Information for Giving What We Can

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Basic information

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Other names GWWC
Country United Kingdom
Facebook username givingwhatwecan
YouTube username @GivingWhatWeCanCommunity
Twitter username @givingwhatwecan
Website https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/
Team page https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/team
Launch date 2016-04-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_What_We_Can
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2025-04-12
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2009 1 Toby Ord
2010 1 Toby Ord
2011 1 Toby Ord
2012 1 Toby Ord
2013 1 Toby Ord
2014 1 Toby Ord
2015 3 Sam Deere, Thomas Sittler, Toby Ord
2016 15 Hauke Hillebrandt Alison Woodman, Carolina Flores, Carolina Flores, Jacob Hilton, Jonathan Courtney, Marcin Kowrygo, Michelle Hutchinson, Sam Deere, Sam Deere, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães, William MacAskill Andreas Mogensen
2017 7 Jacob Hilton, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães Julia Wise
2018 9 Ben Chugg, Jacob Hilton, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães Julia Wise
2019 8 Ben Chugg, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães Julia Wise
2020 12 Ben Chugg, Dominika Krupocin, Heather Heckman, Jo Duyvestyn, Julian Hazell, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães Julia Wise
2021 21 Andrew Leeke, Ben Chugg, Dominika Krupocin, Fabio Kuhn, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman, Jasper Hartong, Jo Duyvestyn, Julian Hazell, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães Julia Wise
2022 27 Alana Horowitz Friedman, Michael Townsend, Sjir Hoeijmakers Alana Horowitz Friedman, Alex Savard, Andrew Leeke, Dominika Krupocin, Fabio Kuhn, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman, Jade Amos, Jasper Hartong, Jo Duyvestyn, Katy Moore, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, MF Mika, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Surbhi Bharadwaj, Toby Ord Julian Hazell
2023 26 Michael Townsend, Sjir Hoeijmakers Alex Savard, Andrew Leeke, Dominika Krupocin, Fabio Kuhn, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman, Jade Amos, Jo Duyvestyn, Katy Moore, Lorenzo Buonanno, Lucas Moore, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, MF Mika, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sarah Baka, Surbhi Bharadwaj, Toby Ord
2024 37 Aidan Whitfield, Michael Townsend, Sjir Hoeijmakers Alex Savard, Fabio Kuhn, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Jade Amos, James Rayton, Jo Duyvestyn, Lorenzo Buonanno, Lucas Moore, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Surbhi Bharadwaj, Toby Ord, Zou Xinyi, Zou Xinyi Andrew Sutton, Ben Cogan, Chris Goward, Daniel Frank, David Kozak, Habiba Banu, Jeff Kaufman, Jonathan Courtney, Kale Ridsdale, Matti Wilks, Nick Fitz, Peter Cockhill, Seth Holoweiko, Zuber Nosimohomed
2025 33 Aidan Whitfield, Alana Horowitz Friedman Alex Savard, Fabio Kuhn, Grace Adams, Jade Amos, James Rayton, Lorenzo Buonanno, Lucas Moore, Lucas Moore, Max Klijnstra, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Toby Ord, Zou Xinyi Casey Yates, Patrick Allen Andrew Sutton, Ben Cogan, Chris Goward, Daniel Frank, David Kozak, Habiba Banu, Jeff Kaufman, Jonathan Courtney, Kale Ridsdale, Matti Wilks, Nick Fitz, Peter Cockhill, Seth Holoweiko, Zuber Nosimohomed

