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As of right now, I've sent:
$11k to Balsa Research

$10k to Rethink Priorities

$5k to QURI

$5k to Givewell

Thanks to everyone for discussions on this subject!

@Austin Thanks for the support!

Link to some previous discussion: https://manifold.markets/jack/which-of-manifolds-supported-charit#nQAzAV5xXemN5Jtbtrm7

For me, Long Term Future Fund is my current baseline/default. I am also a fan of EA infra/meta work but I don't have a great idea of how to compare them (yet). I think we have reasonably similar preferences and thinking.

I didn't consider Rethink Priorities at the time, they seem like a very strong contender at a glance but I haven't evaluated them deeply.

@Austin Fulfills the "startup-y" criteria and also tackles an area that has been underpowered. I have also sent donations before to @ZviMowshowitz for his Covid posts. Concerns here might be that 1) Balsa isn't funding constrained, or 2) Balsa turns out not to be that valuable because the problem area of "actually getting policies implemented in govt" is too intractable

@Austin I've already sent $1k via Manifold to RP; I like their transparency a lot (very high-quality EA forum posts detailing how they think about their work); and @PeterWildeford is an active Manifold user and I'd like to bribe other charities into forecasting more often 😉

@Austin Thank you for your support!

When you donate to charity, does your mana balance actually go down?

@AmmonLam Yup! Though a lot of the mana balance is being held by my mule account @NinthCause at the moment

(I mostly do this to keep my own mana balance as a rough approximation of what other users on the site might experience, for better dogfooding. It was also a funny pseudonym, once upon a time)

@Austin Thanks for the info, first time I find out that @NinthCause exist! Is there an article somewhere that explains how mana balance for Manifold employee works?

Questions such as: Can manifold employee/ @NinthCause print Mana out of thin air? How much monthly "mana allowance" are given to each manifold employee?
Are there limitations to what market manifold employee can patriciate in?

@AmmonLam Thanks for asking! Not a comprehensive article unfortunately, but briefly:

• Every Manifold employee gets 1 million mana a year ($10k) to donate to charity (or spend otherwise)

• I get more (~$110k a year) because I take only $1 of salary

• Otherwise, Manifold employees are not supposed to print mana for themselves

• We don't limit what markets Manifold team members participate in

@Austin the explanation is clear, thanks!

@Austin Amazing that you get your salary in Manifold dollars