Donating 80% While It Still Counts

Julia and I had been giving half since 2014, but in 2025 we drew on our savings to donate 81%. It looks to us like we're in a critical window for keeping the introduction of very powerful AI systems from being disastrous, and we want to do what we can while we still can. Here's what that looks like in the context of our overall spending: table... Category pre-tax post-tax total Donations $0 $142,488 $142,488 Taxes $0 $35,808 $35,808 Housing $0 $24,264 $24,264 Childcare $0 $42,636 $42,636 Medical $2,712 $4,800 $7,632 Food $0 $11,568 $11,568 Other $0 $12,000 $12,000 Savings $51,564 -$72,000 -$20,436 On savings, there are two things going on. We're drawing down our regular post-tax savings to donate more (-$72k) but we're still putting money into retirement accounts (+$51k). It nets to -$20k, though mixing pre- and post-tax numbers into one sum isn't really correct. We've been prioritizing donations for a long time, but it feels very different now because of the AI boom. Some of this is…