July 2019: EA Meta Fund grants
Effective Altruism Funds, 2019
Abstract
This report details the grants made by the Effective Altruism (EA) Meta Fund in August 2019. This round encompassed nine grantees focusing on talent leverage, information dissemination, and capital leverage. Notable recipients included 80,000 Hours for career guidance and talent assessment, Effective Altruism Community Building Grants for boosting the effective altruism community and its career-path opportunities, the High Impact Policy Engine (HIPE) for helping civil servants maximize their career impact, Generation Pledge for directing more philanthropic capital to pressing global problems, and EA Coaching for increasing the productivity of high-impact individuals. The report highlights the reasons behind funding each initiative, including their potential impact, alignment with EA’s values, and the rationales for assessing their experimental value. – AI-generated abstract.
