Stories

Stories From the Founders Pledge Community

Member Spotlights

Member Stories

Game Founders for Climate 2021 - Raising $1 million to combat climate change

By: Kristian Segerstråle

Game Founders are raising $1M to combat climate change by matching your donations

Member Stories

‘I didn’t have to convince anyone’: Joshua Wohle on pledging with his co-founders

By: Joshua Wohle

We recently sat down with Joshua, who has pledged alongside his co-founders at Bloom and made a 10% pledge, to find out more about Bloom, the team’s motivations and his approach to impact.

Member Stories

The world’s biggest online art class: From smashing a world record to raising £50k

By: Rachel Baxter

Driven by Founders Pledge members Sam Barnett and Sebastien Blanc, the class broke an art world record and raised thousands of pounds for COVID relief.

Insights from the Research Team

Insights from the Research Team

Philanthropy to the Right of Boom

By: Christian Ruhl

A neglected impact multiplier for nuclear grantmaking.

Insights from the Research Team

How the Patient Philanthropy and Global Catastrophic Risks Funds Work Together

By: Christian Ruhl & Tom Barnes

The similarities and differences between the PPF and the GCR Fund.

Insights from the Research Team

A Guide to Forecasting at Founders Pledge

By: Christian Ruhl & Matt Lerner

A practical guide to forecasting, guidelines for better forecasting, and how to harness it to improve our work.

Insights from the Research Team

Our Approach to Moral Weights

By: Rosie Bettle & Vadim Albinsky

How we determine moral weights in order to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of charities across different areas

Insights from the Research Team

What "Think Global, Act Local" Means for US Climate Philanthropists

By: Johannes Ackva

The global implications of recent US climate wins.

Insights from the Research Team

The War in Ukraine, Climate Risk & High-Impact Climate Philanthropy

By: Johannes Ackva

The impact of the war in Ukraine on climate risk and what this means for high-impact climate philanthropy.

Insights from the Research Team

The Climate Change Fund at Two

By: Johannes Ackva & Luisa Sandkühler

Reflecting on two years of the Climate Change Fund.

Philanthropic Thinking

Introducing the Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) Fund

By: Christian Ruhl

A blog introducing Founders Pledge's latest Fund offering, the Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) Fund, which aims to help prevent severe global catastrophes today and in the future.

Insights from the Research Team

Measuring Health: How We Use (And Sometimes Don’t Use) DALY Estimates

By: Rosie Bettle

Our approach to measuring health and wellbeing to help us compare funding opportunities across cause areas.

Insights from the Research Team

Explaining a Small PPF Grant on Nuclear Security

By: Christian Ruhl

Why and how Founders Pledge recommended a small grant on nuclear security to the Patient Philanthropy Fund

Insights from the Research Team

Re-Evaluating Prof. Philip Tetlock’s Forecasting Work on Existential Risk

By: Christian Ruhl

How Founders Pledge re-evaluates our recommended funding opportunities, and why we recommend Professor Philip Tetlock's second-generation forecasting work for anticipating and mitigating some of the most pressing global risks

Insights from the Research Team

The ideas of economists

By: Johannes Ackva

Why the Climate Fund made two recent grants in connection with COP26, both targeted at changing ideas and discourse to change action. What we expect; what has been achieved; and how we will track impact.

Insights from the Research Team

Help humanity be prepared for when shit hits the fan

By: Johannes Ackva

This post explores what it means to focus on avoiding the worst climate risks, why the focus on extreme risks is more general than climate and how you can get involved to secure a good future when "shit hits the fan".

Insights from the Research Team

“It’s a cause and an effect of poverty”: SCI Foundation’s Wendy Harrison on tackling schistosomiasis

By: Dr Wendy Harrison

We recently caught up with Dr Wendy Harrison, CEO of SCI Foundation, about the impacts of schistosomiasis, SCI Foundation’s work and why philanthropists should support them.

Insights from the Research Team

Impact Stories: Sightsavers

By: Founders Pledge Team

Read the stories of Bomam Otto, headteacher, and Ngo Ndombol Norbertine, a 10-year-old pupil at a school enrolled in Sightsavers' high-impact deworming programme.

Philanthropic Thinking

Philanthropic Thinking

Pledge Ventures: A First Close with an Impact

By: Niki Buys

Celebrating the first close of Pledge Ventures!

Philanthropic Thinking

High-Impact Funding Recommendations to Support Now

By: Matt Lerner

Where your support will make the biggest difference right now.

Philanthropic Thinking

Creating a Flywheel for Impact

By: David Goldberg

Introducing a new fundraising concept for Founders Pledge.

Philanthropic Thinking

Giving in times of crisis

By: Ashley Neff & Victoria Nelmes

Our recommendations and guiding principles for giving in times of crisis.

Philanthropic Thinking

Why we say ‘funding opportunity’ instead of ‘charity’

By: Anu Khan & Rachel Baxter

We recommend a number of cost-effective, high-impact charities doing brilliant work, but we generally refer to our recommendations as ‘funding opportunities’. This is why.

Philanthropic Thinking

Funding requests: When to say no

By: Adriana Lowe

Even if you feel compelled to do good this Giving Season, you might be having a hard time deciding how best to allocate your limited resources. That’s where the Founders Pledge Advisory team comes in - we help you plan your giving strategically.

Philanthropic Thinking

How to give around an IPO

By: Alessandra Ferrari

A practical guide for pre-IPO giving for shareholding employees and alumni of a company in the process of going public. We cover essential considerations and offer strategies for maximizing the potential impact of your giving.

Podcasts

Podcasts

From 16-year-old college graduate to two-time tech founder with Robby Walker

By: Philip Kasumu

We chat to Robby about his fascinating personal journey, his entrepreneurial career and why he decided to take the pledge.

Podcasts

How I Give: Solving problems for small businesses in Africa with Daniel Yu

By: Philip Kasumu

We speak to Daniel Yu, Founder & Global CEO of Sokowatch, about his unique entrepreneurial journey, his philanthropy and why he decided to take the pledge.

Podcasts

How I Give: Entrepreneurship & philanthropy with Andrew Skotzko

By: Philip Kasumu

We speak to member Andrew Skotzko, product leader, podcaster, philanthropist and entrepreneur.