Frequently Asked Questions

The 1% Pledge is a simple, easy, and low-cost way to start your giving journey while having outsized impact. By donating to the world’s most effective charities dedicated to addressing preventable childhood diseases, you can help reduce child mortality and end preventable child death globally by giving only 1% of your current or future income.

To see how much of a difference you can make with 1%, visit our impact calculator.

Donating on a recurring basis, such as monthly, is significantly more impactful for most donors than donating sporadically. On average, recurring donors remain active for longer and give more over their lifetime of engagement with nonprofits compared to sporadic donors.

You can sign in at donational.org/login to manage your Pledge using the email with which you signed up. Donational is our proprietary donation management platform.

You can get receipts for individual donations from your account at donational.org/login using the email with which you signed up. Donational is our proprietary donation management platform.

If your pledge started before 2018, you can log in to Network for Good to manage your donation or call them at (888) 284-7978, 8 am - 7 pm EST, Monday through Friday. When you call, please note that your donation is routed through One for the World to the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), so NPT may be useful when you are trying to get support on your account.

We encourage all donors to migrate to Donational, our proprietary donation management platform, so One for the World can more easily manage your donation. If you would like to migrate your donation, contact support@1fortheworld.org.

Of course! Our proprietary donation management platform provides a ‘future-dated Pledge’ option. This allows you to select a start date up to five (5) years into the future. We specifically designed this to allow students to pledge now, but start donating after graduation.

No. The pledge is a personal commitment, not a legal contract. Nothing binds you to it beyond your own word. You may modify or cancel your pledge at any time by logging into your account at donational.org/login.

If you want to give more than 1%, you may modify the percentage of your pledge at anytime in Donational. If you are exploring a pledge of at least 10%, we suggest you consider the 10% Pledge through Giving What We Can. Many of our staff and supporters give this amount, and you can fulfill your Giving What We Can pledge by giving through One for the World. 

If you take the 10% Pledge, be sure to notify us via email at info@1fortheworld.org. This data is valuable to us as it helps us track our impact, raise funds for our operating costs, and evaluate the success of our programs.

If you intend to give more than $10,000 per year, please email us at info@1fortheworld.org for bespoke advice.

We focus on global health and poverty and do not promote other cause areas of effective giving, such as animal welfare or longtermism. Our exclusive focus on global health is subject to periodic review, and may change in the future.

We make it simple to donate to a range of the most cost-effective charities through a regular donation on our proprietary Donational platform. Our charity recommendations are regularly kept up to date as vetted by GiveWell. We also charge no fees – every dollar goes directly to our partners.

We also maintain transparency by providing a personalized Quarterly Impact Report, so you can see exactly how much impact your donation has.

If you selected a One for the World discretionary portfolio: We will notify you at least one (1) month in advance of the change and redirect your donations to our latest portfolio.

If you specifically selected a nonprofit we are no longer supporting: We will notify you at least three (3) months in advance of the change to explain your options. You can set up a direct donation to any nonprofit that leaves our portfolio.

Senior staff from One for the World deliver talks every year at companies such as Google, Amazon, Bain, Meta, Accenture, and Bridgewater. 

These talks can be virtual or in-person. The format is a 40-minute talk and 20-minute Q&A, introducing the main ideas of effective giving and promoting our 1% Pledge. We can support you with marketing material, a bespoke donation page, and help to get internal sign-off.

To discuss booking a talk, contact us at info@1fortheworld.org.

We’re always open to having skilled volunteers to help us with areas across our organization including fundraising, operations, data management, content creation, and communications. If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact us at jobs@1fortheworld.org.