Critical programs are on the brink—without urgent support, millions risk losing access to life-saving services

Dear Friend,

Global health, poverty alleviation, and development programs that millions rely on are at risk. The recent U.S. foreign aid freeze has abruptly cut funding to programs providing essential services—including maternal and child health, infectious disease control, and basic healthcare—threatening decades of progress in these areas and putting lives in jeopardy.

To help cover this critical funding gap, The Life You Can Save and Founders Pledge have joined forces to launch the Rapid Response Fund—a partnership that combines: 

• Years of experience evaluating high-impact organizations using rigorous, evidence-based methodologies.

• An extensive network of donors committed to maximizing impact by directing their giving to the most effective organizations.

• A strategic approach to maximize impact while ensuring rapid deployment of funds.

This fund allows us to balance speed and impact—delivering support quickly to impacted organizations already recommended by The Life You Can Save or Founders Pledge while also evaluating new high-impact organizations that meet our strict effectiveness criteria. Our goal is simple: protect critical programs, avoid preventable human suffering and deaths, and ensure that decades of progress are not lost.

Why Your Support Matters Now:

• Without immediate funding, essential programs will shut down, leaving communities without life-saving care.

• $13 billion in cuts to programs in Sub-Saharan Africa alone—including $4 billion previously directed to health—put millions at risk.

• Your donation helps ensure funds are deployed efficiently, reaching the highest-impact programs where they are needed most.

This is the moment for individuals and organizations worldwide to step up. Government funding alone has never been enough to address the hardship faced by those living in extreme poverty—and even less so now. Together, we can prevent devastating setbacks.

Please donate today and help sustain life-saving programs:

Thank you for your continued support and commitment to our mission,