“The 2024 Giving What We Can Donor Lottery is now open” by Sarah Baka 🔸, Giving What We Can, Fabio Kuhn🔸, Lorenzo Buonanno🔸

The Giving What We Can Donor Lottery is now open with a block size of $200,000 USD! Interested in donor lotteries? We suggest you read our in-depth page on donor lotteries to understand the concept better. Here's a quick summary: A donor lottery gives you a chance to direct a larger sum of money while keeping your own donation amount the same. For example, you could donate $1,000 and have a 1% chance of directing a $100,000 pot, or donate $5,000 and have a 5% chance of directing a $100,000 pot. If you win, the larger sum makes it worthwhile to spend more time deciding where the money should go. This extra time can lead to better decisions and greater impact, without changing the amount you were planning to donate in the first place. Because of this, we believe donor lotteries are one of the most effective [...] ---Outline:(01:34) Key dates(02:19) How to enter the donor lottery(02:28) Providing backstop funds(02:46) Questions?The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: December 2nd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JKRmp573DHCpcjSAr/the-2024-giving-what-we-can-donor-lottery-is-now-open --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.