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Long reads on the small acts and big levers that actually move the needle. Filed by pillar so you can read by what you care about.
- Big Levers
The legacy pledge
A gift in your will costs you nothing during your lifetime but could be the largest charitable donation you ever make. UK legacy giving totals over £4 billion per year. Most people never consider it.
1 May 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The donor-advised fund
Donor-advised funds hold $234 billion and growing. They're the fastest-growing vehicle in philanthropy. Here's what they are, when they make sense, and the controversy.
28 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The employer match
Your employer probably offers to match your charitable donations. Roughly 65% of eligible employees never use it. That's billions of dollars left on the table every year.
26 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The pension tilt
Switching your pension to a climate-tilted fund has roughly 21x the carbon impact of going vegetarian. Most people have never looked at what their pension invests in.
24 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The tax wrapper
Gift Aid adds 25% to every UK donation for free. Most donors either don't claim it or don't understand why it exists. Here's the full picture of how tax relief on giving works, and where the real money is.
22 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
Career capital in your thirties
The decade you most want to coast is the decade that most determines your lifetime earnings, lifetime leverage, and lifetime options. Here's the case for not coasting.
21 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The housing decision
Where you live determines most of your lifetime carbon, most of your savings rate, and most of your time. It gets less scrutiny than the car.
20 April 2026 · 7 min read
- Big Levers
The five percent rule
A tiny number of decisions do almost all the work in a life spent trying to do good. Here are the five that matter.
17 April 2026 · 7 min read