This post is co-authored with Ben Garfinkel. It is cross-posted from the CEA blog. A PDF version can be found here.
Summary: Some strategic decisions available to the effective altruism m...
TL;DR: I'm releasing a website that ranks philanthropists according to EA principles and research, and allows users to re-rank the list using their own assumptions. I'd like feedback and help making it better. I'd especially like ideas for how to make the results more trustworthy. Funding may be available.
Crossposted to LessWrong.
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Linkpost for my Substack piece, lightly adapted. Disagreement very welcome.
What happened
Coefficient Giving (cG) announced a $1 billion gift to GiveWell on 23rd July. This increases a previous commitment of $175m for 2026. cG say this could be a one-off surge, but it has implications for other donors either way. Both organisations...
<medium-term lurker, first time poster; also, Epistemic Status = spitballing>
Has anyone encountered the idea of 'direct payment' philanthropy in the form of investment portfolios?
Some background:
My initial searches and direct queries did not turn up any examples or discussions of the idea, and several of my correspondents suggested that I solicit feedback in this forum.
If you have heard of any discussion or example of a similar program, I'd be glad to know it. If this post belongs better elsewhere on the site, or not on it at all, I apologize.