“Why you should allocate more of your donation budget to effective giving organisations” by Luke Moore 🔸

“Why you should allocate more of your donation budget to effective giving organisations” by Luke Moore 🔸

This post is written in my personal capacity, but is based on insights that I’ve gained through my work as Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator at Giving What We Can since I took on the role in June 2023.

Tl;dr

In my view the average reader of the EA Forum should be giving more to meta-charities like effective giving (EG) organisations. EG organisations play a crucial role in directing funds to highly impactful charities, but many are facing significant funding constraints and/or a lack of diversified funding. Supporting these meta-charities can have a multiplier effect on your donations, potentially leading to extraordinary growth in effective giving. Consider allocating a portion of your donation budget to EG organisations this giving season.

Introduction

When I first heard about EA from a TED talk by Peter Singer in 2017, I was inspired by the idea that we could carefully use evidence [...]

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Outline:

(00:21) Tl;dr

(00:57) Introduction

(02:56) Why EG orgs are funding constrained

(05:28) Why should you donate to EG organisations?

(05:38) The multiplier effect

(07:01) Positive indirect impact

(07:43) Potential for significant growth

(08:35) Addressing future funding constraints

(09:08) The impact of additional funding

(10:28) Why you might not want to donate to EG organisations

(11:29) Where to give?

(11:48) Giving What We Can

(14:49) Effektiv Spenden

(16:42) Founders Pledge

(18:28) Ge Effektivt

(20:09) Giving Multiplier

(21:49) The Life You Can Save

(22:46) Other established EG organisations

(25:22) New EG organisations

(28:55) Call to Action

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First published:
November 8th, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fMcpbGRWBtq3QBEyA/why-you-should-allocate-more-of-your-donation-budget-to-1

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