See http://effective-altruism.com/ea/189/daniel_may_should_we_make_a_grant_to_a/ for a cross-post that has comments |
Where should you donate to have the most impact during giving season 2015? | 2015-12-24 | Robert Wiblin | 80,000 Hours | | Against Malaria Foundation Giving What We Can GiveWell AidGrade Effective Altruism Outreach Animal Charity Evaluators Machine Intelligence Research Institute Raising for Effective Giving Center for Applied Rationality Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Ploughshares Fund Future of Humanity Institute Future of Life Institute Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Charity Science Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveDirectly | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development,Effective altruism/movement growth,Rationality improvement,Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,AI risk,Global catastrophic risks | Robert Wiblin draws on GiveWell recommendations, Animal Charity Evaluators recommendations, Open Philanthropy Project writeups, staff donation writeups and suggestions, as well as other sources (including personal knowledge and intuitions) to come up with a list of places to donate |
Giving What We Can’s Recommendations for Giving Season 2015 | 2015-12-16 | Hauke Hillebrandt | Giving What We Can | | Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative Project Healthy Children | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health | Same charities as for 2014 (i.e., no change to list). Noted that Project Healthy Children is a good option for those concerned about crowding out by GiveWell-moved money (since GiveWell had not recommended it). Also, noted GiveDirectly as a fallback option for people concerned about scalability |
My Cause Selection: Michael Dickens | 2015-09-15 | Michael Dickens | Effective Altruism Forum | Michael Dickens | Machine Intelligence Research Institute Future of Humanity Institute Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Future of Life Institute Open Philanthropy Animal Charity Evaluators Animal Ethics Foundational Research Institute Giving What We Can Charity Science Raising for Effective Giving | Single donation documentation | Animal welfare,AI risk,Effective altruism | Explanation by Dickens of giving choice for 2015. After some consideration, narrows choice to three orgs: MIRI, ACE, and REG. Finally chooses REG due to weighted donation multiplier |
Our recommended charities for the year | 2014-12-05 | Michelle Hutchinson | Giving What We Can | | Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative Project Healthy Children | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health | Same charity list as for 2013 |