Perhaps my favorite part of my job is that I’m often exposed to mind-boggling accomplishments achieved by people within and around the EA community. Stories of impact remind us why our principles are valuable, inspire an openness to ambitious bets, and motivate altruism. Yet we can’t expect to hear about positive outcomes by default — the problems we solve are neglected, and beneficiaries are frequently voiceless (literally).

That’s why @Toby Tremlett🔹  and I would like to invite you to add stories of impact that have inspired you to the banner on the frontpage. They’ll be displayed all week, and the text will appear in the comments under this post. We endorse an expansive definition here: for example, feel free to celebrate your own work or that of your friends, and both smaller-scale and older wins are appreciated!

You could consider:

• What accomplishments seem important or underappreciated to you?
• What stories make you smile?
• What changed your mind about what’s possible?
• What work are you grateful for?

I’ll kick off the discussion by listing a few wins from 2025 that stood out to me, but don’t feel like you have to follow my approach. Our community is vast, and I can’t learn about every story — let me know what I missed.

1. Over 2,800 companies have signed cage-free commitments to spare egg-laying hens from psychological suffering and physical trauma, affecting millions of hens. Additionally, 92% of corporate cage-free egg commitments with deadlines of 2024 or earlier have been fulfilled, up from 89% in 2024.  These achievements are in large part due to persistent corporate campaigning efforts from organizations like The Humane League (THL).
2. 10,000 people have now taken the Giving What We Can (GWWC) 10% pledge, making a commitment to give at least 10% of one’s income to highly impactful organizations. GWWC estimates that every pledge leads to $15,000 in counterfactual donations to high-impact charities. I’ve certainly donated more than I would have had I not taken a pledge!
3. GiveWell announced its largest single grant ever of $96.3 million, given to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF). The grant will distribute over 17 million insecticide-treated nets in Chad, DRC, Nigeria, and Zambia, expected to cover nearly 4 million children and avert over 20 thousand deaths. AMF has prevented an estimated 270,000 deaths since its inception.
4. California signed the first USA bill to directly regulate AI catastrophic risk into law, and New York followed suit. SB 53 requires large AI developers to publish safety frameworks, report critical incidents within 15 days, and establishes whistleblower protections.
5. Slovenia banned cages for hens and piglet castration without anesthesia — a victory for 270,000 hens and potentially hundreds of thousands of piglets. This followed advocacy from the Animal Enterprise Transparency Project (AETP), supported by an EA Funds Animal Welfare Fund grant that provided much-needed capacity during the legislative push.
6. Lewis Bollard’s appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast raised over $2M for effective animal welfare charities. This means that about 4 million animals were helped, according to Farmkind’s estimates.
7. Speaking of successful media appearances, the first video from 80,000 Hours’s new YouTube channel about risks associated with AI amassed almost 10 million views in six months (here’s their retrospective). And The Daily Show featured two people working in EA cause areas: @Andres Jimenez Zorrilla 🔸  from Shrimp Welfare Project, and @Peter Wildeford  from the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy.
8. Finally, the EA community grew! At the time, EAG London ‘25 was the largest EA event ever, with almost 1,600 in attendance. Its reign was short-lived, however — EA Connect smashed its record, with 2,630 attendees.

For more, check out similar recaps from 2024, 2023, and 2022, as well as Lewis Bollard’s recent post on 2025 farmed animal welfare wins. I’m excited to hear what others have been inspired by!

Thanks to Tess Newton-Palmer, Fran Barclay, Toby Tremlett, and Catherine Low for their review, and to all those who kept me abreast of good news this past year.