I asked someone from our impact analytics team to reply here re FP, as he will be better calibrated to share what is public and what is not.
But in principle what Ben describes is correct, we have assessments of charities from our published reports (incl. judgments of partners, such as GiveWell) and we relate that to money moved. We also regularly update our assessments of charities, charities get comprehensively re-evaluated every 2 years or so, with many adjustments in between when things (funding gaps, political circumstances) .
So, this critique seems to incorrectly equate headline figure reporting with all metrics we and others are optimizing for.
I asked someone from our impact analytics team to reply here re FP, as he will be better calibrated to share what is public and what is not.
But in principle what Ben describes is correct, we have assessments of charities from our published reports (incl. judgments of partners, such as GiveWell) and we relate that to money moved. We also regularly update our assessments of charities, charities get comprehensively re-evaluated every 2 years or so, with many adjustments in between when things (funding gaps, political circumstances) .
So, this critique seems to incorrectly equate headline figure reporting with all metrics we and others are optimizing for.