Summary

• So far in 2025, EAIF has made 34 grants for a total of $2.4M and we expect to grant a total of $2.8M by the end of the year. 
• For EAIF to continue at the same level of grantmaking in 2026, we need to raise $1.9M in funding. 

EAIF's Grantmaking

The Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) aims to increase the impact of projects that use the principles of effective altruism, by increasing their access to talent, capital, and knowledge.

EAIF is part of EA Funds, which has recently merged with the Centre for Effective Altruism. The current Fund Managers at EAIF are Harri Besceli (author of this post) and Jamie Harris.

EAIF makes grants across a range of different areas, though typically these are aimed at the following:

• Awareness: Increasing awareness of the ideas of effective altruism (eg. EA related content and EA Groups).
• Careers: Increasing the number of people who are making career decisions based on the ideas and recommendations of effective altruism (eg.  EA Groups and Cause/ Path specific community building).
• Donations: Increasing the amount of money donated to causes and areas recommended by effective altruism (eg. effective giving projects).
• Community Support: Supporting members of the [...]

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