Donating to the right place is very important. I’ve decided to keep a log of where I donate so people can see what I’m up to and to keep me honest, inspired by Peter Hurford. I don’t always make the most rational choices, and have left in donations made prior to understanding what I now know about charities.
I have pledged to give everything I earn in a year over $45,000 AUD for the rest of my life (indexed by inflation from 2016) to the most effective causes, a pledge I will uphold with my parliamentary income if elected.
If you see something, especially recently, that you disagree with, please let me know.
Receipts are available on request.
| Year | Date | Organisation | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nov 3 | Movember | $20 AUD | |
| 2023 | Dec 11 | Global Priorities Institute | $1500 AUD | |
| 2022 | Apr 26 | Animal Justice Party | $25 AUD | Elections fundraiser |
| 2022 | Mar 07 | Nuclear Threat Initiative | $15 USD | |
| 2022 | Mar 07 | PETA | $15 AUD | |
| 2022 | Jan 29 | New Harvest | $259 AUD | |
| 2022 | Mar 07 | Fundacja Ocalenie | $8 AUD | |
| 2021 | Mar 1 | Halfcut Challenge | $20 AUD | |
| 2020 | June 19 | Center For Energy Efficiency And Renewable Technologies | $76.21 AUD | |
| 2020 | Dec 20 | Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary | $20 AUD | Christmas present |
| 2019 | Jan 13 | Animal Justice Party | $100 AUD | Donation to elections fundraiser |
| 2019 | Jan 21 | Animal Justice Party | $100 AUD | Donation to elections fundraiser |
| 2019 | Jan 28 | Animal Justice Party | $799 | Donation to elections fundraiser |
| 2019 | May 10 | Animal Justice Party | $3000 AUD | Donation to elections fundraiser |
| 2018 | Oct 11 | The Modern Agriculture Foundation | $2077 AUD | |
| 2018 | Sep 10 | Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies | $58 AUD | For reasons I'll elaborate on in a new post soon, I now think CEERT is a much better enviro. charity pick than Cool Earth. |
| 2018 | ?? | Animal Justice Party | $30 AUD | Membership fees |
| 2018 | Sep 13 | L214 Ethique et Animaux | $20 AUD | |
| 2018 | Aug 10 | Animal Liberation | $20 AUD | |
| 2018 | Sep 10 | Animals Australia | $50 AUD | |
| 2018 | May 27 | Good Food Institute | $40 US | |
| 2018 | May 27 | Animal Charity Evaluators | $50 US | |
| 2018 | Nov 24 | Our Hen House | $100 US | |
| 2018 | Dec 1 | Animals Australia | $50 AUD | |
| 2017 | Apr 20 | Animal Charity Evaluators | $30 US | Gift for a friend |
| 2017 | ?? | Animal Justice Party | $30 AUD | Membership fees |
| 2017 | Mar 4 | Good Food Institute | $50 AUD | |
| 2016 | Apr 18 | Against Malaria Foundation | $8000 AUD | Dollar matching for the Run for EA. Played a role in raising $36,000 (not all of which was counterfactual). |
| 2016 | Jun 14 | The Life You Can Save Adelaide | $530 AUD | Plane tickets for a guest speaker to an EA event, partly to measure their impact on behaviour change - write-up of results is forthcoming. |
| 2016 | Feb 12 | Effective Altruism: The Movement | $468 AUD | Funding to develop documentary |
| 2016 | Jul 1 | Animal Charity Evaluators | $100 US | |
| 2016 | Nov 29 | Good Food Institute | $60,000 AUD | Based on the recommendations of Michael Dickens |
| 2016 | Feb 06 | Against Malaria Foundation | $230 AUD | Donation swap to donate to .impact. |
| 2016 | Jul 10 | Students for High Impact Charity | $1000 US | |
| 2016 | Jan 4 | Purchasing Peter Singer's books for giveaways | $179 AUD | |
| 2016 | Apr 13 | The Life You Can Save Adelaide | $170 AUD | Purchasing food for An Evening with Peter Singer. |
| 2016 | Jun 14 | The Life You Can Save Adelaide | $150 AUD | Misc. costs for running an EA event |
| 2015 | Dec 8 | The Humane League | $50 US | |
| 2015 | Jun 6 | Fred Hollows Foundation | $1000 AUD | |
| 2015 | Jun 1 | Fred Hollows Foundation | $60 AUD | |
| 2015 | May 6 | Oxfam Australia | $2000 AUD | Including $1000 from employer donation matching |
| 2015 | Nov 18 | Meetup | $60 AUD | Local EA chapter Meetup payment |
| 2015 | Dec 6 | Cool Earth | $56 AUD | |
| 2015 | Jun 15 | Giving What We Can | $2500 AUD | |
| 2015 | Against Malaria Foundation | $4494 AUD | Multiple donations | |
| 2015 | Dec 6 | Nuclear Threat Initiative | $51 US | |
| 2015 | ?? | Schizophrenia | $250 AUD | Birthday gift |
| 2015 | Dec 18 | Charity Science | $151 AUD | |
| 2015 | Dec 16 | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | $20 US | |
| 2015 | Dec | Charity Science | $110 US | Christmas gifts |
| 2015 | Aug 17 | The Planetary Society | $57 US | Payment for society membership |
| 2014 | Sep 5 | Red Cross | $50 AUD | |
| 2014 | ?? | Everydayhero | $2153 AUD | Misc. donations, mostly World Youth International |
| 2014 | ?? | The Smith Family Australia | $240 AUD | |
| 2014 | ?? | World Youth International | $3700 AUD | Program costs to volunteer in Nepal for 5 weeks |
| 2014 | ?? | Unicef Australia | $25 AUD | |
| 2014 | Sep 2 | Hutt St Centre | $21 AUD | |
| 2014 | Jul 21 | World Vision Australia | $53 AUD | |
| 2013 | Jun 26 | RAH Cancer Centre | $20 AUD | |
| 2013 | Jun 11 | Flinders Medical Centre Foundation | $50 AUD | |
| 2013 | Oct 26 | Movember | $50 AUD | |
| 2013 | ?? | Smith Family Australia | $550 AUD | |
| 2013 | Jan 1 | Cancer Council SA | $50 AUD | |
| 2013 | ?? | Australian Conservation Foundation | $45 AUD | |
| 2012 | Nov 17 | Movember | $100 AUD | |
| 2011 | Nov 7 | Movember | $10 AUD |
This commitment has probably made me happier than most things in life. If you think you could do with a few less luxuries to better some lives (including your own), make a pledge.