2018-19 Donor Lottery Report, pt. 2

Abstract

This report documents the author’s decision-making process in allocating $500,000 of funding from the 2019 CEA donor lottery. The author focuses on the second phase of the process, which began in March 2020 and centered around neglected responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The author outlines their decision-making process and provides in-depth analyses of the four organizations that received grants: Fast Grants, COVID-END, the Bottleneck Fund, and Ian David Moss (for consulting work supporting the FRAPPE donor group). Each section analyzes the value proposition of the organization and its potential impact, and considers the author’s opinion of the organization in hindsight. The report also discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the potential for vaccine-related interventions and the impact of the pandemic on the philanthropic landscape. The author concludes by issuing a call for proposals for phase 3 grants, emphasizing the desire to fund projects that are not yet adequately valued by the donor/evaluator consensus. – AI-generated abstract