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📖 Written guides to maximise your charitable impact
🌟 Featured resource
Updated yearly, this is our research team's recommendations for where to donate for maximum impact.
How big is the difference between a good charity and a great charity? Here's what we think and why, along with five ways you can multiply your impact.
Learn the what, why, and how of effective giving so you can help better.
Did you know there are charity evaluators who leverage thousands of hours of research to find the most incredible programs? Find out who they are and how they're different.
Charity is one of the most underrated ways to make a difference. Find out how much power it can have.
🎥 Video guides to maximise your charitable impact
An introduction to some of the key reasons behind effective giving via a provocative question: how rich are you compared to the rest of the world?
What is "cost-effectiveness" and why should you care about it? Watch this short explainer.
Find out how you can use cost effectiveness as a way to evaluate which charities will help you make the biggest impact with your donation.
What to focus on when the things you care about completely dwarf the number of things you could possibly impact within your lifetime?! Here's why cause prioritisation matters and how to do it.
In this video, Luke talks through common standards for deciding how much to give to charity and what to consider when choosing a level of giving that's right for you.
♥️ How a giving pledge maximises charitable impact
What we know about the power of a giving pledge.
The three top reasons to take a public giving pledge.
Want to change the world? It starts with each of us leading by example. In this video, we look at the role of social proof & norms in building a better world.
It started as one person's desire to make a difference...and turned into a global movement.
🔨 Tools
🌟 Featured tool
Find out how rich you are compared to the rest of the world.
Got questions about giving? We've got answers. Pick from a list of common questions and get tailored resources to help guide you.
Upcoming birthday, wedding, or marathon? Why not ask your friends & family to support your favorite effective charities! We make it easy to create beautiful fundraisers for any of the programs on our platform — and it's a great way to spread the word about effective giving ❤️
Leaving money to effective charities in your will is a great way to make giving a part of your legacy. Our Bequests page walks you through the process.
✍️ Featured blog posts
Can one person really make a difference?
Should charity begin at home?
Can money buy happiness?
Common concerns about donating to charity
Measuring global inequality
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