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Note from Austin: The EA Community Choice was an experimental funding round we ran in Fall 2024. We had 340 users help us distribute $200k to various community projects; $100k via a sliding-scale airdrop, $100k via quadratic funding match. See more in the launch post. Now, as a huge wave...
Austin: I’m happy to announce that Caroline Ellison has accepted a role at Manifund, to develop our funding platform and research how to effectively direct philanthropic dollars. In fact, she started a work trial on July 13, which converted to a fulltime role on Aug 10. Over the past two...
At a conference on post-AGI futures earlier this year, I proposed a session titled “What’s next for impact markets?” The conference speakers included the godfather of impact markets Paul Christiano himself, and noted supporters like Scott Alexander, Oli Habryka, and Andrew Critch — so I was hopeful that there would...
In the past three years, Manifund has run a regranting program, in which external donors who are less enmeshed in AI safety can delegate a budget to people with expertise, good track records, and wide networks. This year, we’re also offering the option to join as a self-funded regrantor. If...
Following up on Regranting in 2026, here are some people we’d be excited to have as regrantors! Good regrantors have at least one, and preferably more than one, of taste, dealflow, and hustle. We’ve divided them into rough categories with a bit of explanation, though many of these people could...
Mostly written by Carol, edits by Austin. Manifund is raising money for our 2026 AI safety regranting program! TL;DR * Early grants can have huge returns. * Dispersed part-time grantmakers can find opportunities before centralized funders. * Donating to Manifund Regranting puts your money in these opportunities. See also our...
And why our 2023 regrant to Timaeus was goated We think the for-profit funding ecosystem has some cool properties. Different funders naturally come in at different stages, from angel investors who are good at spotting early opportunities to large funds who might invest in late-stage startups to public market traders....