Donation Report

Julia and I want to make the world better, and we think one of the best ways to do that is to donate money to effective charities. Since we're advocating this, I think being transparent about our own donations is fair.

Year	Income	Donations	Pecentage
2017		$11,000
2016	$327,589	$160,635	49.0%
2015	$314,194	$168,304	53.6%
2014	$256,240	$128,556	50.2%
2013	$244,104	$98,950	40.5%
2012	$101,625	$49,934	49.1%
2011	$63,500	$0	0%1
2010	$97,673	$36,006	36.9%
2009	$86,077	$27,809	32.3%
2008	$38,797	$10,760	27.7%
2007		$336
2006		$336
2005		$336
2004		$168
2003		$168
total		$679,247

Donation details:

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Date	Amount	Organization
2017-06-27	$5,000	Effective Altruism Community Fund
2017-06-27	$5,000	Effective Altruism Community Fund Employer donation match
2017-01-05	$6,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2017-01-05	$6,000	Against Malaria Foundation Employer donation match
2016-12-30	$300	New Harvest
2016-12-24	$10,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2016-12-24	$80,100	EA Giving Group Fund
2016-12-05	$134.58	Against Malaria Foundation
2016-06-25	$55,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2016-06-12	$11	Against Malaria Foundation2
2016-06-12	$20	Innovations for Poverty Action2
2016-06-12	$69	Nurse Family Partnership2
2016-05-11	$10,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2016-02-24	$5,000	Give Directly
2015-12-28	$79,152	Against Malaria Foundation
2015-12-28	$34,152	Centre for Effective Altruism
2015-08-30	$5,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2015-05-28	$50,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2015-05-28	$6,000	Centre for Effective Altruism Employer donation match
2014-12-31	$6,443	To GiveWell, for distribution to their top charities
2014-12-20	$57,763	To GiveWell, for distribution to their top charities
2014-08-28	$20	Give Directly Donation in exchange for work
2014-07-28	$30,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2014-02-01	$4,250	To GiveWell, for distribution to their top charities
2014-02-01	$100	GiveWell
2014-01-08	$30,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2014-01-08	$5,800	Centre for Effective Altruism Employer donation match
2013-12-28	$13,000	To GiveWell, for distribution to their top charities
2013-12-28	$10,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2013-12-09	$1,550	To GiveWell, for distribution to their top charities
2013-08-11	$15,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2013-08-08	$1,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-08-08	$26,000	Centre for Effective Altruism
2013-07-01	$10,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-06-26	$10,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-04-26	$6,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-04-26	$5,800	Against Malaria Foundation Employer donation match
2013-02-08	$400	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-02-04	$6,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2013-02-04	$5,800	Against Malaria Foundation Employer donation match
2013-01-21	$200	Against Malaria Foundation Donation in exchange for work
2012-11-17	$4,200	Giving What We Can
2012-11-07	$21,053	80,000 Hours
2012-09-18	$19,000	Against Malaria Foundation
2012-09-18	$12,000	Against Malaria Foundation Employer donation match
2012-09-10	$1000	Against Malaria Foundation Donation in exchange for work
2012-07-07	$150	Against Malaria Foundation
2012-06-04	$2000	Against Malaria Foundation Donation in exchange for work
2012-05-28	$31	Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
2012-01-29	$5000	Against Malaria Foundation
2012-01-29	$500	Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
2010-10-17	$10,000	Oxfam America, for monitoring and evaluation
2010-07-23	$75	Oxfam America
2010-07-08	$1,391	Oxfam America
2010-06-03	$25	Oxfam America
2010-05-19	$505	Oxfam America
2010-05-10	$14,000	Oxfam America
2010-02-23	$10	Oxfam America
2010-02-03	$10,000	Oxfam America
2009-11-10	$13,000	Oxfam America
2009-11-04	$719	Oxfam America
2009-09-11	$10	Oxfam America
2009-04-15	$50	Oxfam America
2009-04-15	$7,000	Oxfam America
2009-03-19	$30	Oxfam America
2009-02-19	$7,000	Oxfam America
2008-12-26	$3,400	Oxfam America
2008-12-26	$500	Oxfam America
2008-12-15	$360	Oxfam America
2008-10-11	$5,000	Oxfam America
2008-07-26	$1,500	Oxfam America
2007	$336	Save the Children
2006	$336	Save the Children
2005	$336	Save the Children
2004	$168	Save the Children
2003	$168	Save the Children

Donations labeled "employer donation match" and "donation in exchange for work" are not included in the totals or counted towards our 50% goal.

The Federal Income column shows our "adjusted gross income" for each year, as reported on IRS form 1040. The Donations column shows the total of our tax-qualifying donations for each year. This isn't necessarily the amount we were able to deduct on Schedule A: in 2008 and earlier we took the standard deduction and didn't file a Schedule A, while in 2014 and later we donated slightly more than 50% and the IRS caps charitable deductions to half your adjusted gross income.

Footnotes

• Julia was in graduate school and not earning. She also paid for graduate school out of pocket, which meant earlier in 2010 she was needing to save.
• I was working at a startup where part my pay was in stock options. After deciding that I should be risk neutral with respect to donations and estimating for what the options were worth I decided to ask for $10k less salary and more options, and that any money earned from the options I would later donate. I was forced to sell these at a loss in 2015 through a reverse stock split.

[2] These donations were chosen by particpants in a Giving Game.