Funder·Founded 2009·Registered charity in the US, UK and the Netherlands (GWWC UK is a charity in England and Wales; GWWC USA is a 501(c)(3))
“We inspire people to give more, and give more effectively.”In its own words: givingwhatwecan.org

Effective-giving community built around a 10% income pledge; its donation platform passes donor money to recommended charities and funds, including AI safety ones.

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Its Risks and Resilience Fund pools donations for global catastrophic risk reduction (including AI alignment) and allocates them quarterly to grantmakers and evaluators its research team has assessed; it does not make grants to applicants directly. Payouts historically went half to the Long-Term Future Fund and half to Longview's Emerging Challenges Fund, both of which have announced they are closing; as of late 2026 GWWC is re-evaluating where the fund goes (wider evaluations planned for early 2027) and may hold donations made from October until then.

Says it has given about $500M in total

On applying “Our research team evaluates the research of impact-focused evaluators in the effective giving space to identify the best opportunities we know of for donors who are looking to maximise the impact of their next charitable dollar.” givingwhatwecan.org

Led by Toby Ord (Co-founder), Will MacAskill (Co-founder)Its grants page ↗Checked 29 Oct 2026

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