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GiveWell

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GiveWell is a nonprofit charity evaluator based in San Francisco. They conduct and publish research into the most cost-effective giving opportunities in global health and development.[1]

History

GiveWell was started by Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld in 2007.[2] GiveWell also helped incubate Open Philanthropy, which was spun off as a separate entity in 2017.[2]

Top charities

GiveWell publishes a list of “top charities” based on cost-effectiveness and quality of evidence.[3] The list is updated annually. As of August 2022, the top GiveWell charities are:

  1. Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program;

  2. Against Malaria Foundation, which provides long-lasting insecticide-treated nets

  3. Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation program; and

  4. New Incentives, which provides conditional cash transfers for routine childhood vaccinations.

Standout charities

GiveWell used to also recognize a number of “standout charities” which, despite not meeting all of the criteria to be a top charity, were rated above nearly every other organization considered for evaluation.

The “standout charity” designation was discontinued in October 2021. GiveWell found that it caused confusion among some donors and was inconsistent with the goal of directing funds to the most cost-effective organizations.[4]

Impact

GiveWell estimates that it has directed over $1.1 billion to its recommended charities since 2012.[5] According to their latest report, the money directed to them in 2021 was nearly $330 million, a 50% increase from the roughly $220 million directed over the previous year.[6][7]

In November 2021, Open Philanthropy announced a substantial increase in the funds it plans to allocate to GiveWell’s recommended charities: $300 million for 2021, with tentative plans to give an additional $500 million per year over the following two years. The decision was based on the perceived growth in GiveWell’s ability to identify cost-effective opportunities, the significant growth in the assets Open Philanthropy expects itself and other related organizations to eventually distribute, and an increase in how much Open Philanthropy values saving lives relative to boosting income.[8]

Further reading

GiveWell (2015) ‘GiveWell’, in Ryan Carey (ed.) The Effective Altruism Handbook, 1st ed., Oxford: The Centre for Effective Altruism, pp. 109-113

GiveWell (2021) GiveWell’s year-end community event 2021, December 9.
A conversation with journalist Matthew Yglesias and GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell’s origins, evolving role, and latest research.

Greenberg, Spencer (2022) Why it’s so hard to have confidence that charities are doing good (with Elie Hassenfeld), Clearer Thinking, March 17.
An interview with GiveWell’s CEO.

Perry, Suzanne (2007) A quest for the best, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, vol. 20.

Strom, Stephanie (2007) 2 young hedge-fund veterans stir up the world of philanthropy, The New York Times, December 20.

External links

GiveWell. Official website.

GiveWell. Effective Altruism Forum account.

Apply for a job.

Donate to GiveWell.

Related links

charity evaluation | Good Ventures | Open Philanthropy

  1. ^

    GiveWell (2017) GiveWell: A medium-depth overview, GiveWell, June.

  2. ^

    GiveWell (2018) Our story, GiveWell, February.

  3. ^

    GiveWell (2021) Our top charities, GiveWell, November.

  4. ^

    Hassenfeld, Elie (2021) We’re discontinuing the standout charity designation, The GiveWell Blog, October 5.

  5. ^

    GiveWell (2022) GiveWell funds directed summary, in ‘Public GiveWell metrics for the 2021 metrics report’, GiveWell, August.

  6. ^

    GiveWell (2022) GiveWell’s impact, GiveWell, August.

  7. ^

    Dey, Robin (2022) GiveWell’s 2021 metrics report, The GiveWell Blog, August 5.

  8. ^

    Berger, Alexander (2021) 2021 allocation to GiveWell top charities: why we’re giving more going forward, Open Philanthropy, November 22.

How GiveWell’s Re­search is Evolving

GiveWellFeb 9, 2019, 1:17 AM
47 points
2 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell may have made 1 billion dol­lars of harm­ful grants, and Am­bi­tious Im­pact in­cu­bated 8 harm­ful or­gani­sa­tions via in­creas­ing fac­tory-farm­ing?

