We help you achieve more with your charitable giving.
Individualized
Every donor has unique values and goals. We support you to define your mission, set ambitious objectives, and develop a strategy to achieve them. Whether you prefer to give cash, appreciated assets, or through a Donor Advised Fund (DAF), we tailor our approach to your preferences.
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​ Impact-focused
We base our advice on expert evaluators, researchers, and grantmakers who collectively dedicated more than 100,000 hours to identify the best giving opportunities. Whether you want to help people living in extreme poverty, prevent animal suffering, or drive climate action, we help you find the charities that deliver outstanding results.
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Independent
Our advising services are free of charge, and we do not take a cut of your donations. We remain independent, thanks to funding from private donors who believe in our work. This also allows us to provide unbiased recommendations focused solely on achieving the greatest impact with your donations.
How we define “Impact” and “Effectiveness”
At Ellis Impact, we believe that terms like "impact" and "effectiveness" shouldn’t be used lightly. They are not vague concepts but are defined by clear criteria that assess how much good a charity accomplishes:
Scale
How many lives are improved or saved? How many individuals benefit from the charity’s programs?
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Cost-effectiveness
How much does it cost to achieve one measurable unit of impact, such as averting one death or preventing one case of a disease?​​
Track record
Does the charity have a history of delivering results, or has it demonstrated that its model can reliably scale its impact over time?
Depth of change
Does the charity address problems that have significant consequences for those affected, such as death or suffering caused by poverty or illness?
Evidence
Is the charity’s intervention backed by strong, peer-reviewed research or high-quality data showing that it works?
Room for more funding
Can the charity absorb additional donations and turn them into more impact, or are they already well-funded?