Ergo Impact is a San Francisco-based philanthropic advisory organization and fund incubator focused on emerging technology risks. It works with major donors to identify and fund high-leverage opportunities where philanthropy can have outsized impact, prioritizing problems of collective action that neither markets nor governments will readily solve. The organization aims to create a flywheel of capital, talent, and ideas, attracting world-class talent to work under clear theories of victory. Ergo Impact evolved from Effective Giving, a Dutch philanthropic advisory organization founded in 2016 by Kellie Liket, and was incorporated as a US 501(c)(3) in 2024.
Funding Details
- Annual Budget
- $1,858,577
- Monthly Burn Rate
- $76,806
- Current Runway
- -
- Funding Goal
- -
- Funding Raised to Date
- $1,858,577
- Fiscal Sponsor
- -
Theory of Change
Ergo Impact believes that the most effective way to reduce existential and catastrophic risks — including those from emerging technologies like AI — is to direct philanthropic capital more strategically. By working with major donors to prioritize high-leverage problems, identifying and funding world-class talent, and building a self-reinforcing flywheel of capital, talent, and ideas, the organization aims to fill gaps that markets and governments will not address. Their model posits that better philanthropic decision-making and the incubation of new philanthropic funds focused on neglected risk areas will compound over time into significant risk reduction.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC