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I recently noticed that my expectations of what various organisations are spending are way off, so I tried to gather some data.

This excludes money moved through the organisation but re-granted outside of it. For organisations that did not have a more recent budget, I graphed their historical trends between publicly available budgets, and assumed that fundraising targets would be hit at the organisation's mid-level.

Happy to correct any of these if anyone can link to more updated data!

OrganisationEstimated 2024 budgetCentre for Effective Altruism$30 millionGiveWell$28 million80,000 Hours$15.5 million (excludes marketing)Rethink Priorities$8.3 millionFounders Pledge$7 millionLightcone $3.7 millionGiving What We Can$2.35 millionCharity Entrepreneurship $2 millionAnimal charity evaluators $1.5 millionManifold markets$1 millionHappier lives institute$0.85 million One for the world$0.6 millionProbably good$0.5 million

Data/sources - all numbers normed for 2024

Centre for effective altruism $30 million - $28m in 2022, events ~$10m, EA forum ~$2m

GiveWell $28 million - extrapolated from historical planned budgets e.g. $25.4 million in 2023

80,000 hours $15.5 million (excluding marketing)

Rethink priorities $8.3 million - extrapolated from $7.5 million in 2022 + the medium growth estimate

Founders pledge $7 million - extrapolated from the trends of $4m in 2020 to 2021 $5.6m

Metaculus $2.75 million - extrapolated that this $5m grant is over 2 years

Lightcone/Lesswrong $3.7 million

Giving what we can $2 million

Charity Entrepreneurship $2 million - extrapolated from $1.62 million in 2023

Animal charity evaluators $1.5 million (not including regranting)

Manifold markets $1 million

Happier lives institute $0.8 million - most recent fundraising post

One For The World $0.6 million - extrapolated from $0.5m in 2022

Probably good - $0.5 million - extrapolated from $0.3m in 2022

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