Vasco Grilo🔸Dec 22, 2024, 10:19 AM
96 points
108 comments9 min readEA link

Mea­sur­ing Good Better

MichaelPlantOct 14, 2022, 1:36 PM
235 points
19 comments15 min readEA link

Our recom­men­da­tions for giv­ing in 2022

GiveWellNov 23, 2022, 11:16 PM
91 points
9 comments5 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Why is it so hard to know if you’re helping?

Vasco Grilo🔸Oct 16, 2024, 4:08 PM
59 points
6 comments12 min readEA link
(www.theintrinsicperspective.com)

The elephant in the bed­net: the im­por­tance of philos­o­phy when choos­ing be­tween ex­tend­ing and im­prov­ing lives

MichaelPlantNov 18, 2022, 12:09 PM
153 points
40 comments24 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Open Philan­thropy’s 2023-2025 fund­ing of $300 mil­lion to­tal for GiveWell’s recommendations

GiveWellOct 6, 2023, 11:13 PM
82 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

De­worm­ing and de­cay: repli­cat­ing GiveWell’s cost-effec­tive­ness anal­y­sis

JoelMcGuireJul 25, 2022, 8:26 PM
307 points
38 comments11 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

GiveWell from A to Z

GiveWellJan 11, 2024, 10:10 PM
23 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell is hiring a Head of Tech and Se­nior Re­searchers!

GiveWellApr 26, 2024, 8:58 PM
39 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Founders Pledge’s Cli­mate Change Fund might be more cost-effec­tive than GiveWell’s top char­i­ties, but it is much less cost-effec­tive than cor­po­rate cam­paigns for chicken welfare?

Vasco Grilo🔸May 5, 2024, 9:10 AM
65 points
13 comments9 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Head of Fundrais­ing Oper­a­tions and Analytics

GiveWellJun 3, 2024, 8:27 PM
45 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cor­po­rate cam­paigns for chicken welfare are 10,000 times as effec­tive as GiveWell’s Max­i­mum Im­pact Fund?

Vasco Grilo🔸Jul 28, 2022, 8:22 AM
78 points
19 comments10 min readEA link

Ini­tial thoughts on malaria vac­cine approval

GiveWellOct 8, 2021, 11:51 PM
43 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Assess­ment of Hap­pier Lives In­sti­tute’s Cost-Effec­tive­ness Anal­y­sis of StrongMinds

GiveWellMar 22, 2023, 5:04 PM
243 points
57 comments23 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

How much fund­ing does GiveWell ex­pect to raise through 2025?

GiveWellApr 11, 2023, 3:26 PM
80 points
2 comments5 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Should GiveWell still recom­mend GiveDirectly?

Shakeel HashimAug 29, 2022, 6:34 AM
106 points
11 comments2 min readEA link
(www.givedirectly.org)

Con­cerns about AMF from GiveWell read­ing—Part 4

JPHoughtonFeb 13, 2022, 1:36 PM
21 points
18 comments4 min readEA link

Type Check­ing GiveWell’s GiveDirectly Cost Effec­tive Analysis

SamNolanJun 23, 2021, 6:35 AM
109 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

Don’t wait – there’s plenty more need and op­por­tu­nity today

GiveDirectlyNov 24, 2021, 2:56 PM
45 points
15 comments5 min readEA link

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

JoelMcGuireNov 1, 2022, 2:25 AM
134 points
18 comments19 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Room for more fund­ing: Why doesn’t the Gates foun­da­tion just close the fund­ing gap of AMF and SCI?

