This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2025. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
We do not have any donor information for the donor Donor lottery in our system.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5 | 20,000 | 24,200 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| 4 | 5,000 | 25,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | |
| Effective altruism | 1 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 |
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 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (filter this donor) | 4 | 4 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Effective altruism (filter this donor) | 1 | 1 | 21,000.00 | 0.00 | 21,000.00 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 121,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
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 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective altruism/movement growth | 1 | 1 | 21,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
| Classified total | 1 | 1 | 21,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 4 | 4 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 121,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
Skipping spending graph as there is at most one year’s worth of donations.
| Donee | Cause area | Metadata | Total | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (filter this donor) | 70,000.00 | 70,000.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Effective Altruism Prague (filter this donor) | 21,000.00 | 0.00 | 21,000.00 | ||
| Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (filter this donor) | Global catastrophic risks | FB Tw Site | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 | 0.00 |
| AI Impacts (filter this donor) | AI safety | Site | 5,000.00 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Wild-Animal Suffering Research (filter this donor) | 5,000.00 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | -- | -- | 121,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
Graph of spending by donee and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (cumulative)
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 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Gleave | 4 | 4 | 100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Timothy Telleen-Lawton | 1 | 1 | 21,000.00 | 0.00 | 21,000.00 |
| Classified total | 5 | 5 | 121,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
| Unclassified total | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 121,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 21,000.00 |
Graph of spending by influencer and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by influencer and year (cumulative)
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| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What would you do if you had half a million dollars? (GW, IR) | 2021-07-17 | Patrick Brinich-Langlois | Effective Altruism Forum | Donor lottery Effective Altruism Funds: Long-Term Future Fund Longview Philanthropy Effective Altruism Funds: Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund | Effective Altruism Funds: Long-Term Future Fund Longview Philanthropy Effective Altruism Funds: Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund | Request for proposals | Patrick Brinich-Langlois announces that he won the 2020/2021 $500,000 donor lottery, and is looking for where best to donate. The post suggests that he is inclined to donating the money to an existing grantmaking body, such as the Long-Term Future Fund, Longview Philanthropy, the EA Infrastructure Fund, or the Patient Philanthropy Fund. | ||
| 2018-19 Donor Lottery Report, pt. 2 (GW, IR) | 2020-12-14 | Ross Rheingans-Yoo | Effective Altruism Forum | Donor lottery | Fast Grants COVID-END Bottleneck Fund FRAPPE | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health/COVID-19 | The blog post documents the author's allocation of $201,400 of the $500,000 that he won in the 2019-2020 donor lottery, in the form of multiple grants to address COVID-19. | |
| 2018-19 Donor Lottery Report, pt. 1 (GW, IR) | 2020-12-13 | Ross Rheingans-Yoo | Effective Altruism Forum | Donor lottery | The Good Food Institute | Single donation documentation | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | The blog post documents the author's allocation of $165,000 of the $500,000 that he won in the 2019-2020 donor lottery, in the form of two grants to The Good Food Institute. | |
| Donor Lottery Debrief (GW, IR) | 2020-08-04 | Timothy Telleen-Lawton | Effective Altruism Forum | Donor lottery | Czech Association for Effective Altruism Epidemic Forecasting | Periodic donation list documentation | Effective altruism|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness | Tim Telleen-Lawton describes his allocations so far of the $100,000 that he won in the donor lottery back in 2016/2017. | |
| ALLFED 2019 Annual Report and Fundraising Appeal (GW, IR) | 2019-11-23 | Aron Mill | Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters | Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Donor lottery Effective Altruism Grants Open Philanthropy | Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Future of Humanity Institute | Donee donation case | Alternative foods | Aron Mill provides a summary of the work of the Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) in 2019. He lists key supporters as well as partners that ALLFED worked with during the year. The blog post proceeds to make an appeal and a case for fundraising ALLFED. Sections of the blog post include: (1) research output, (2) preparedness and alliance-building, (3) ALLFED team, (4) current projects, and (5) projects in need of funding. | |
| 2017 Donor Lottery Report (GW, IR) | 2018-11-12 | Adam Gleave | Effective Altruism Forum | Donor lottery | Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Global Catastrophic Risk Institute AI Impacts Wild-Animal Suffering Research | Single donation documentation | Global catastrophic risks|AI safety|Animal welfare | The write-up documents Adam Gleave’s decision process for where he donated the money for the 2017 donor lottery. Adam won one of the two blocks of $100,000 for 2017 |
