Instead of trying to find more donors and hoping the projects come, start at the other end of the equation: solicit really amazing projects to apply on Manifund, and then reach out for funding there

Specific projects Manifund would love to support

• Asterisk
• Sage
• Squiggle? Dagger?
• ?

Generating more projects to ask

• Which independent labs are doing great work?
• Which EA projects are languishing?
• What are the top Nonlinear grants?
• Which are the best passed apps from LTFF each month?
• Which software projects are mindblowing?
• What’s on https://aisafety.world/ ?

What makes for a successful open call project?

• New, small enough to not already have 501c3/fiscal sponsorship
• Broad base of support (like AI Safety Camp)
• Ask is in the $10k-$100k range
• Not trusted much by OpenPhil already