I may or may not have dreamt this, but I thought there existed a useful post on the forum about how to write a will as an EA so that your money goes to the most effective charities in the world upon death. For the life of me, I can’t find this post now (pun unintended), so if anyone remembers this post or is able to point folks interested in this question to resources on the subject—I would really appreciate it.
Survey-style questions from the OP in the comments.
Another guide from 2014 with several defunct links here.
State of the art today (for now): most Effective Giving Organisations have a “Bequests / Last Wills” webpage. To my knowledge there is no “effective giving online will generator” platform (yet).
Current people I’m aware of that are doing this at or above ~0.1 FTE is Anne Schulze (Effektiv Spenden co founder), Fianna Nieuwenstein (Senior Comms professional at Doneer Effectief).
There are other players who have WIP products but I’m unclear to the extent I can disclose here. I am personally extremely interested in this question and overall subject. We should DM
[Question] How does one plan for death as an effective altruist?
I may or may not have dreamt this, but I thought there existed a useful post on the forum about how to write a will as an EA so that your money goes to the most effective charities in the world upon death. For the life of me, I can’t find this post now (pun unintended), so if anyone remembers this post or is able to point folks interested in this question to resources on the subject—I would really appreciate it.
Hey zenc!
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/yfpGTWTry9e5pDX4y/have-you-written-a-will-involving-a-bequest-to-charity-do
Includes:
a past initiative from Joey Savoie a decade ago before he founded Ambitious Impact (now defunct)
A GenerationPledge website for ultra high net worth inheritors (now just some Google Slides, but seems updated as of 2026!)
UK-specific resources from Giving What We Can
Survey-style questions from the OP in the comments.
Another guide from 2014 with several defunct links here.
State of the art today (for now): most Effective Giving Organisations have a “Bequests / Last Wills” webpage. To my knowledge there is no “effective giving online will generator” platform (yet).
Current people I’m aware of that are doing this at or above ~0.1 FTE is Anne Schulze (Effektiv Spenden co founder), Fianna Nieuwenstein (Senior Comms professional at Doneer Effectief).
There are other players who have WIP products but I’m unclear to the extent I can disclose here. I am personally extremely interested in this question and overall subject. We should DM