August information: New efficient giving initiatives within the US, Europe and India
Hello and welcome to our August publication!
My identify is Lucas, and I’m writing to you this month as Grace is taking some well-deserved go away. We want her a restful break!
Right now, I am excited to share some information a few challenge I have been engaged on as a part of my function as Efficient Giving World Coordinator and Incubator right here at Giving What We Can. For the previous 15 months, I have been supporting the world efficient giving ecosystem and serving to develop new efficient giving initiatives (EGIs). Right now, I wish to inform you about some thrilling developments on this house.
In Could 2024, we partnered with Bold Affect (AIM) to incubate 5 new EGIs throughout totally different nations. These initiatives give attention to elevating consciousness and channelling donations to among the most cost-effective charities worldwide. The brand new EGIs embody Ellis Affect in New York Metropolis, Benefficienza in Italy, Mieux Donner in France and French-speaking Switzerland, Effectief Geven in Belgium, and Impactful Giving in India. You will discover out extra about these new EGIs right here. Should you reside in any of those areas and wish to get in contact together with your native EGI, you possibly can attain out by way of their contact data or web site.
Our efficient giving initiative program cohort, together with facilitators and advisors
You may marvel, “Why do we’d like extra EGIs when we’ve GWWC?” Nice query! Whereas GWWC has been extremely profitable globally, we’ve acknowledged a possibility to assist create and help new specialised organisations that may cater to particular demographics, areas, or approaches to giving.
This growth of the efficient giving ecosystem is a vital step in direction of our purpose of constructing giving successfully and considerably a cultural norm, because it permits for a diversification of approaches and the flexibility to tailor messaging to totally different audiences; briefly, by serving to to incubate and help new EGIs, we’re creating extra entry factors for folks to find the gorgeous influence that we are able to all have by evidence-based giving.
Collectively, we’re constructing a worldwide group dedicated to creating positive that our giving does as a lot good as potential! Numerous extra nice information under –
With gratitude,
Lucas & the Giving What We Can staff
P.S. Talking of latest entry factors into efficient giving, have you ever seen Ali Abdaal’s new video about why he’s taken each the 10% Pledge and the Firm Pledge? We’re thrilled that Ali felt motivated to share these concepts together with his in depth community! (By the best way, we had nothing to do with this video; Ali’s ideas are completely his personal.)
P.P.S. An enormous thanks to everybody who stuffed out the latest survey we ran to enhance our understanding of what helps or hinders folks from giving to efficient charities and/or pledging. We’ve got had responses from over 300 pledgers and virtually 250 non-pledgers and can be in contact over the approaching months with the outcomes!
Motivations for Pledging
Listed below are a few of our favorite responses from individuals who took a pledge final month:
What motivated you to take a pledge with Giving What We Can?
- I want to see the world turn out to be a greater place and wish to contribute to that trigger in a society the place the wealth hole is constant to develop and issues have gotten an increasing number of divisive. Kraze Kode from India
- In difficult private circumstances, upholding one’s values is each vital from the standpoint of private integrity and serves as a supply of energy. Hawk Yang from Canada
- As I progress into my 20s and past, I wish to domesticate generosity as a behavior in addition to a key worth. Making a dedication to doing good now places me on the trail of doing extra good later. Tyler Stark from america
Upcoming Occasions
GWWC Meetup (On-line): Interview with founding father of Truthful Fryer Tristan Makking: Truthful Priced Doughnuts for Efficient Giving
You may be a part of on-line for this interactive interview with honest pricing and efficient giving entrepreneur Tristan Makking, hosted by Tjeerd Dijkstra from Amsterdam-Netherlands. Tristan is the founding father of the Dutch doughnut vendor Truthful Fryer. He doesn’t solely put effort and time into doing good, he additionally fees honest costs and donates successfully to spend money on the way forward for the planet. This meet-up can be an open and interactive interview – be a part of and ask Tristan no matter you’d like!
Please be a part of by accepting this calendar invite and also you’ll obtain the hyperlink for the video name.
Thursday, fifth September 24 at 8 – 9.15 pm (CEST)
GWWC Sydney – Revenue for Good: Driving Social Affect with Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
Be part of us for an inspiring night that includes modern entrepreneurs and considerate philanthropists who’re reshaping the enterprise panorama. You’ll achieve sensible insights on constructing impactful companies, methods for efficient giving, and networking alternatives with like-minded professionals. Whether or not you are an entrepreneur, investor, or skilled curious about maximising your optimistic influence, this occasion is to not be missed!
Tickets are restricted and former occasions offered out. RSVP right here!
Wednesday, 18th September at 5:30 – 8 pm AEST
Giving Inexperienced: The way to Drive Systemic Change Through Excessive-Affect Local weather Donations
Giving Inexperienced is internet hosting an occasion at New York Local weather Week on high-impact local weather giving, that includes panellists from organisations such because the Good Meals Institute. Giving Inexperienced’s Founder and Government Director, Dr Dan Stein, will lead a panel dialogue with main changemakers in local weather about essentially the most promising philanthropic methods and the place extra capital is required to speed up them.
You may be a part of the night of drinks and dialog to study what the newest analysis says about how and the place to donate to spur the systemic change we have to gradual world warming. Register right here.
Thursday, 26 September at 5 – 8 pm EDT
Information & Updates
GWWC
Charity Elections Members Share Their Reflections
It makes me realise how a lot I can do for the world.
I realised it is much more cost-effective to assist out than folks assume.
The charity election helped me realise that I must do extra analysis so I will help [more] folks.
It helps me really feel like I’m part of a change that may make issues higher in the long run.
- YouTuber and bestselling creator of Really feel Good Productiveness Ali Abdaal just lately took the Firm Pledge, after taking the pledge as a person again in 2019. He posted the next video about why he took the pledge (each as a person and for his firm), and why he thinks others ought to study concerning the pledge too!
Trigger areas
Animal Welfare
World Well being and Wellbeing
World Catastrophic Threat Discount
- An article about the trade response to California’s AI Security invoice was printed in The Nation, with the tagline: “AI’s prime industrialists say they need regulation—till somebody tries to manage them. Garrison Beautiful, the creator of the article, additionally printed this publish with extra context from previous reporting and a commentary on the veto letter despatched by eight Democratic California Members of Congress.
- The Johns Hopkins Heart for Well being Safety introduced final month the launch of the Tackling Rumors and Understanding & Strengthening Belief (TRUST) in Public Well being web site, which goals to raised put together public well being professionals to handle rumours and misinformation throughout public well being emergencies and “sort out among the most essential points we face as we speak in public well being preparedness—lack of belief and the unfold of deceptive data.”
Evaluators, grantmakers and incubators (and different alternatives)
Featured social media publish of the month
We normally function posts from our broader group of pledgers, however this month we needed to share this important milestone from Grace, Head of Advertising at GWWC! Try her unique publish right here.
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