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August 12, 2026

RC Forward is now Rethink Charity

We have renamed ourselves to Rethink Charity. Same team, same charities, same tax receipts. Only the name and the website address have changed.

March 19, 2026 · by SoonKhen OwYong

We’re hiring a Sr Growth and Communications Specialist

We just had our biggest year in donations raised towards super effective charities totaling over $5.39 million dollars in 2025. At RC Forward our mission is to help Canadians support the best charities that save the most lives per dollar and we have se…

November 19, 2025 · by SoonKhen OwYong

2025 Giving season and matching funds

In Q4 2024, Canadians like you raised over $2.7 million for highly effective charities through our platform. $600,000 of it went to our Global Health Fund and GiveWell’s recommended charities which helped save an estimated 200 lives by providing vitami…

November 30, 2023 · by Megan Jamer

Global Health Fund 2021-2022 Impact Report

In November 2023, we published an impact report on our global health fund. You can view it here.

November 15, 2023 · by Megan Jamer

Your donations to fight extreme poverty are now in action!

We are thrilled to let you know that these donations have now funded work to provide cash transfers to people in extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. If you gave more recently in July to September, your donations will be directed in November to suppo…

November 1, 2023 · by Megan Jamer

Global Health Fund Update

Key takeaways: More information is below. The Global Health Fund’s impact so far Your generous gifts have so far provided 156,794 bed nets to protect family members against malaria through programs run by Against Malaria Foundation, and 56,232 seasonal…

July 24, 2023 · by Megan Jamer

RC Forward donation delay and pause

Dear RC Forward donors, As you might know, RC Forward has experienced unexpectedly fast growth in the donations we receive. One key driver for this growth has been your remarkable generosity and support of high-impact causes. We also grew quickly becau…

April 20, 2023 · by Megan Jamer

World Malaria Day 2023

Update May 11: We are pleased to announce that the global effective giving community raised over $643,000 USD for the Against Malaria Foundation and Malaria Consortium during the World Malaria Day 2023 campaign! Learn more on Giving What We Can’s campa…

May 19, 2022 · by Megan Jamer

Giving What We Can in Canada

Giving What We Can is an international community of effective givers who are on a mission to make giving effectively and significantly a cultural norm. They’re best known for The Giving What We Can Pledge to donate at least 10% of their income to highl…

March 18, 2022 · by Megan Jamer

Reflecting on supporting Ukraine

Image: Tina Hartung on Unsplash The urge to help We have been hearing from people seeking ways to donate to support Ukrainians during the current humanitarian crisis. We want to share a few thoughts:  We’re deeply saddened by the tragic invasion of Ukr…

March 9, 2022 · by Megan Jamer

Global News features Canadians taking action through effective altruism

The first in-depth, mainstream media coverage of the effective altruism movement in Canada The virtuous few: How effective altruists are doing good better was just published as an in-depth article and video interview piece by Krista Hessey at Global Ne…

February 19, 2022 · by Megan Jamer

How to use RC Forward to support charities recommended by The Life You Can Save

If you’re inspired to “give with the head and the heart” based on the charity recommendations of The Life You Can Save, you can connect with 17 of its currently recommended charities on RC Forward. A quick introduction to The Life You Can Save The Life…

September 18, 2020 · by Siobhan Brenton

RC Forward 2019 Cost-effectiveness and Project Review

Summary In 2019, RC Forward moved $2.14M CAD (~$1.58M USD) and has moved $6.7M CAD (~ $4.93M USD) in total since 2017 Rethink Priorities (RP) estimated that $850K to $1.7M in donations have been counterfactually caused by RC Forward in 2019 The average…

February 13, 2020 · by Baxter Bullock

RC Forward Operations Allocation

Beginning February 26, 2020, RC Forward will be allocating 4% of all donations made through our platform to our operations (with several notable exceptions listed below). This includes recurring/monthly donations, but does not include any donations mad…

May 31, 2019 · by Siobhan Brenton

RC Forward 2018 Year in Review

Summary Since launching in late 2017, RC Forward has onboarded 25 effective charities and initiatives to the RC Forward platform, hired a full-time project manager, and facilitated the movement of $4,447,307.20 CAD (net) to high-impact charities. Rethi…

May 20, 2019 · by Siobhan Brenton

Cost-Effectiveness of RC Forward in 2018

Summary RC Forward moved $4.4M CAD (~ $3.3M USD) from Canadian donors. $430K to $3.7M of donations may have been counterfactually caused by RC Forward. RC Forward appears to have increased donations by 11% to 500%, with a best guess of 25% to 35% Donat…