An update on how the US election results affect climate policy and philanthropy.

We discuss what our Research team learned in 2020 and our plans for 2021.

Read the story of Bahati, whose life has been transformed thanks to the work of GiveDirectly, one of our recommended high-impact charities.

Why we care so much about the future and what this means for philanthropists

We explore the implications of Joe Biden's recent election for climate-focused philanthropists.

The Founders Pledge approach to charity is based on rigor, humility, and counterfactual thinking. Learn more about how we leverage hard evidence to find the most impactful charities.

In this final blog in our series about the Global Health and Development Fund, we discuss our plans for learning, iterating and improving.

Discussing three key considerations that affect our decision to donate to animal advocacy organisations rather than human-focused organisations.

What do the results of the US election mean for high-impact climate philanthropy? We explore how it might affect your ability to make a difference through climate philanthropy, and what it means for our Climate Fund strategy and top recommendations.

This research report evaluates investing to give as a philanthropic strategy to maximize long-term impact. It concludes it is promising, mainly due to exogenous learning, compound financial returns and option value. Timing of giving matters.

We explain how we aim to maximise the impact of our Global Health and Development Fund by pursuing riskier opportunities with potential for high impact.

Founders Pledge member Erik Bergman, founder of Catena Media and Great.com, is generously offering to match contributions to our Climate Change Fund up to €1 million (the equivalent of $1,200,000 or £900,000) until December 31!

This blog provides an overview of the Global Health & Development funding landscape and identifies the unique role that the Founders Pledge Global Health and Development Fund will play.

A look at the findings of a new research report on period poverty and how to tackle it. The report was produced by the Kulczyk Foundation in partnership with Founders Pledge.

This blog introduces the Founders Pledge Global Health and Development Fund and is the first in a four-part series.

What’s the best way to donate to fight climate change? Our researchers reviewed the evidence and found the two best charities that lower climate emissions through policy and advocacy.

Could psychedelic drugs such as magic mushrooms and MDMA revolutionise mental health treatments? The Founders Pledge research team recently investigated this question and found promising results.

This is a summary of our cause area report on psychedelic-assisted mental health treatments.

This post lays out what we’ve done so far to find funding opportunities in the space of seed funding nonprofits, and what we plan to do next.

In this post, we explore seed funding new or early-stage nonprofits and how it this approach can create impact.

We introduce our new recommendations for homelessness charities and discuss how homelessness fits into our cause prioritisation.

We look at how different low- and middle-income countries have been impacted by the pandemic and highlight the best opportunities we’ve found for philanthropy to make a meaningful difference.

Discussion of Sweden's aims, whether the health system is coping and whether Sweden will soon reach herd immunity.

An analysis of the housing crisis in England, its social, economic, and environmental effects, and our recommendation for supporting effective solutions.

A look at how we can compare the health costs and economic costs of COVID lockdown.

This is a summary of our cause area report on Housing Affordability in England.

Insights about the COVID-10 pandemic from the team at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

We are excited to announce the launch of the COVID-19 Global Impact & Innovation Fund, in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank.

A look at humanity’s response to COVID-19, the action we can take, and how to reduce the risk of the next pandemic.

Advice on how to live a climate-friendly lifestyle is typically dominated by adjectives rather than numbers. We might, for example, be told that reusing plastic bags and switching to a plant-based diet have a huge effect on the climate.

Emissions per person vary considerably even across rich countries: the average American emits 18 tonnes of CO2 per year, whereas the average Swede emits only 7 tonnes.

Education executive summary

Giving time and skills to non-profits can feel fulfilling, but it’s difficult to know just how impactful these collaborations actually are, and how to do them well. So last year, we decided to find out.

When it comes to philanthropy, there’s no ‘one size fits all.’ Our researchers dig deep, to help you match your intrinsic values to the latest evidence on effectiveness. Learn more.

As technology reaches new heights, the risk of humanity’s self-destruction also rises. What are the most pressing existential risks we face, and how can donors prevent them? We review the evidence.

These deworming interventions are some of the most effective ways of increasing children’s health and education. Learn more about this unexpected evidence with Founders Pledge and GiveWell research.

We discuss global animal welfare issues and how donors can help address them