“Updates on the effective giving ecosystem 2026” by Luke Moore 🔸

Written by Lucas Moore (Senior Partnerships Manager), Giving What We Can for the Effective Giving Summit 2026. Published with some elements redacted. This memo provides a high-level overview of the effective giving landscape as of May 2026. It builds on the memo we wrote for last year's summit (later published with some elements redacted) and is based largely on the 2026 EG pulse survey and money moved sheet (not public). Please leave a comment if you'd like us to clarify anything. All figures are in USD.Background The effective giving ecosystem is an interdependent network of >70 organisations directing philanthropic resources to where they can do the most good, guided by principles such as cost-effectiveness, cause prioritisation and counterfactual impact. Within the ecosystem, some organisations identify high-impact opportunities (evaluators) and others fundraise for them (fundraisers). Many do both.Key updates Money moved by the ecosystem (not public) grew by ~60% between 2024 and 2025, from ~1.2B to ~2B money moved The bulk of that growth came from Coefficient Giving and GiveWell Coefficient Giving: stable at ~650m since 2022, grew ~50% to ~1b in 2025 GiveWell: stable at ~200M since 2021, grew ~100% [...] ---Outline:(00:44) Background(01:13) Key updates(05:46) Overview of the ecosystem(09:01) How much money is moved to high-impact destinations(10:59) Donors giving through the ecosystem(11:24) Where money goes The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 28th, 2026 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/T7CKswFYSgjePAwZh/updates-on-the-effective-giving-ecosystem-2026 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.