## CHRISTIANS FOR IMPACT TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT For the period 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2024 Reference and administration details: Christians for Impact, Working as: Effective Altruism for Christians Registered charity number 1195605 Windyridge Scotts Grove Road Chobham WOKING GU24 8DX Trustees: Alexander Rattee Grayden Reece-Smith Waithera Mwangi ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Type of governing document: Constitution How the charity is constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) ## _Trustee selection methods_ The Trustee Board is responsible for appointing new trustees subject to requirements set out in the Charity’s governing documents. Potential new trustees are assessed on the basis of their experience, skills and motivation, as well as the Trustee Board’s own assessment of its gaps and the skills required to deliver the Charity’s strategy. This is primarily assessed through a candidate’s CV and meeting with one or more of the existing trustees. ## _Additional governance protections_ Christians for Impact has a conflict of interests policy. This policy and the associated register is reviewed at least annually. Christians for Impact works closely with its USA counterpart, Christians for Impact USA, Inc., a registered (501(c)(3) organisation in the USA, EIN: 87-3363768), in ways that further its own charitable objectives. ## OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY The objects of Christians for Impact are: 1. For the public benefit, the advancement of the Christian religion, in particular the promotion of the Christian Principles of effective altruism by: - a. Promoting and conducting research for the public benefit in all aspects of effective altruism, including ethical career choices, and to publish the useful results; - b. Raising awareness of effective altruism and how to incorporate it into Christian life and faith; and encouraging fellowship with others on a similar journey; - c. Carrying out religious devotional acts. 2. For the public benefit, to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and organisations whose purposes are charitable in direct pursuit of their objects, including by: - a. providing training, conferences, seminars and resources on effective altruism, what effectiveness looks like and how to improve it; - b. advising on and assessing the administration of charities to provide support with the measurement, improvement and communication of their impact; - c. advising and educating on fundraising and planned giving for charitable purposes; 1 - d. advising and guiding people willing to undertake voluntary service and organisations using volunteers to make the most effective use of their support. ## ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTS ## _Background to understanding the activities carried out by Christians for Impact_ Christians For Impact’s activities from 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2024 can be split into three categories: ## _1. UK Community Building_ UK community building can be broken up between educational retreats, 1-on-1 conversations, and other speaking events. One notable event is a three-day in-person educational retreat in London in September 2023. The objective was to foster the UK community, create an opportunity for in-depth discussions and career mentorship. ## _2. Websites and social media_ In addition to the website www.eaforchristians.org, the charity managed a new website www.christiansforimpact.org. It created several dozen new articles for the site, which contributed to greater monthly webpage visits, especially from visitors based in the UK. The charity expanded its Facebook group, and continued a blog called “Christ and the Counterfactuals”, and continued its monthly community newsletter. ## _3. Online Events and Videos_ Christians for Impact ran an online event called “Lightning talks: AI in Charity and Healthcare” discussion in December 2023 with guests from the GiveDirectly charity. . ## _A commitment to creating a public benefit_ All decisions taken by Trustees were taken solely with concern to creating benefits for the eventual beneficiaries, and any benefit to the immediate community was incidental to achieving this aim. ## Beneficiaries When considering the projects undertaken it is helpful to distinguish between the immediate community and the eventual beneficiaries: 1. The immediate community are Christians in the UK and globally whom we support, encourage and inspire to give of their time, skills and money to charitable purposes, and to have concern for the efficiency and effectiveness of those contributions. 2. The eventual beneficiaries are the people who benefit from the contributions of time, skill and money. They represent as diverse a group as charitable causes cover, including, but not limited, to people living in poverty in developing countries, and future generations, who might be impacted by climate change. 2 ## Activities Like the year before it, the 2023-2024 fiscal year involved more in-person events than 2021-2022, as the community has rebuilt following the slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is an overview of our key activities, including ones carried out by Christians for Impact USA, inc: |**Area**|**Activities**|**Team time**
**allocation**| |---|---|---| |Community
Building|● A retreat in London in September 2023
● An in person group meet-ups of the Christians
for Impact community at the Effective Altruism
Global conferences (e.g. EAG London May
2024)
● Support for the 2024 Effective Altruism for
Christians Annual Conference|20%| |Research &
Resources|● Maintaining the Substack and developing its
research agenda
● Producing podcast episodes on impactful
careers with Christian experts
● Continued work writing and editing of a book
aimed at popularising the ideas of Christians
for Impact|35%| |Communications|● Developing and maintaining the community
monthly newsletter
● Maintaining
the
community
Slack
and
facebook group, and a London Whatsapp
networking group.
