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The Life You Can Save

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The Life You Can Save (TLYCS) is a nonprofit organization that encourages individuals to donate 1% of their income to effective charities. TLYCS was founded by Peter Singer, following the release of his book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty.

Impact

In 2021, TLYCS moved nearly $22.7 million to their recommended charities, either through the website’s donation platform or as a direct result of their outreach activities.[1]

Recommendations

As of 2022, TLYCS recommends the following charities:

Further reading

Charlie Bresler (2015) ‘The Life You Can Save’, in Ryan Carey (ed.), The Effective Altruism Handbook, 1st ed., Oxford: The Centre for Effective Altruism, pp. 117-119.

External links

The Life You Can Save. Official website.

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Donate to The Life You Can Save.

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    The Life You Can Save (2022) 2021 annual report, The Life You Can Save.

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EA Mar­ket Testing

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[Question] Can it be more cost-effec­tive to pre­vent than to treat ob­stet­ric fis­tu­las?

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AMA: We are Jon and Kathryn. We work with The Life You Can Save. Ask us any­thing!

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The Life You Can Save’s 2015 Year in Review

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In­tro­duc­ing The Life You Can Save mo­bile app!

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[Question] Should the Aravind Eye Care Sys­tem be funded in lieu of The Fred Hol­lows Foun­da­tion?

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Op­por­tu­nity to in­crease your giv­ing im­pact through AMF

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The Life You Can Save’s 2017 An­nual Re­port and 2018 Strate­gic Plan

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The Life You Can Save’s 2019 An­nual Report

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31 points
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The Life You Can Save’s 2016 An­nual Report

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