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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
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…
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…
Research and Evidence
The data is in: We can help women live violence-free
What we know: One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence, or both, in their lifetime. High quality studies show that preventing violence from…
Partnerships
Partnering with IDinsight’s Dignity Initiative to Advance Dignity through Data
As our organization continues to expand our charity evaluation framework to account for the complexities of global development, we are delighted to announce a new partnership…
Fundraising
Our Decision to No Longer Feature Zusha! On Our Best Charities List
Summary The Life You Can Save has recommended Zusha! as a Best Charity since 2018. We continue to be impressed with their research-based work to reduce…
Research and Evidence
We’re moving to in-house charity evaluation to help more donors give better and reduce poverty faster
Last year, the world saw global wealth surpass A$606 trillion for the first time in history. Yet climate extremes and economic slowdowns led 811 million people…
Effective Giving
Effective Giving Bloggers Series: Children and Philanthropy
"I hope I can pass on the values that matter most to me: restraint from excessive luxury, gratitude for what you’ve been given, and empathy —…