Multiply your impact
About Tzedakah Multiplier
"Someone who saves a single life,~ Talmud
it is as if they saved the entire world."
How it works
Search and select your favorite Jewish charity
This can be any charity that you care about.
Select a super-effective charity
You can choose from our list of expert recommendations.
Divide your donation between the two
At least 10% has to go to a super-effective charity.
We'll add 9% to 90% on top of your donations:
our crowdsourced matching pool adds a proportion on top, so the total is always greater than what you donate. Learn more here.
Why donate with Tzedakah Multiplier?
Effective
Our goal is to make charitable giving as effective as possible. We support charities that experts have identified as super effective.
Matching
We'll add a small donation on top of yours from our crowdsourced matching pool. The more you give to the super-effective charity, the higher the rate.
Secure
Your donations are processed by our trusted partner every.org — a non-profit hub for charitable giving. Your data privacy is ensured.
Verified
As a project based at Harvard University, Tzedakah Multiplier has been reviewed by the Harvard internal review board and data safety team.
Media coverage
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Why Giving Money to Others Makes us Happier by The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
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Giving Multiplier is an award winner of the Reimagine Charitable Giving Challenge that honors “promising concepts in the digital giving space”
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“This giving season, give with your heart and your head” (The Boston Globe)
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“I appreciate Giving Multipliers’s incrementalist approach to helping people make more effective charitable giving decisions.”
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Joshua Greene on Morality, Psychology, and Trolley Problems by Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast
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Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda
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“How to Be a Moral Hero” on the Waking Up app
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“The next time you’re ready to give, make two donations: one to a charity that speaks to your heart and one to a charity that’s expert-certified for extraordinary impact.”
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“The researchers were able to effect real-world changes in donors’ behavior by offering them the chance to give with their heads as well as their hearts.”
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Joshua Greene on Effective Charities
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Evidence-Based Charity and Moral Psychology
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Moral Tribes: Bridging the gap between “us” and “them” by Giving What We Can
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The Power of Altruism: How Effective Altruism is a Giving Multiplier by Passion Struck Podcast with John R. Miles
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“For Giving Tuesday, this Harvard-designed donation tool helps you maximize your impact”
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Cooperation, Charity, and Effective Giving by The Stanford Psychology Podcast
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“If even just a quarter of all donors applied this strategy, millions of lives would be saved and improved - without donors having to forsake the charities closest to their hearts.”
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Moral Psychology & Pragmatism by The Nature & Nurture Podcast
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Under the Radar with Callie Crossley
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“Giving Multiplier, an online platform that eases — and sweetens — donations to global health and development charities”
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“What’s Your Motivation? The Psychology of Charitable Giving” (Money to Give Podcast)
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Psychology and Stuff Podcast
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Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
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Morality Meets World by On Wisdom
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“Moral Goodness Psychology” (Minding the Brain Podcast)