EA Infrastructure Fund → Rational Animations
$30,000 reported 2021 award
Checked 12 September 2026
The fund report describes an early $30,000 award to Rational Animations and an audience-building rationale.
Early resources for audience development
EA Infrastructure Fund
A grantmaking fund whose 2021 recommendations included $30,000 for Rational Animations.
What the records establish
A grantmaking fund whose 2021 recommendations included $30,000 for Rational Animations. The fund’s stated rationale included attracting and deepening engagement with AI safety. This predates the present prohibition campaign and is not a grant for that exact campaign.
What the records show
From the investigation
4. Institutional seed funding with explicit audience-building rationale Primary fund-manager report: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/zAEC8BuLYdKmH54t7/ea-infrastructure-fund-may-2021-grant-recommendations Published June 3, 2021. Section YouTube channel Rational Animations ($30,000), under Buck Shlegeris's grant reports.
EA Infrastructure Fund reports a $30,000 award to the newly created channel. The report calls this the Q1 2021 round, states April 2021 payout, and also frames aggregate totals as conditional on grantees accepting full awards. Preserve that report-level qualification rather than calling this a bank receipt.
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The fund report describes an early $30,000 award to Rational Animations and an audience-building rationale. Award report, not bank evidence; report-level acceptance qualification applies. June publication describes the Q1 round and April payout.