Gave ~50% of my income to my DAF. I will probably disburse it mostly to AI Safety things which make sense on <= 5 year AGI timelines.

At the risk of being a bit of a downer during a Celebration, I'd like to create a little room to acknowledge people who haven't felt in a position to give as much as they had hoped / expected / planned for due to life circumstances. I'm unfortunately in that camp this year.^[1] So I would like to express empathy with anyone who is in the same boat and feeling sad and/or guilty about it. If we are giving what we can (not in the capitalized sense), sometimes we aren't in a position to give as much and have to radically accept that.

1. ^{^}

    This is due to two separate family-of-origin situations that are consuming a lot of my financial and other resources to mitigate. One of them -- involving a terminally-ill parent -- is also why I've been less active on-Forum as of late.

This year have donated:

• 14k to long term future / s-risks / ai safety
• 12k to animal suffering
• 4k to global health / well-being

Glad to finish up with a slight increase vs last year.

Organizations:

• Center for AI safety
• AI for Animals (via Hive)
• Future of Life Institute
• Wild Animal Initiative (via GWWC)
• Centre for Reducing Suffering  
• Animal Advocacy Africa
• Malaria Consortium (via EA Australia)
• Michael Dello-Lacovo (content)
• Shrimp Welfare Project

Thanks all for working hard on the important stuff...

Best donation year so far (both in absolute and relative terms). Proudly EA!

To Central Texas Food Bank.

Humane League (UK)

This year I started montlhly donations to ACE recommended charities fund and Anima International + made some individual donations to THL, Hive and others. I'll be switching to Rethink Priorities in the new year.

AMF, Givedirectly, SWP, Aquatic Life Institute, Arthropoda Foundation

This year, I’m giving 20% of my income—double my 🔸10% Pledge.

I believe that growing the total amount of money directed toward high-impact charities is a crucial bottleneck. As part of this, I’m giving 20% of my donation budget to Giving What We Can. In my view, our multiplier at GWWC is exceptionally high, and I’ve written more about why I think effective giving organizations could do with more support here. While I’d love to give to other effective giving organizations, my role as Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator means that I see value in avoiding any appearance of bias that could complicate my work.

Another clear decision for me this year is giving 20% to AIM’s Incubated Charities Fund. I’ve had the privilege of working closely with AIM, and I’ve been consistently impressed by the rigor and ambition of their work. Their track record is very strong and I think that they are likely to continue incubating exceptionally high impact charities.

For the rest of my giving, I’ve leaned on recommendations from Giving What We Can’s evaluator reports, filtered through my own values and priorities:

• 20% to GiveWell’s All Grants Fund
• 10% to the EA Animal Welfare Fund and 10% to ACE’s Movement Grants Program
• 20% to Longview Philanthropy’s Emerging Challenges Fund

Outside of my 10% pledge, I’ll give to Giving Green’s Grantmaking Fund to offset my annual carbon footprint and to a variety of animal welfare charities, inspired by FarmKind’s Compassion Calculator, to offset the harm caused by my (minimal) animal product consumption as a vegetarian.

I donated the majority of my yearly donations to a campaign for AMF I did through Ayuda Efectiva for my wedding. The goal was to promote effective donations in my family and friends. I also donated a small amount to the EA Forum election because I think it is good for democratic reasons to allow the community to decide where to allocate some funds.

I donated to:

1. The Humane League
2. The Good Food Institute
3. Proveg
4. Effectiv Spenden
5. Animal Charity Evaluators

Where they're approximately ordered by the amount donated.

To start EA Purdue

This year, I gave to (listed in approximate chronological order):
1. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (via United24, the Ukrainian government's official fundraising platform). 
2. Nähtamatud Loomad
3. EA Estonia 

I signed the Giving What We Can Trial Pledge in mid-December. To fulfil my donation pledge for the year (a small amount, since I signed when there were only two weeks left in the year), I donated to:
4. Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund.

New Incentives

AMF

I split 20% of my salary (roughly) equally between Giving What We Can, Family Empowerment Media, and the Effective Altruism Animal Welfare Fund. 

I donate 10% in the form of a salary sacrifice to Hive. In addition, I regularly donate  ~10% spread across other Meta Organizations and Expert-managed funds in the animal space (roughly in order): EA AWF, AAC, Rethink Priorities, and the ACE Movement Grant. I have also made some smaller donations throughout the year to opportunities that I find promising and hope to look further into next year, namely AI for Animals, Animetrics and the Profit for Good Initiative.

MSI Reproductive Choices.

Because through family planning it can shift births from sub-Saharan Africa to circumstances with lower child mortality, probably saving the life of a kid under 5 years old for less than $1,000.

I love this tiny hearts on pink banner aesthetic. Especially in the middle of winter where I'm at. 

I'm on a pause with donations for some personal and financial reasons, but if I was on the fence or was procrastinating, this absolutely would have pushed me to do so.

GiveDirectly