Julia and I believe that one of the best ways to make the world better is to donate to effective charities. Since we're advocating this, we want to be transparent about our own donations.
We've pledged to donate 30% of our income, but we've been targeting 50%.
As of ..., we've donated a total of ....
The Income column shows our "Adjusted Gross Income" for each year, as reported on IRS form 1040. The Donations column shows the total of our donations for the year. Totals do not include donations made by others, such as donation matches, even ones we could take credit for directing.
Year Income Donations Pecentage 2023 $153,606 $74,000 48% 2022 $368,905 $183,000 50% 2021 $782,158 $400,000 51% 2020 $566,800 $264,727 47% 2019 $442,465 $235,026 53% 2018 $407,094 $209,585 51% 2017 $288,568 $142,000 49% 2016 $327,453 $160,635 49% 2015 $314,194 $168,304 54% 2014 $256,240 $128,556 50% 2013 $244,104 $98,950 41% 2012 $101,625 $49,934 49% 2011 $63,500 $0 0%1 2010 $97,673 $36,006 37% 2009 $86,077 $27,809 32% 2008 $38,797 $10,760 28% 2007 $336 2006 $336 2005 $336 2004 $168 2003 $168
Note: entries in grey italics are not included in the totals, and we don't count them towards our 50% donation goal.
Date Amount Organization 2024-09-05 $100 One Day Sooner 2023-12-28 $37,000 Horizon Institute for Public Service2
see recommendation2023-12-23 $2,000 One Day Sooner
see recommendation2023-07-12 $20,000 GiveWell
All Grants Fund2023-04-14 $15,000 GiveWell
All Grants Fund2022-12-16 $2,000 GiveWell
All Grants Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2022-12-16 $121,000 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2022-11-24 $50,000 GiveWell
All Grants Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2022-05-26 $10,000 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund2022-06-08 $10,000 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund
Employer donation match2022-02-11 $2580.48 Carrick Flynn for Congress3 2021-12-12 $99,475 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund2021-12-12 $16,624 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund 2021-11-30 $183,376 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2021-11-30 $34,081 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2021-11-30 $500 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2021-11-29 $25 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2021-11-23 $100,000 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund2021-11-17 $400 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund
Employee-directed donation2020-12-16 $70,000 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund2020-12-16 $5,000 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund 2020-12-01 $114,555 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2020-12-01 $4,498 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2020-12-01 $10,000 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
Employer donation match2020-12-01 $62,475 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
via Facebook Fundraisers2020-12-01 $7,497 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2020-11-30 $11,697 Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2020-11-20 $1,000 Effective Altruism Meta Fund 2020-11-19 $400 GiveWell
Maximum Impact Fund
Employee-directed donation2019-12-16 $40,000 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
via GiveWell2019-12-16 $25,115 Effective Altruism Meta Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2019-12-04 $400 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Employee-directed donation2019-12-03 $25,037 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
via Facebook Fundraisers2019-12-03 $2,499 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2019-12-03 $89,885 Effective Altruism Meta Fund
via Facebook Fundraisers2019-12-03 $22,491 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2019-12-03 $12,495 Against Malaria Foundation
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2019-11-26 $29,997 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2019-11-26 $6,000 Against Malaria Foundation
Employer donation match2019-11-24 $2,501 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-12-27 $16,000 Against Malaria Foundation
via PayPal Giving Fund2018-12-27 $160 Against Malaria Foundation
PayPal 1% donation match2018-12-09 $15,000 Against Malaria Foundation
via PayPal Giving Fund2018-12-09 $150 Against Malaria Foundation
PayPal 1% donation match2018-12-06 $20 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-12-05 $17,800 Against Malaria Foundation
via PayPal Giving Fund2018-12-05 $178 Against Malaria Foundation
PayPal 1% donation match2018-12-03 $17,900 Against Malaria Foundation
via PayPal Giving Fund2018-12-03 $179 Against Malaria Foundation
PayPal 1% donation match2018-12-02 $20 Effective Altruism Community Fund 2018-11-27 $9,697 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-11-27 $7,497 Malaria Consortium
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2018-11-27 $29,988 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-11-27 $19,992 Against Malaria Foundation
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match2018-11-26 $120 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-11-26 $400 Against Malaria Foundation
