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What is effective altruism?
A philosophy
Using reason and evidence to find the most effective ways to help others. Read more in this essay.
A movement
A global network of people and organizations putting the ideas into practice.
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Effective altruism in action
From global health to existential risk: see how people apply effective altruism across diverse fields
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"We should expand our conception of who deserves moral consideration, respect, and compassion."
Jeff Sebo
Philosophy PhD turned advocate for nonhuman minds
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"I think it is achievable to get to where stealth pandemics are not a feasible way to attack humanity."
Jeff Kaufman
Software engineer turned biosurveillance program lead
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"Follow your heart, use your head, and then go make a difference."
Michael Thatcher
Professional musician turned charity evaluator CEO
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"Effective altruism has been a source of meaning and joy in my life. For me, it's a win-win for my personal wellbeing and impact in the world."
Sjir Hoeijmakers
Researcher turned movement builder
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"Effective altruism gave me a sense of hope for the world and an avenue through which I could actually have an impact."
Kearney Capuano
Neuroscience student turned EA community builder
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"People involved in effective altruism tend to be especially earnest. They're not here to comment on the world or have ironic distance from the world. They are in the world, they love the world, they want to help the world."
Arden Koehler
Philosophy PhD turned editorial lead helping people do more good with their careers
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"Even when you work with very smart and talented and driven people who share a commitment to doing the most good possible, it can be unclear what to do. This is tough, slow work. But I love having a community with whom I can do that work."
Will MacAskill
Philosophy student turned founder of the effective altruism movement
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"We're often the first organization to enter these overlooked spaces, trying not only to solve immediate problems but also to marshal interest into issues most people haven't considered."
Devon Fritz
Software engineer turned charity incubator COO
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"Hearing that your dollar could go 100 times further overseas really struck me. Of course, if I could help a hundred times more people, I wanted to do that."
Grace Adams
Management consultant turned champion for effective giving
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"Very few things are as meaningful as saving someone else's life."
Marcus Davis
Volunteer turned thinktank CEO
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"Two principles really resonated with me: taking seriously the interests of people and animals geographically distant from you, and approaching charity as a quest to have the greatest impact possible."
Lewis Bollard
Lawyer turned animal welfare grantmaker
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"Seeing the intellectual humility of people really trying to interrogate whether or not they are in fact doing the right thing — that wasn't something I had encountered in any workplace or community to this extent before."
Zachary Robinson
Management consultant turned nonprofit CEO
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"I found other people who deeply cared about making a positive difference in the world, and really wanted to use all the tools that they could to find the best opportunities to do that."
Julia Wise
Social worker turned community health lead
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"My advice to someone who wants to make an impact: consider for-profit entrepreneurship. It's not for everyone, but if you have a vision of a better world and a product that people really need, venture capital is a powerful tool."
Lincoln Quirk
Tech founder turned financial inclusion pioneer
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"Before I discovered EA, I was wrestling with a common question: how can I use my time and my career in a way that's actually useful for the world?"
Melanie Brennan
English teacher turned community builder
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"The financial sacrifice of moving from a job in finance to the animal NGO space was a challenge, but the promise of meaning outweighed the costs for me."
Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla
Morgan Stanley investor turned animal welfare advocate
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"We can be more than we often make ourselves out to be, especially morally speaking. We can do more, we can be more."
Cecil Abungu
Law student turned AI safety researcher
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"To me, effective altruism means thinking deeply and putting care into using our resources — thoughtfully and impartially to best improve the lives of others."
Sam Anschell
Poker dealer turned global aid grantmaker
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"One of the best skills EA has given me is the ability to prioritize. I don't know if all philosophy students are prone to analysis paralysis, but that was certainly the case for me."
James Herbert
Consultant turned community leader
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"These ideas, along with other influences, helped me identify farmed animal welfare, wild animal welfare, invertebrate welfare, and AI welfare as areas of focus."
Jeff Sebo
Philosophy PhD turned author and NYU professor
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"I studied arts management with dreams of organizing festivals and concerts, but when I actually tried it, I realized it didn't give me a sense of purpose."
Sarah Tegeler
Arts management student turned nonprofit director
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"I was really unsure how my life was going to unfold, but I knew that I wanted to make a difference and live a life in service to others."
Lucas Moore
English tutor turned partnerships manager
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"I value the combination of moral seriousness, scope sensitivity, and being agentic that effective altruism inspires. There's something powerful about really taking suffering seriously and then actually doing something about it."
Elliot Teperman
Psychology student turned donor advisor
What the community has achieved
Browse projects from the effective altruism community
Global health and economic development
- Protected hundreds of millions of people against malaria through the distribution of insecticide-treated nets
- Built mobile financial solutions for millions of users across Africa
- Advocated for human challenge trials to understand COVID-19
- Implemented regulations that are projected to prevent lead exposure in tens of millions of children by 2100
- Supported the delivery over $800 million in cash transfers to over 1.6 million people in need in 12 countries
Animal welfare
- Freed hundreds of millions of hens from painful battery cages
- Helped secure regulatory clearance for cultivated meat in the United States
- Established a new legal framework for animal advocates to challenge animal cruelty in court
- Secured commitments from top companies to adopt higher animal welfare policies
Existential risk and the long-term future
- Researched the implications of superintelligent AI for humanity's future
- Pioneered advances in the field of mechanistic interpretability
- Neel Nanda, Google Deep Mind
- Developed a monitoring network to detect concerning biological sequences before they spread
Research and charity evaluation
- Directed more than $2.4 billion of donations to evidence-backed charities, informed by 60,000+ research hours each year
- Produced groundbreaking research that influenced millions in philanthropic funding decisions, including studies on animal welfare, global health priorities, and existential risk reduction
Incubated 40+ effective nonprofits serving 35 million people and 1 billion animals
Influenced more than $68 million toward highly effective charities and projects helping animals
Grantmaking, fundraising, and donor advising
- Built a network of thousands of pledgers who have donated more than $300 million
- Empowered entrepreneurs to give effectively, mobilizing $1.5 billion in charitable donations across 2,500+ pledges
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