Women’s Empowerment
1 in 3 women will face violence in her lifetime.
Supports organisations working to prevent violence against women and girls.
Choose the cause that moves you.
Six funds, each backing a selection of top-performing charities, chosen on independent research and evidence.
Mental Health
Mental illness affects 1 in 7 people.
Supports free group therapy and community counselling for people facing depression and anxiety.
Global Health
Nearly 1 in 10 people live on less than $3 a day.
Supports malaria bed nets, safe water, childhood vaccines and malnutrition treatment in the places that need them most.
Climate Solutions
The ten hottest years on record are the last ten.
Supports organisations driving clean-energy innovation and policy change to cut emissions at the source.
Animal Welfare
Over 80 billion animals go through factory farms every year.
Supports large-scale campaigns against factory farming, so more animals can live free from cages and crates.
All Abilities
Nearly a billion people who need glasses, braces or prosthetic limbs go without.
Supports programmes restoring sight and mobility where care is hardest to come by.
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Prefer a specific organization?
Each cause is made up of a handful of charities. If you're moved by one in particular you can support it directly.
To master a sport it takes 10,000 hours. The same goes for evaluating causes.
GiveWell
GiveWell identifies charities that can save or improve lives the most per dollar. Its researchers spend over 40,000 hours a year on where to give, and it recommends only a small number of charities.
The Life You Can Save
Founded by the philosopher Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save makes smart giving simple by curating nonprofits that save or improve the most lives per dollar.
Founders Pledge
Founders Pledge researches the giving opportunities that do the most good per dollar, and finds meaningful differences in outcomes even between good, evidence-led organisations.
Examples are illustrative, not exhaustive. High Impact Athletes retains discretion to allocate funds within each cause-area portfolio, guided by impact, independent advisors and current evidence.
Please note that HIA does not evaluate individual charities. Our causes and portfolios are based on the research of third-party, impact-focused evaluators and advisors our team has found to be particularly well-suited to help donors do the most good per dollar, according to their recent investigations.