June 2024 Fundraising Campaign
Thanks to the generosity of the EAA donor community in just the last two years, our partner programs will be able to help more than 1 million people with improved health, development, and income, and about 1,000 lives will be saved. But many millions more people could use our support.
We’re calling upon donors in Australia to help these programs transform thousands more lives by raising record funds this end-of-financial-year.
We’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $1.8 million for our partners in June 2024 – ~$300k more than our typical June average – and we’re offering a special match opportunity to those who’ve never donated via EAA or haven’t done so recently. See below for full conditions.
Matching Terms and Conditions
Overview
Original offer – funds were fully utilised late on Tuesday 25 June 2024: This matching offer was valid until the allocated $200,000 in matching funds were fully utilised. The match applied to donations of up to $5,000 from both new donors and those who have not donated to Effective Altruism Australia Pty. Ltd. (EAA) since 31 May 2023.
New offer – commenced Wednesday 26 June 2024: A second matching offer has been made available, with a further $125,000 in match funding committed by several generous donors. This matching pool applies to donations of up to $5,000 from new donors only, from 26 June 2024 until midnight June 30, or until funds are fully utilised.
Eligibility
Original offer (ended 25 June 2024):
- New Donors: Individuals who have never donated with EAA.
- Lapsed Donors: Donors whose last contribution was made before 31 May 2023. Please use the same email address used for past donations.
New offer (commenced 26 June 2024):
- New Donors: Individuals who have never donated with EAA (prior to 26 June 2024).
Matching Details
Original offer (ended 25 June 2024)
| Matching pools available | Number of contributing donors | Eligible programs |
| $50,000 | Three | All (see ‘Program Inclusions’ below for full lists) |
| $120,000 | Two |
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| $30,000* *includes additional funds committed June 19th! | One |
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New offer (commenced 26 June 2024):
Donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $5,000 per new donor, until the $125,000 fund is depleted. If funds remain, they will be reserved for future matching opportunities unless otherwise directed by our donors. The breakdown of available matching funds is as follows:
| Matching pools available | Number of contributing donors | Eligible programs |
| $25,000 | Two | All (see ‘Program Inclusions’ below for full lists) |
| $80,000 | Two |
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| $20,000 | One |
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Program Inclusions
The matching funds apply to donations made to Effective Altruism Australia Pty. Ltd.
This includes the following programs available on the EAA website:
- Against Malaria Foundation (Bednets To Prevent Malaria)
- Effective Altruism Australia (Community Building)
- Effective Altruism Australia (Operations)
- Effective Altruism Australia (Policy Work)
- Evidence Action (Deworm the World)
- GiveDirectly (Basic Income Research)
- GiveDirectly (Direct Cash Transfers)
- GiveDirectly (Refugees)
- Helen Keller International (Vitamin A Supplementation)
- Malaria Consortium (Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention)
- New Incentives (Cash Incentives for Childhood Vaccinations)
- StrongMinds (Mental Health Programs)
- Unlimit Health (Deworming Program)
- Unrestricted (“Please distribute my donation to the most effective charities, based on evidence and need”)
And the following programs available on the GWWC Australia website:
- GiveWell (All Grants Fund)
- GiveWell (Top Charities Fund)
- Giving Green (Giving Green Grantmaking Fund)
- Giving What We Can (Effective Giving Research & Advocacy)
- Giving What We Can (Global Health and Wellbeing Fund)
What your donation can achieve
We don’t know of any program that can save a life for just a few dollars, as some claim (here’s why saving a life is more expensive than that). But it’s true that some of the most effective interventions out there are relatively cheap. Here are some examples of what your donation could purchase.
GiveDirectly
Gives poor households cash to spend how they like
Helen Keller International
Vitamin A supplementation program
Delivers vitamin A capsules to children, strengthening their immune systems
Malaria Consortium
SMC program
Provides children with preventive antimalarial drugs
Against Malaria Foundation
Provides households with antimalarial nets for sleeping spaces
New Incentives
Gives cash incentives to caregivers who get their babies vaccinated against multiple deadly diseases$230
… could enable 10 children to be enrolled in the program.
*Estimates of impact of a given dollar amount are sourced from GiveWell’s average cost per intervention and cost per life saved for its top charities (available here), New Incentives’ reported cost per infant (available here), GiveWell’s 2023 cost-effectiveness analysis for insecticide-treated net distributions (available here), and figures supplied by GiveDirectly. Amounts are approximate and converted from USD to AUD using rates found on May 30, 2024, on https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/.