Effective Altruism Funds Reviews and details

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• Can I get an TLDR?

  The "manor" example is one of the few points I've seen brought up in response, but it's far from clear-cut, as the forum posts linked above explain. Feel free to draw your own conclusions from them. I'm not convinced it was the best use of $15 million, but I also don't think that buying a medium-price-range conference center was an obviously bad idea, and the money came from private donors (not the standard EA... Source: 12 months ago

• What about people like me who struggle to feel financially safe?

  Sure! None of the ways of donating that I know about (directly to the charities themselves, EA funds, others here) have a minimum amount or anything like that. Source: over 1 year ago

• Do you give to charity?

  It’s easy to look for excuses not to give but donations can make a big difference, especially if targeted in the right places. See comments further down about Givewell and Effective Altruism. https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

• Do you give to charity?

  I give through Effective Altruism: https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

• Effective Altruism As A Tower Of Assumptions

  Good news: If you want to support global health and development but not animal welfare, you can just donate to the Global Health and Development Fund! None of the money will go to anti-factory farming charities. Even better, you don't even need to go through EA: You could donate directly to charities recommended by GiveWell so you know exactly who's getting your money. Source: over 1 year ago

• What to spend money on when you are financially secure?

  Personally, I donate to the Effective Altruist Global Health & Development Fund. I consider it equivalent to a index fund for charitable giving. Source: over 1 year ago

• I got a raise so I am increasing my monthly donations to $20 should I continue to give all of it to the AMF (against Malaria foundation) what are some charities you donate to?

  I agree that this is probably the best option, although perhaps you could also consider some effective charities that aren't the sort recommended by GiveWell (e.g. Climate charities, animal charities, EA Meta, etc.) that you can find on EA Funds. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What causes don’t have a charity but should?

  With that said, if your first idea is to ask others in a subreddit like this without engaging with EA content, it would certainly be helpful to first read significantly more about effective altruism. If you participate on the EA Forum regularly, and you honestly take EA ideas to heart, then (after an appropriate amount of time) if you were to have a legitimate idea for starting an EA charity, you'll have a good... Source: almost 2 years ago

• FTX Future Fund

  Check out some of the fund breakdowns and look at how much is spent on climate change and renewable energy https://funds.effectivealtruism.org https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund The common argument is that the best way to try and make an impact on climate change is to fund lobbyists to make change at governmental levels... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• GiveWell type charities for suffering-focused longtermists

  If you want to focus on human suffering: -Giving What We Can offers their own list of recommended charities. https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/best-charities-to-donate-to-2022/ -EA funds has a Long Term Future fund and a Global Health and Development fund you might be interested in. https://funds.effectivealtruism.org -These partners of EA Funds might also interest you.... Source: over 2 years ago

• Effective Altruism Follow-Up: Where Should My Money Go To?

  If you’re willing to take a little more risk (i.e. Make bets on more speculative but potentially even more effective interventions), you’d probably be interested in EA Funds. They have a global health fund, which likely overlaps with GiveWell considerably, but also an animal welfare fund, an EA community-building fund, and a long-term future fund which focuses on things like existential risk. Source: over 2 years ago

• This movement seems disjointed, but maybe I don’t fully understand?

  In any case, if you give money to CEA through EA Funds, you will be designating your donation for a specific cause area. The kinds of disbursements you mentioned previously fall under the “infrastructure” or community building section, so if you are skeptical that this is effective you can chose to donate to one or all of the three other ones — Global health, animal welfare, and longtermist work. Source: over 2 years ago

• I find the EA Funds’ payouts to be… problematic? Wondering if others can reassure or educate.

  In contrast to GiveWell/ACE, EA Funds tends to spend money on lots of items that have the potential to accomplish a lot of good, but which aren't guaranteed to do a lot of good. The idea is that the expected value of these payouts will be very high, but the chance for any one payout to turn out well may not be that high. This kind of funding is not something that risk-averse donors should necessarily spend their... Source: over 2 years ago

• This movement seems disjointed, but maybe I don’t fully understand?

  You probably don't want to donate to CEA itself, but they have funds: https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

• What one thing would you buy for $500 or less?

  Or donate the money to charity. May I recommend any of these directed giving funds from Effective Altruism. Source: over 2 years ago

• I have $3000. Where should I give it to?

  I think you can use a distribution organization run by professionals, like Effective Altruism Funds. They let you to distribute money between 4 funds (humans, animals, long-term future, EAF), but, as I understood (still not sure if it was an option or an interface feature) you can let them to distribute it for you. Source: over 2 years ago

• Where is the best place to donate money that will grow a lasting and sustainable impact on improving some aspect of the world?

  On a similar note, Effective Altruism Funds (which includes Givewell among its funds). Evidence-based charities like these find ways to make the biggest impact for your gift. Source: over 2 years ago

• Do you donate to charities?

  Yes, I think a lot of people with mathematical thinking can support GiveWell’s or EA Funds’ approach most people consider cynical. Source: over 2 years ago

• Mungkin Memang Sebaiknya Kita Berhenti Berinfak ke Masjid

  Stop doing jank-ass religious rituals and start doing things that makes you feel fulfilled. If being charitable makes you feel the best, check out how you can have the maximum impact, rationally! https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Date Stamp Upon Adjacent Cell Value Updating

  I'm happy to help! No tip needed, but if you really want to, you could donate to an Effective Altruism fund. :). Source: over 2 years ago

• How much do you give to charity? How do you decide which charities to give to?

  I give £5 per month to the Effective Altruism Funds. Source: over 2 years ago