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Lightcone Commons is a new funding platform for coordinating large-scale ambitious philanthropy.
We recruit thinkers with strong track records to make grant recommendations to funders. Anyone giving away 100 thousand dollars+ per year is welcome to join. We are facilitating ~20 million dollars of grants in our first round, and hopefully more every 3 months after that. Evaluators are paid 2% of recommendations, and we charge a 3% platform fee.
We handle all logistics and due diligence for funding recommendations to charities, individuals, and for-profits. Funders maintain full control over their funds, and there are no vetoes or constraints on what recommendations we generate.
Apply for funding here.
I am launching Lightcone Commons, our software-first platform for distributing philanthropic funding. We connect funders with giving opportunities, coordinate splitting the bill with others who want to fund the same projects, and make it easy to defer to grant evaluators who vet applications and scout for new grantmaking opportunities. Funders can leave and join the platform at any time and without the need to commit any funds in advance.
I and my team (together with SFC, Andrew Critch, and others) have been developing software used to distribute [...]
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Outline:
(03:54) Funder FAQ
(20:10) Applicant FAQ
(26:17) Evaluator FAQ
(34:14) Misc FAQ
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First published:
July 23rd, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tjeoLz2GzfFMysZhg/lightcone-commons
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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Lightcone Commons is a new funding platform for coordinating large-scale ambitious philanthropy.
We recruit thinkers with strong track records to make grant recommendations to funders. Anyone giving away 100 thousand dollars+ per year is welcome to join. We are facilitating ~20 million dollars of grants in our first round, and hopefully more every 3 months after that. Evaluators are paid 2% of recommendations, and we charge a 3% platform fee.
We handle all logistics and due diligence for funding recommendations to charities, individuals, and for-profits. Funders maintain full control over their funds, and there are no vetoes or constraints on what recommendations we generate.
Apply for funding here.
I am launching Lightcone Commons, our software-first platform for distributing philanthropic funding. We connect funders with giving opportunities, coordinate splitting the bill with others who want to fund the same projects, and make it easy to defer to grant evaluators who vet applications and scout for new grantmaking opportunities. Funders can leave and join the platform at any time and without the need to commit any funds in advance.
I and my team (together with SFC, Andrew Critch, and others) have been developing software used to distribute [...]
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Outline:
(03:54) Funder FAQ
(20:10) Applicant FAQ
(26:17) Evaluator FAQ
(34:14) Misc FAQ
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First published:
July 23rd, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tjeoLz2GzfFMysZhg/lightcone-commons
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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