At the , we focus on effective giving. Using the WELLBY to compare different interventions, we produce charity recommendations aimed at maximising the effect of donations. Our research has shown that choosing the right charity to donate to can enormously increase impact, up to 1,000 times. Donors who support us and our recommended […]
Donor support keeps the Happier Lives Fund (HLF) moving forward. With the money raised, we have completed disbursements to our recommended charities for Q2 2026. In this blog post, we give you a detailed breakdown of what this looked like. This has been the third round of disbursements for the HLF, after the one for […]
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Happier Lives Fund (HLF) is growing, and so is its impact. We have now completed our second round of disbursements to our recommended charities, covering donations received in Q1 2026. Here is what that looks like in practice. How much did the HLF raise in Q1 […]
In December 2025, we launched the Happier Lives Fund (HLF), the easiest way for donors to support the best charities we’ve found so far and the with one donation. How much money was raised? How much impact will it have? After finalising the disbursement of the first batch of donations to the charities, we […]
We are writing a sad update concerning an HLI-recommended charity, Network for Empowerment & Progressive Initiative (NEPI), which ran a project called STYL that targeted young men with criminal backgrounds with CBT therapy and cash transfers to reduce crime. The started recommending NEPI as a ‘Promising Charity’ in November 2024. As of […]
RuPaul (a personal icon of mine) is famous for saying, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” It’s catchy, it’s empowering, and it feels like a perfect summary of the modern wisdom towards improving your happiness. But today, I want to flip it. What if the path to […]
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