September 2020: Long-Term Future Fund grants
Effective Altruism Funds, 2020
Abstract
This report covers the Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) September 2020 grant payout and provides updates on changes and activities related to the fund and its grantees. The LTFF focuses on awarding grants to small projects and individuals and plans to increase grantmaking transparency. Two new fund managers, Adam Gleave and Asya Bergal, were appointed to increase the organization’s capacity to evaluate grants, especially in artificial intelligence (AI) safety and strategy. The report includes rationales provided by fund evaluators for several granted projects. Among the themes supported by LTFF are AI safety, climate change research, and promotion of improved voting methods. – AI-generated abstract.
