.Depending on what very specific worldview you hold, you might consider different EA charities “the world's most effective charity."

For instance, Shrimp Welfare Project is the most effective charity if you are concerned about reducing near-term suffering and you have a very specific view of how neurons correlate with the capacity to experience pain.

Similarly, GiveWell’s top charities are the most effective charities if you are concerned about reducing near-term human suffering, and you want to be extremely confident that your donation will have the intended effect.

And, Founders Pledge’s Climate Fund is only the most effective charity if you think that reducing climate change is more important than work on other issues.

But, of course, most people hold different worldviews than these. For instance, I don’t care whether a charity has guaranteed-impact or is more hits-based.

For this reason, I’m wondering if anyone has compiled the most effective charities according to different worldviews.

The dimensions I’m most interested in would be:

  • Near-term (5-10 years) vs medium-term (20 years) vs. long-term (75 years)
  • General cause area (Factory farming vs. global health vs. climate change vs. pandemics vs. AI)
  • General theme (Overall suffering vs. Human suffering vs. animal suffering vs. human flourishing)
  • Whether focus is on helping those who are worst off vs. preventing harm in general vs. doing the most good overall
  • Guaranteed impact vs hit-based
  • Definition of good (wellbeing vs. something else)

I find that there are a lot of charities that I would guess fit on certain dimensions, but I personally would rather rely on the judgement of an expert rather than myself.

For instance, to me, it seems like work on global health is probably more important than work on climate change (from a strictly utilitarian view), but that's mostly based on vibes.

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