Meta Charity Funders

Meta Charity Funders (MCF) is a donor funding circle launched in July 2023 as a project of Ambitious Impact (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship). It was organized by Joey Savoie (co-founder of Ambitious Impact), Gage, and Vilhelm Skoglund. The premise is that many high-impact charitable projects work at one level removed from direct interventions - improving the effectiveness of others rather than delivering services directly - and that these meta organizations are systematically underfunded relative to their potential impact. MCF brings together a group of approximately ten individual donors who each commit to moving at least $100,000 per year toward meta charities. The circle operates two open grant rounds per year (typically Spring and Fall), accepting applications from any registered charity or fiscally sponsored project operating in the EA meta space. Each round receives roughly 60-110 applications, and MCF typically funds around 8-11 organizations per round. Grant sizes range from small awards under $50,000 for newer organizations to grants above $100,000 for established groups with demonstrated track records. In its first round (Winter 2023), MCF distributed $686,580 to six projects including Giving What We Can, Ge Effektivt, and Future Forward. The second round (Summer 2024) was significantly larger at $2,043,176 across eleven projects, including a $1,000,000 anonymous AI safety field-building initiative and $400,000 to Founders Pledge. The third round (Fall 2024) distributed $362,893 to ten projects, and the fourth round (Spring 2025) awarded approximately $530,000 to eight organizations focused on effective giving and community building in underserved regions. MCF deliberately focuses on organizations that have not already been substantially supported by larger actors like Open Philanthropy or EA Funds, helping to diversify the funding landscape for EA meta work. The circle's operational overhead is minimal; organizers estimate roughly 100 hours of collective effort per application cycle. MCF is affiliated with and operates as a project of Ambitious Impact, which provides organizational infrastructure.