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Relevant to AI safety ecosystem building as many grant recipients focus on connecting students and professionals with AI safety research and career opportunities within the EA community-building framework.

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Summary

The Centre for Effective Altruism's Community Building Grants program provides funding and support to individuals and groups working to grow effective altruism communities, particularly at universities and in local areas. The program aims to cultivate talent pipelines and organizational capacity within the EA ecosystem, including for AI safety and existential risk work.

Key Points

•Provides grants to full-time and part-time community builders at universities and in local/national EA groups
•Focuses on expanding the EA talent pipeline, which feeds into AI safety, policy, and other cause areas
•Supports organizational infrastructure for the broader EA movement that underpins much AI safety community work
•Targets both student groups and professional/city-level EA communities globally
•Part of CEA's broader strategy to grow high-quality EA engagement and direct people toward high-impact careers

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# Community Building Grants Program

The Community Building Grants Program is one of CEA's most impactful programs, supporting community leaders across the globe to build strong local effective altruism communities.

**Note: CEA's Community Building Grants (CBG) program is not accepting applications or expressions of interest currently; we only evaluate grant renewal applications of existing CBG-funded effective altruism groups.**

If you want to learn about other funding options for EA groups, go to [this page.](https://resources.eagroups.org/support-and-funding-for-groups/funding-for-groups) If you have any questions about the program, email [groups@centreforeffectivealtruism.org](mailto:groups@centreforeffectivealtruism.org).

## Supporting EA groups and community builders across the world

### A program and a profession

The CBG program’s goal is to build flourishing communities of individuals who work to maximize their impact using critical reasoning and evidence. The program is focused on selected locations.

### Highly impactful

Local groups and in person connections are one of [the main ways](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/2af9EzPCEfcpx6efu/p/ZuGTc3awtG6nrziiq) that people get and stay involved with the effective altruism ideas and community.

In this program, organizers help to get many individuals more deeply involved in EA, and then support them in making effective career plans or donations.

In addition, 80,000 Hours recommend [promoting effective altruism](https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/promoting-effective-altruism/) as a high impact career path.

![EAG conversation (Donate page)](https://images.ctfassets.net/es8pp29e1wp8/3UTdnmgqqWFeFzBsQRJIhB/c4f746e61956c785cc9a9e4ea4c256c9/007.jpg)

### What are CBG alumni doing now?

Working as a professional community builder is a great way to prepare for other impactful work. Community builders develop skills, networks, and experience that could serve them well in management, operations, research, fundraising, entrepreneurship, and more. Many of our alumni move on to working for other organizations in the EA movement, or pursue long-term careers in community-building.

## Join us in building a community

## dedicated to doing good

## Join us in building a community dedicated to doing good

[View open roles at CEA →](https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/careers)

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