I took advantage of the Every.org Matching Challenge (thanks William Kiely!) and donated to:
- Happier Lives Institute because they've been doing some pretty amazing work recently and progressing GiveWell/EA thinking that has been unchallenged for quite a while!
- Animal Ask because research is often not very "sexy" and hard to fundraise for - yet I know these folks have done some great work in making animal orgs be more strategic with their campaigns.
- Wild Animal Initiative because the scale of wild animal suffering is pretty alarming and I went to some great talks by WAI about concrete things they're working on, as well as some pretty tractable-seeming interventions (which was my main doubt before).
I'll probably keep these recurring donations going for a bit too!
Probably will donate to a few other projects in the more community-building / EA infrastructure space, as well as x-risk focused, so suggestions welcome!




I fulfil my gwwc pledge by donating each month to the EA funds animal welfare fund for the fund managers to distribute as they see fit. I trust them to make a better decision than I will on the individual charities' effectiveness since I don't have that much time/expertise to look into it.
I think the long-run future is incredibly important, and I spend my labour mostly on that. But my guess (though I'm pretty unsure) is that my donations do more good in animal welfare than in longtermism-focused things. Perhaps the new landscape should change that but I haven't made any updates yet.
I also admit to donating a bit extra to The Humane League because they are close to my heart and also seem really effective for animals.
I don't think about this that often, and there was part of me that didn't want to post this because it's not very rigorous! But also maybe others also feel that way and it feels honest to post. (If other people have takes on where I should donate instead though I'm open to hearing them!)