Hauke HillebrandtJun 3, 2015, 2:48 PM
31 points
7 comments13 min readEA link

Why we’re fund­ing clubfoot treat­ment through MiracleFeet

GiveWellJul 7, 2023, 7:27 PM
74 points
10 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

My quick thoughts on donat­ing to EA Funds’ Global Health and Devel­op­ment Fund and what it should do

Vasco Grilo🔸Dec 15, 2023, 9:08 AM
33 points
14 comments3 min readEA link

GiveWel­lによる「寄付のすすめ」

EA JapanJul 24, 2023, 6:29 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Malaria bed­net and medicine overlap

MichaelStJulesSep 5, 2023, 11:55 PM
24 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring two Pro­gram Officers

GiveWellFeb 4, 2025, 3:52 PM
34 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

GiveWell Dona­tion Matching

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Sep 21, 2021, 10:50 PM
35 points
7 comments2 min readEA link
(www.jefftk.com)

How we work, #2: We look at spe­cific op­por­tu­ni­ties, not just gen­eral interventions

GiveWellNov 10, 2023, 9:23 PM
31 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s up­dated es­ti­mate of de­worm­ing and decay

GiveWellApr 3, 2023, 9:07 PM
46 points
6 comments12 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

An­swer­ing some ques­tions about wa­ter qual­ity programs

GiveWellOct 14, 2022, 8:36 PM
26 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

[Question] What pro­por­tion of to­tal EA fund­ing comes from Open Philan­thropy, GiveWell, and other big EA fun­ders?

Amber DawnSep 11, 2023, 10:49 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

The Wicked Prob­lem Experience

Holden KarnofskyMar 2, 2022, 5:43 PM
72 points
10 comments9 min readEA link

Will Givewell recom­mend breast­feed­ing pro­mo­tion be­fore 2027 [fore­cast] [cross­post]

Nathan YoungNov 9, 2021, 10:58 PM
20 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Pri­ori­tis­ing an­i­mal welfare over global health and de­vel­op­ment?

Vasco Grilo🔸May 13, 2023, 9:03 AM
112 points
50 comments18 min readEA link

GiveWell’s 2023 recom­men­da­tions to donors

GiveWellNov 21, 2023, 11:07 PM
50 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

A re­view of GiveWell’s dis­count rate

Rethink PrioritiesNov 21, 2023, 8:59 PM
55 points
3 comments6 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

[Question] Do the GiveWell char­i­ties need money cur­rently?

Henry Howard🔸Jun 11, 2024, 1:40 AM
17 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring for se­nior roles: Head of Peo­ple Oper­a­tions and Head of Communications

GiveWellFeb 2, 2024, 1:16 AM
28 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

On Child Wast­ing, Mega-Char­i­ties, and Mea­sura­bil­ity Bias

Jesper 🔸May 7, 2023, 2:55 PM
54 points
24 comments2 min readEA link

GiveWell recom­mended char­i­ties X main­stream events

Huw ThomasMay 8, 2023, 7:09 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Why GiveWell funded the rol­lout of the malaria vaccine

GiveWellMay 12, 2023, 7:11 PM
107 points
4 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

We’re dis­con­tin­u­ing the stand­out char­ity designation

GiveWellOct 7, 2021, 1:17 AM
21 points
11 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GWWC’s eval­u­a­tions of evaluators

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Nov 22, 2023, 4:21 PM
222 points
42 comments6 min readEA link

[Link] The Op­ti­mizer’s Curse & Wrong-Way Reductions

Chris SmithApr 4, 2019, 1:28 PM
94 points
61 comments1 min readEA link

Neil Buddy Shah has been ap­pointed CEO of the Clin­ton Health Ac­cess Initiative

GiveWellApr 20, 2022, 2:23 PM
57 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s recom­men­da­tion of GiveDirectly

William_MacAskillNov 30, 2012, 5:00 AM
2 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

In­cor­po­rat­ing and vi­su­al­iz­ing un­cer­tainty in cost effec­tive­ness analy­ses: A walk­through us­ing GiveWell’s es­ti­mates for StrongMinds

