The global health specialists
GiveWell
We align our global health and poverty recommendations with GiveWell. Its world-leading research identifies the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.
Donate effectively
Our inclusion criteria
How we choose the high-impact charities we recommend and support.
Françoise in Rwanda used a cash transfer to finish her education and start a sewing business · Photo: GiveDirectly
Our approach
Helping your giving go further
Effective Altruism Australia exists to help your resources go further in helping others. As part of this, we provide information and infrastructure for donors to find and fund the most impactful charities.
This page explains how we decide which charities we recommend and support on our website.
Our criteria
Three pillars of high-impact giving
To make sure we direct Australians to the best available evidence, EAA and EAAE no longer maintain our own curated partner list. Every charity, nonprofit or fund we support now sits under one of three pillars.
The climate change specialists
Giving Green
We align our climate recommendations with Giving Green and its rigorous assessment of high-impact climate initiatives. This pillar applies to our sister charity, Effective Altruism Australia Environment.
The global cash benchmark
GiveDirectly
In evidence-based development, unconditional cash transfers are the benchmark other programs are measured against. We rely on evaluators to find programs that are more cost-effective than cash.
Keeping this “gold standard” gives Australian donors a vital baseline option, so we retain GiveDirectly as a foundational partner.
Why this approach
Playing to our strengths
By narrowing our focus to these three pillars, we can concentrate on what we do best, and rely on some of the world’s best evidence to decide where your donations should go.
Effective Altruism Australia
What we do
We advocate for effective giving and make tax-deductible donations possible for Australians.
Independent evaluators
What we rely on
Specialist evaluators with some of the world’s best evidence bases, to help determine where those funds should go.
Questions about how we choose charities?
We’re happy to explain our reasoning. Get in touch, or read more about why where you give matters.