About us

Giving Multiplier was created at Harvard University by Dr. Lucius Caviola, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Prof. Joshua Greene, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Their research examines the factors that influence charitable giving, with the goal of helping people make wiser charitable giving decisions.

Matt Coleman is the Executive Director leading day-to-day operations. Fabio Kuhn is Giving Multiplier's web developer.

Co-founders

Dr. Lucius Caviola
Prof. Joshua Greene

Executive Director

Matthew Coleman, PhD

Web Developer

Fabio Kuhn

Advisors

Laurie Santos, PhD: Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast
José González: award-winning singer/songwriter
Peter Singer, PhD: Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and the author of several books, including “The Life You Can Save”
Paul Bloom, PhD: Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and the author of seven books, including "Psych: The Story of the Human Mind"
Maria Konnikova, PhD: New York Times best-selling author of "The Biggest Bluff", journalist, and professional poker player
Liv Boeree: science communicator, host of the Win-Win podcast, and former professional poker player

Acknowledgments


Our donation system is supported by Every.org and our charity search function is powered by Constructor. This website was designed by Daniel Rüthemann.

This website is supported by grants from EA Funds, Founders Pledge, and individual donors. Thank you to our generous funders for allowing us to build, operate, and grow our organization. If you are interested in supporting our continued growth, please email Matt Coleman, our Executive Director (matt@givingmultiplier.org).

We are grateful to many other people who have helped us make Giving Multiplier possible. This includes Mark Ulrich, Tina Roh, Santi Hernandez and the team at Every.org; Peter Singer, Charlie Bresler and the team at The Life You Can Save; Jim Bobowski, Buddy Shah, and the team at GiveWell; Benjamin Lipinski, Marta Krzeminska, Chris Lloyd, Luke Freeman, Joe Brownrigg, Marka Ellertson, Emma Gray-Starcevic, Vaidehi Agarwalla for marketing advice; Ari Kagan, Nick Fitz and the team at Momentum; Sam Harris and Will MacAskill; Duncan Peacock and the TED Mystery Experiment; Lily Chamberlain for marketing help; Joseph Fridman for media consulting; Elisa See for outreach efforts; Oskar Knight for operations input; and many others.

Questions? Check out our FAQ or email us at info@givingmultiplier.org.