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2009-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2010-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2011-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2012-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2013-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2014-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2015-01-01 1 Toby Ord
2016-01-01 2 Sam Deere, Toby Ord
2017-01-01 5 Jacob Hilton, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães
2018-01-01 6 Jacob Hilton, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães
2019-01-01 7 Ben Chugg, Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães
2020-01-01 5 Ben Chugg, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães
2021-01-01 11 Ben Chugg, Dominika Krupocin, Heather Heckman, Jo Duyvestyn, Julian Hazell, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Pablo Melchor, Sam Deere, Toby Ord, Tomás Magalhães
2022-01-01 16 Andrew Leeke, Dominika Krupocin, Fabio Kuhn, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman, Jasper Hartong, Jo Duyvestyn, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Toby Ord
2023-01-01 23 Alex Savard, Andrew Leeke, Dominika Krupocin, Fabio Kuhn, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman, Jade Amos, Jo Duyvestyn, Katy Moore, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, MF Mika, Michael Townsend, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Surbhi Bharadwaj, Toby Ord
2024-01-01 17 Alex Savard, Fabio Kuhn, Geetanjali Basarkod, Grace Adams, Jade Amos, Jo Duyvestyn, Lorenzo Buonanno, Lucas Moore, Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Michael Townsend, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Surbhi Bharadwaj, Toby Ord
2025-01-01 14 Aidan Whitfield, Alex Savard, Fabio Kuhn, Grace Adams, Jade Amos, James Rayton, Lorenzo Buonanno, Lucas Moore, Pablo Melchor, Pablo Melchor, Sarah Baka, Sjir Hoeijmakers, Toby Ord, Zou Xinyi

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2009-01-01 1 1 0 Toby Ord
2015-02-01 2 1 0 Sam Deere
2015-08-01 3 1 0 Thomas Sittler
2015-10-01 2 0 -1 Thomas Sittler
2016-01-01 2 1 -1 Sam Deere Sam Deere
2016-01-25 11 10 -1 Alison Woodman, Andreas Mogensen, Carolina Flores, Carolina Flores, Hauke Hillebrandt, Jacob Hilton, Jonathan Courtney, Michelle Hutchinson, Sam Deere, William MacAskill Sam Deere
2016-03-01 12 1 0 Tomás Magalhães
2016-03-10 13 1 0 Sam Deere
2016-04-01 14 1 0 Marcin Kowrygo
2016-06-03 6 0 -8 Alison Woodman, Carolina Flores, Carolina Flores, Hauke Hillebrandt, Jonathan Courtney, Michelle Hutchinson, Sam Deere, William MacAskill
2016-07-01 5 0 -1 Sam Deere
2016-12-25 4 0 -1 Andreas Mogensen
2017-01-01 5 1 0 Julia Wise
2017-08-14 7 2 0 Julia Wise, Sam Deere
2018-02-01 8 1 0 Pablo Melchor
2018-10-31 7 0 -1 Jacob Hilton
2018-12-01 8 1 0 Ben Chugg
2020-01-01 6 0 -2 Julia Wise, Marcin Kowrygo
2020-07-01 8 2 0 Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman
2020-10-30 12 4 0 Dominika Krupocin, Heather Heckman, Jo Duyvestyn, Julian Hazell
2021-02-27 11 0 -1 Julia Wise
2021-04-17 12 1 0 Faiz Surani
2021-05-01 13 1 0 Pablo Melchor
2021-06-22 15 3 -1 Andrew Leeke, Floris Wolswijk, Greg Gianopoulos Sam Deere
2021-07-01 16 1 0 Jasper Hartong
2021-09-27 16 1 -1 Geetanjali Basarkod Julian Hazell
2021-11-01 18 2 0 Fabio Kuhn, Grace Adams
2022-01-01 16 0 -2 Ben Chugg, Tomás Magalhães
