Thanks for the kind words, and for sharing your experience so candidly.

One quick clarification first: this post covers only GWWC's ecosystem coordination work, which is a small part of our overall strategy. Our 2026 org-wide strategy gives a view of everything else we're focused on, including our work with donors and pledgers. We've now added an edit to the top of the post to make this clear - thanks.

On donor engagement, we still take your feedback here very seriously, and I'm sorry that was your experience. This is an area we've been focused on improving. Over the last year we've started rolling out a lot more personalised outreach, and we've been implementing much more impact reporting so donors can see what their giving achieves. We've taken these steps in large part thanks to feedback like yours, and we want to do a lot more of it.

Zooming out the reason we provide these ecosystem coordination goods (outlined in this post) at all is that we want to be part of lifting the whole effective giving sector up together, so that donors everywhere can be introduced to effective giving and find the impact they achieve through it so rewarding that they stay and give effectively for the long term. Experiences like the one you describe are exactly the sort of thing we want to fix.

Our Director of Community may have more to say on our exact plans for donor stewardship, but he's OOO for a couple of weeks. I'll flag your comment for him to take into account when he's back.

Thanks again!

Thanks for flagging this! I've added a preliminary entry for Power for Democracies and will look into the details when we next review the database :) 

Fair point, however, for OP the figure I have is somewhere between 600-700M (depending how you measure it ). Likely close to 650M. In this case I think that >600M is more acurate than ~600M. Similarly for GW its 200-230M.

Curious if you disagree? 

None at all, I have tried to contact them previously for this information, but would appreciate an introduction if you (or anyone else) can put me in touch with someone from their team?

Agree that they are focused on effectiveness and ss an ecosystem, we are increasingly building connections with the Gates Foundation. However, currently do not have enough information to be able to make a good conclusion regarding how much of their grantmaking is high-impact. 

Hopefully at some point we can include info from the Gates Foundation's high-impact grants in this overview. 

Hi @Unwobblypanda! It’s honestly incredibly impressive to see how many pledges you’ve driven through your tabling. Amazing work! 

I'm Lucas, Partnerships Manager at Giving What We Can and I’d love to jump on a call with you all to hear more about what you’re doing and how you've had such success. We’d be really keen to explore how we might support your work and whether your approach could be replicated in other student groups as well.

Might be worth looking at GWWC's evaluators research to get an overview of our thinking about some of this. Not exactly what you're looking for, but might be helpful. 

Thank you all for your comments and for your enthusiasm for this project. After careful consideration we have decided to discontinue our investigation into whether there’s some value in (someone) building a community for those in the earning to give (EtG) space and to close down the EtG Pledge Club.

At GWWC, we’ve recently made the difficult decision to retire a number of initiatives in order to focus our attention on our ambitious new strategy. 

Note: CEA have indicated to us that they might be interested in filling this gap directly or indirectly (see their most recent strategy post).

Hey Joe, this is a really interesting idea! I’d love to dig in more and explore how I—and the broader effective giving sector—might support it. I work as the Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator at Giving What We Can, helping connect and support effective giving initiatives.

I think the best audience for this could be self-improvement enthusiasts—people who follow pop psychology and are drawn to giving as a way to boost wellbeing (e.g., Laurie Santos’ Happiness Lab listeners, Atomic Habits readers, etc.). Framing it as a daily micro-donation—“the cost of a cup of coffee” to a pre-vetted high-impact charity—could really work.

Would love to chat more. Feel free to book a time here: Calendly link or email me at [email protected]!

Thank you for sharing this insightful post! As the Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator at Giving What We Can, my role involves incubating new effective giving initiatives and I’m particularly keen to connect with anyone interested in exploring the idea of launching a Christian giving initiative. The intersection of Christian generosity and effective giving is incredibly compelling, especially given the substantial opportunity to engage Christians in the U.S., where the largest market exists for such an initiative.

If you're interested in discussing this further, or if you have ideas or projects you’d like to share, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out or connect with me directly via email at [email protected].