Jamie ENov 7, 2023, 12:50 PM
70 points
6 comments16 min readEA link

Up­date on Our Planned Allo­ca­tion to GiveWell’s Recom­mended Char­i­ties in 2022

Alexander_BergerJul 11, 2022, 6:50 AM
22 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

The new GiveWell recom­men­da­tions are out: here’s a sum­mary of the charities

Tom_AshDec 1, 2014, 5:22 PM
7 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

GiveWell’s Top Char­i­ties Are In­creas­ingly Hard to Beat

Peter WildefordJul 10, 2019, 12:34 AM
42 points
7 comments1 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Nav­i­gat­ing the episte­molo­gies of effec­tive altruism

Ozzie_GooenSep 23, 2013, 7:50 PM
0 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Head of Operations

GiveWellJun 14, 2024, 3:40 PM
26 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Join GiveWell as a Re­search Analyst

GiveWellJun 17, 2024, 9:47 PM
42 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Are our Top Char­i­ties sav­ing the same lives each year?

GiveWellJun 18, 2024, 3:47 PM
166 points
7 comments33 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

Efforts to Im­prove the Ac­cu­racy of Our Judg­ments and Fore­casts (Open Philan­thropy)

lukeprogOct 25, 2016, 10:09 AM
19 points
0 comments7 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

[Question] On GiveWell’s es­ti­mates of the cost of sav­ing a life

aaron_maiOct 1, 2020, 10:22 AM
16 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

The Max­i­mum Im­pact Fund is now the Top Char­i­ties Fund

GiveWellSep 8, 2022, 7:31 PM
57 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

How We Plan to Ap­proach Uncer­tainty in Our Cost-Effec­tive­ness Models

GiveWellJan 2, 2024, 9:09 PM
92 points
26 comments23 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

Copen­hagen Con­sen­sus Cen­ter’s best in­vest­ment pa­pers for the sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment goals

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 10, 2024, 8:32 AM
68 points
15 comments4 min readEA link
(copenhagenconsensus.com)

Cost-effec­tive­ness of cor­po­rate cam­paigns for chicken welfare

Vasco Grilo🔸Nov 29, 2024, 4:22 PM
58 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of epi­demic/​pan­demic preparedness

Vasco Grilo🔸Jun 30, 2024, 1:37 PM
32 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of Shrimp Welfare Pro­ject’s Hu­mane Slaugh­ter Initiative

Vasco Grilo🔸Oct 6, 2024, 8:25 AM
67 points
26 comments5 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Man­ager of Ta­lent Acquisition

GiveWellJul 8, 2024, 7:32 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Se­nior Accountant

GiveWellJul 11, 2024, 8:21 PM
13 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Re­search I’d like to see

Alex CohenDec 17, 2024, 2:08 PM
62 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Man­ager of Em­ployee Experience

GiveWellOct 22, 2024, 6:31 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Un­jour­nal’s eval­u­a­tions of “In­ter­gen­er­a­tional Child Mor­tal­ity Im­pacts of De­worm­ing”

david_reinsteinOct 25, 2024, 8:36 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(unjournal.pubpub.org)

Changes to our top char­ity crite­ria, and a new giv­ing option

GiveWellAug 17, 2022, 7:30 PM
99 points
11 comments7 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Staff mem­bers’ per­sonal dona­tions for giv­ing sea­son 2022

GiveWellDec 19, 2022, 5:20 PM
61 points
1 comment10 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Up­date on Board meet­ing transparency

GiveWellApr 24, 2021, 12:49 AM
13 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s money moved in 2020

GiveWellNov 15, 2021, 3:28 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

In­sec­ti­cide-treated nets sig­nifi­cantly harm mosquitoes, but one can eas­ily offset this?

