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by kdmccormick 952 days ago
GP here.

Article is BS, that money wasn't stolen. The decision making behind the purchase was transparant. Furthering the cause of EA itself was a goal of the specific fund from which they drew that money [1]. It gives them a place to have big nice conferences, which drives donations which will well exceed $16M.

Anyway, I didn't donate to that fund. I donated to the Global Dev fund [2]. If you donated to fund [1], then you knew your money would be spent on stuff like conferences.

[1] https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/ea-community

[2] https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/global-development