Information for Effective Altruism Foundation

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Basic information

Item Value
Other names EAF
Country Germany, Switzerland, United States
Facebook username ea.stiftung
Twitter username @EA_Stiftung
Website https://ea-foundation.org/
Hosted organizations Raising for Effective Giving
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2019 17 Anni Leskelä, David Althaus, David Althaus, Johannes Treutlein, Lukas Gloor, Persis Eskander Sarah Dörpinghaus, Stefan Torges Ozy Brennan Brian Tomasik, Dina Pomeranz, Klaus Wälde, Melinda Lohmann, Rajshri Jayaraman, Sascha Fink, Stefan Klein, Thomas Metzinger
2020 17 Anni Leskelä, David Althaus, David Althaus, Johannes Treutlein, Lukas Gloor, Persis Eskander Sarah Dörpinghaus, Stefan Torges Ozy Brennan Brian Tomasik, Dina Pomeranz, Klaus Wälde, Melinda Lohmann, Rajshri Jayaraman, Sascha Fink, Stefan Klein, Thomas Metzinger

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2019-01-01 3 David Althaus, Johannes Treutlein, Persis Eskander
2020-01-01 8 Anni Leskelä, David Althaus, David Althaus, Johannes Treutlein, Lukas Gloor, Persis Eskander, Sarah Dörpinghaus, Stefan Torges

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
1 1 0 Max Daniel
2019-01-01 6 5 0 David Althaus, Johannes Treutlein, Ozy Brennan, Persis Eskander, Thomas Metzinger
2019-12-01 18 12 0 Anni Leskelä, Brian Tomasik, David Althaus, Dina Pomeranz, Klaus Wälde, Lukas Gloor, Melinda Lohmann, Rajshri Jayaraman, Sarah Dörpinghaus, Sascha Fink, Stefan Klein, Stefan Torges
2020-03-06 0 0 -18 Anni Leskelä, Brian Tomasik, David Althaus, David Althaus, Dina Pomeranz, Johannes Treutlein, Klaus Wälde, Lukas Gloor, Max Daniel, Melinda Lohmann, Ozy Brennan, Persis Eskander, Rajshri Jayaraman, Sarah Dörpinghaus, Sascha Fink, Stefan Klein, Stefan Torges, Thomas Metzinger

List of people (18 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Anni Leskelä Researcher 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 [1], [2]
Brian Tomasik Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
David Althaus Director of Strategy (Foundational Research Institute) 2019-01-01 2020-03-06 [3], [2]
David Althaus Researcher 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 [1], [2]
Dina Pomeranz Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Johannes Treutlein Research and Growth (Foundational Research Institute) 2019-01-01 2020-03-06 [3], [2]
Klaus Wälde Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Lukas Gloor Senior Researcher 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 [1], [4], [2]
Max Daniel Researcher 2020-03-06 [5], [2]
Melinda Lohmann Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Ozy Brennan Research Associate (Wild Animal Suffering Research) 2019-01-01 2020-03-06 [3], [2]
Persis Eskander Executive Director (Wild Animal Suffering Research) 2019-01-01 2020-03-06 [3], [2]
Rajshri Jayaraman Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Sarah Dörpinghaus Catering 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 [1], [2]
Sascha Fink Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Stefan Klein Advisor 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 advisor [1], [2]
Stefan Torges Co-Executive Director 2019-12-01 2020-03-06 [1], [2]
Thomas Metzinger Advisor 2019-01-01 2020-03-06 advisor [3], [2]

Products (0 products)

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Organization documents (1 document)

Title Publication date Author Publisher Affected organizations Affected people Document scope Cause area Notes
Working at EA organizations series: Effective Altruism Foundation 2015-10-26 SoerenMind EA Forum Effective Altruism Foundation Hiring-related notice Effective altruism In this interview, Effective Altruism Foundation executive director Jonas Vollmer explains the current talent needs at the organization, as well as the interview process, position competitiveness, and why work at EAF

Documents (0 documents)

Title Publication date Author Publisher Affected organizations Affected people Affected agendas Notes

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Global Priorities Institute 1 Lucius Caviola
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence 1 Lucius Caviola
Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research 1 Max Daniel
Future Matters 1 Max Räuker
Rethink Priorities 1 Max Räuker
Longview Philanthropy 1 Natalie Cargill
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