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Challenge yourself to Live Below the Line!
I'm taking the Live Below the Line challenge, and I'm challenging you to take it with me! Live Below the Line is an opportunity to raise…
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3 smart tax tips for generous people (Canadian edition)
For those of us who pay taxes in Canada, tax day is fast approaching on April 30. Before you file, there's still time to lower your…
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10 ways to spend your tax refund
In 2014, the average tax refund was $3,034, and the IRS predicts even bigger refunds this year. Haven’t yet decided what to do with your windfall…
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Altruism Icebreakers
Breaking the ice can be tough, even if you are quite comfortable with your altruism and think there are very strong reasons for doing it. It’s…
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How Giving Games Teach Better Giving
The Life You Can Save has helped host Giving Games across college campuses, high school classrooms, and alongside corporate innovators. Both participants and facilitators have given…
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Buying to Give
If you’re like most people reading this post, you probably spend some money almost every day. You might pick up a few groceries, pay a bill,…
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The Most Good You Can Do
Effective altruism is based on a very simple idea: we should do the most good we can. Obeying the usual rules about not stealing, cheating, hurting,…
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What are Giving Games?
Giving Games are an effective, inexpensive, and scalable way to promote effective giving. Further, they are a way for people to get tremendous leverage out of…
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How to eat for less than $2.50 and raise money for SCI!
By Tom Ash, Charity Science Charity Science and The Life You Can Save are excited to announce a new fundraiser called Experience Poverty, which will raise…
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Can’t shake that abstract feeling?
US $3 for a mosquito net, help someone see for US A$35, A$20 for vegetable seeds for a family in Timor-Leste – we've all seen the…
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The Life You Can Save: 2015 Priorities
This will be a pivotal year for The Life You Can Save. We’re very optimistic about the opportunities ahead of us, but mindful that we…
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The Life You Can Save: 2014 in Review
We’re proud of the progress The Life You Can Save made in 2014, and we’re excited to share our review of the year. Our goal is…