Ben West donations made (filtered to cause areas matching Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness)

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Basic donor information

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Donor donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 1 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800
Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness 1 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Number of donees Total 2022
Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness (filter this donor) 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00
Total 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00

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Donation amounts by subcause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given subcause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.

Subcause area Number of donations Number of donees Total 2022
Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00
Classified total 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00
Unclassified total 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00

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Donation amounts by donee and year

Donee Cause area Metadata Total 2022
Carrick Flynn for Congress (filter this donor) 5,800.00 5,800.00
Total -- -- 5,800.00 5,800.00

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Donation amounts by influencer and year

If you hover over a cell for a given influencer and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.

Influencer Number of donations Number of donees Total 2022
Andrew Snyder-Beattie 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00
Classified total 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00
Unclassified total 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 1 1 5,800.00 5,800.00

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Donation amounts by disclosures and year

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Donation amounts by country and year

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (1 donations)

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

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DoneeAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 1)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Carrick Flynn for Congress5,800.0012022-02-03Biosecurity and pandemic preparednesshttps://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Qi9nnrmjwNbBqWbNT/the-best-usd5-800-i-ve-ever-donated-to-pandemic-prevention?commentId=MdasAWLWhPjzhLAtc (GW, IR)Andrew Snyder-Beattie Donor reason for selecting the donee: The announcement of the donation by Ben West is on Andrew Snyder-Beattie's post https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Qi9nnrmjwNbBqWbNT/the-best-usd5-800-i-ve-ever-donated-to-pandemic-prevention (GW, IR) advocating that people donate to the cause. The comment says: "I also donated $5,800. Thanks Andrew for making this post – this seems like a somewhat rare opportunity for <$10k donations to be unusually impactful." This suggests that West was influenced by some of the reasons articulated in the post.

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Donations to United States political campaigns are limited to $2,900 per donor per campaign. The limit applies separately to the primary and the general election, resulting in an effective limit of $5,800.

Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is determined by the timing of https://www.carrickflynnfororegon.com/ (the political campaign). The comment announcing the donation happens shortly before the post https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Qi9nnrmjwNbBqWbNT/the-best-usd5-800-i-ve-ever-donated-to-pandemic-prevention (GW, IR) is published.

Similarity to other donors

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