Announcing Manifund Regrants
post by Austin Chen (austin-chen) · 2023-07-05T19:42:08.978Z · LW · GW · 8 commentsContents
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comment by habryka (habryka4) · 2023-07-05T19:50:24.171Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
This seems exciting! I am glad to see the EA funding landscape diversify more, and regranting programs seem like a decent way to do that.
Replies from: austin-chen↑ comment by Austin Chen (austin-chen) · 2023-07-05T21:03:18.524Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Thanks! We're likewise excited by Lightspeed Grants, and by ways we can work together (or compete!) to make the funding landscape good.
comment by Quinn (quinn-dougherty) · 2023-07-05T20:48:54.768Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It'd be great if yall could add a regrantor from the Cooperative AI Foundation / FOCAL / CLR / Encultured region of the research/threatmodel space. (epistemic status: conflict of interest since if you do this I could make a more obvious argument for a project)
Replies from: austin-chen↑ comment by Austin Chen (austin-chen) · 2023-07-05T23:20:34.712Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I'm generally interested in having a diverse range of regrantors; if you'd like to suggest names/make intros (either here, or privately) please let me know!
comment by Elizabeth (pktechgirl) · 2023-07-11T18:42:45.465Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
How do you feel about people listing projects that are finished but were never funded? I think impact certificates/retroactive grants are better for epistemics [LW(p) · GW(p)], at least for the kind of work I do, and it would be great to have a place for those.
Replies from: austin-chen↑ comment by Austin Chen (austin-chen) · 2023-07-11T22:42:23.626Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I can't speak for other regrantors, but I'm personally very sympathetic to retroactive grants for impactful work that got less funding than was warranted; we have one example for Vipul Naik's Donations List Website and hope to publish more examples soon!
comment by Metacelsus · 2023-07-10T16:24:30.325Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
So, are the regrantors chosen by the donor, or by Manifund? Or both?
Replies from: austin-chen↑ comment by Austin Chen (austin-chen) · 2023-07-11T22:42:44.878Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
The $400k regrantors were chosen by the donor; the $50k ones were chosen by the Manifund team.