Evidence-led giving for Australians
A small percentage of your income, directed to highly effective solutions, could help more people than you might imagine.
Your potential impact
See what a small, flexible commitment could make possible.
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Your donation can result in one of the following impactful outcomes:
Your donation will be allocated to the charity that can use your donation most effectively. Decided in conjunction with our evaluation partner, GiveWell, on a quarterly basis.
The Top Charities Fund
Explore some of the evidence-backed charities working to save and improve lives as effectively as possible.
Bednets to prevent malaria
Malaria kills more young children in Africa each year than any other cause, with a child dying of the disease about every minute. Against Malaria Foundation enables the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets at a low cost, protecting sleeping spaces from mosquitoes that can carry malaria.
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Medicine to prevent malaria
Malaria Consortium helps governments deliver preventive antimalarial drugs to children under five during peak transmission seasons. Analysis of rigorous studies has found that seasonal malaria chemoprevention can reduce malaria cases by up to 75%, thereby reducing malaria deaths.
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Vitamin A supplementation
Millions of young children living in poverty face vitamin A deficiencies, putting them at risk of blindness, infection and death. Helen Keller Intl partners with governments across Africa and Asia to increase supplementation. In 2024, it distributed more than 87 million vitamin A capsules.
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Cash incentives for childhood vaccinations
New Incentives works with clinics in Nigeria to offer cash incentives to caregivers who bring their babies to be immunised, while supporting vaccine supply and community outreach. A randomised trial found that the program doubles vaccination rates in the regions where it operates.
Learn moreWhy effectiveness matters
Some programs change lives. Others, sincerely run and well funded, do very little. The difference isn’t visible from the outside; it only shows up in the research.
We rely on independent evaluators including GiveWell to find the programs with the strongest evidence and the most good done per dollar.
The best charity to fund today isn’t the best one to fund next year. Funding gaps close, and money arriving after a gap has closed does less good than the same money arriving before it.
We work with GiveWell to direct your donation to the charity with the greatest need at the time you give. Or pick one of our partner charities yourself.
Effectiveness is a claim, and claims should be checkable. We’d rather show you than ask you to take our word for it.
Every quarter we report back on the impact donors had, with the latest updates from the charities delivering the work.
Why are Australians taking the pledge?
The pledge is a personal commitment to donate a portion of your income to the organisations you believe can create the greatest positive impact. It isn’t legally binding; it is a thoughtful expression of your values and a long-term promise to help others as effectively as you can.
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A percentage-based commitment turns generosity into a consistent habit that adapts as your income changes.
Australians’ resources can have an outsized impact when directed to effective programs in places where each dollar can achieve more.
More than 11,000 people have pledged a portion of their income, supporting a worldwide movement committed to effective giving.
See what your commitment could achieve.
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