About Us

What is Giving Multiplier?

Giving Multiplier is a research-backed donation platform created in 2020 by behavioral scientists at Harvard University. We help donors resolve the “heart vs. head” dilemma in charitable giving: the tension between supporting causes personally meaningful to you and super-effective charities as identified by leading experts. To do so, we add matching funds when donors split their donations between a favorite charity and one of our recommended super-effective charities.


To date, our 6,000+ donors have directed over $6.2 million to charity, with most funds going to super-effective charities addressing problems like extreme poverty, factory farming, climate change, and pandemic risks. Giving Multiplier has been featured by Vox, The Boston Globe, Ologies with Alie Ward, Harvard Magazine, and The Happiness Lab podcast.


Try it out, or learn more about effective giving.

Team

Co-founders

Prof. Lucius Caviola (Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge)
Prof. Joshua Greene (Professor of Psychology at Harvard University)


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 platform is supported by Every.org. Giving Multiplier has previously received grants from EA Funds, Founders Pledge, and generous gifts from individual donors to build, operate, and grow the platform. We are grateful to many people for helping us make Giving Multiplier possible, including Daniel Rüthemann and Benjamin Lipinski (website design), and Mark Ulrich and the Every.org team (donation processing).

Questions? Check out our FAQ or email us at info@givingmultiplier.org (we read every message).