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Maximize Your Impact Fund
Support multiple high-impact nonprofits with one donation.
The Maximize Your Impact Fund is the easiest way to support our entire portfolio of recommended charities.
By pooling your gift with those of thousands of like-minded donors, we provide transformational grants for vetted organizations, multiplying your impact in the fight against extreme poverty.
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Other Ways to Donate
By Cause
Have a specific cause you’d like to support?
Choose from health, education, women and girls, or quality of life funds to support multiple high-impact organizations with one donation.
By Nonprofit
Have a specific nonprofit in mind?
Browse our recommended nonprofits and donate directly to the organization whose work resonates with you most.
By Giving Opportunities
Explore matching campaigns, new nonprofits, and special opportunities to maximize your donation’s impact.
Our Methodology
Through rigorous prioritization and evaluation, The Life You Can Save identifies the most effective giving opportunities based on impact, cost-effectiveness, transparency, track record and ability to use additional funding productively.
Our methodology examines multidimensional poverty, looking beyond income to include health, education, and living standards to ensure we’re addressing the root causes of extreme poverty.
Read the Book that Inspired a Movement
Download Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save as an ebook or celebrity-narrated audiobook. The 10th anniversary edition demonstrates why we should care about and help those living in extreme poverty, and how easy it is to improve and save lives by giving effectively.
Join millions of readers who have transformed their approach to giving.
Tools to Help You Maximize Your Effectiveness
Impact Calculator
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Estimate your donation’s impact on different organizations and interventions. Our calculator provides tangible examples of how much of an impact you can have on a person or community.
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With Corporate Matching
Did you know many companies offer a matching gift program to encourage philanthropy among their employees? By simply completing a matching gift form you may be able to double, or even triple, the impact of your gift!
Impact Calculator
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Estimate your donation’s impact on different organizations and interventions. Our calculator provides tangible examples of how much of an impact you can have on a person or community.
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