EA - EA Giving Tuesday will likely hibernate in 2022, unless handed off to another EA-aligned organization by mjamer

Link to original articleWelcome 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: EA Giving Tuesday will likely hibernate in 2022, unless handed off to another EA-aligned organization, published by mjamer on August 26, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Summary We’re actively seeking an EA-aligned organization to lead EA Giving Tuesday in 2022 and future years. If you have ideas or leads, reach out to me (Megan Jamer) at [email protected]. Since 2017, the EA Giving Tuesday donation matching initiative has helped hundreds of EA donors direct over $1.9M USD in extra funding to effective nonprofits. Rethink Charity currently houses EA Giving Tuesday, and needs to hand it over to another EA-aligned organization before giving season. If not handed off, EA Giving Tuesday will “hibernate.” It’s likely the website and most of the resources will remain online indefinitely, but may be out of date. What is EA Giving Tuesday? EA Giving Tuesday organizes people around a shared goal: to direct matching funds to highly effective nonprofits that they wouldn't otherwise receive. The project supports donors and highly effective nonprofits, to make it as easy as possible to participate in matching opportunities with counterfactual value. EA Giving Tuesday has historically been focused on Facebook’s Giving Tuesday match. If you’re unfamiliar with the project, there’s in-depth information on our website, and in the EA Giving Tuesday 2020 retrospective. Since 2019, EA Giving Tuesday has been housed within Rethink Charity. How valuable is EA Giving Tuesday? The project’s main impact metric is matching funds directed to effective nonprofits during Facebook’s match. Here is what donors have accomplished through EA Giving Tuesday’s preparation and coordination efforts: YearDonatedMatchedOverall match %Learn more2017$379k$48k13%EA Forum post2018$719k$469k65%EA Forum post2019$1.1M$563k52%EA Forum post2020$1.6M$412k25%EA Forum post2021$1.4M$411k29%Website The value of the matching funds should be weighed against the resources required to run the project. You can find more information about project inputs in the EA Forum posts linked in the table above. The project may have other sources of value, including: Offering a way for EAs to collaborate and take tangible action together Potentially inspiring EAs to donate more, because of the match Being a source of frustration and joy that fuels the creation of potentially dank memes When does the project need to be handed off by? A hand off plan will likely need to be in place by September 30, 2022, if EA Giving Tuesday is to be actively run this year. Otherwise, the project will “hibernate.” The next section describes some likely changes under this “hibernation” scenario. I’m a donor or effective nonprofit that’s participated in EA Giving Tuesday? What does this update mean for me? EA Giving Tuesday will very likely “hibernate” if not handed off. Donors and nonprofits will see key changes in this hibernation form: We expect the website and most of the resources will likely remain online indefinitely. Donations will need to be made without a restriction (e.g., “Nonprofit’s X Project”) or the need for a regranting arrangement (e.g., “Nonprofit A via Nonprofit B”). We’ll add disclaimers to the website and resources (i.e., instructions and FAQ) to reflect that they won’t have been updated since 2021 and may be out of date. If the project is handed off successfully with enough lead time before Giving Tuesday, its incoming leadership would plan and execute a 2022 strategy. What type of organization could be a good fit to lead this project? Here’s some characteristics of an organization that could be a great fit: The org’s mission involves effective giving and/or EA community building. The org is an active member of the EA community, and would take trust and relationships with donors and nonprofits in this community seriously. ...