Game Founders are raising $1M to combat climate change by matching your donations

We recently sat down with Joshua, who has pledged alongside his co-founders at Bloom and made a 10% pledge, to find out more about Bloom, the team’s motivations and his approach to impact.

Driven by Founders Pledge members Sam Barnett and Sebastien Blanc, the class broke an art world record and raised thousands of pounds for COVID relief.

How we conduct charity evaluation, and the conceptual tools and models used in the research process

A neglected impact multiplier for nuclear grantmaking.

The similarities and differences between the PPF and the GCR Fund.

A practical guide to forecasting, guidelines for better forecasting, and how to harness it to improve our work.

How we determine moral weights in order to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of charities across different areas

The global implications of recent US climate wins.

The impact of the war in Ukraine on climate risk and what this means for high-impact climate philanthropy.

Reflecting on two years of the Climate Change Fund.

A blog introducing Founders Pledge's latest Fund offering, the Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) Fund, which aims to help prevent severe global catastrophes today and in the future.

Our approach to measuring health and wellbeing to help us compare funding opportunities across cause areas.

Why and how Founders Pledge recommended a small grant on nuclear security to the Patient Philanthropy Fund

How Founders Pledge re-evaluates our recommended funding opportunities, and why we recommend Professor Philip Tetlock's second-generation forecasting work for anticipating and mitigating some of the most pressing global risks

Why the Climate Fund made two recent grants in connection with COP26, both targeted at changing ideas and discourse to change action. What we expect; what has been achieved; and how we will track impact.

This post explores what it means to focus on avoiding the worst climate risks, why the focus on extreme risks is more general than climate and how you can get involved to secure a good future when "shit hits the fan".

We recently caught up with Dr Wendy Harrison, CEO of SCI Foundation, about the impacts of schistosomiasis, SCI Foundation’s work and why philanthropists should support them.

Read the stories of Bomam Otto, headteacher, and Ngo Ndombol Norbertine, a 10-year-old pupil at a school enrolled in Sightsavers' high-impact deworming programme.

Celebrating the first close of Pledge Ventures!

Where your support will make the biggest difference right now.

Introducing a new fundraising concept for Founders Pledge.

Our recommendations and guiding principles for giving in times of crisis.

We recommend a number of cost-effective, high-impact charities doing brilliant work, but we generally refer to our recommendations as ‘funding opportunities’. This is why.

Even if you feel compelled to do good this Giving Season, you might be having a hard time deciding how best to allocate your limited resources. That’s where the Founders Pledge Advisory team comes in - we help you plan your giving strategically.

A practical guide for pre-IPO giving for shareholding employees and alumni of a company in the process of going public. We cover essential considerations and offer strategies for maximizing the potential impact of your giving.