Former staff: Sam worked as a developer on the EA Funds team. Until the end of 2020, he was CEA's Head of Tech. Before that, he worked in policy and communications roles for several high-profile Australian politicians, and was part of the team that won the 'unwinnable' 2014 South Australian state election. He studied Politics and History at the University of Adelaide, and has nearly a decade of experience as a web developer.

[sam@centreforeffectivealtruism.org](mailto:sam@centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

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Sam Deere

We recently published an [EA Forum post](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9nHZZ83oWaNzaMi3F/effective-altruism-funds-project-updates) to summarize what [EA Funds](https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/about) is and how it is organized, and to share a set of recent updates on the project's grantmaking, public data, and plans for 2020.

EA Funds: project updates (December 2019)