2022-01-26 21 5 0 Alex Savard, Julian Hazell, MF Mika, Michael Townsend, Surbhi Bharadwaj
2022-02-01 21 1 -1 Jade Amos Jasper Hartong
2022-03-01 22 1 0 Alana Horowitz Friedman
2022-05-01 23 1 0 Sarah Baka
2022-05-28 24 1 0 Katy Moore
2022-08-01 26 2 0 Alana Horowitz Friedman, Sjir Hoeijmakers
2022-09-01 24 0 -2 Alana Horowitz Friedman, Alana Horowitz Friedman
2022-10-12 23 0 -1 Julian Hazell
2023-01-28 18 0 -5 Andrew Leeke, Dominika Krupocin, Faiz Surani, Floris Wolswijk, MF Mika
2023-04-01 17 0 -1 Sarah Baka
2023-05-01 19 2 0 Lucas Moore, Sarah Baka
2023-06-28 20 1 0 Lorenzo Buonanno
2023-10-30 19 0 -1 Katy Moore
2023-11-28 17 0 -2 Greg Gianopoulos, Heather Heckman
2024-03-07 14 0 -3 Geetanjali Basarkod, Jo Duyvestyn, Surbhi Bharadwaj
2024-04-29 13 0 -1 Michael Townsend
2024-06-01 14 1 0 Zou Xinyi
2024-07-01 16 2 0 Aidan Whitfield, James Rayton
2024-09-01 16 1 -1 Sjir Hoeijmakers Sjir Hoeijmakers
2024-09-30 17 1 0 Chris Goward
2024-10-01 15 1 -3 Zou Xinyi Luke Freeman, Luke Freeman, Zou Xinyi
2024-11-01 15 1 -1 Sjir Hoeijmakers Sjir Hoeijmakers
2024-12-31 28 13 0 Andrew Sutton, Ben Cogan, Daniel Frank, David Kozak, Habiba Banu, Jeff Kaufman, Jonathan Courtney, Kale Ridsdale, Matti Wilks, Nick Fitz, Peter Cockhill, Seth Holoweiko, Zuber Nosimohomed
2025-02-01 27 0 -1 Lucas Moore
2025-02-25 25 0 -2 Alex Savard, Chris Goward
2025-03-01 27 2 0 Alana Horowitz Friedman, Lucas Moore
2025-03-31 30 3 0 Casey Yates, Max Klijnstra, Patrick Allen

List of people (76 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Sjir Hoeijmakers CEO 2024-11-01 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Grace Adams Head Of Marketing 2021-11-01 full-time [4], [5], [3]
Fabio Kuhn Director of Technology 2021-11-01 full-time [6], [5], [5], [3]
Sarah Baka Technical Product Manager 2023-05-01 full-time [7], [5], [3]
Zou Xinyi Operations Manager 2024-10-01 [8], [3]
Max Klijnstra Chief Growth Officer 2025-03-31 [5], [9], [3]
Casey Yates Operations Associate 2025-03-31 [5], [9], [3]
Lorenzo Buonanno Software engineer 2023-06-28 [10], [3]
Lucas Moore Partnerships Manager 2025-03-01 [11], [3]
Alana Horowitz Friedman Research Communicator 2025-03-01 [11], [3]
Alana Horowitz Friedman Content Coordination/Research Contractor 2022-08-01 2022-09-01 [11], [3]
Aidan Whitfield Researcher 2024-07-01 full-time [11], [3]
James Rayton Head of Community & Partnerships 2024-07-01 full-time [12], [3]
Patrick Allen Finance Associate 2025-03-31 full-time [9], [3]
Zuber Nosimohomed Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Seth Holoweiko Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Habiba Banu Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Matti Wilks Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Kale Ridsdale Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
David Kozak Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Jonathan Courtney Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Daniel Frank Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Peter Cockhill Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Ben Cogan Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Jeff Kaufman Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Nick Fitz Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Andrew Sutton Board member 2024-12-31 board member [13], [3]
Toby Ord Founder 2009-01-01 [14]
William MacAskill Co-Founder, Vice-President 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 [15], [16]
