Ten funds emerged as the strongest candidates from a rigorous multi-round review of 95 funds. Though they differ considerably across key dimensions, each holds significant impact potential and represents a compelling philanthropic opportunity
(There is one additional idea that I will give an honourable mention to, which is labour mobility. I really liked this area and would have recommended a fund in it, but I found out one was launching already which is quite a similar mandate to how I would have recommended it.) If you are a possible funder or founder of these funds (or funds in general) I would love to hear which funds you think would be promising.
Executive Summary A one-page table of the top ten possible funds, showing net score, likely effective size ($Ms), and brief descriptions.
Summaries of the Top 10 Funds
Summaries of each of the top 10 funds, including their theory of change, strengths and limitations, estimated cost-effectiveness, potential size, and overall promisingness.
The Case for Funds
An explanation of why funds are a promising philanthropic vehicle capable of delivering disproportionate impact, including the trade-offs between broad and narrow fund mandates and the rationale for prioritizing broader funds in this guide.
Methods
An explanation of the research methodology showing how funds were narrowed from 95 ideas to the ten most promising through iterative depth research.
Shallow Reports of Top 10 Funds
Shallow reports (3-pagers) for each of the top 10 funds, examining strengths, weaknesses, recommended size, cost-effectiveness, evidence base, limiting factors, value-add, potential size, potential breakdown of funding, alternative framings and ways to test. This is the deepest description of each fund within this report.
List and brief explanations of the bulk of ideas considered before narrowing, including how far each progressed in the evaluation process.
The most valuable next steps to advance the founding of top funds by capable actors.
Appendix (Scope of Project)
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