Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice, published by Austin on August 14, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.

Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $100-$800 of funding towards the projects that have helped with your personal journey as an EA. Your choices then decide how $100k in matching will be allocated, via quadratic funding!

Sign up

here to get notified when the projects are live, or read on to learn more!

Timeline

Phase 1: Project registrations open (Aug 13)

Project organizers can now create a page for their projects

here, to raise funding as part of this EA Community Choice round.

Community members can sign up for updates

here, or recommend projects to sign up

here.

Phase 2: Community members receive funds (Aug 20)

We'll give everyone $100 to donate; more if you've been active in the EA community. Fill out a 2-minute form to claim your $100, plus bonuses for:

Donor: $100 for taking the GWWC 10% Pledge

Organizer: $100 for organizing any EA group

Scholar: $100 for having 100 or more karma on the EA Forum

Volunteer: $100 for volunteering at an EAG(x), Future Forum, or Manifest

Worker: $100 for working fulltime at an EA org, or full-time on an EA grant

Senior: $100 for having done any of the above prior to 2022

Insider: $100 if you had a Manifund account before August 2024

You can then donate your money to any project in the Community Choice round!

You can also leave comments about any specific project. This is a great way to share your experiences with the project organizer, or the rest of the EA community.

Funds in Phase 2 will be capped at $100k, first-come-first-served.

Phase 3: Funds matched and sent to projects (Sep 1)

Projects and donations will be locked in at the end of August. Then, all money donated will be matched against a $100k quadratic funding pool.

Unlike a standard 1:1 match, quadratic funding rewards a project with lots of small donors more than a project with few big donors. The broader the support, the bigger the match!

Specifically, the match is proportional the square of the sum of square roots of individual donations. A toy example:

Learn more about principles behind quadratic funding by reading

Vitalik Buterin's explainer, watching

this video, or

playing with this simulator.

What is an EA community project?

We don't have a strict definition, but roughly any project which helps you: learn about EA, connect with the EA community, or grow your impact in the world. We're casting a wide net; projects do not have to explicitly identify as EA to qualify (though, we also endorse

being proud of being EA). If you're not sure if you count, just apply!

Examples of projects we'd love to fund:

Community groups

Regional groups like

EA Philippines

Cause-specific groups like

Hive

University groups like EA Tufts

Physical spaces

Coworking spaces like

Lighthaven,

Epistea, and

AI Safety Serbia Hub

Housing like

CEEALAR and Berkeley REACH

Events

Conferences like Manifest, EAGx, LessOnline, and

AI, Animals, and Digital Minds

Extended gatherings like Manifest Summer Camp or Prague Fall Season

Recurring meetups like local groups or

online EA coworking

Tournaments like

Metaculus Tournaments or

The Estimation Game

Essay competitions like EA Criticism & Red Teaming Contest

Software

Tools like

Squiggle,

Carlo,

Fatebook, or

Guesstimate

Visualizations like

AI Digest

Datasets like

Donations List Website

Educational programs

Incubators like

AI Safety Camp and

Apart Hackathons

Course materials like

AI Safety Fundamentals

Information resources

Websites like

AISafety.com

Youtube channels like Rational Animations, Rob Miles, and

A Happier World

Podcasts like The 80k Podcast, The Dwarkesh Podcast, and

The Inside View

FAQ

What is Manifund?

Manifund is a platform for funding impactful pr...