Nick Beckstead donations made

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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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Donation amounts by cause area and year

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Cause area Number of donations Number of donees Total
(filter this donor) 2 1 0.00
Total 2 1 0.00

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Donation amounts by donee and year

Donee Cause area Metadata Total
EA Giving Group (filter this donor) Existential risk/far future/trajectory improvement Site 0.00
Total -- -- 0.00

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (7 documents)

Title (URL linked)Publication dateAuthorPublisherAffected donorsAffected doneesAffected influencersDocument scopeCause areaNotes
Fireside chat | Nick Beckstead | EA Global: SF 222022-08-22Nick Beckstead EA GlobalFTX Future Fund Broad donor strategyIn this fireside chat, Nick Beckstead talks about the work of the FTX Future Fund. He reiterates points made in various blog posts by FTX earlier in the year. He talks about how FTX has tried to scale up giving rapidly. He says he's happy with how much FTX has been able to do relative to its team size, but that money moved per employee is not the metric to optimize for; what the money achieves is what's important. He talks about the regranting program and the open call for applications. Later in the talk, he reminisces on his Ph.D. thesis and how his thinking has evolved since then.
Some clarifications on the Future Fund's approach to grantmaking (GW, IR)2022-05-09Nick Beckstead Effective Altruism ForumFTX Future Fund Broad donor strategyLongtermismThis blog post is written partly in response to the concerns that https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HWaH8tNdsgEwNZu8B/free-spending-ea-might-be-a-big-problem-for-optics-and (GW, IR) raises. The post clarifies the processes and safeguards the FTX Future Fund has in place for reviewing grants, and explains how FTX is able to manage a large grant volume with a small team: mainly by relying on regranting. The post also clarifies that FTX has not granted much for community-building, so some of the concerns specifically related to community-building grants don't matter quite yet.
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 20172017-12-21Holden Karnofsky Open PhilanthropyJaime Yassif Chloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Nick Beckstead Daniel Dewey Center for International Security and Cooperation Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Good Call Court Watch NOLA Compassion in World Farming USA Wild-Animal Suffering Research Effective Altruism Funds Donor lottery Future of Humanity Institute Center for Human-Compatible AI Machine Intelligence Research Institute Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Centre for Effective Altruism 80,000 Hours Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Donation suggestion listAnimal welfare|AI safety|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness|Effective altruism|Criminal justice reformOpen Philanthropy Project staff give suggestions on places that might be good for individuals to donate to. Each suggestion includes a section "Why I suggest it", a section explaining why the Open Philanthropy Project has not funded (or not fully funded) the opportunity, and links to relevant writeups.
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 20172017-12-18Holden Karnofsky Open PhilanthropyHolden 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 documentationOpen 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.
Update on Investigating Neglected Goals in Biological Research2017-11-30Nick Beckstead Open PhilanthropyOpen Philanthropy Good Ventures/not recommended by GiveWell or Open Philanthropy Project Target Malaria Broad donor strategyScientific research,Global health,Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,AgricultureThe blog post describes the way the Open Philanthropy Project is identifying neglected goals in biological research. Previously the hope was to investigate sub-areas deeply and produce write-ups. Now, the approach is more "opportunistic": rather than do public write-ups, staff look out for good opportunities for shovel-ready or highly promising grants in the specific topics identified as having strong potential.
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff - 20162016-12-14Holden Karnofsky Open PhilanthropyJaime Yassif Chloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Daniel Dewey Nick Beckstead Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense Alliance for Safety and Justice Cosecha Animal Charity Evaluators Compassion in World Farming USA Machine Intelligence Research Institute Future of Humanity Institute 80,000 Hours Ploughshares Fund Donation suggestion listAnimal welfare|AI safety|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness|Effective altruism|Migration policyOpen Philanthropy Project staff describe suggestions for best donation opportunities for individual donors in their specific areas.
Suggestions for individual donors from Open Philanthropy Project staff2015-12-23Holden Karnofsky Open PhilanthropyChloe Cockburn Lewis Bollard Alexander Berger Nick Beckstead Howie Lempel Alliance for Safety and Justice Bronx Freedom Fund The Humane League The Humane Society of the United States Center for Global Development Center for Popular Democracy Ploughshares Fund Donation suggestion listCriminal justice reform|Animal welfare|Global healthOpen Philanthropy Project staff describe suggestions for best donation opportunities for individual donors in their specific areas. The post was originally published to the GiveWell blog.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (2 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 2)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
EA Giving Group----2017-12-18--https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2017#Nick-- Donee is a fund jointly controlled by Beckstead and another individual who has supplied the majority of the funds for it. Beckstead expects to use the funds in the EA Giving Group to be used for similar purposes as the two Effective Altruism Funds funds he manages (the EA Community Fund and the Long Term Future Fund). His thinking is broadly similar to last year, except some changes in thinking to room for more funding, that he describes more of in a separate post. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
EA Giving Group----2016-12-09--https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/-- Donee is a fund jointly controlled by Beckstead and another individual who has supplied the majority of the funds for it. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.

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