Employee-directed donation2018-11-19 $40 Against Malaria Foundation
via Facebook Fundraisers2018-11-11 $103,000 Effective Altruism Community Fund 2017-12-27 $15,000 Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
via GiveWell2017-12-27 $66,000 Effective Altruism Community Fund 2017-12-21 $50,000 Against Malaria Foundation
via PayPal Giving Fund2017-12-21 $500 Against Malaria Foundation
PayPal 1% donation match2017-11-20 $400 Against Malaria Foundation
Employee-directed donation2017-06-27 $5,000 Effective Altruism Community Fund 2017-06-27 $5,000 Effective Altruism Community Fund
Employer donation match2017-01-05 $6,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2017-01-05 $6,000 Against Malaria Foundation
Employer donation match2016-12-30 $300 New Harvest 2016-12-24 $10,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2016-12-24 $80,100 EA Giving Group Fund 2016-12-05 $134.58 Against Malaria Foundation 2016-06-25 $55,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2016-06-12 $11 Against Malaria Foundation4 2016-06-12 $20 Innovations for Poverty Action4 2016-06-12 $69 Nurse Family Partnership4 2016-05-11 $10,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2016-02-24 $5,000 Give Directly 2015-12-28 $79,152 Against Malaria Foundation 2015-12-28 $34,152 Centre for Effective Altruism 2015-08-30 $5,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2015-05-28 $50,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2015-05-28 $6,000 Centre for Effective Altruism
Employer donation match2014-12-31 $6,443 GiveWell
for distribution to their top charities2014-12-20 $57,763 GiveWell
for distribution to their top charities2014-08-28 $20 Give Directly
Donation in exchange for work2014-07-28 $30,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2014-02-01 $4,250 GiveWell
for distribution to their top charities2014-02-01 $100 GiveWell 2014-01-08 $30,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2014-01-08 $5,800 Centre for Effective Altruism
Employer donation match2013-12-28 $13,000 GiveWell
for distribution to their top charities2013-12-28 $10,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2013-12-09 $1,550 GiveWell
for distribution to their top charities2013-08-11 $15,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2013-08-08 $1,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-08-08 $26,000 Centre for Effective Altruism 2013-07-01 $10,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-06-26 $10,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-04-26 $6,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-04-26 $5,800 Against Malaria Foundation
Employer donation match2013-02-08 $400 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-02-04 $6,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2013-02-04 $5,800 Against Malaria Foundation
Employer donation match2013-01-21 $200 Against Malaria Foundation
Donation in exchange for work2012-11-17 $4,200 Giving What We Can 2012-11-07 $21,053 80,000 Hours 2012-09-18 $19,000 Against Malaria Foundation 2012-09-18 $12,000 Against Malaria Foundation
Employer donation match2012-09-10 $1000 Against Malaria Foundation
Donation in exchange for work2012-07-07 $150 Against Malaria Foundation 2012-06-04 $2000 Against Malaria Foundation
Donation in exchange for work2012-05-28 $31 Schistosomiasis Control Initiative 2012-01-29 $5000 Against Malaria Foundation 2012-01-29 $500 Schistosomiasis Control Initiative 2010-10-17 $10,000 Oxfam America
for monitoring and evaluation2010-07-23 $75 Oxfam America 2010-07-08 $1,391 Oxfam America 2010-06-03 $25 Oxfam America 2010-05-19 $505 Oxfam America 2010-05-10 $14,000 Oxfam America 2010-02-23 $10 Oxfam America 2010-02-03 $10,000 Oxfam America 2009-11-10 $13,000 Oxfam America 2009-11-04 $719 Oxfam America 2009-09-11 $10 Oxfam America 2009-04-15 $50 Oxfam America 2009-04-15 $7,000 Oxfam America 2009-03-19 $30 Oxfam America 2009-02-19 $7,000 Oxfam America 2008-12-26 $3,400 Oxfam America 2008-12-26 $500 Oxfam America 2008-12-15 $360 Oxfam America 2008-10-11 $5,000 Oxfam America 2008-07-26 $1,500 Oxfam America 2007 $336 Save the Children 2006 $336 Save the Children 2005 $336 Save the Children 2004 $168 Save the Children 2003 $168 Save the Children
[2] We sent this donation on 2023-12-27 but the bank messed up the transaction and we had to resend it at the beginning of January 2024. The IRS considers this a 2024 transaction, but to make our internal accounting more consistent we've listed it on the date we initated the transaction.
[3] We hadn't donated to a political campaign since college, but Julia was impressed with this candidate's work on pandemic preparedness, which is an area we've both thought was important for a long time. In general, we prefer to donate through funds because they are able to put a lot more time and attention into identifying excellent donation opportunities, but campaign finance rules mean this model doesn't work for political donations. Unlike our other donations, this was not tax-deductible. We originally donated $5,800, but after losing the primary Flynn returned $3,219.52.
[4] These donations were chosen by particpants in a Giving Game.