Do more than you thought possible this Giving Season
We are excited to encourage our global community to donate to highly effective charities this Giving Season. When we come together as a community, we can have an incredible impact and make the world better for all its inhabitants, for generations to come.
Just released: Giving What We Can’s top-rated and listed charities and funds for 2022
Giving What We Can has updated our top-rated and listed charities and funds. Our research team have applied our new inclusion criteria and worked closely with trusted evaluators GiveWell, Animal Charity Evaluators, Founders Pledge, Longview Philanthropy and EA Funds to develop the list of recommendations.
View Giving What We Can’s top-rated charities and funds
Read our announcement on the forum
Join us for Effective Giving Day on Monday 28th November
Our community sharing why they give effectively
This year the global effective giving community is celebrating on the 28th of November (29th of November Asia/Pacific)!
Our event on YouTube Live will help you learn:
- How just one person really can make a difference: How to 100x your impact through effective donations
- The newest findings in the philanthropic space from industry leaders
- How effective giving has benefitted our member’s lives: Featuring guest speakers bestselling author Rutger Bregman, ethicist Peter Singer and science broadcaster and professional poker player Liv Boeree
There are also events being held around the world in person and online in Toronto, Vancouver, São Paulo, Sydney, Melbourne, Munich, Heidelberg, Estonia, Italy and more!
Check out all Effective Giving Day events.
RSVP for Effective Giving Day via Facebook
Donate to high impact charities this Giving Season
Giving to high impact charities can help you do more good than you thought possible.
Join the global community of people who choose to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems through donating together.
Explore our Giving Season 2022 campaign to see how much money we’ve been able to raise for effective charities this season.
Giving Season with Giving What We Can
We hope to inspire many more people to join us in donating this Giving Season
New fundraising pages!
We have just launched our brand new fundraising pages. If you’d like to fundraise for effective charities this Giving Season, you can fill out our form. Also you might like to keep an eye out for fundraising pages from people in the community and support or share their fundraisers! Our Head of Marketing, Grace created the first fundraising page on our website, check it out and donate!
Updates from our Trusted Evaluators
Animal Charity Evaluators 2022 Charity Recommendations
Animal Charity Evaluators have just released their 2022 Charity Recommendations on the 22nd of November 2022.
Read their announcement and updates
GiveWell’s Updates
GiveWell's 2022 giving recommendations blog post is out!
- GiveWell has set a goal of raising $600 million in 2022, but its research team has identified $900 million in highly cost-effective funding gaps, meaning $300 million of those funding gaps will remain unfilled without additional support. By donating between now and the end of the year, you can help GiveWell not only meet but exceed its goal—and say yes to more excellent opportunities to save and improve lives.
- GiveWell's top recommendation for donors this year is its All Grants Fund, which is allocated to any funding need that meets its cost-effectiveness bar. This is the best option for donors who want to support the most promising opportunities GiveWell has found to help people, regardless of program or location. See here for examples of grants that could be funded by donations to the All Grants Fund.
Advocating for effective charities:
Donation Gift Cards:
If you’re looking to give a gift to friends and family this holiday season, you could use our holiday gift cards! They feature some information about effective giving, space to write your own message and are a great way to support effective charities. There is one ‘all purpose card, one for Against Malaria Foundation and one for GiveDirectly.
Find our Printable Holiday Gift Cards
Take an action:
We’ve produced a list of actions you can take to advocate for effective giving such as: Share your effective giving story, update your profile picture on social media to include our photo frame or Reference your pledge on your LinkedIn, CV, or other profile.
Ways to advocate for effective giving
Giving Season Events
Effective Giving Day - Main Online Event
- 28 Nov at 19:00 UTC (London: 7:00 pm, Munich: 8:00 pm, New York 2:00 pm, San Francisco: 11:00 am)
- RSVP on Facebook
- RSVP for the event on the EA Forum
- Set a reminder on YouTube
Effective Giving Day Viewing Party, Lunch and Giving Game (Hosted by Effective Altruists of UBC & Vancouver)
- 28 Nov at 19:00 UTC (London: 7:00 pm, Munich: 8:00 pm, New York 2:00 pm, San Francisco: 11:00 am)
- Discord
Effective Giving Day: Toronto
- 28 Nov at 23:30 UTC (Toronto/EST: 6:30pm)
- Event details
- RSVP via Meetup
Effective Giving Day: São Paulo
- 28 Nov at 22:30 UTC(São Paulo: 7:30pm)
- Event details
- Register interest via Google Form
Effective Giving Day: Vancouver
- 28 Nov at 18:45 UTC (Vancouver time: 10:45am)
- Event details
- RSVP via Zoom
Effective Giving Day: Heidelberg
- 28 Nov at 18:30 UTC (Heidelberg time: 7:30pm)
- Event details
- RSVP via Facebook
Effective Giving Day: Estonia
Effective Giving Day: Tübingen
- 28 Nov at 18:30 (7:30pm Heidelberg time)
- Event details
- RSVP via Google Calendar
Effective Giving Day: Italy
- 28 Nov at 19:00 UTC
- Event details via Slack
- RSVP via Slack
Effective Giving Day: Sydney
- 29 Nov at 06:30 UTC (Sydney: 5:30pm)
- Event details
- RSVP via Google Form
Effective Giving Day: Melbourne
- 29 Nov at 06:15 UTC (Melbourne time: 5:15pm)
- Event details
- RSVP via Facebook
Munich GWWC/EA Event - December 2022
- 1 Dec at 18:00 UTC (Munich: 7pm)
- RVSP on Facebook
- Event details
Are you hosting your own Effective Giving Day event?
Register your Effective Giving Day event with us!
Regular events
Meetups
(Americas/Oceania)
- 10 Dec at 22:00 UTC (New York: 5:00 pm; San Francisco: 2:00 pm, Sydney: Sun, Nov. 13, 9:00 am, Auckland: Sun, Nov. 13, 11:00 am)
- RSVP on Facebook
- Register
(Europe/Asia)
- 11 Dec at 09:30 UTC (London: 9:30 am, Munich: 10:30 am, Mumbai: 3:00 pm, Singapore: 5:30 pm)
- RSVP on Facebook
- Register
Open Forum
Our open forum is an event where you can come along with questions about effective giving and/or to meet others interested in effective giving. This event alternates between Europe/Asia and Americas/Oceania each month.
Next Open Forum (Americas/Oceania)
- 15 Dec at 00:30 UTC (London: 12:30 am, Munich: 1:30 am, New York: Wed, Dec. 14, 7:30 pm, San Francisco: Wed, Dec. 14, 4:30 pm)
- RSVP on Facebook
- Register
Finally, thank you for being a part of our community! Your support of effective charities has helped save lives, improve wellbeing and make progress on some of the biggest challenges we are facing. It is a joy to know that there are thousands of people out there trying to do the most good they can with their donations.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday season ahead,
Grace and the Giving What We Can team
Why not streamline your giving by setting up a recurring donation to a highly effective charity this Giving Season? |
Useful Links
- Review our giving recommendations.
- Report your donations with your pledge dashboard.
- Share our ideas to help grow our community and multiply your impact.
- Join other members in the Giving What We Can Community Facebook group.
- Find more ways to get involved with Giving What We Can and effective altruism.
- Discuss effective giving and effective altruism on the EA Forum.
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Do you have questions about the pledge, Giving What We Can, or effective altruism in general? Check out our FAQ page, or contact us directly.