Vasco Grilo🔸Feb 3, 2025, 6:03 PM
28 points
41 comments7 min readEA link

Why it should be easy to dom­i­nate GiveWell’s recommendations

Robert_WiblinJul 17, 2013, 4:00 AM
4 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Tech­ni­cal Up­dates to Our Global Health and Wel­lbe­ing Cause Pri­ori­ti­za­tion Framework

Alexander_BergerNov 20, 2021, 1:03 PM
76 points
2 comments27 min readEA link

Our recom­men­da­tions for giv­ing in 2021

GiveWellNov 24, 2021, 2:24 AM
14 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Life­time Im­pact of a GiveWell Re­searcher?

agent18Aug 16, 2021, 11:26 PM
11 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

Paul Farmer (1959 – 2022)

technicalitiesMar 24, 2022, 1:08 PM
140 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

Millions in cash trans­fers, with­out spend­ing a penny

Karthik TadepalliOct 26, 2022, 8:03 PM
18 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

GiveWell is hiring a Re­search An­a­lyst (ap­ply by Novem­ber 20)

GiveWellNov 12, 2022, 4:30 AM
43 points
3 comments5 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

[LINK] GiveWell is hiring

Tom_AshFeb 10, 2015, 11:31 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

Vi­talik Bu­terin just donated $54M (in ETH) to GiveWell

IanDavidMossMay 14, 2021, 1:30 AM
72 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Early signs show that you gave more in 2020 than 2019—thank you!

GiveWellMay 11, 2021, 7:00 AM
7 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

[Question] What is the best NGO for hunger re­lief in So­ma­lia? Ask­ing for a mil­lion­aire friend who is locked in on that spe­cific cause

ezrahJun 19, 2022, 5:58 AM
29 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the Change Our Mind Con­test for cri­tiques of our cost-effec­tive­ness analyses

GiveWellSep 6, 2022, 6:10 PM
142 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Most effec­tive ways to fundraise for EA?

Lucas GianniniJun 3, 2022, 9:45 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

We aim to cost-effec­tively di­rect around $1 billion an­nu­ally by 2025

GiveWellNov 24, 2021, 1:45 AM
16 points
0 comments10 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Givewell, and its hiring pro­cess, needs se­ri­ous reform

BobDec 29, 2022, 8:29 PM
43 points
44 comments3 min readEA link

Mislead­ing phrase in a GiveWell Youtube ad

Thomas KwaJan 5, 2023, 10:28 AM
86 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Find­ing bugs in GiveWell’s top charities

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 23, 2023, 4:49 PM
47 points
14 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Have the rep­u­ta­tions of effec­tive giv­ing orgs like GiveWell taken a hit due to the FTX crisis?

Eevee🔹Jan 28, 2023, 5:23 AM
27 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The win­ners of the Change Our Mind Con­test—and some reflections

GiveWellDec 15, 2022, 7:33 PM
192 points
10 comments9 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

A re­sponse to a Change Our Mind Con­test en­try on iron for­tifi­ca­tion pro­grams in India

GiveWellOct 25, 2023, 9:34 PM
91 points
2 comments19 min readEA link

GiveWell (Es­plora il sito per 5 minuti)

EA ItalyJan 18, 2023, 11:50 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

About my job: GiveWell Philan­thropy Advisor

maggie.lloydhauserSep 12, 2023, 6:17 PM
57 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

How we work, #1: Cost-effec­tive­ness is gen­er­ally the most im­por­tant fac­tor in our recommendations

GiveWellOct 27, 2023, 9:40 PM
36 points
8 comments6 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Global In­no­va­tion Fund pro­jects its im­pact to be 3x GiveWell Top Charities

jhJun 1, 2023, 1:00 PM
71 points
12 comments1 min readEA link

Tax­ing Tobacco: the in­ter­ven­tion that got away (happy World No Tobacco Day)

Yelnats T.J.May 31, 2023, 9:34 PM
86 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Two Big-Pic­ture Cri­tiques of GiveWell’s Ap­proach, and Six Les­sons from Their Re­cent Work (Elie Hassen­feld on The 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursJun 5, 2023, 1:51 PM
52 points
2 comments15 min readEA link

[Question] Does GiveWell list cost-per-QALY for their recom­mended char­i­ties?

