The Nonlinear Library EA - Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice by Austin
Aug 14, 2024
08:21
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice, published by Austin on August 14, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.
Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $100-$800 of funding towards the projects that have helped with your personal journey as an EA. Your choices then decide how $100k in matching will be allocated, via quadratic funding!
Sign up
here to get notified when the projects are live, or read on to learn more!
Timeline
Phase 1: Project registrations open (Aug 13)
Project organizers can now create a page for their projects
here, to raise funding as part of this EA Community Choice round.
Community members can sign up for updates
here, or recommend projects to sign up
here.
Phase 2: Community members receive funds (Aug 20)
We'll give everyone $100 to donate; more if you've been active in the EA community. Fill out a 2-minute form to claim your $100, plus bonuses for:
Donor: $100 for taking the GWWC 10% Pledge
Organizer: $100 for organizing any EA group
Scholar: $100 for having 100 or more karma on the EA Forum
Volunteer: $100 for volunteering at an EAG(x), Future Forum, or Manifest
Worker: $100 for working fulltime at an EA org, or full-time on an EA grant
Senior: $100 for having done any of the above prior to 2022
Insider: $100 if you had a Manifund account before August 2024
You can then donate your money to any project in the Community Choice round!
You can also leave comments about any specific project. This is a great way to share your experiences with the project organizer, or the rest of the EA community.
Funds in Phase 2 will be capped at $100k, first-come-first-served.
Phase 3: Funds matched and sent to projects (Sep 1)
Projects and donations will be locked in at the end of August. Then, all money donated will be matched against a $100k quadratic funding pool.
Unlike a standard 1:1 match, quadratic funding rewards a project with lots of small donors more than a project with few big donors. The broader the support, the bigger the match!
Specifically, the match is proportional the square of the sum of square roots of individual donations. A toy example:
Learn more about principles behind quadratic funding by reading
Vitalik Buterin's explainer, watching
this video, or
playing with this simulator.
What is an EA community project?
We don't have a strict definition, but roughly any project which helps you: learn about EA, connect with the EA community, or grow your impact in the world. We're casting a wide net; projects do not have to explicitly identify as EA to qualify (though, we also endorse
being proud of being EA). If you're not sure if you count, just apply!
Examples of projects we'd love to fund:
Community groups
Regional groups like
EA Philippines
Cause-specific groups like
Hive
University groups like EA Tufts
Physical spaces
Coworking spaces like
Lighthaven,
Epistea, and
AI Safety Serbia Hub
Housing like
CEEALAR and Berkeley REACH
Events
Conferences like Manifest, EAGx, LessOnline, and
AI, Animals, and Digital Minds
Extended gatherings like Manifest Summer Camp or Prague Fall Season
Recurring meetups like local groups or
online EA coworking
Tournaments like
Metaculus Tournaments or
The Estimation Game
Essay competitions like EA Criticism & Red Teaming Contest
Software
Tools like
Squiggle,
Carlo,
Fatebook, or
Guesstimate
Visualizations like
AI Digest
Datasets like
Donations List Website
Educational programs
Incubators like
AI Safety Camp and
Apart Hackathons
Course materials like
AI Safety Fundamentals
Information resources
Websites like
AISafety.com
Youtube channels like Rational Animations, Rob Miles, and
A Happier World
Podcasts like The 80k Podcast, The Dwarkesh Podcast, and
The Inside View
FAQ
What is Manifund?
Manifund is a platform for funding impactful pr...
Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $100-$800 of funding towards the projects that have helped with your personal journey as an EA. Your choices then decide how $100k in matching will be allocated, via quadratic funding!
Sign up
here to get notified when the projects are live, or read on to learn more!
Timeline
Phase 1: Project registrations open (Aug 13)
Project organizers can now create a page for their projects
here, to raise funding as part of this EA Community Choice round.
Community members can sign up for updates
here, or recommend projects to sign up
here.
Phase 2: Community members receive funds (Aug 20)
We'll give everyone $100 to donate; more if you've been active in the EA community. Fill out a 2-minute form to claim your $100, plus bonuses for:
Donor: $100 for taking the GWWC 10% Pledge
Organizer: $100 for organizing any EA group
Scholar: $100 for having 100 or more karma on the EA Forum
Volunteer: $100 for volunteering at an EAG(x), Future Forum, or Manifest
Worker: $100 for working fulltime at an EA org, or full-time on an EA grant
Senior: $100 for having done any of the above prior to 2022
Insider: $100 if you had a Manifund account before August 2024
You can then donate your money to any project in the Community Choice round!
You can also leave comments about any specific project. This is a great way to share your experiences with the project organizer, or the rest of the EA community.
Funds in Phase 2 will be capped at $100k, first-come-first-served.
Phase 3: Funds matched and sent to projects (Sep 1)
Projects and donations will be locked in at the end of August. Then, all money donated will be matched against a $100k quadratic funding pool.
Unlike a standard 1:1 match, quadratic funding rewards a project with lots of small donors more than a project with few big donors. The broader the support, the bigger the match!
Specifically, the match is proportional the square of the sum of square roots of individual donations. A toy example:
Learn more about principles behind quadratic funding by reading
Vitalik Buterin's explainer, watching
this video, or
playing with this simulator.
What is an EA community project?
We don't have a strict definition, but roughly any project which helps you: learn about EA, connect with the EA community, or grow your impact in the world. We're casting a wide net; projects do not have to explicitly identify as EA to qualify (though, we also endorse
being proud of being EA). If you're not sure if you count, just apply!
Examples of projects we'd love to fund:
Community groups
Regional groups like
EA Philippines
Cause-specific groups like
Hive
University groups like EA Tufts
Physical spaces
Coworking spaces like
Lighthaven,
Epistea, and
AI Safety Serbia Hub
Housing like
CEEALAR and Berkeley REACH
Events
Conferences like Manifest, EAGx, LessOnline, and
AI, Animals, and Digital Minds
Extended gatherings like Manifest Summer Camp or Prague Fall Season
Recurring meetups like local groups or
online EA coworking
Tournaments like
Metaculus Tournaments or
The Estimation Game
Essay competitions like EA Criticism & Red Teaming Contest
Software
Tools like
Squiggle,
Carlo,
Fatebook, or
Guesstimate
Visualizations like
AI Digest
Datasets like
Donations List Website
Educational programs
Incubators like
AI Safety Camp and
Apart Hackathons
Course materials like
AI Safety Fundamentals
Information resources
Websites like
AISafety.com
Youtube channels like Rational Animations, Rob Miles, and
A Happier World
Podcasts like The 80k Podcast, The Dwarkesh Podcast, and
The Inside View
FAQ
What is Manifund?
Manifund is a platform for funding impactful pr...