EA orgs are trying to fundraise ~$10m - $16m (GW, IR) | 2019-01-06 | Hauke Hillebrandt | Effective Altruism Forum | | Centre for Effective Altruism Effective Altruism Foundation Machine Intelligence Research Institute Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research Sentience Institute Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Global Catastrophic Risk Institute Rethink Priorities EA Hotel 80,000 Hours Rethink Charity | | Miscellaneous commentary | | The blog post links to and discusses the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10zU6gp_H_zuvlZ2Vri-epSK0_urbcmdS-5th3mXQGXM/edit which tabulates various organizations and their fundraising targets, along with quotes and links to fundraising posts. The blog post itself has three points, the last of which is that the EA community is relatively more funding-constrained again |
EA Giving Tuesday Donation Matching Initiative 2018 Retrospective (GW, IR) | 2019-01-06 | Avi Norowitz | Effective Altruism Forum | Avi Norowitz William Kiely | Against Malaria Foundation Malaria Consortium GiveWell Effective Altruism Funds Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Effective Animal Advocacy Fund The Humane League The Good Food Institute Animal Charity Evaluators Machine Intelligence Research Institute Faunalytics Wild-Aniaml Suffering Research GiveDirectly Center for Applied Rationality Effective Altruism Foundation Cool Earth Schistosomiasis Control Initiative New Harvest Evidence Action Centre for Effective Altruism Animal Equality Compassion in World Farming USA Innovations for Poverty Action Global Catastrophic Risk Institute Future of Life Institute Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund Sightsavers The Life You Can Save One Step for Animals Helen Keller International 80,000 Hours Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Vegan Outreach Encompass Iodine Global Network Otwarte Klatki Charity Science Mercy For Animals Coalition for Rainforest Nations Fistula Foundation Sentience Institute Better Eating International Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research Raising for Effective Giving Clean Air Task Force The END Fund | | Miscellaneous commentary | | The blog post describes an effort by a number of donors coordinated at https://2018.eagivingtuesday.org/donations to donate through Facebook right after the start of donation matching on Giving Tuesday. Based on timestamps of donations and matches, donations were matched till 14 seconds after the start of matching. Despite the very short time window of matching, the post estimates that $469,000 (65%) of the donations made were matched |
2018 End of Year Summary | 2018-11-26 | Kelly Witwicki | Sentience Institute | | Sentience Institute | | Donee periodic update | Animal welfare | The blog post provides an update on the activities of the Sentience Institute in 2018. It also outlines the financial situation: a 9-month runway and a target of raising at least $120,000; if they raise $180,000, they will hire one more team member. Cross-posted to the Effective Altruism Forum at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EoYWz9SYm3LsqX9bh/sentience-institute-2018-end-of-year-summary (GW, IR) (no comments) |
Reducing Wild Animal Suffering Ecosystem & Directory (GW, IR) | 2018-10-31 | Evan Gaensbauer | Effective Altruism Forum | | Effective Altruism Foundation Wild-Animal Suffering Research Animal Ethics Utility Farm Rethink Priorities The Hedonistic Imperative The Abolitionist Project Qualia Research Institute Sentience Politics Sentience Institute Animal Charity Evaluators | | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare | The post covers the current state of the ecosystem of efforts to reduce wild-animal suffiering. It includes a diagram depicting the relations between organizations mentioned in the post |
Where the ACE Staff Members Are Giving in 2017 and Why | 2017-12-26 | Allison Smith | Animal Charity Evaluators | Jon Bockman Allison Smith Toni Adleberg Sofia Davis-Fogel Kieran Greig Jamie Spurgeon Erika Alonso Eric Herboso Gina Stuessy | Animal Charity Evaluators The Good Food Institute Vegan Outreach A Well-Fed World Better Eating International Encompass Direct Action Everywhere Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund Against Malaria Foundation Animal equality The Nonhuman Rights Project AnimaNaturalis Internacional The Humane League GiveDirectly Food Empowerment Project Mercy For Animals New Harvest StrongMinds Centre for Effective Altruism Effective Altruism Funds Machine Intelligence Research Institute Donor lottery Sentience Institute Wild-Animal Suffering Research | | Periodic donation list documentation | Animal welfare|AI safety|Global health and development|Effective altruism | Continuing an annual tradition started in 2016, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) staff describe where they donated or plan to donate in 2017. Donation amounts are not disclosed, likely by policy |
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017 | 2017-12-18 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy | Holden Karnofsky Alexander Berger Nick Beckstead Helen Toner Claire Zabel Lewis Bollard Ajeya Cotra Morgan Davis Michael Levine | GiveWell top charities GiveWell GiveDirectly EA Giving Group Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Effective Altruism Funds Sentience Institute Encompass The Humane League The Good Food Institute Mercy For Animals Compassion in World Farming USA Animal Equality Donor lottery Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly | | Periodic donation list documentation | | Open Philanthropy Project staff members describe where they are donating this year, and the considerations that went into the donation decision. By policy, amounts are not disclosed. This is the first standalone blog post of this sort by the Open Philanthropy Project; in previous years, the corresponding donations were documented in the GiveWell staff members donation post. |
Sentience Institute 2017 Accomplishments, 2018 Plans, and Room for Funding | 2017-12-14 | Kelly Witwicki | Sentience Institute | | Sentience Institute | | Donee donation case | Animal welfare | The blog post provides an update on the activities of the Sentience Institute since its launch June 2017, its plans for 2018, and its estimate of its own room for more funding ($185,000) |
Four Organizations EAs Should Fully Fund for 2018 | 2017-12-12 | Peter Hurford | Effective Altruism Forum | Peter Hurford | Charity Science Health Rethink Charity Sentience Institute Wild-Animal Suffering Research | | Donation suggestion list | | Peter Hurford makes the case to donate to four organizations that he plans to donate to in 2018, based on the promise of their programs as well as their room for more funding |