Effective Altruism Geneva

Effective Altruism Geneva is a volunteer-run Swiss nonprofit association (IDE CHE-357.229.406) founded on October 13, 2015, and based at Rue des Photographes 2, 1207 Geneva. It is one of the earliest and most established EA community groups in continental Europe, having shared its early history with the EA Foundation before becoming independent. The organization was co-founded by Konrad Seifert and Maxime Stauffer, both of whom later co-founded the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance. The current board includes Alix Pham, Marcel Steimke, Julian Englert, Konrad Seifert, and Maxime Stauffer. Day-to-day community activities are managed by a small team of volunteer organizers. EA Geneva promotes a humane and practical framework for allocating effort and resources by applying evidence and reason to cause prioritization. It focuses on three main areas: helping skilled professionals find high-impact roles addressing priority causes such as AI safety and global catastrophic risks; guiding philanthropists and grant-making institutions toward effective funding allocation; and encouraging policymakers in Geneva's international institutions to integrate cause-prioritization into their work. The organization runs regular community events including meetups, reading groups, socials, and speaker events. Working groups focus on policy strategy and AI safety research. As of early 2026, EA Geneva hosts events at venues including the University of Geneva, the Graduate Institute (IHEID), and other central Geneva locations. EA Geneva legally hosts EA Switzerland, the national effective altruism organization formed by the merger of EA Geneva and EA Zurich. Funding for EA Switzerland operations comes largely from Open Philanthropy's Global Catastrophic Risks capacity (80-90%). EA Geneva itself received an $18,000 grant from the EA Meta Fund in March 2019 for a policy research project on prioritization in policy-making.