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Support our mission

We are an impact multiplier.

An investment in our mission results in significantly more money to the high-impact charities protecting the planet and transforming the lives of people and animals.

Our mission is funded by generous gifts from individuals, corporate partners, foundations, and in-kind supporters.

Our funding model

There is no cost to join Founders Pledge. We don’t charge membership fees or take a cut of our members’ pledges.

Not charging fees means we can be an objective thought partner. It allows us to remain singularly focused on empowering more people to give to the most effective charities, so that we can make high-impact giving the norm and create a better world.

How we put your support to work

Our lean and highly skilled team brings diverse expertise from nonprofit and commercial backgrounds to deliver truly unique giving solutions. In 2022, we identified and supported high-impact charities that, for example, repurposed coal-fired power plants to run on carbon-free energy, started to answer some of the most pressing questions regarding the future of war and peace, and reduced child mortality.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, last year we also:

  • Welcomed 80 new members, who pledged more than $1.27 billion to charity
  • Identified and evaluated 10 new high-impact charities
  • Curated and hosted 15 events exploring the most promising solutions to the world’s biggest problems
  • Made 616 grants across 37 issues globally

With your support, we can do even more good.

Calculate your return on impact

Based on our ROI in 2022, your gift can result in:

pledged to charity
donated to the charitable sector
in funding to our recommended high-impact charities
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Supporting Founders Pledge as part of our giving strategy is the highest leverage option available from our perspective. Being part of the community alone has had a significant impact on us as people, even before having liquidity. The best thing we could do is to help Founders Pledge reach out to more people in the hope that the simple act of pledging has a positive impact on others.

Nick Popovici & Charley Gloerfelt
Vita Mojo

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We support Founders Pledge because of the incredible effect our gift has on making world-changing good possible. Our gift to Founders Pledge has significantly more impact than it would elsewhere. We are proud to be Foundry members and to help steer the future of philanthropy by investing in this community of founders and entrepreneurs who want to make the world a better place for current and future generations.

Moaffak Ahmed & Anne Badan
The X Search & A2B Philanthropy

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In 2023, Founders Pledge was at the top of Vox's high-impact giving recommendations, and I particularly liked that they back initiatives in developing countries and some higher-risk ones. I am risk averse, but understand that if we are going to solve the world's most pressing challenges, some promising risks must be taken. Their research, expertise and commitment to effective giving are the reasons I decided to support their mission.

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How you can help

Power our mission and multiply your impact by supporting our operations at a gift level that’s right for you. 

The Foundry

Join The Foundry by making a multi-year gift commitment of $100,000 or more.

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Sustaining Partners

Become a Sustaining Partner with an annual gift of up to $100,000.

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Supporting Member

Make a gift of up to $5,000.

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Learn more about our impact

What we have delivered:

Want to know more about what we did last year?

Check out our 2022 Impact Report for all that our community achieved.

Read our 2022 report

Interested in our impact to date?

We’ve been on a mission to do immense good since 2015.

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Donors & Partners

The Foundry

A community of philanthropists, family foundations and pledging members who have made six-figure multi-year commitments in support of our work, paving the way for the founders of tomorrow to do immense good.

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Alex Gerko

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Andrew White & Nicola Kelly

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David Helgason

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Eric & Wendy Schmidt

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Erik Bergman

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Guy & Gal Podjarny

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Iza Sia Login

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Jaan Tallinn

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Luke Ding

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Neil Hutchinson & Jessica Stroup

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Shirley & Curtis Chambers

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Taavet Hinrikus & Silvia Fantauzzi

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Vikrant Bhargava & Dr Surbhi Virmani

Sustaining Partners

Supporters of Founders Pledge who ensure we can continue to empower our members through gifts of $5,000 to $100,000 towards our operating costs.

  • Adam & Dana Katz
  • Andrew Vilcsak
  • Aron Gelbard & Caroline Harding-Gelbard
  • Ben & Zoe Medlock
  • Bernd Roggendorf
  • Blaine Vess
  • Brian Crain
  • Calvin French-Owen
  • Carly Stockdale & Tom Griffiths
  • David & Eli Gardner
  • Dawoon Kang
  • Ela Crain
  • Emmanuel Tahar
  • Eric Neuner
  • Eric Ross & Nicole MacNeel
  • Erik Byrenius
  • Fabian & Anna Heilemann
  • Ferry & Jennie Heilemann
  • Greenbridge Family Foundation
  • Ignaz Forstmeier
  • Jack Smith
  • James Herbert
  • Jeremy Yap
  • John & Susan Baird
  • Joseph McCarthy
  • Jussi Laakkonen
  • Justin Hilton
  • Kathrin & Andreas Haug
  • Marcus Swanepoel & Frieda Mennen
  • Nick Popovici & Charley Gloerfelt
  • Pranav Gokhale
  • Rand Hindi
  • The Read Family Foundation
  • Ryan & Margaret McKillen
  • Silvia & Kristian Segerstrale
  • Steve & Rosita Newman

Corporates, Foundations & In-Kind

Our corporate, foundation and in-kind partners provide unique value to Founders Pledge and our community.

Special thanks

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We've partnered with The Pictet Group to encourage and empower more entrepreneurs and investors to use their capital and unique problem-solving skills to do immense good in the world. With Pictet’s generous support as a Sustaining Corporate Sponsor, we can continue to equip our community with a better way of charitable giving. 

The Pictet Group is a partnership of eight owner-managers providing specialist wealth management services to entrepreneurs and families globally. Today the Group has $600 billion in assets under management or custody and is one of Europe’s leading wealth and asset managers.

A message from Pictet

Pictet is proud to be a sustaining partner of Founders Pledge. As an owner-managed private bank, we play an important role in supporting social and environmental sustainability. We pursue this through our activities and assisting our clients worldwide to effectively build their own philanthropy and sustainable investing agendas. Founders Pledge is a unique source of expertise, support and implementation – and, importantly, community – for entrepreneurs seeking evidence-led impact as part of their philanthropic journey.