Public giving is the practice of making donations publicly. Public giving has the potential to encourage others to give more to charity themselves, and to affect which charities they give to. These considerations have encouraged many members of the effective altruism community to try to be more public about their donations.^[1]

Further reading

Wildeford, Peter (2014) To inspire people to give, be public about your giving, Effective Altruism Forum, September 16.
An article in favor of being public about donations, to encourage others to donate.

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Kaufman, Jeff (2021) Donations, Jeff Kaufman’s Blog.