Some things I noticed while LARPing as a grantmaker — LessWrong

Written to a new grantmaker. • The first three points are the most important. …

x Some things I noticed while LARPing as a grantmaker — LessWrong SHUT UP AND MULTIPLY Philanthropy / Grant making (Topic) World Optimization Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 11 % 157 Some things I noticed while LARPing as a grantmaker by Zach Stein-Perlman 23rd Mar 2026 8 min read 11 157 Written to a new grantmaker. The first three points are the most important. Focus on opportunities many times your bar. Most value comes from finding/creating projects many times your bar, rather than discriminating between opportunities around your bar. If you find/create a new opportunity to donate $1M at 10x your b

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