Our Tools

Our free tools will get you started on your journey.

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Giving Capacity Calculator

With a few inputs about your current financial status, we can estimate the amount of money you can give to charity each year without jeopardizing your current lifestyle.

Charitable Giving Key Terms

The philanthropy sector is filled with jargon. Let us help you decipher some of those key words that have you scratching your head.

Giving Preferences Fingerprint

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We'll ask your preferences for charitable giving and show you how that stacks up against the rest of our user base.

Donation Tax Impact

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Curious how much you might save on taxes from a particular gift? With a few inputs we can give you an estimate.

External Resources

Learn more about charitable giving.

Vast sums of money are donated each year without much regard for where or how to donate these funds most effectively. The resources below will make you a more informed and more effective donor.

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy - University of Pennsylvania

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP) is a trusted source of knowledge and education to help philanthropy do more good. Founded in 2006 as a collaboration between the School of Social Policy & Practice and alumni of the Wharton School, it is the premier university-based center focused on philanthropy for social impact. Our multidisciplinary team’s work is characterized by a focus on social impact, an approach that leverages the best available information, and a commitment to making our applied research available and actionable for a wide-range of impact-focused funders through our annual High Impact Giving Toolkit and our High Impact Philanthropy Academy.

Giving USA

To create a world where accurate data and objective analyses advance our understanding of philanthropy to inspire generosity by all and for all is the mission of the Giving USA Foundation, founded in 1985 by The Giving Institute. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the Foundation publishes data and trends about charitable giving through its seminal publication, Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy, and quarterly reports on topics related to the field of philanthropy.

Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

The IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy aims to increase the understanding of philanthropy and improve its practice worldwide through critical inquiry, interdisciplinary research, teaching, training, and civic engagement.

The Centre for Effective Altruism

The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is a charity dedicated to building and nurturing a global community of people who are thinking carefully about the world’s biggest problems and taking impactful action to solve them.

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is an award-winning magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems. SSIR is written by and for social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits, foundations, business, government, and engaged citizens. SSIR’s mission is to advance, educate, and inspire the field of social innovation by seeking out, cultivating, and disseminating the best in research- and practice-based knowledge.