8 years ago MMM donated to GiveWell, what happened next?

By Tyner @ 2024-10-15T18:39 (+21)

My question: Have there been any projects or any organized efforts to tap into the early retirement (or similar financial blog/podcast/influencer) community as small/medium funders of effective charities?

Background:

Mr. Money Mustache (MMM) is a popular financial blog focused on early retirement.  In October 2016 he published "Notes on Giving Away my First $100,000^[1]", $55K of which went to GiveWell.  This post includes a link to Peter Singer's TED talk about EA. 

In 2017 he posted again "How to Give Money (and Get Happiness) More Easily^[2]", which included giving $70K to GiveWell and there is a photo of some of the GiveWell staff which suggests some coordination and possibly efforts to publicize GiveWell as a giving option.  There's also a link to TheLifeYouCanSave.org

Subsequently, I could not find any references on the blog to effective altruism, Givewell, or anything similar.  This seems like a golden opportunity for coordination 7-8 years ago, though probably less of an opportunity with MMM now^[3].  So my question:

Have there been any projects or any organized efforts to tap into the early retirement (or similar financial blog/podcast/influencer) community as small/medium funders of effective charities?

Thanks.

1. ^{^}

   https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2016/10/26/notes-on-giving-away-100000/

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   https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2017/12/04/how-to-give-money-and-get-happiness-more-easily/

3. ^{^}

   Here's a few other misc. threads on this subject over the years.

   https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/emdqbe/effective_altruism_and_fire/

   https://www.abandonedcubicle.com/charitable-giving/

   https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/ask-a-mustachian/fire-effective-altruism/