Can I give to Pure Earth through a donor-advised fund?

Usually, yes. Your sponsor will need the EIN, 13-4075779. Your sponsor's own rules apply.

Does Did it work? take a cut or get paid for listing this charity?

No. We don't take, hold or route donations, we don't charge charities, and no one can pay to change what we show.

We last reviewed this charity's record on October 1, 2026. Evaluators update their figures, so check the linked sources before a large gift.

Happier Lives Institute Promising Charity · Lead poisoning

Pure Earth

Name: Pure Earth: published evaluator figures
Creator: Did it work?

Works to cut people's exposure to lead, a poison that harms children's development; the evaluator's analysis looks at lead in cosmetics in Ghana.

Happier Lives Institute's estimate

105.43 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated

$9.49 per WELLBY · published table
14× the wellbeing per dollar of cash transfers (GiveDirectly) · published comparison

Happier Lives Institute, published table (opens in a new tab)

Modeled, not guaranteed. This is the evaluator's best estimate of the average, built from studies and assumptions. Your gift could do more or less. How to read these figures

Not yet rated

The evaluator hasn't published an evidence rating we can quote.

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The published figures

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What it measures	Figure	Source
WELLBYs per $1,000	105.43 WELLBYs per $1,000 donatedpublished table	Happier Lives Institute (opens in a new tab)
Cost per WELLBY	$9.49 per WELLBYpublished table	Happier Lives Institute (opens in a new tab)
Compared with cash transfers	14× the wellbeing per dollar of cash transfers (GiveDirectly)published comparison	Happier Lives Institute (opens in a new tab)

A WELLBY is the Happier Lives Institute's unit of wellbeing: one point of life satisfaction, on a scale from 0 to 10, for one person for one year.

Cost-effectiveness figures are modeled, not guaranteed.

Compare side by side

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How strong is the evidence?

What the evaluator is unsure about

Higher uncertainty than Top Charities; medium depth (~200 hours / ~60% of useful research).
Advocacy success probability uncertain; outcome may be success, failure, or in-between (Happier Lives Institute).
HLI notes cost-effectiveness estimates often fall under further scrutiny for Promising Charities.

Can it use more money?

The Happier Lives Institute lists a funding gap of $1,545,000 for Pure Earth: roughly how much more it could use well right now without lowering its cost-effectiveness (as of October 1, 2026).

Source: Happier Lives Institute (opens in a new tab)

Ways to give

Directly

On the charity's site

The simplest route: give by card or bank transfer on Pure Earth's own donation page.

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Donor-advised fund

Through your DAF

Recommend a grant through your fund sponsor. They will need the legal name, Pure Earth, and EIN 13-4075779.

Let the experts decide

Happier Lives Fund

Spreads your gift across the Happier Lives Institute's recommended charities.

About the fund

It appears in the IRS's public list of tax-exempt charities (we checked on October 1, 2026). Whether your gift is deductible depends on your own situation, so please confirm with your tax advisor.

Did it work? Our follow-up

We keep a permanent, dated record of what Happier Lives Institute published, and we will check it again against Happier Lives Institute's later updates. That is how, over time, we can tell you whether the estimates held up.

105.43 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Recorded October 21, 2026 · re-check after October 1, 2027
Waiting for the re-check See the record: wellbys per $1,000

Status: waiting for the scheduled re-check. A record is a promise to look again, not a measured result. All follow-up records

Questions donors ask

Is Pure Earth a good charity?: Happier Lives Institute Promising Charity. Works to cut people's exposure to lead, a poison that harms children's development; the evaluator's analysis looks at lead in cosmetics in Ghana. We don't rate charities ourselves; we report what independent evaluators publish, with links so you can check.
How much good does a donation to Pure Earth do?: The Happier Lives Institute estimates 105.43 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated. A WELLBY is the Happier Lives Institute's unit of wellbeing: one point of life satisfaction, on a scale from 0 to 10, for one person for one year. The figure is modeled, not guaranteed.
Can I give to Pure Earth through a donor-advised fund?: Usually, yes. Your sponsor will need the EIN, 13-4075779. Your sponsor's own rules apply.
Is a donation to Pure Earth tax-deductible?: It appears in the IRS's public list of tax-exempt charities (we checked on October 1, 2026). Whether your gift is deductible depends on your own situation, so please confirm with your tax advisor. Nothing here is tax advice.
Does Did it work? take a cut or get paid for listing this charity?: No. We don't take, hold or route donations, we don't charge charities, and no one can pay to change what we show.
How current is this?: We last reviewed this charity's record on October 1, 2026. Evaluators update their figures, so check the linked sources before a large gift.

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