The Life You Can Save
| 501(c)(3) | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Effective altruism, pledges, poverty relief |
| Founded 📆 | 2009 |
| Founder 👔 | Peter Singer |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Peter Singer (Founder)
Charlie Bresler (Executive Director) Frances Kissling (Board Member) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/ |
| 📇 Address | |
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The Life You Can Save (TLYCS) is an effective altruism-associated organization founded in 2009 by Australian moral philosopher and bioethics professor Peter Singer to advance the ideas in his book of the same name. The organization’s mission is to effect cultural change in affluent countries whilst increasing annual donations to highly effective nonprofits that reduce suffering and premature death, and sustainably improve lives, for those in extreme poverty.[1]. TLYCS provides a list of recommended evidence-backed charities, salient information about them, and an Impact Calculator showing what a donation to each of these charities can achieve[2]. The website also includes a newsletter, blog, and a Giving Guide to help donors decide how to make their charitable giving more effective.
History[edit]
Following the founding of TLYCS in 2009, the website gathered thousands of pledges from individuals to donate a portion of their income to support highly effective organizations focusing on extreme poverty.
In December 2011, Matt Wage and Nick Beckstead joined to help Singer expand the organization supported by a group of volunteers[3].
In Summer 2012, Wage left his position with TLYCS to pursue his earning to give career at a Jane Street arbitrage trading firm and Holly Morgan joined to replace him as Executive Director[4].
In 2013, Charlie Bresler, previously the President of The Men’s Wearhouse, and his wife, Diana, provided funding to expand TLYCS and Bresler became the organization’s volunteer Executive Director[5].
On December 13, 2013 received its official 501c3 from the United States Internal Revenue Service.
In March 2013, Singer delivered his TED talk ‘The why and how of effective altruism’, raising further awareness of the effective altruism movement and the work of TLYCS[6].
In September 2013, Jon Behar, the founder of A Path That’s Clear, joined as COO. Behar set up the Giving Games project for TLYCS, an education initiative for global philanthropy that teaches individuals how to make more effective giving decisions by using real money to donate to their chosen charities[7]. Information and materials for running Giving Games in schools, businesses, religious institutions, etc. are available on TLYCS’s website.
In October 2015, American singer-songwriter Paul Simon performed a benefit concert for TLYCS to raise donations for Fistula Foundation, one of their recommended charities[8].
In 2016, the organization became the fiscal sponsor for One for the World, an effective altruism organization founded at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School.
In August 2016, Frances Kissling, the activist, scholar and author in the global women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health movements, was added as a board member alongside Singer and Bresler[9].
In October 2016, Paul Simon performed at another benefit concert for TLYCS, with funds going directly to the organization[10].
In 2017, TLYCS UK was established through a partnership with Prism the Gift Fund, allowing UK donors to add Gift Aid when donating to the organization’s qualifying recommended charities[11]
In 2018, the organization established an office in Sydney and set up TLYCS Australia, through which donations to many of the recommended charities will qualify for tax deductibility by May, 2019.
Also in 2018, TLYCS purchased the rights to Singer’s book of the same name, which they are updating and plan to publish as an ebook and audiobook in 2019; the audiobook chapters will be narrated by celebrity participants.
In 2018, TLYCS established a partnership in India with Samhita Social Ventures called High Impact Philanthropy (HIP) to establish a similar organization to TLYCS there.
Charity Selection[edit]
The Life You Can Save recommends its top charities based on intensive external research regarding effectiveness across the criteria of evidence, efficiency and execution. The organization currently uses GiveWell and ImpactMatters as their “Approved Charity Evaluators” and also relies upon a "Panel of Experts" from fields including economics, ethics, non-profit management and business to decide which charities are recommended[12]. This panel consists of Caroline Fiennes, Eric Friedman, Dean Karlan and Peter Singer.
Media Mentions[edit]
TLYCS has been mentioned in news articles by journalists Hamilton Nolan, Dylan Matthews, Ron Lieber and Dwight Garner, and periodicals including Vox[13], The New York Times[14], Bloomberg Businessweek[15], The Washington Post[16] and Scientific American[17].
References[edit]
- ↑ Nolan, Hamilton. "Peter Singer is here to talk about right and wrong". Gawker. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Bernard, Tara. "Making a Difference in This Season of Giving". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Singer, Peter. "Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism". TED. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Southan, Rhys. "Art is a waste of time - or so Effective Altruism claims". Aeon. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Gose, Ben. "A New Donor Movement Seeks to Put Data Ahead of Passion". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Singer, Peter. "Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism". TED. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Behar, Jon. "Are giving games a better way to teach philanthropy?". Alliance Magazine. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "Peter Singer and Paul Simon Team Up to Fight Fistula". Fistula Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "Our Team". The Life You Can Save. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Winslow, Megan. "Paul Simon sings for 'Life' at Hills home". Los Altos Town Crier. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "The Life You Can Save UK". MyDonate. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ "How we select our recommended charities". The Life You Can Save. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Matthews, Dylan. "The world's most famous utilitarian on whether all carnivorous animals should be killed". Vox. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Lieber, Ron. "Giving More Globally, and Less Locally". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Yoon, Sangwon. "From Ackman to Musk, Charity Giving Takes on Stock-Picking Feel". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Klein, Allison. "With tax reform, you might want to donate more this year. An expert weighs in on how to give wisely". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Grewal, Daisy. "Wealthy People Give to Charity for Different Reasons Than the Rest of Us". Scientific American. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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