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EduardHL

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EduardHL··on Launch HN: Effective Altruism Funds (YC W17 Nonprofit)
Congrats on your venture!

Will you give more detail on how you address the following four steps mentioned in your website:

1. Which problem areas are most important?

Metrics used for each fund (DALYs, etc.)? Sources used? etc.

2. Which interventions are likely to make progress in solving the problem?

Sources used? How do you evaluate interventions with less predictable outcomes (such as clean energy research)? etc.

3. Which charities executing those interventions are most effective?

Indicators used? Type of due diligence? Do you rely only on reports or do you also regularly check on-the-ground reality? etc.

4. Which charities have a funding gap that is unlikely to be filled elsewhere?

Methodology (funding inflow/outflow models and/or constant dialogue with organisations ...)?

Again, really great initiative; would be interested to understand more in detail.