Head of the EA Infrastructure Fund

About the role

We’re hiring a Head for the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). This is an opportunity to shape millions of dollars in grantmaking toward the organizations, research, and community‑building efforts that strengthen effective altruism’s foundations, while also overseeing an updated version of CEA’s Community Building Grants (CBG) program. You’ll have significant autonomy to define the fund’s strategic direction, grow its donor base, and build EAIF into an even more compelling vehicle for impact.

Key responsibilities

• Investigate and evaluate grant opportunities rigorously, assessing theories of change, team strength, expected impact, and other relevant factors.
• Actively source high‑quality applications and grantmaking opportunities, including encouraging promising individuals to pursue projects EAIF could fund.
• Communicate grantmaking reasoning transparently through reports, feedback, and public writing.
• Contribute to improvements in the grantmaking processes of EA Funds.
• Develop a compelling strategy for EAIF’s focus areas, grant types, and role in the funding ecosystem.
• Oversee an updated version of CEA’s Community Building Grants program, ensuring effective funding of strong EA community builders worldwide.
• Represent EAIF and the Community Building Grants program within the EA community and to external stakeholders.
• Contribute to EA Funds’ broader strategic direction as a senior team member.
• Grow EAIF’s donor base in collaboration with other CEA teams.
• Build and cultivate relationships with potential donors.
• Communicate EAIF’s impact and strategy in honest and compelling ways.
• Develop strategic partnerships with aligned funders and organizations.
• Collaborate with grantees and groups of grantees to help them succeed and maximize impact.
• Contribute to the broader EA community’s thinking on funding priorities and strategic questions.
• Hire and manage additional staff to support grantmaking efforts as the fund grows.