Find the best charities for improving happiness
Our research shows which charities create the most happiness per dollar.
These top charities cover areas like mental health, parenting, crime, toxic exposure, and nutrition.
Our research shows which charities create the most happiness per dollar.
These top charities cover areas like mental health, parenting, crime, toxic exposure, and nutrition.
Using happiness as a measure of success
Everyone agrees that happiness is important.
So why does society measure success in terms of wealth or physical health, and not happiness?
Good news: times are changing.
It’s now easy to measure people’s happiness, using a metric called a ‘WELLBY’. Even the UK and New Zealand governments are starting to use WELLBYs to measure their impact on people’s happiness.
You can make a difference
Our research shows that treating depression in low-income countries is four times more cost-effective than providing direct cash transfers.