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This chart is so right. The local charity environment in Cameroon is probably helping much less people than you imagine. We ran an effectiveness contest that aligns with this research perfectly. In 2021 we created an EA group in Cameroon. We had multiple seminars covering the basics of Effective Altruism. By the end of 2022, the group got so excited that we created a charity. “We” are a group of humanitarian/development workers in Cameroon, all currently employed in this field of work. Some of the basic EA principles resonated a lot. Such as the feeling that some activities and projects don’t really help much and that somewhere, sometimes, there is “real impact”. So we created this charity to help steer organizations towards real impact, and help them become “more effective”. We tried a couple of things: We offered consultancy services, starting for free, to local charities. We started a [...] The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 16th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/TcMhE3SypnE9oLpoE/this-chart-is-right-most-interventions-don-t-do-much --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

Introduction In May 2024, Ambitious Impact (AIM) ran a program to incubate new effective giving initiatives (EGIs) in partnership with Giving What We Can. In short, EGIs focus on raising awareness and funneling public and philanthropic donations to the most cost-effective charities worldwide. In the last few years, several Effective Giving Initiatives, such as Doneer Effectief, Effektiv Spenden, and Giving What We Can, have moved millions in funding to the best charities globally. The success of these and other similar organizations suggests that further initiatives in this space could be highly beneficial, given that many highly effective charities are bottlenecked by access to funding. This article introduces five new effective giving initiatives incubated through the program we ran earlier this year in their own words. It summarizes their country of operation, near-term plans, targets, and any room for additional seed funding.[1] Organization Summaries Ellis Impact Co-founders [...] ---Outline:(00:05) Introduction(01:06) Organization Summaries(01:09) Ellis Impact(01:38) Background (why is this a promising country/angle for an EGI?)(02:47) Near-term plans(03:21) Targets (reach/giving multiplier/etc.)(03:45) Room for more funding(04:58) Benefficienza(05:25) Background (why is this a promising country/angle for an EGI?)(06:07) Near-term plans(06:47) Targets (reach/giving multiplier/etc.)(07:02) Room for more funding(07:44) Mieux Donner(08:11) Background(09:57) Near-term plans(11:26) Targets(11:56) Room for more funding(12:43) Effectief Geven(13:14) Background(14:06) Near-term plans(14:56) Targets(15:12) Room for more funding(15:41) Impactful Giving(16:06) Background (why is this a promising country/angle for an EGI?)(17:43) Near-term plans(18:40) Targets (reach/giving multiplier/etc.)(19:08) Room for more fundingThe original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 13th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qq4KtwJHtCTLPqdy6/presenting-five-new-effective-giving-initiatives --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

This is a link post. 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 [...] ---Outline:(00:35) Timeline(03:22) What is an EA community project?(05:23) FAQ(09:31) Get involved!--- First published: August 14th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GgYfqrATFzLAaPdct/announcing-the-usd200k-ea-community-choice --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

While the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, one of the parts that makes me most disappointed is the steady creep of donation matching. It's not that donation matching is objectively very important, but the early EA movement's principled rejection of a very effective fundraising strategy made it clear that we were committed to helping people understand the real impact of their donations. Over time, as people have specialized into different areas of EA, with community-building and epistemics being different people from fundraising, we've become less robust against the real-world incentives of "donation matching works". Personally, I would love to see a community-wide norm against EA organizations setting up donation matches. Yes, they bring in money, but at the cost of misleading donors about their impact and unwinding a lot of what we, as a community, are trying to build. [1] To the extent that [...] --- First published: August 9th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9W2iWyWjfoYaGDZcG/farmkind-s-illusory-offer --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

This is a link post. This new video from Ali Abdaal (which we did not sponsor in any way) covers his decision to take the 10% Pledge back in 2019, and why he decide that his business should take the Company Pledge to give 10% of profits in 2024. Ali covers some of the core arguments for effective giving, as well as his own reaction and thought process when deciding to pledge. --- First published: August 9th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/sLwP2D6WpLMFxjEK5/new-video-from-ali-abdaal-5-74m-yt-subscribers-why-i-m Linkpost URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5-QN35AJq0 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Our room for more funding is bigger and more urgent than ever before. Our organizational strategy will be responsive both to the total amount raised and to how many people donate, so smaller donors will have an especially high impact this year. Good Ventures recently decided to phase out funding for several areas (GV blog, EA Forum post), including wild animal welfare. That's a pretty big shock to our movement. We don’t know what exactly the impact will be, except that it's complicated. The purpose of this post is to share what we know and how we’re thinking about things — primarily to encourage people to donate to Wild Animal Initiative this year, but also for anyone else who might be interested in the state of the wild animal welfare movement more broadly. Summary Track record Our primary goal is to support the growth of a [...] ---Outline:(00:53) Summary(03:44) What we’ve accomplished so far(03:48) Background(04:12) Strategy(05:39) Progress(11:56) Why we need more funding, especially from smaller donors(12:02) We always have room to grow, but now we need to make sure we don’t shrink.(13:11) We raised less last year than we did the year before.(13:59) We’re losing our biggest donor.(16:37) Another donor could make up the funds, but not the security.(18:25) Smaller donors have a bigger role to play.(20:04) What we’ll do with your donation(24:15) ConclusionThe original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 6th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/idhTjyNTsyxobijyJ/wild-animal-initiative-has-urgent-need-for-more-funding-and --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Someone suggested I name this post "What We Owe The Community": I think it's a great title, but I didn't dare use it... Views and mistakes my own. What I believe I think owning our EA affiliation—how we are inspired by the movement and the community—is net positive for the world and our careers. If more people were more outspoken about their alignment with EA principles and proximity to the EA community, we would all be better off. While there may be legitimate reasons for some individuals to not publicly identify as part of the EA movement, this can create a “free-rider problem”. If too many people choose to passively benefit from EA without openly supporting it, the overall movement and community may suffer from it. Why I think more people should own their EA affiliation publicly I understand why one doesn’t, but I’d probably not support it in [...] ---Outline:(00:15) What I believe(00:51) Why I think more people should own their EA affiliation publicly(01:11) The risks(01:40) A prisoner's dilemma(02:22) Tipping points(03:26) On transparency(05:18) Where I come from(05:22) Event branding(06:01) Getting hiredThe original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 5th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/TLKFfXJ4gPeXDkBC9/on-owning-our-ea-affiliation --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

