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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....
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the design of grant programs, from small microgrants to regranting to ambitious new platforms to galaxy-brained schemes for impact markets. Here are five components that I think any grant program needs to be good: 1. Money This one is obvious: a grant program...
Blogs have shaped our philosophical worldviews, found us careers and friends, and changed our lives. There’s a good chance that a great blog of yore is the reason you’re reading this right now. But many great bloggers have stopped blogging. The pile-on dynamics of the internet discourage unfiltered thoughts, and...
You want to do something to help AI go well and are starting a project to make that happen. Should you create a nonprofit or a for-profit? A lot of charitably-minded people naturally default to “nonprofit.” Their goal is to do good things for others, not make money for themselves....