Systemic Altruism
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Poverty & opportunityPreliminary editorial review

New Economics Foundation

Combines economic research and organizing around equitable transition, public services and community power.

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Systemic Altruism practice potential: 73–83/100
90% of weighted axes reviewed. A mechanism hypothesis, not proven effectiveness or a donation recommendation.

Who this work enables

Tools & support for charities: Public economic research, policy approaches and organizing knowledge usable by civic groups pursuing institutional change.

Humanity’s Checklist source match

Vision · Story — editorial, partial alignment.

Concrete alternative economic arrangements can broaden what people imagine and how economic rules are framed. Agreement with that vision is not independent validation of its effects.

Explicit checklist adoption: not verified. A mechanism match is not an affiliation, endorsement, evidence of effectiveness or a scoring bonus. Read the practice.

Focus classification: 2026-10-27. Based on the organization’s dated official sources below; earlier axis-review dates are unchanged.

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The proposed pathway

Economic policy research and practical approaches to democratic ownership

Six dimensions, with rationale

Structural depth

4 / 4

Explicitly targets economic rules, ownership and public institutions rather than treating deprivation only after it occurs.

Institutional reach

3 / 4

Its policy agenda can influence multiple economic and social issues, with a principally UK institutional context and uncertain realized reach.

Durability

2 / 4

Implemented rules or ownership changes could outlast a grant, but political adoption, institutional retention and causal attribution are unverified.

Scalability

3 / 4

Research and policy approaches can be shared, while implementation depends on law, political coalitions, administrative capacity and local conditions.

Funding additionality

Unreviewed

Unknown: current neglected research or organizing needs, funding restrictions, competing policy work and the effect of an additional grant were not audited.

Community agency

Unreviewed

Unknown: community-power goals and participatory organizing do not prove audited consequential rights for affected communities over NEF or every proposed policy.

Evidence and selection

Organization reported; current primary mechanism sources inspected

Illustrative inclusion to examine this mechanism. Inclusion is not an external recommendation or a verified comparative ranking.

A testable next question

Can a specified NEF-supported reform be linked to sustained improvements in economic security or community control beyond a credible policy counterfactual?

Review confidence: Moderate for documented design; low for systemic attribution. The independent UK registered charity 1055254 and its research/organizing model; its commercial consultancy arm is not independently scored here.

What remains uncertain

A coherent economic vision is not evidence that all proposed reforms improve welfare. Trade-offs, feasibility, displacement and counterfactual political influence require independent analysis. No economic forecast, investment advice or recommendation of the separate consultancy is provided.

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Axis review: 2026-10-27 · weighting method v0.2 (2026-10-26) · Method, conflicts and coverage