Donate with Confidence. Achieve Real-World Impact.

We offer philanthropy advisory services to individuals and families. Guided by independent, leading experts, we help clients refine their mission, develop a strategy, and make world-class grants. Our services are free of charge.

Comprehensive Support for Meaningful and Impactful Philanthropy

We identified a problem in the philanthropy sector: achieving real impact is complex and navigating it alone can be daunting. Many philanthropists struggle to find dependable support.

Ark Philanthropy was established to address this challenge. We provide personalized advisory services to help you realize your philanthropy goals. We believe that with the guidance of independent, leading experts, visionary philanthropists can tackle global issues effectively.

“Everyone has a justice issue that they are passionate about. At Ark Philanthropy, we help you translate that passion into meaningful change”

August Hochman, Founder & Executive Director at Ark Philanthropy

About Us

We are excited to connect you with field-leading experts who can elevate your philanthropy. Ark Philanthropy is led and advised by a team of expert grantmakers, researchers, and community leaders who collectively bring over 100 years of nonprofit experience.

Our Grantmaking

At Ark Philanthropy, we can help you achieve impact across a broad range of cause areas. In particular, we work on:

Education

Criminal Justice Reform

Women’s Issues

Global Health & Wellbeing

Animal Welfare

Climate & Environment

Existential Risks

We focus our grantmaking on neglected causes with actionable solutions and the potential for scalable impact. If you’re interested in other causes, we’re excited to help you explore your area of interest and develop a plan to make impactful grants.

We offer comprehensive support services

  • Strategic Advisory Services

  • Tailored Grant Portfolios

  • Foundation Services

  • Legacy, Family, and Community Services

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Ark Philanthropy is a strategic advisory service. We help individuals and families achieve real-world impact by providing independent, expert-informed, philanthropy advice.

  • Ark Philanthropy is supported by generous private donors who believe in our mission. Our supporters allow us to provide our services free of charge.

  • We evaluate the impact of charitable opportunities by looking at the evidence.

    • We examine data provided by charities on the impact they achieve for their beneficiaries, as well as their financials. Using this data, we may produce cost-effective analyses, which model how impactful an organization is per dollar donated.

    • We consult leading charity evaluators such as GiveWell, Giving Green, The Life You Can Save, Longview Philanthropy, and Founders Pledge to understand their evaluations of charities' impact.

    • We conduct research into the scientific literature, including meta-analyses, RCTs, and other experimental evidence, to assess the effectiveness of interventions.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Martin Luther King Jr.