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) 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 2020 June 19 Center For Energy Efficiency And Renewable Technologies $76.21 AUD 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.