

How to Successfully Pick a Co-Founder
No pressure, but picking your co-founder is one of the most important decisions you will ever make as a charity entrepreneur. Only...

Patrick Stadler
Mar 1, 202010 min read


Update on Six New Charities Incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship
In 2019, the Charity Entrepreneurship team graduated 13 alumni, who went on to launch six new charities, five of which implement...

Ishaan Guptasarma
Feb 24, 20205 min read


Why Charity Entrepreneurship is Researching Mental Health and Happiness
INTRODUCTION There has been recent discussion within effective altruism around global mental health as a new cause area. In the 2018 EA...

George Bridgwater
Feb 9, 20205 min read


The Curriculum of Charity Entrepreneurship's 2020 Incubation Program
A focus on co-founder pairing and usable outputs for your charity (e.g. a fundraising plan)—these are the two tenets Charity...

Joey Savoie
Feb 5, 20205 min read


How an Advisory and Legal Board Can Guide Your Charity
Mentors, advisors, board members… These types of supporters can add a lot to your charity startup. Yet it is essential to follow a few...

Patrick Stadler
Feb 4, 202010 min read


Should I Start a Charity Now Or Later?
Is now the right time? Am I experienced enough? These are two major questions for many potential charity entrepreneurs. Here’s our take....

CE Team
Jan 29, 20203 min read


The Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Cause Areas and Charity Ideas
CAUSE AREAS Unlike in previous years, we decided in 2020 to consider multiple different cause areas, which leaves more room for cause...

Joey Savoie
Jan 23, 20201 min read


Five Challenges a Charity Entrepreneur Faces -- and How to Manage Them
“Why take this risk?” Mentioning at a family gathering that you would like to become a charity entrepreneur might trigger looks of...

Patrick Stadler
Jan 16, 20206 min read


Six Ways Your Charity Startup Might Fail -- and How to Prevent That
Your charity startup just hit the ground running. You are passionate about your cause, you just gave a big talk at a conference, and...

Patrick Stadler
Jan 1, 20209 min read


Why Research Matters if We Want to Save More Animal Lives
Billions of animals live in extremely painful conditions. But there are also hundreds of ways to help them. From methods as direct as...

CE Team
Dec 30, 20194 min read


Charity Entrepreneurship Impacts on Your Future Ability to Do Good
We have written previously about the expected value of founding an impactful charity, considering only the largest and most direct...

Joey Savoie
Dec 13, 20196 min read


Four Reasons Why You Should Consider Charity Entrepreneurship Besides Impact
Helping hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries with an evidence-based and cost-effective program: that’s your ultimate goal as a charity...

Patrick Stadler
Dec 9, 20195 min read


I Have a Charity Idea. Any Advice?
We often get asked for advice about a charity idea somebody has had. Every charity and entrepreneur will need different advice, but in...

CE Team
Dec 5, 20194 min read


The Life You Can Save celebrates its tenth anniversary with a free ebook and audiobook
It’s a decade since the launch of philosopher Peter Singer’s seminal The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. The book,...
Jemma Payne
Dec 2, 20193 min read


How to increase your odds of getting accepted into the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program
We’re often asked what you can do to increase your odds of being accepted into the Charity Entrepreneurship (CE) Incubation Program....

CE Team
Nov 22, 20196 min read


A guide to increasing the impact of your research by involving decision-makers
Why is some research conducted with very high quality, yet it does not affect decisions on where to direct our time and money? What makes...

Karolina Sarek
Nov 20, 20196 min read


How to come to better conclusions by playing steelman solitaire
I have a tool for thinking that I call “steelman solitaire”. I have found that it comes to much better conclusions than doing...

CE Team
Nov 12, 20196 min read


Should we minimize the suffering felt next year or speed up neglected welfare improvements?
In my work as a research analyst for Charity Entrepreneurship, I have been assessing possible animal welfare campaigns. The first thing I...

George Bridgwater
Oct 22, 20196 min read


Application Process for the 2019 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program
INTRODUCTION We at Charity Entrepreneurship recently ran our first formal two-month charity incubation program in London, which resulted...

CE Team
Sep 15, 20195 min read


Are China and India the most promising countries for animal advocacy? Country comparison
When considering starting a new charity, the question of which country to target is an important one. This post explains the process for...

CE Team
Aug 6, 20196 min read