GiveWell partners with co-founder of Instagram and his fiancée.
http://blog.givewell.org/2015/04/23/co-funding-partnership-with-kaitlyn-trigger-and-mike-krieger/
We are excited to announce a new co-funding partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and her fiancé Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram)...supporting the Open Philanthropy Project’s work...
...Kaitlyn and Mike have made a financial commitment of $750,000 over the next two years...
...We have reserved a desk in the office for Kaitlyn, and she expects to spend around two days a week there. While she also will work on her own projects, she will join team meetings…be included in internal correspondence around our process, and do some work…Our goal is to give her an inside look at the Open Philanthropy Project process and generally be a resource to her in learning about how to give as effectively as possible...
...To date, we haven’t actively sought partnerships along these lines. Kaitlyn and Mike suggested it…
My scorecard:
GiveWell Loses
Small amount of productivity (Teaching Kaitlyn)
Large amount of credibility (Donors influenced priorities)
GiveWell Gains
$750,000
Higher expected donations from Krieger and his network of wealthy friends
What do you think of the partnership? I am disappointed, but open to changing my mind.
GiveWell already has donors that might influence priorities. I don't think having donors means losing credibility.
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