我们的历史

The Life You Can Save was founded by Peter Singer, widely recognized as one of the world’s most influential contemporary philosophers, to advance the ideas in his 2009 book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. In it, Peter argues that if we can provide immense benefit to someone at minimal cost to ourselves, we should do so. In 2019, we worked with Peter to launch the 10th Anniversary Edition – The Life You Can Save. This fully updated book is available for free download as a celebrity-narrated audiobook here.

2013 年，一家大型服装公司的前任总裁查理·布雷斯勒 (Charlie Bresler) 与彼得接洽，希望扩大他的组织。 Charlie 和他的妻子 Diana 为 The Life You Can Save 提供资金，成为注册的 501c3 慈善机构，Charlie 开始担任该组织的非受薪执行董事。

Since then, we’ve worked to introduce the ideas from Peter’s book to new audiences, inspiring people to help the world’s poor and empowering them to make the greatest impact possible. We provide tools that make it easy for people to make smart donations, including a 基于证据的慈善机构精选列表, in-depth reports on their impact, and 计算器 that helps donors see how far their dollars can go in a developing country.

一个非凡的给予机会

自 2013 年以来，Charlie Bresler 和他的妻子见证了他们的种子资金的效果成倍增加了为慈善机构筹集的资金：我们在总运营上花费的每一美元平均为我们推荐的非营利组织带来了 17 美元的收入。我们通过我们的网站、与捐助者的个人外展、Peter Singer 和 Charlie Bresler 的谈话、媒体露面和故事以及写作来做到这一点。

过渡

2021 年，我们的常务董事 Rickard Vikstrom，成为执行董事，我们的营销总监 Stacey Black 成为副总监。查理作为董事会成员仍然很活跃，他和他的妻子继续是该组织的主要资助者。

We also provide philanthropic advisory services to help donors consider where their gift can do the most good. If you’re interested in making a sizable donation to The Life You Can Save or one of its recommended charities, please contact Charlie directly: charlie@thelifeyoucansave.org

Expansion to 澳大利亚

In 2019 we established The Life You Can Save (ABN 90 623 716) as a charity in our founder, Peter Singer’s, home country 澳大利亚. The 澳大利亚n organization is a Public Benevolent Institution endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient by the 澳大利亚n Taxation Office and donations of A$2 or more made on our 澳大利亚n website are tax-deductible in 澳大利亚.