Jade Amos Donor/member 2022-02-01 volunteer [17]
Pablo Melchor Ambassador 2021-05-01 [18]
Pablo Melchor Pledger 2018-02-01 [18]
Sjir Hoeijmakers Director of Research 2022-08-01 2024-09-01 [1]
Sjir Hoeijmakers Interim CEO 2024-09-01 2024-11-01 full-time [1]
Sarah Baka Full-Stack Software Engineer 2022-05-01 2023-04-01 full-time [7], [5], [3]
Zou Xinyi Executive Assistant to The CEO 2024-06-01 2024-10-01 [8]
Thomas Sittler Intern 2015-08-01 2015-10-01 intern [19]
Julia Wise President 2017-01-01 2020-01-01 [14]
Sam Deere Director of Communications 2015-02-01 2016-01-01 [20]
Sam Deere President and Technical Director 2016-01-01 2016-07-01 [20]
Lucas Moore Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator 2023-05-01 2025-02-01 [11], [3]
Alana Horowitz Friedman Contributing Writer 2022-03-01 2022-09-01 [11]
Chris Goward Board member 2024-09-30 2025-02-25 board member [21], [22]
Alex Savard Design Director 2022-01-26 2025-02-25 [23], [5], [5], [22]
Marcin Kowrygo Founder & Organizer of the Polish chapter 2016-04-01 2020-01-01 [24]
Tomás Magalhães Chapter Director 2016-03-01 2022-01-01 [25]
Andrew Leeke Volunteer 2021-06-22 2023-01-28 volunteer [26], [27]
Ben Chugg Events team member 2018-12-01 2022-01-01 volunteer [28], [29]
Dominika Krupocin Volunteer 2020-10-30 2023-01-28 volunteer [30], [27]
Faiz Surani Volunteer 2021-04-17 2023-01-28 volunteer [31], [27]
Luke Freeman Global CEO 2020-07-01 2024-10-01 [32]
Jasper Hartong Technical Product Manager 2021-07-01 2022-02-01 contractor [28], [33]
Luke Freeman Executive Director 2020-07-01 2024-10-01 full-time [28], [34]
Floris Wolswijk Volunteer 2021-06-22 2023-01-28 volunteer [26], [27]
Geetanjali Basarkod Volunteer 2021-09-27 2024-03-07 volunteer [35], [5], [5], [36]
Greg Gianopoulos Volunteer 2021-06-22 2023-11-28 volunteer [26], [37]
Heather Heckman Volunteer 2020-10-30 2023-11-28 volunteer [30], [37]
Julia Wise Advisor 2017-08-14 2021-02-27 advisor [38], [39]
Julian Hazell Volunteer 2020-10-30 2021-09-27 [30], [35]
Julian Hazell Content & Research Associate 2022-01-26 2022-10-12 [23], [40]
Katy Moore Copy Editor 2022-05-28 2023-10-30 [41], [42]
Andreas Mogensen Senior Advisor 2016-01-25 2016-12-25 advisor [15]
MF Mika Volunteer 2022-01-26 2023-01-28 volunteer [23], [27]
Michael Townsend Researcher 2022-01-26 2024-04-29 [23], [43]
Surbhi Bharadwaj Volunteer 2022-01-26 2024-03-07 volunteer [23], [36]
Jo Duyvestyn Events team 2020-10-30 2024-03-07 volunteer [30], [36]
Hauke Hillebrandt Director of Research 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 volunteer [15], [16]
Jacob Hilton Webmaster 2016-01-25 2018-10-31 volunteer [15], [44]
Carolina Flores Blog Editor 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 volunteer [15], [16], [5]
Sam Deere Director of Communications 2016-01-25 2016-01-25 volunteer [15]
Sam Deere President and Technical Director 2016-03-10 2016-06-03 volunteer [45], [16]
Sam Deere Technical Director 2017-08-14 2021-06-22 volunteer [38], [26]
Carolina Flores Blog Editor 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 volunteer [15], [16]
Michelle Hutchinson Executive Director 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 [15], [16]
Alison Woodman Director of Community 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 [15], [16]
Jonathan Courtney Assistant Executive Director, Director of Outreach 2016-01-25 2016-06-03 [15], [16]

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