David Goldberg: Founders Pledge – Maximising Charity Efficiency & Impact. Ep. 534
Channel: Epicenter Podcast
Date: 10/02/2024

Measuring the social impact of a charitable donation is, oftentimes, an impossible task. Founders Pledge is a non-profit organisation that aims to funnel and streamline donations from successful entrepreneurs in order to maximise their efficiency, based on data and research. Having built a network of nearly 2000 like-minded philanthropists, the vision behind Founders Pledge was to ensure transparency, unbiased assessment, ease of access and incentive alignment for its members. Despite the hurdles of running and scaling a non-profit organisation, Founders Pledge managed to stay true to its values throughout its 10 years of activity. In the end, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

We were joined by David Goldberg, founder of Founders Pledge, to discuss the landscape of charitable non-profit organisations and how data can streamline donations and maximise their social impact.

Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction, Gnosis ad, Chorus One ad
2:51 - David’s background
7:42 - Founding Founders Pledge
10:16 - How Founders Pledge works
17:39 - Joining Founders Pledge
21:11 - The challenges of managing a non-profit organisation
26:16 - Building a great company culture. Hiring process
31:59 - Maximising impact
36:43 - Assessing non-profit organisations’ efficiency
43:59 - Effective altruism
50:13 - How philanthropy changed over time
51:25 - Pledge Ventures
56:45 - Future challenges for Founders Pledge

Links mentioned in this episode: 
- David Goldberg on Twitter: https://bit.ly/48dUWyj
- Founders Pledge on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3OEGcBD
- Founders Pledge website: https://bit.ly/3uuFgJ2
- Pledge Ventures: https://bit.ly/48eQoaN

Sponsors: 
- Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at gnosis.io - 
- Chorus1: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at https://chorus.one/?utm_source=epicenter -

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/534
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