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Effective Giving
Seeing Our Recommended Charities in Action
Between November 25 and December 10, 2025, we traveled to Rwanda and Kenya to deepen our understanding of how our recommended charities create lasting change in…
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Research and Evidence
The Life You Can Save puts great value on proven interventions for addressing extreme poverty, with emphasis on “proven.” We believe the most effective approaches are identified by rigorous testing and evaluation, resulting in evidence-based approaches with clear, measurable impact that can be scaled to cost-effectively help thousands and often millions of people. Read about organizations whose research drives effective poverty work; how to identify proven charities; and read TLYCS’s reports sharing evidence of our own work and impact.
Research and Evidence
Your Tax Break Could Change Everything
When financial gain occurs, no matter how unprecedented it may be, it can become an opportunity to act on values and create lasting good. Recent tax-cut…
Research and Evidence
How We Evaluate Charities | The Life You Can Save
At The Life You Can Save, every recommendation we make begins with a question: How can we ensure a donation does the most good possible? Or,…
Effective Giving
The Donation Dilemma and how you can break free
As the holidays rear their head and charities plead for consideration during this upcoming season of giving, many donors find themselves immobilized—and understandably so—by uncertainty and…
Research and Evidence
How We Assess Evidence Quality: A Look Behind Our Evaluation Process
When donors ask us why we recommend certain nonprofits over others, evidence quality plays a crucial role in our answer. We’ve developed a systematic framework that…
Agriculture and Farming
A Conversation with Sanku: Rapid Response Fund and Aid Cuts
Twenty million people in Eastern Africa rely on flour from over 1,500 small mills for primary nutrition. For many, especially children and pregnant women, this flour…
Effective Giving
When Governments Step Back, Individual Donors Step Forward
The close of the financial year often invites reflection, a moment to consider our achievements and the impact we aspire to make. In global health and…
Events
Building Community: A Night of Impact with The Life You Can Save
When we planned The Life You Can Save’s New York City donor event, A Night of Impact with The Life You Can Save, we hoped to…
Health and Infectious Diseases
Inside the Foreign Aid Cuts: Voices from the Front Lines
When the foreign aid cuts were announced in January 2025, headlines focused on political implications and dollar amounts. What wasn’t visible to most was the human…
Children
Bridging the Gap Amid U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts
A sudden shift in U.S. foreign aid policy earlier this year sent shockwaves through the global development community. For weeks, our team was tied up with…
Effective Giving
How We Prioritize Health Interventions at The Life You Can Save
At The Life You Can Save, our mission is simple but ambitious: to improve as many lives as possible, as effectively as possible. When it comes…
Hunger and Nutrition
GAIN Recommendation Status Update
We are concluding our recommendation of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). This recommendation was originally based on GiveWell’s research related to universal salt iodization…