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"Climb that evolutionary ladder but then kick it away to reach a point where we can offer everybody the same regard that our ancestors only offered the people within their tribe."

This profile is part of the "People of Giving What We Can" series.

"By not talking about giving, we reduce the amount of giving." - Luke Freeman

"Lead exposure is responsible for income loss equivalent to like six to 8% of GDP every single year. There's a massive burden of disease, that's what we're trying to address." - Lucia Coulter

Welcome to our August Newsletter!

In June, the Positive Impact Society Erasmus (PISE) hosted a pledge party at which 13 PISE members celebrated taking The Giving What We Can Pledge or Try Giving Pledge for the first time. As PISE is a student group with a very small budget, Giving What We Can sponsored the event.

We recently spoke with Joshua Green, a renowned psychologist and author of the book Moral Tribes. He recently co-founded Giving Multiplier along with a Giving What We Can member Lucius Caviola.

As of July 2021, over 6,000 people have taken The Giving What We Can Pledge to give at least 10% of their lifetime incomes to highly effective charities.

Thanks to those of you who participated in our member motivations research! The results are in our latest report on why people pledge to give a meaningful portion of their incomes to effective charities.

Rickey shares why she took The Giving What We Can Pledge in 2019, what she'd say to people on the fence, and why she gives now instead of later.