{"id":1023,"date":"2014-12-15T03:53:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T03:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:26:48","slug":"donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/donations\/","title":{"rendered":"My donations, 2013-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

To encourage others to give<\/a> and to keep myself accountable, I’ve decided to\u00a0start\u00a0a log of my charitable donations. This report\u00a0covers donations made during the\u00a0period\u00a02013-2016, and will be updated\u00a0at\u00a0the end of each new year. I may also start tracking money moved in addition to direct donations, as Peter does<\/a>, and might\u00a0provide information about\u00a0donations made prior to\u00a02013, if I find the relevant records.<\/p>\n

Note that the amounts I donate are very modest relative to those donated by some of the effective altruists I most admire, such as Brian<\/a>, Peter<\/a>, Jeff<\/a>, and Michael<\/a>. At some point in the past, I considered earning to give<\/a>, but ultimately decided that I could have a much bigger impact through direct work, in particular by multiplying the impact of other, highly impactful EAs. I estimate that my current impact through direct work, counterfactually adjusted, is maybe 100 times my impact through donations (the EA I work for, who moves hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to cost-effective charities and has considerable direct impact through public advocacy and outreach, believes that I make him ~\u2153 more impactful and that I’m largely irreplaceable).<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t
Year<\/th>Income<\/th>Donated<\/th>Income donated<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>$30,549.30<\/td>$4,335.47<\/td>14.19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>$24,000.00<\/td>$5,660.75<\/td>23.59%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>$23,627.28<\/td>$4,588.66<\/td>19.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>$18,855.00<\/td>$4,989.71<\/td>26.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>$6,000.00<\/td>$3,025.00<\/td>50.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total<\/th>$103,031.58<\/th>$22,599.59<\/th>21.93%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n\n

Detailed breakdown<\/h3>\n

Note: many of the donations to the Centre for Effective Altruism\u2014my employer between May 2013 and June 2014, and July 2016 until June 2018\u2014were in the form of unclaimed expenses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Recipient<\/th>Amount<\/th>Date        <\/th>Comment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Animal Charity Evaluators<\/td>$1,000.00<\/td>2013-01-01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Charity Evaluators<\/td>$1,000.00<\/td>2013-02-01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Charity Evaluators<\/td>$1,000.00<\/td>2013-03-01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MIRI<\/td>$25.00<\/td>2013-08-29<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internet Archive<\/td>$2,594.77<\/td>2014-01-01<\/td>Date uncertain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Ethics<\/td>$5.00<\/td>2014-07-09<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Diabetes Federation<\/td>$5.00<\/td>2014-07-09<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foundational Research Institute<\/td>$5.00<\/td>2014-07-09<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vegan Outreach<\/td>$10.00<\/td>2014-07-09<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative<\/td>$30.00<\/td>2014-07-09<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Against Malaria Foundation<\/td>$20.00<\/td>2014-09-19<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown charity<\/em><\/td>$0.79<\/td>2014-10-14<\/td>Airport coin collector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Ethics<\/td>$5.00<\/td>2014-10-17<\/td>Reward in exchange for feedback.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNICEF?<\/td>$0.79<\/td>2014-10-26<\/td>Airport coin collector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNICEF?<\/td>$1.57<\/td>2014-11-13<\/td>Airport coin collector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Listen to your ears<\/td>$30.69<\/td>2014-12-01<\/td>Support for tango project (non-EA).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative<\/td>$100.00<\/td>2014-12-03<\/td>Peter Hurford\u2019s fundraiser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Against Malaria Foundation<\/td>$100.00<\/td>2014-12-07<\/td>Roxanne Heston\u2019s fundraiser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EA Outreach (CEA)<\/td>$2,081.11<\/td>2014-12-11<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greg Colbourn's fundraiser<\/td>$43.20<\/td>2015-04-23<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Charity Evaluators<\/td>$69.35<\/td>2015-09-29<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Effective Altruism Austria<\/td>$76.66<\/td>2015-10-01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown charity<\/em><\/td>$1.17<\/td>2015-12-08<\/td>Airport coin collector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$72.00<\/td>2015-12-14<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amber Morgan<\/td>$28.80<\/td>2015-12-28<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EA researcher<\/td>$4,320.45<\/td>2015-12-31<\/td>I partly funded the salary of an academic working on infinite ethics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deworm the World Initiative<\/td>$130.67<\/td>2016-04-23<\/td>Roxanne Heston's fundraiser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foundational Research Institute<\/td>$326.66<\/td>2016-06-01<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EA researcher<\/td>$2,986.22<\/td>2016-08-05<\/td>I helped a prominent EA figure who was going through financial hardship.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multiple charities (AMF, SCI, GD, GW, GWWC)<\/td>$200.00<\/td>2016-08-11<\/td>Theron Pummer's fundraiser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$96.39<\/td>2016-09-29<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shulman-Christiano donor lottery<\/td>$2,000.00<\/td>2016-12-07<\/td>See here<\/a> for details.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$169.95<\/td>2017-01-15<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$29.89<\/td>2017-02-17<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$39.20<\/td>2017-02-17<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$31.78<\/td>2017-02-20<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$15.66<\/td>2017-02-21<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$29.72<\/td>2017-02-21<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Against Malaria Foundation<\/td>$117.04<\/td>2017-03-02<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$17.36<\/td>2017-03-14<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EA researcher<\/td>$28.84<\/td>2017-05-26<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$11.47<\/td>2017-06-10<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$13.41<\/td>2017-06-14<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$5.84<\/td>2017-06-21<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$10.25<\/td>2017-06-23<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$13.21<\/td>2017-06-23<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$285.54<\/td>2017-06-23<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$10.79<\/td>2017-06-26<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$13.28<\/td>2017-06-26<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$49.69<\/td>2017-06-26<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$51.70<\/td>2017-06-26<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$10.29<\/td>2017-07-19<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$26.39<\/td>2017-07-20<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$7.69<\/td>2017-07-22<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$13.45<\/td>2017-07-22<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$12.22<\/td>2017-07-28<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Animal Charity Evaluators<\/td>$20.00<\/td>2017-08-21<\/td>Donated by a friend on my behalf to thank me for having helped her.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$2,481.43<\/td>2017-11-10<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$773.49<\/td>2017-11-10<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>$1.49<\/td>2017-12-04<\/td>Airport coin collector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>$0.81<\/td>2017-12-14<\/td>Misc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centre for Effective Altruism<\/td>$11.86<\/td>2017-12-27<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n
Latest update: 16th October, 2019<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To encourage others to give and to keep myself accountable, I’ve decided to\u00a0start\u00a0a log of my charitable donations. This report\u00a0covers donations made during the\u00a0period\u00a02013-2016, and will be updated\u00a0at\u00a0the end of each new year. I may also start tracking money moved in addition to direct donations, as Peter does, and might\u00a0provide information about\u00a0donations made prior to\u00a02013, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/2337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stafforini.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}