Who we are
Effektiver Altruismus Deutschland (EAD) e.V. is a non-profit organisation dedicated to building and promoting a Germany-wide network of people who think carefully about the world’s biggest problems and take effective action to solve them. We do this by providing coordination, communication, learning opportunities and services, and by serving as the central point of contact for the German Effective Altruism (EA) community.
We are particularly committed to promoting careers that have a major positive impact on the world. Therefore, we offer specific programmes such as our 1-1 Career Counselling, our Career Planning Programme, and our annual conference EAGxBerlin to help individuals plan and realise their impactful careers and connect them with relevant organisations and like-minded people. We are probably the only organisation in Germany that specialises in guiding people toward meaningful careers with a positive impact.
Values & Strategy
- Our Vision is a diverse and resilient community of ambitious people in and from Germany who are thinking carefully about the world’s biggest problems and taking impactful action to solve them.
- Our Mission is to serve as a central point of contact for the German EA community and to continuously improve ways to guide people to take effective action.
- Our Values are sustainable growth, a welcoming and nurturing culture and high professional standards as well as good quality of programmes and offers.
You can find our strategy for the year 2025 here.
Cooperations
To uphold our standards and reach our goals, we collaborate with national and international partner organisations – such as
- the Centre for Effective Altruism for our Intro Program to Effective Altruism
- Effektiv Spenden regarding donations (see also below)
- local and national EA groups such as EA Austria and EA Switzerland
- Giving What We Can to encourage people to donate a portion of their income (more infos here)
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Become a member
We welcome new members! Here you can find more information about becoming a member of our association Effektiver Altruismus Deutschland e.V. We look forward to receiving your membership application!
Donations
Donations help us cover event costs and launch promising new projects. You can support us with donations via our partner organisation Effektiv Spenden – please choose “Effektiver Altruismus Deutschland” as beneficiary. Thank you very much!
Members, volunteers and the organising team at the conference EAGxBerlin 2023
First steps
You’re new to Effective Altruism and don’t know where to start? You’re searching for effective ways to make a difference? Discover a selection of first steps for getting started.
Transparency
As a non-profit organisation, we act transparently and want to communicate our goals and structure clearly. Here you can find information and resources about us. If you have any further questions, please send us an email to info@effektiveraltruismus.de.
1. Name, registered office, address
Effektiver Altruismus Deutschland (EAD) e.V. is recognised as a non-profit, registered association at the Charlottenburg District Court (VR 39993 B). Our registered office is in Berlin. Our address is EAD e.V., c/o UES gGmbH, Müllerstr. 138D, 13353 Berlin.
The association was founded in 2019 under the name Network for Effective Altruism Germany (NEAD) e.V.
2. Statutes, objectives and other documents
- Statutes: Basis of all association activities
- Association rules: values & mission statement of the association, persons and groups and how they are admitted as well as voting by circulation procedure
- Rules of procedure: basis for the general meeting
- Strategy with goals for the year 2025
- Guideline for dealing with conflicts of interest & register of interests
- Code of conduct
3. Information on tax concessions
The last tax assessment notice regarding recognition as a non-profit association was issued by the tax office Finanzamt für Körperschaften I (Bredtschneiderstr. 5, 14057 Berlin) and is valid until 31 July 2027. With the renaming and relocation of the association to Berlin, we now have this tax number: 27/673/57041.
4. Name and function of key decision-makers
The central body of the organisation is the board.
Sarah Tegeler manages the organisation as director.
5. Reports on the activities of our organisation
We see our website as a report on the activities of our organisation. We are also available to answer questions on request at info@effektiveraltruismus.de.
6. Staff structure
The head office is staffed by four employees. We also work with service providers and volunteers.
7./8. Source of funds/use of funds
The staff positions are currently financed by the Centre for Effective Altruism, donations as well as by Open Philanthropy via a transfer of funds from Effektiv Spenden.
Information on the use of funds can be found in the 2024 annual financial statement.
9. Affiliation with third parties
The association has no social ties with third parties. Any conflicts of interest of the Executive Board and management are noted in the register of interests.
10. Names of legal entities whose annual payments account for more than 10% of the total annual budget
In 2024, the association received donations from Effective Ventures (Centre for Effective Altruism) that exceeded 10% of the total annual budget.