● Uploading videos onto the Effective Altruism
for Christian YouTube channel
● Promoting events, both those organised by
Christians for Impact and those organised by
third parties
● Linking to articles promoting charitable giving,
choosing effective charities and ethical career
choices|15%| |Outreach|● Building partnerships with Christian student
groups across the UK, including the Just Love
campaign
● An outreach talk delivered in London in
November 2023 to approximately 140 people.|10%| |One-to-one
coaching|● One-to-one chats with Christians at the
Effective Altruism Global conferences focused
on faith, effective giving and impactful career
choice
● Online or in-person chats about effective
giving, ideas related to effective altruism, or|15%| 3 ||high-impact careers.|| |---|---|---| |Strategy
development,
impact
measurement and
administration|● The
Charity’s
trustees
and
volunteers
invested time into developing a strategy to
maximise the Charity’s impact.|5%| Note: Split is based on a rough post-hoc estimate of staff and volunteer time. ## _Additional details of objectives and activities_ ## Contribution made by volunteers The Charity benefits from significant contributions of time by approximately 13 individuals, including trustees. The Charity also encourages individuals to contribute time to other charities and projects if it is likely they will have more impact that way. ## ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE ## _UK Community Building_ The London UK retreat gathered about 15 young Christian professionals from across the UK and included expert talks on effective altruism and longtermism, effective giving, and various areas of Christian faith and practice. Our outreach specialists in the UK had over 25 1-on-1 conversations with individuals about effective altruism and high-impact charity. The London community grew in comparison to the previous fiscal year (~15 more signups to the local group chat). Similarly, the community Slack grew by over 50 members. ## _Annual Conference_ The Effective Altruism for Christians Annual Conference took place in the Washington D.C. area on May 18-19. It welcomed 84 attendees over three days for educational talks, discussions and workshops. Attendees included several members of the UK community. Event management and social media project tasks were supported by two UK contractors. The average feedback for the event was 9/10. ## _Christians for Impact Social Media_ The YouTube channel grew in content and subscribers The Substack blog expanded by over 20 articles with a readership increase of over 50%. 4 Total visits to the Effective Altruism for Christians website increased: Total visits to the Christians for Impact website rose significantly: ## _Christians For Impact Outreach and Mentorship_ The project was announced in the May 2023 conference and there have been 3 additional podcast episodes published on the Christians for Impact website this fiscal year, alongside dozens of additional posts. In the 2023-2024 fiscal year, 98 people applied for career mentorship through our 1-on-1 advising program. For more about these career mentorships and community benefits, which were supported by both the organisation and its US counterpart, see the “Our Impact” page at our website: www.eaforchristians.org/our-impact. ## FINANCIAL REVIEW ## _Note on reserves_ Christians for Impact aims to hold enough reserves for between 2 and 4 months of expenditure, in accordance with our finance policy. As of 30 June 2024, the charity had an unrestricted cash balance of £4,290, which was sufficient reserves for more than 4 months of expenditure. 5 ## _Funds materially in deficit_ No funds materially in deficit. _Further financial review details regarding fundraising_ We did not engage in fundraising, though we did receive a £20,000 grant from an individual supporter of our work _Further financial review details regarding fundraising_ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: 6 ACCOUNTS CHARITY COP4MISSIO FOR ENGLAND ANO WALI Receipts and payments accounts CC16a F￿the period 30￿L￿al Section A Receipts and payments rwJ¥ fur Totsl lurwjs La5ty* Gramfrcffj Chn5llaTr5ts1 IndMdl￿L3D￿￿t￿5 Sub ￿{al(Gr￿sS fLW AR A2 A¥¥etand in￿*1￿￿rrt Suij Tots1￿ce A3P RÉtru5 72 Sub toia 19JS A4 Asgetand inves￿nI urchages see tsble Sub tofa 19 19J15 5,924 eiofrecwpWyments AS Ttan*fet• bpl*Een fund• A6 Ca¥h fund• Lg*tyearend 79$ 349$ Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period ￿r￿tr￿tell Re*tricted fund• fund• Endo¥Thnt lurwJ• b)r￿a￿St£ 81 Cash ftjnds TottT cash funds Untutricted ReBtricted fund• EndoMTrerrt 5t£ CLryTw*walup (opbon￿l B3 Investmentassets CLVTwttwalup (cptiDn￿) 84 Assets reta￿e￿ forthe charity's ovm use Detai15 85 Liatx.I￿"eS of allthetrust Syjnthre Pml NJre Dale ofarvoval