The 🔸10% Pledge
A simple idea that started a global movement. Our most popular pledge, the 🔸10% Pledge, is a public commitment to give at least 10% of income to the organisations that can most effectively use it to improve the lives of others.
Why would 9,324 people from 106 countries pledge to donate 10% of their income to effective charities?
A lot of reasons, but many simply realised:
If you earn at least 47,000 USD (post tax) per year, you are in the richest 2% globally.
Ten percent seems like a lot until you realise that in most cases, you’ll still be in the top richest income percentile even after donating it!
You can have 100x more impact by donating to the most effective charities (seriously, 100x!)
Ten percent seems like a lot until you realise just how much it can help others in the right hands.
If everyone stepped up in this way, we could legitimately reshape the world.
Ten percent seems like a lot until you realise you’re not alone, and together – we can do incredible things.
See the impact that your pledge could have
What if the top 1% all donated 10%?
What could we accomplish?
In just two years, we could use the 3.6 trillion dollars to:
$258 B
End extreme poverty for at least a year
$297 B
Build the systems we need to prevent pandemics
$662 B
2x all clean energy R&D funding
$6 B
4x philanthropic funding for nuclear security
$1.5 B
Dramatically increase funding for AI safety
$1.22 T
Clean water & sanitation for all
$341 B
End hunger & malnutrition
$175 B
Dramatically expand access to reproductive care
$219 B
Massively suppress malaria, tuberculosis and HIV
$53 B
Massively suppress or eradicate most NTDs
$222 B
Halve factory farming
REMINDER
Anyone earning US$62k a year post-tax is in that top 1%!
If you live in a wealthy country, you might not realize just how wealthy you are. Most people living in wealthy countries (US, UK, AUS, etc.) are in the top 5% of income earners worldwide even after accounting for increased purchasing power in lower-income countries. Learn more
How does the 🔸10% Pledge work?
The 🔸10% Pledge is a public commitment to give a percentage of your income or wealth to organisations that can most effectively help others.
- You choose the charities and report and track your giving on your personal pledge dashboard.
- We show you your giving history, connect you with other pledgers, and report on our impact as a global community of people committed to creating a better world.
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Not ready for 10%?
If you’re not ready to fully commit, you can try our 🔹Trial Pledge which allows you to trying giving any percentage for a custom duration — you decide!
Why 10% of income?
What do we mean by “effective”?
What if I’m a student? What if I’m not earning income?
What is “wealth” and how can I include it in my pledge?
Is a giving pledge legally binding?
Why give publicly?
Why am I seeing the small orange diamond emoji on social media?
What do we mean by pledging to donate to “effective” charities?
Not all charities are equal. Your choice of where to donate can lead to significant differences in impact. Some charities can easily do 100 times more good with your dollar than others, and often this multiplier is even greater. Giving around $200 USD per month to the charities recommended by GiveWell, for example, could save someone's life every two years.
What charities can I give to? You can give to any charities you sincerely believe are the most effective at using their resources to improve the world. However, since charities vary dramatically in how much good they do per dollar, we recommend checking out our giving guides when deciding where to give.
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Pledges aren't just for people
Your company can have a tremendous impact by pledging a percentage of profits to highly-effective charities. Some of our proud company pledgers are highlighted below; join them to set an example for others! Drop us a line to learn more and get started.
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Join the 9,324 individuals who are living up to their values. Take the pledge today or sign up to learn more.
A global movement
Initiated by Giving What We Can in 2009 (as the “Giving What We Can Pledge”), the 🔸10% Pledge is now a widespread way to effect change. Take it here at Giving What We Can or through any of the organisations below.
Animal Advocacy Careers (AAC) is an organisation that seeks to address the career and talent bottlenecks in the animal advocacy movement, especially the farmed animal movement.
Ayuda Efectiva works to communicate ideas related to effective altruism and effective giving to Spanish-speaking audiences.
Effective Altruism is a social movement that advocates using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis.
Effektiv Spenden works to communicate ideas related to effective altruism and effective giving to German-speaking audiences.
Freelancing for Good is a community of freelancers who are passionate about using our careers and unique skills to do as much as good as they can.
Ge Effektivt works to communicate ideas related to effective altruism and effective giving to a Swedish audience.
Gi Effektivt works to communicate ideas related to effective altruism and effective giving to a Norwegian audience.
Giv Effektivt is a Danish organization that identifies and promotes highly effective charitable causes.
High Impact Professionals enables working professionals to maximise their impact.
Mieux Donner helps donors make informed decisions to maximise the effectiveness of their contributions and create meaningful positive change.
One for the World's mission is to build a movement of people revolutionising charitable giving to end extreme poverty. OFTW offers its own 1% Pledge but also partners with Giving What We Can to offer the 10% Pledge.
EAA supports Australians to tackle the world’s most pressing problems through donating to highly effective charitable programs and participating in the effective altruism community more broadly.
Giving Multiplier is a donation platform created by researchers at Harvard University with the mission of inspiring high-impact charitable giving.
Christians for Impact (CFI) is a global community of Christians committed to serving others as well as possible, using evidence and reason.
Hive is a global community of farmed animal advocates dedicated to end factory farming. We aim to drive meaningful change for farmed animals.
Effective Altruism Oxford is a non-profit that aims to empower Oxford University students to use their resources to improve the world as much as possible.
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