We Need Unhobbled Donors - by Saheb Gulati

The case for aggressively front-loading giving before the coming wave of capital.

We Need Unhobbled Donors The case for aggressively front-loading giving before the coming wave of capital. Saheb Gulati May 21, 2026 17 2 Share An unhobbled donor. TL;DR: A large wave of philanthropic capital is coming, but it will be deployed slowly and unevenly. This means that the neglectedness and tractability of different interventions will dramatically change. We are missing unhobbled donors who can give fast before the wave, and seed the neglected projects megafunders will not. “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” - George S. Patton It

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