DirectedEvolutionJun 14, 2023, 6:49 PM
12 points
16 comments1 min readEA link

What we fund, #1: We fund many op­por­tu­ni­ties out­side our top charities

GiveWellMar 22, 2024, 8:54 PM
47 points
1 comment6 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

[Question] Does GiveWell still plan to model the un­cer­tainty of their cost-effec­tive­ness es­ti­mates?

AnonymousAntelopeJun 25, 2024, 1:12 PM
21 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive­ness of an­ti­malar­ial bed nets with chlorfenapyr

Scott Smith 🔸Dec 11, 2024, 12:34 PM
57 points
0 comments21 min readEA link

Help GiveWell test a new re­search work trial

Alex CohenApr 15, 2024, 8:02 PM
43 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Fore­cast With GiveWell

christianOct 23, 2024, 7:50 PM
35 points
6 comments2 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

GiveWell raised less than its 10th per­centile fore­cast in 2023

RasoolJan 19, 2025, 10:27 AM
137 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

“Direct cash looks 3-4x more cost-effec­tive in a new GiveWell as­sess­ment”

defun 🔸Nov 12, 2024, 5:05 PM
109 points
13 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givedirectly.org)

An­nounc­ing a call for grant ap­pli­cants in South­east Asia and Bangladesh

GiveWellFeb 14, 2019, 8:47 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Red-team­ing con­test: de­mo­graph­ics and power struc­tures in EA

TheOtherHannahAug 31, 2022, 4:36 AM
110 points
14 comments33 min readEA link

Do­ing “good”

P. ChvykovApr 5, 2022, 11:11 AM
5 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Ev­i­dence Ac­tion is shut­ting down No Lean Season

GiveWellJun 6, 2019, 9:34 PM
21 points
4 comments12 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Why does GiveWell not provide lower and up­per es­ti­mates for the cost-effec­tive­ness of its top char­i­ties?

Vasco Grilo🔸Jul 31, 2022, 1:41 PM
45 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Linkpost] GiveWell money moved in 2020 - up by 60%!

JamesÖzNov 13, 2021, 5:25 PM
19 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

James Snow­den: GiveWell in­cu­ba­tion grants — eval­u­at­ing policy reform

EA GlobalNov 3, 2017, 7:43 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Global lead ex­po­sure report

David BernardMay 29, 2021, 4:56 PM
126 points
2 comments47 min readEA link

Uncer­tainty and sen­si­tivity analy­ses of GiveWell’s cost-effec­tive­ness analyses

cole_hausAug 31, 2019, 11:33 PM
86 points
24 comments58 min readEA link

GiveWell’s “Giv­ing 101” guide

GiveWellNov 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

Q&A with Elie Hassenfeld

EA GlobalJul 16, 2020, 2:59 PM
23 points
0 comments27 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Cri­tiquing GiveWell’s Model of Eco­nomic Effects from Health Interventions

Joseph RichardsonOct 28, 2022, 5:42 PM
25 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Con­cerns about AMF from GiveWell read­ing—Part 2

JPHoughtonNov 21, 2021, 1:52 PM
31 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

Ad­ding Quan­tified Uncer­tainty to GiveWell’s Cost Effec­tive­ness Anal­y­sis of the Against Malaria Foundation

TanaeAug 31, 2022, 12:53 PM
31 points
10 comments3 min readEA link
(observablehq.com)

What I learned from work­ing at GiveWell

Ben KuhnFeb 22, 2021, 6:31 AM
55 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
(www.benkuhn.net)

[Question] How should oth­ers’ dona­tions be ac­counted for in cost-effec­tive­ness analy­ses?

