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Giving Games let everyone help in their own way


By playing Giving Games, anyone can:
  • Help causes they care about for free
  • Develop their personal giving strategies
  • Learn new ideas in an entertaining and social way

By funding Giving Games, donors can:
  • Dramatically leverage the impact of their existing donations
  • Show support for multiple causes at once
  • Get public recognition for their generosity

By organizing Giving Games, philanthropic groups can:
  • Spread awareness of high impact charities and donor resources
  • Engage new members and build communities of effective altruists
  • Use tested arguments to advocate for high impact philanthropy

By designing Giving Games, academics can:
  • Apply their knowledge to promote beneficial behavior
  • Test hypotheses about giving behavior
  • Recruit volunteers for field experiments
  • Test whether laboratory results generalize to the field

By leading Giving Games, teachers can:
  • Help their students prepare for important, real world dilemmas
  • Teach in an environment where students are eager to learn
  • Explore practical applications of their expertise
  • Connect with students outside the classroom

By studying Giving Games, nonprofit professionals can:
  • Learn what environments promote good giving decisions
  • Compile an extensive data set about donor preferences and the factors that influence them
  • Disseminate lessons throughout nonprofit marketplace
  • Generate hypotheses about giving behavior and ways to test them
Learn more about the various ways you can get involved, or play a Giving Game now!
[1]  The Nonprofit Marketplace: Bridging the Information Gap in Philanthropy.  Hewlett Foundation white paper. 
[2]  From "Donate Different" by Huber, Van Boven, and McGraw.   Chapter 11 of The Science of Giving.

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A Path That's Clear makes it possible for anyone to use charitable giving to explore their values.  We aim to help current and future donors turn their good intentions into good outcomes, by encouraging thoughtful and strategic giving.

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