“We’re a tad funding-constrained” by John Salter
Fuck caveats. Fuck hedging. I'm going to write precisely what I believe. About us We use volunteers to treat mental illnesses and otherwise help people become happier and more productive. We mainly use CBT and ACT. Here's an overview of our results: Data on General PopulationAverage from across all the client groups we serve. Excludes dropouts. On average, people are 2 points out of 10 happier after their first six sessions. Each session costs just $5 to deliver (ALL costs inclusive - marketing, training of coach, supervision, management, etc). Here are the preliminary results of an RCT we're doing to treat insomnia. I'm showing this to demonstrate our results against a control group. This RCT only cost us $32k (all costs inclusive) to run because almost all the relevant staff were volunteers. The biggest marginal costs for most charities, by far, are counsellor salaries and client acquisition. We [...] ---Outline:(00:12) About us(00:27) Data on General Population(03:45) Testimonials from Founders(04:44) To demonstrate that Im not cherry-picking(06:03) Funding(07:05) Heres what we could do with different sums of money(07:10) Successfully treat someone who otherwise couldnt afford it: $45(08:44) Successfully treat one EA founder: $350(09:15) Double our applicant pool every month for a year: $4.5k(09:37) Let me work on Overcome full-time: $15.7k(09:58) Let us take a shot at becoming fully self-sufficient: $35k(10:32) Cover our entire operating costs for a year: $150k(11:03) Other ways to helpThe original text contained 5 images which were described by AI. --- First published: November 18th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qsFB2tNze63L7Koiq/we-re-a-tad-funding-constrained --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.