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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GIVING WHAT WE CAN USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$27,892,827
Total expenses
$6,770,740
Contributions and grants received
$27,352,185
Grants paid
$5,943,692
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$540,642
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$21,985,442
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,338
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,888,104
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,591,821
Management and general expenses
$151,523
Fundraising expenses
$27,396
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,591,821

Program services were 97.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,352,185

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $721,843

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $540,642 · excluded $540,642

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,448,548 · program services $5,448,548

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $495,144 · program services $495,144

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $119,061 · program services $90,784 · management and general $22,820 · fundraising $5,457

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $207,188 · program services $157,981 · management and general $39,711 · fundraising $9,496

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $753 · program services $574 · management and general $144 · fundraising $35

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,085 · program services $17,602 · management and general $4,425 · fundraising $1,058

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,139 · program services $39,756 · management and general $9,993 · fundraising $2,390

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,649 · management and general $15,649

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,640 · management and general $15,640

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,830 · program services $116,814 · management and general $7,276 · fundraising $1,740

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,123 · program services $68,123

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $144,725 · program services $126,342 · management and general $18,142 · fundraising $241

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,928 · program services $11,383 · management and general $2,861 · fundraising $684

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,767 · program services $11,260 · management and general $2,830 · fundraising $677

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,043 · program services $1,430 · management and general $360 · fundraising $5,253

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,290 · management and general $1,290

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,827 · program services $6,080 · management and general $10,382 · fundraising $365

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $40,374

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $768,144 · end of year $19,769,403

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,744,699

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $29,027

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $185,559

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $204,260

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $39,030

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $58,308

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,201,790

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,686,314

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GIVING WHAT WE CAN'S MISSION IS TO MAKE GIVING EFFECTIVELY AND SIGNIFICANTLY A CULTURAL NORM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • TO MAKE EFFECTIVE AND SIGNIFICANT GIVING A CULTURAL NORM VIA PROMOTING EFFECTIVE GIVING, CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE MOST EFFECTIVE CAUSE AREAS, AND FACILITATING EFFECTIVE GIVING VIA AN ONLINE PLATFORM AND GIVING PLEDGES.

    Expenses $6,591,821 · Grants $5,943,692

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Cogan

    TREASURER (FROM SEPTEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Seth Edward Holoweiko

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jeffrey Thomforde Kaufman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nicholas Spiegel Fitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Zuber Nosimohomed

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sjir Hoeijmakers

    INTERIM PRESIDENT & CEO (FROM SEPTEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $119,061
    From this org
    $105,356
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,705
    Hours/week
    40

  • Luke Freeman

    PRESIDENT & CEO (THRU SEPTEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Fabio Kuhn

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $116,484
    From this org
    $116,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC

    $2,099,997

    ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION OF THE WORLD'S FOOD SYSTEM TOWARD ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING PLANT- AND CELL-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL PRODUCTS

  • EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC

    $1,188,234

    VARIOUS DISTINCT GRANTS:1. POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE LONG-TERM TRAJECTORY OF CIVILISATION BY MAKING GRANTS THAT ADDRESS GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISKS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON POTENTIAL RISKS FROM ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PANDEMICS ($357,683)2. IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE BY GRANTING TO PROMISING GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ($361,913)3. INCREASE THE IMPACT OF PROJECTS THAT USE THE PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM BY INCREASING THEIR ACCESS TO TALENT, CAPITAL, AND KNOWLEDGE ($76,795)4. IMPROVE GLOBAL WELLBEING AND MITIGATE GLOBAL RISKS BY SUPPLYING FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR EA FUNDS' COMPREHENSIVE GRANTMAKING OPERATIONS AND ESSENTIAL OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, FACILITATING THE ADVANCEMENT OF PROJECT ASSESSMENT AND THE DISCOVERY OF HIGH-IMPACT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ($24,999)5. IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF NONHUMAN ANIMALS BY MAKING GRANTS THAT FOCUS ON ONE OR MORE BEST-IN-CLASS OPPORTUNITIES ($366,845

  • LONGVIEW PHILANTHROPY USA INC

    $843,128

    SAFEGUARD THE LONG-TERM FUTURE BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO HIGHLY-EFFECTIVE ORGANISATIONS THAT SEEK TO REDUCE EXISTENTIAL AND CATASTROPHIC RISKS, SUCH AS THOSE COMING FROM MISALIGNED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PANDEMICS, AND NUCLEAR WAR

  • THE CLEAR FUND DBA GIVEWELL

    $374,405

    IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY SUPPORTING THE FULL RANGE OF GIVEWELL'S GRANTMAKING TO HIGHIMPACT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING AT ORGANISATIONS OUTSIDE OF ITS TOP CHARITIES.

  • THE HUMANE LEAGUE

    $287,216

    PROMOTE FARMED ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH INDUSTRY PRESSURE AND ADVOCACY

  • GOOD ENERGY COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED

    $249,999

    SUPPORT THE EQUITABLE ADOPTION OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY BY DEVELOPING AND EDUCATING ABOUT NUCLEAR POLICIES THAT ALIGN WITH PROGRESSIVE VALUES AND JUSTICE-CENTERED CLIMATE GOALS.

  • HORIZON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

    $104,741

    IMPROVE US GOVERNMENT CAPACITY ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BY SUPPORTING AI AND BIOTECHNOLOGY EXPERTS IN TRANSITIONING TO POLICY ROLES

  • GIVEDIRECTLY INC

    $83,714

    IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND AFFIRM THEIR DIGNITY BY SENDING CASH DIRECTLY TO THE WORLD'S POOREST HOUSEHOLDS AND LETTING THEM CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES HOW BEST TO SPEND IT TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES

  • THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION

    $74,776

    PROTECT PEOPLE FROM MALARIA BY DISTRIBUTING AND ENSURING THE USE OF LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL BEDNETS IN REGIONS WITH THE HIGHEST BURDEN OF MALARIA CASES.

  • MALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC

    $49,870

    PROTECT CHILDREN FROM MALARIA BY DISTRIBUTING PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION AT TIMES OF HIGH TRANSMISSION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • GIVING WHAT WE CAN UK

    TO MAKE GIVING EFFECTIVELY AND SIGNIFICANTLY A CULTURAL NORM · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GIVING WHAT WE CAN USA INC

  • GIVING WHAT WE CAN CANADA

    TO MAKE GIVING EFFECTIVELY AND SIGNIFICANTLY A CULTURAL NORM · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GIVING WHAT WE CAN USA INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349308523

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