EIN 46-2100400

The Life You Can Save

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
5
City
Sequim
Year formed
2013
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The Life You Can Save is a meta-charity that connects donors with cost-effective, high-impact charities and promotes the idea of effective giving through free resources such as our founder Peter Singers book The Life You Can Save.
Total revenues
$5,891,257
2022
Total expenses
$6,044,816
2022
Total assets
$4,815,554
2022
Num. employees
5
2022

Program areas at The Life You Can Save

Raising funds for effective charities: in 2022, we directly processed us$4,700,000 for our recommended charities as agency funds. In addition to donations directly processed by our organization, we inspired donors to give large amounts either directly to our recommended charities themselves or through other mission-aligned organizations. Globally we estimate that we either directly raised or inspired us$18 million in donations to effective charities (our total money moved metric). And, over The last three years, we have been able to raise an average of us$15 for our recommended charities for every us$1 spent on our own operations.
Promoting The idea of effective giving: in addition to generating support for our recommended charities, we work to popularize The idea of effective giving and inspire more people to make smart donation decisions with our free informational tools and resources most importantly, our founder peter singers book The Life You Can Save. In 2022, we distributed 40,000 copies of The Life You Can Save in complete and abridged formats including a celebrity-read audiobook and a podcast all for free whenever possible.

Grants made by The Life You Can Save

GranteeAmount
Village Enterprise$249,842
Fistula Foundation$226,266
The Against Malaria Foundation US$206,808
...and 19 more grants made totalling $2,807,529

Who funds The Life You Can Save

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Network for GoodUnrestricted$1,245,011
American Online Giving FoundationGeneral Support$421,167
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$231,582
...and 19 more grants received totalling $2,733,619

Personnel at The Life You Can Save

NameTitleCompensation
Charles BreslerExecutive Director$0
Rickard VikstromConsultant and Board Member Australia$0
Joanna WalterGlobal Head of Finance
Leslie LimpertDirector, Marketing and Fundraising Operations
Jordanne PallesenDirector of Public Relations
...and 14 more key personnel

Financials for The Life You Can Save

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,880,924
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$9,951
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-3,581
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$3,963
Total revenues$5,891,257

Form 990s for The Life You Can Save

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-09990View PDF
2021-122022-11-11990View PDF
2020-122021-11-14990View PDF
2019-122021-12-22990View PDF
2018-122020-06-12990View PDF
...and 5 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $104,109 from Traders4ACause
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $34,473 from The Blackbaud Giving Fund
August 17, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
August 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Provides grantsOperates internationallyTax deductible donations
General information
Address
975 Ward Rd
Sequim, WA 98382
Website URL
thelifeyoucansave.org/contact-us/ 
IRS details
EIN
46-2100400
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2013
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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