The Centre for Effective Altruism | 20,211 followers on LinkedIn. Effective altruism is a philosophy and community focused on maximising the good you can do through your career, projects, and donations. The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is a charity dedicated to building and nurturing this global community of people who are thinking carefully about the world’s biggest problems and taking impactful action to solve them. CEA is an Effective Ventures project.