Tax Deductibility of Donations to GiveWell Worldwide

Donations to GiveWell are tax-deductible for US donors to the extent permitted by US tax laws (see below). Donations to GiveWell UK are tax-deductible for UK donors, subject to UK tax laws (see below). Donations to GiveWell are also tax-deductible for Dutch donors in the Netherlands, as indicated below.

Donations to GiveWell or GiveWell UK are not tax-deductible for donors in other countries; however, GiveWell has established agreements in some countries with organizations that are able to direct tax-deductible donations to us or to the programs we recommended. These options are listed below.

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Published: April 2022; Last updated: December 2024

United States

GiveWell is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the US. US donors are able to claim tax deductions for donations to GiveWell to the extent permitted by US tax laws. We are registered as The Clear Fund, and our federal tax ID (EIN) is 20-8625442.

If you've donated cryptocurrency to GiveWell and need us to sign a form 8283 for tax purposes, please email us at donations@givewell.org to request a secure form to complete electronically. In order to protect sensitive information such as your social security number, we ask that you do not send us a pre-filled form via email.

You can find information about how to donate here. You can find information on end-of-year tax deadlines here.

Netherlands

GiveWell is a Public Benefit Organization (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, or ANBI) in the Netherlands. Dutch donors are able to claim tax deductions for donations to GiveWell to the extent permitted by Dutch tax laws. We are registered as The Clear Fund, and our RSIN is 8262.78.516.

Dutch donors interested in setting up a periodic gift agreement should email donations@givewell.org. Please do not include a BSN or any other private information in your initial email to us.

Our donation options for Dutch donors are the same as for US donors. You can find information about how to donate here.

Doneer Effectief is also a Public Benefit Organization (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, or ANBI) in the Netherlands. Donors can support GiveWell's All Grants Fund via their Doneer Effectief Fund: Poverty and Health, and can also support the Against Malaria Foundation, Helen Keller Intl, and New Incentives.

United Kingdom

GiveWell UK is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation in the UK. Donations to GiveWell UK are tax deductible for UK donors, subject to UK tax laws, and are eligible for Gift Aid. Our charity number is 1196392.

Please note: at this time, GiveWell UK is able to accept donations via credit/debit card, PayPal, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) account, recurring direct debit, bank/wire transfer, and stocks or securities; we are not able to accept physical cheques. For information about donating in the UK, please see here.

Other Countries

Donations to GiveWell or GiveWell UK are not tax deductible for donors in other countries; however, GiveWell has established agreements in some countries with organizations that are able to direct tax-deductible donations to us or to our recommended charity programs. These options are listed below. For countries that are not listed, we unfortunately are not aware of tax-deductible options for donating to us or to our recommended charities.

If you decide to donate through any of the organizations below, we ask that you also submit our donation report form, which helps us measure our impact by tracking donations that are influenced by our research but not made directly through GiveWell.

Australia

  • Visit Effective Altruism Australia to direct your donation according to our Top Charities Fund or to any of our Top Charities. After clicking on the Donate button, select “The most effective charities” to support the Top Charities Fund,1 or choose “These specific charities” to distribute your donation among any of our Top Charities.
  • Donate to any of our Top Charities through The Life You Can Save.
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.

Canada

  • Visit RC Forward to direct your donation according to our Top Charities Fund, to support the Against Malaria Foundation or New Incentives, or to support GiveWell’s operations. On the donation form projects list, please choose the RC Forward Global Health Fund to direct your donation according to our Top Charities Fund2 , choose “Antimalarial bed net distribution with Against Malaria Foundation” to support the Against Malaria Foundation, choose “Cash transfers to improve infant immunization” to direct your donation to New Incentives, or support GiveWell’s operations by selecting “Ongoing research into the most effective charities and interventions.”
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.

Czech Republic

  • Visit Effektiv Spenden to direct your donation according to our All Grants Fund (via the option “Giving Fund: Fighting Poverty”) or donate to any of our Top Charities.