Graph of top 10 donees (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donee | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 5) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters | 70,000.00 | 1 | -- | https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SYeJnv9vYzq9oQMbQ/2017-donor-lottery-report (GW, IR) | Adam Gleave | The blog post explaining the donation contains an extensive discussion of the Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED), and also includes a response statement from ALLFED founder David Denkerberger. Gleave writes in the post: "I am somewhat more excited about ALLFED than GCRI since their research agenda seems more directly impactful and there is a clearer pathway for growth. However, I see more downside risks to ALLFED, and in particular would expect GCRI to be in a better position to work productively with governments. ALLFED has a large team of volunteers, which increases reputational risks. I view support for ALLFED at this stage as mostly a test of the tractability of R&D in this area, and to enable them to continue to build relevant collaborations." Earlier in the post, he writes: "If I had an additional $100k to donate, I would first check AI Impacts current recruitment situation; if there are promising hires that are bottlenecked on funding, I would likely allocate it there. Otherwise, I would split it equally between ALLFED and GCRI. In particular, I recommend a proportionally greater allocation to GCRI than I made. My donation to ALLFED increased their 2018 revenue by 50%: although they have capacity to utilize additional funds, I expect there to be some diminishing returns.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 70.00%. | |
| Global Catastrophic Risk Institute | 20,000.00 | 3 | -- | https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SYeJnv9vYzq9oQMbQ/2017-donor-lottery-report (GW, IR) | Adam Gleave | The blog post explaining the donation contains an extensive discussion of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI). Highlight: "Overall I am moderately excited about supporting the work of GCRI and in particular Seth Baum. I am pessimistic about room for growth, with recruitment being a major challenge, similar to that faced by AI Impacts. [...] At their current budget level, additional funding is a factor for whether Seth continues to work at GCRI full-time. Accordingly I would recommend donations sufficient to ensure Seth can continue his work. I would encourage donors to consider funding GCRI to scale beyond this, but to first obtain more information regarding their long-term plans and recruitment strategy." Earlier in the post: "If I had an additional $100k to donate, I would first check AI Impacts current recruitment situation; if there are promising hires that are bottlenecked on funding, I would likely allocate it there. Otherwise, I would split it equally between ALLFED and GCRI.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 20.00%. | |
| AI Impacts | 5,000.00 | 4 | -- | https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SYeJnv9vYzq9oQMbQ/2017-donor-lottery-report (GW, IR) | Adam Gleave | The blog post explaining the donation contains extensive discussion of AI Impacts. Highlight: "I have found Katja's output in the past to be insightful, so I am excited at ensuring she remains funded. Tegan has less of a track record but based on the output so far I believe she is also worth funding. However, I believe AI Impacts has adequate funding for both of their current employees. Additional contributions would therefore do a combination of increasing their runway and supporting new hires. I am pessimistic about AI Impacts room for growth. This is primarily as I view recruitment in this area being difficult. The ideal candidate would be a cross between an OpenPhil research analyst and a technical AI or strategy researcher. This is a rare skill set with high opportunity cost. Moreover, AI Impacts has had issues with employee retention, with many individuals that have previously worked leaving for other organisations." In terms of the prioritization relative to other grantees: "I ranked GCRI above AI Impacts as AI Impacts core staff are adequately funded, and I am sceptical of their ability to recruit additional qualified staff members. I would favour AI Impacts over GCRI if they had qualified candidates they wanted to hire but were bottlenecked on funding. However, my hunch is that in such a situation they would be able to readily raise funding, although it may be that having an adequate funding reserve would substantially simplify recruitment. [...] If I had an additional $100k to donate, I would first check AI Impacts current recruitment situation; if there are promising hires that are bottlenecked on funding, I would likely allocate it there.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
| Wild-Animal Suffering Research | 5,000.00 | 4 | -- | https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SYeJnv9vYzq9oQMbQ/2017-donor-lottery-report (GW, IR) | Adam Gleave | The blog post explaining the donation has some discussion of the grantee. Highlight: "Overall I think WASR is a well-run organisation with a clear strategy and a short but encouraging track record. I would encourage those with a near-term animal welfare centric worldview to support them. Under my own worldview, I did not find them competitive with the other organisations, and so recommended a small grant of $5,000.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
| Effective Altruism Prague | 21,000.00 | 2 | Effective altruism/movement growth | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/166/donor_lottery_details/cwv?context=1#cwv | Timothy Telleen-Lawton | Donation not yet made at the time of announcement, but decided upon. Donation to this EA chapter because Telleen-Lawton was impressed with their ability to execute difficult projects, and believes they could make a large positive impact. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 46.00%. |
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