TL;DR FarmKind is a new effective giving platform dedicated to tackling factory farming We’ve just launched - www.farmkind.giving There are many ways you can help us if you’re interested - details below FarmKind's aim Factory farming is one of the most neglected cause areas relative to the amount of suffering it causes. Globally, Farmed Animal Funders estimates that just $200 million is channeled specifically to this issue,[1] while more than 10 billion land animals (excluding insects) are factory farmed annually in the US alone.[2] Even when it comes to effective altruism, factory farming is a minority within a minority. We estimate that less than 10% of the funds raised by effective giving organizations go to factory farming.[3] All this despite the fact that proven interventions in the lives of factory-farmed animals remain arguably some of the most cost-effective ways to prevent suffering that we have yet [...] ---Outline:(00:08) TL;DR(00:26) FarmKind's aim(02:39) Our story so far(03:29) DON’T donate though us (please)(04:58) How you can helpThe original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 2nd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/D3Gqv9oiDkbmRgGJe/farmkind-a-new-animal-fundraising-platform-is-live-please --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

Prepared by James Fodor and Miles Tidmarsh EAGxAustralia 2023 Committee Abstract EAGx conferences are an important component of the effective altruism community, and have proven a popular method for engaging EAs and spreading EA ideas around the world. However, to date relatively little publicly available empirical evidence has been collected regarding the long term impact of such conferences on attendees. In this observational study we aimed to assess the extent to which EAGx conferences bring about change by altering EA attitudes or behaviours. To this end, we collected survey responses from attendees of the EAGxAustralia 2023 conference both before and six months after the conference, providing a measure of changes in EA-related attitudes and behaviours over this time. As a control, we also collected responses to the same survey questions from individuals on the EA Australia mailing list who did not attend the 2023 conference. Across 20 numerical measures [...] ---Outline:(00:17) Abstract(01:48) Background(05:40) Methods(12:39) Results(12:42) Conference attendees differ from non-attendees(14:58) EA attitudes and behaviours are highly stable over time(16:38) Discussion(24:18) Recommendations--- First published: July 27th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fGAnywCekpgHoaLc5/case-control-survey-of-eagx-attendees-finds-no-behavioural --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

Summary Rebecca Kagan believes “EA needs an investigation, done externally and shared publicly, on mistakes made in the EA community's relationship with FTX.” She is far from the only person who has called for an independent investigation, but Kagan's experience and knowledge as a former board member of Effective Ventures makes her perspective particularly relevant. Explaining her decision to resign from EV's board, Kagan wrote: “I want to make it clear that I resigned last year due to significant disagreements with the board of EV and EA leadership, particularly concerning their actions leading up to and after the FTX crisis… I believe there were extensive and significant mistakes made which have not been addressed. (In particular, some EA leaders had warning signs about SBF that they ignored, and instead promoted him as a good person, tied the EA community to FTX, and then were uninterested in reforms or investigations [...] ---Outline:(00:08) Summary(06:11) Communications from EA leaders have not been forthcoming about important factual matters.(06:45) Circa ~2017, SBF was one of 80k and CEA's largest donors.(08:30) SBF served on CEA's board.(09:00) SBF worked for CEA.(09:20) Multiple EA leaders and organizations were aware about allegations stemming from the Alameda dispute.(10:24) Open questions:(11:37) There are worrisome discrepancies between comments from EA leaders and credible media reports.(12:01) Will's professed ignorance about inappropriate romantic relationships SBF had while at Alameda directly conflicts with Time's reporting on the subject.(12:57) Will's characterization of what complaints he heard about SBF related to the Alameda dispute, and when he heard them, conflicts with Time's reporting(14:52) Nobody in EA leadership has publicly acknowledged the New Yorker's report that many leaders received warnings that SBF was being investigated for criminal behavior four months before FTX's collapse (other than to deny personally having seen said warnings)(16:27) EA leadership has not acknowledged an internal CEA investigation and/or board assessment conducted relating to Alameda, which both Time and Semafor have reported(18:00) Open questions:(20:49) EA leaders have made public claims about post-FTX reforms that could easily be construed as misleading(22:49) Open questionsThe original text contained 14 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 24th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/P9phn7uhjiCvaCPDZ/we-need-an-independent-investigation-into-how-ea-leadership --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.