Denmark

Estonia

  • Visit Anneta Targalt to direct your donation according to our Top Charities Fund or donate to any of our Top Charities. After clicking on the Donate button, move the slider below “Human well-being” to the right to allocate all of your donation to our Top Charities Fund. If you’d like to allocate a smaller portion of your donation to our Top Charities Fund or make specific allocations to our Top Charities, click on the caret next to “Human well-being” to open the dropdown menu, de-select “I’ll let the experts in the field decide,” and adjust the sliders.

France

Germany

  • Visit Effektiv Spenden to direct your donation according to our All Grants Fund (via the Fighting Poverty Giving Fund), donate to any of our Top Charities, or support GiveWell’s operations.
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.
  • Visit The Life You Can Save to direct your donation to the Against Malaria Foundation, Helen Keller Intl, or Malaria Consortium.

Ireland

Israel

  • Visit EA Israel to donate to our Top Charities Fund.

Italy

New Zealand

  • Visit Effective Altruism New Zealand to donate to any of our Top Charities or to support their Maximum Impact Fund. Effective Altruism New Zealand’s Maximum Impact Fund is not the same as the Top Charities Fund or All Grants Fund. Their Maximum Impact Fund is somewhere in the middle of these two funds. It could go to any of the organizations they partner with, some (but not all) of which are GiveWell Top Charities.
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.
  • Visit The Life You Can Save to direct your donation to the Against Malaria Foundation.

Norway

  • Visit Gi Effektivt to donate to our All Grants Fund, Top Charities Fund, or any of our Top Charities. After clicking the “make a donation” button, please scroll down and select “Smart distribution” to have your donation allocated according to our Top Charities Fund, or select “Choose distribution yourself” to allocate among our All Grants Fund and other Top Charities. You will then be able to choose the percentage you would like to donate to each.

Poland

Portugal

South Korea

Spain

  • Visit Ayuda Efectiva to donate to any of our Top Charities. You can also support their Global Health Fund, which distributes donations to each of our four Top Charities equally.

Sweden

  • Visit Ge Effektivt’s donation page to donate to our All Grants Fund, Top Charities Fund, or any of our Top Charities. After clicking the “give a gift” button, please scroll down to the “Global Health” section and toggle the “smart distribution” button off. You will then see the available funds and charities and be able to choose the percentage you would like to donate to each.
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.

Switzerland

  • Visit Effektiv Spenden to direct your donation according to our All Grants Fund (via the Fighting Poverty Giving Fund), donate to any our Top Charities, or support GiveWell’s operations.
  • Donate directly to the Against Malaria Foundation.
  • Visit The Life You Can Save to direct your donation to the Against Malaria Foundation, Helen Keller Intl, or Malaria Consortium.

Other EU countries

If your country is not listed above, you may still be able to make a tax-deductible donation to the Against Malaria Foundation via Transnational Giving Europe. Please see this page to find out if donations are eligible in your country.

Countries not listed

Unfortunately, there are a number of countries where people wish to use our research but none of our top-rated charities are tax deductible. In some countries, donors may be able to take advantage of donor-advised funds or fiscal sponsorship organizations in order to make tax-deductible gifts to our Top Charities.

In general, we think that differences in effectiveness between organizations are sufficiently large that in cases where the best giving opportunity may not be tax deductible, it makes sense to give a smaller post-tax donation to the best organization rather than a larger pre-tax donation to a tax-deductible organization. However, we understand that donors may have different intuitions on this question and are hoping to eventually have tax-deductible giving opportunities in other countries with many GiveWell users.

  • 1

    See here for more information on the historical distribution of their discretionary fund.

  • 2

    Note that as of December 2024, RC Forward is not yet able to accept donations or make grants to Helen Keller Intl's VAS program or Malaria Consortium's SMC program. RC Forward told us that it may be able to do so in the next few months.

  • 3

    Please note that as of December 2024, donations via Mieux Donner to Helen Keller Intl and New Incentives are not tax-deductible.

  • 4

    Note that Benefficienza uses a third-party platform FIDo to facilitate donations; FIDo retains 2% of each donation to support operating costs. In addition, as of October 2024, Benefficienza is not yet able to accept donations or make grants to Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program. Benefficienza told us that it is hoping to be able to do so in 2025.