Community building and institutional host

Centre for Effective Altruism

EA community institution and home of the new AI seed-funding programme.

Background

CEA supports the effective-altruism community through events, groups and online discussion. Its CEO Zachary Robinson previously managed communications and grantmaking functions at Open Philanthropy. The LTFF closure exposes a concrete governance tradeoff: hosting infrastructure brings legal and reputational constraints that some outgoing managers preferred to leave.

Role in this network

CEA supports the effective-altruism community through events, groups and online discussion. Its CEO Zachary Robinson previously managed communications and grantmaking functions at Open Philanthropy. The LTFF closure exposes a concrete governance tradeoff: hosting infrastructure brings legal and reputational constraints that some outgoing managers preferred to leave.

What the records show

Effective Ventures Foundation USACentre for Effective Altruism

Fiscal sponsor

2026-09-19

CEA's press kit identifies EV USA as its fiscal sponsor.

Zachary RobinsonCentre for Effective Altruism

CEO since February 2024

2026-09-19

CEA records Robinson's appointment.

Further reading

The fund split: CEA, LTFF and Lightcone Commons

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What the connections say

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