By 2012, 264 people from 17 countries had taken the 10% Pledge. It surpassed 1,000 members in 2015 As of 2025, it had over 10,000 members.
Prominent members has been a member of Giving What We Can since its foundation. Since its inception in 2009 the Giving What We Can Pledge was signed by various prominent individuals: •
A. J. JacobsAmerican journalist, author, and lecturer best known for writing about his lifestyle experiments •
Adam Swiftprofessor of political theory at
University College London •
Alan Fenwickprofessor of tropical parasitology at the
Imperial College London, Founder of the
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) •
Amelia GrayAmerican writer •
Aviva BaumannAmerican actress •
Ben DeloBritish mathematician, computer programmer, and entrepreneur, co-founder of
BitMEX •
Ben LesterBritish recording artist and multi-instrumentalist •
Bruce Friedrichexecutive director of
The Good Food Institute, a non-profit that received donation funding from
Y Combinator •
Clare GallagherAmerican
ultrarunner •
Chris AndersonHead of
TED (conference) •
Dario AmodeiCEO of
Anthropic •
Derek Parfitsenior research fellow at the
University of Oxford, visiting professor of philosophy at
Harvard University,
New York University, and
Rutgers University •
Derek ThompsonAmerican journalist and staff writer at
The Atlantic •
Diana FleischmanAmerican
evolutionary psychologist and senior lecturer at
University of Portsmouth •
Dustin MoskovitzAmerican entrepreneur who co-founded
Facebook, Inc. and
Asana, Inc., and philanthropist who co-founded
Open Philanthropy •
Dylan MatthewsAmerican journalist, correspondent for
Vox •
Ellie Chownshousing and communities spokesperson and Member of Parliament for the
Green Party of England and Wales •
Eva VivaltCanadian economist, assistant professor of economics at the
University of Toronto and the founder of research institute AidGrade •
Janet Radcliffe Richardsprofessor of practical philosophy at the
University of Oxford •
John BohannonAmerican
science journalist and scientist who is director of science at Primer, an
artificial intelligence company •
Jonathan BlowAmerican video game designer, programmer and
Twitch streamer •
José GonzálezSwedish indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist •
Kelsey PiperAmerican journalist and staff writer at
Vox •
Ken BaumannAmerican actor, writer, publisher and book designer •
Leah PriceAmerican literary critic •
Liv Boereetelevision presenter and former professional poker player •
Marcus DaniellOlympic tennis player from New Zealand with 5 ATP titles and founder of the organization
High Impact Athletes •
Michael GregerAmerican physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues and advocate for plant-based diets •
Michael Kremerholder of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, professor in economics and public policy at the
University of Chicago •
Nir Eyalprofessor of
bioethics and director of the Center for Population–Level Bioethics at
Rutgers University •
Peter EckersleyAustralian computer scientist, computer security researcher and activist •
Peter Singerprofessor of bioethics at
Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the
University of Melbourne •
Pilvi TakalaFinnish award-winning performance artist •
Rachel Glennersterchief economist at the
Department for International Development (DFID) •
Romesh RanganathanEnglish actor, comedian and presenter •
Rutger BregmanDutch popular historian and author of four books on history, philosophy, and economics, including
Utopia for Realists •
Sam HarrisAmerican author,
philosopher,
neuroscientist, podcast host, and prominent atheist •
Thomas PoggeLeitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at
Yale University, director of the Global Justice Program •
Toby Ordsenior research fellow at the University of Oxford's
Future of Humanity Institute •
William MacAskillassociate professor in philosophy at the
University of Oxford == References ==