brb243Aug 17, 2022, 8:57 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

AMA: Elie Hassen­feld, co-founder and CEO of GiveWell

ElieHassenfeldMar 17, 2020, 2:38 AM
28 points
32 comments1 min readEA link

GiveWell’s Re­cent Visit to Burk­ina Faso

GiveWellSep 22, 2019, 8:47 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Effec­tive al­tru­ism is self-recommending

BenHoffmanApr 23, 2017, 6:11 AM
57 points
48 comments28 min readEA link

GiveWell’s Char­ity Recom­men­da­tions Re­quire Tak­ing a Con­tro­ver­sial Stance on Pop­u­la­tion Ethics

MichaelDickensMay 17, 2016, 1:51 AM
30 points
52 comments8 min readEA link

What is it like to work at GiveWell?

GiveWellMar 12, 2019, 8:51 AM
24 points
2 comments9 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Notes on GiveWell’s recom­mended charities

pappubahryJan 19, 2014, 5:18 AM
0 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of iron for­tifi­ca­tion in In­dia is lower than GiveWell’s estimates

Akash KulgodSep 30, 2022, 12:50 PM
28 points
2 comments10 min readEA link

How did we do in 2019? A pre­limi­nary look at our growth

GiveWellFeb 27, 2020, 5:32 AM
13 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

How this year’s win­ners of the No­bel Prize in Eco­nomics in­fluenced GiveWell’s work

PabloOct 19, 2019, 2:56 AM
22 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

[Question] What is the cost-effec­tive­ness of GiveWell’s top life-sav­ing char­i­ties un­der to­tal util­i­tar­i­anism?

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 5:22 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Hard Prob­lems in GiveWell’s Mo­ral Weights Approach

TanaeNov 1, 2022, 4:51 AM
37 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

GiveWell should use shorter TAI timelines

OscarD🔸Oct 27, 2022, 6:59 AM
52 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

GiveWell should fund an SMC replication

Seth Ariel Green 🔸Oct 28, 2022, 12:31 PM
90 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

Olivia Larsen: GiveWell’s cur­rent progress and priorities

EA GlobalNov 21, 2020, 8:12 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

GiveWell and Similar Orgs Should *Really* Re­search Fam­ily Plan­ning as a Po­ten­tial Intervention

alamo 2914Sep 9, 2022, 8:37 PM
26 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

GiveWell (Ex­plore site for 5 mins.)

GiveWellOct 12, 2021, 11:00 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

Allo­ca­tion of dis­cre­tionary funds from Q3 2019

GiveWellDec 28, 2019, 4:25 AM
8 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

We es­ti­mate GiveWell donors’ $15.3 mil­lion to the Against Malaria Foun­da­tion will save over 3,000 lives

GiveWellOct 16, 2020, 9:31 AM
17 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Dan Brown: Un­der­stand­ing the gaps be­tween academia and policymaking

EA GlobalJun 25, 2020, 8:48 AM
14 points
0 comments18 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

An­nounc­ing our 2019 top charities

GiveWellDec 1, 2019, 12:03 PM
14 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Quan­tify­ing Uncer­tainty in GiveWell Cost-Effec­tive­ness Analyses

SamNolanOct 31, 2022, 2:31 PM
118 points
7 comments20 min readEA link
(observablehq.com)

New re­search on moral weights

GiveWellDec 4, 2019, 11:57 AM
42 points
4 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

James Snow­den: The evolu­tion of GiveWell’s research

EA GlobalJan 24, 2020, 3:36 PM
20 points
0 comments14 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

GiveWell Mi­suses Dis­count Rates

OscarD🔸Oct 27, 2022, 6:57 AM
73 points
12 comments4 min readEA link

The lack of con­tro­versy over well-tar­geted aid

GiveWellNov 6, 2015, 11:25 PM
11 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Con­cerns about AMF from GiveWell read­ing—Part 1

JPHoughtonOct 17, 2021, 11:56 AM
71 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

We’re glad to an­swer your questions

GiveWellDec 18, 2019, 2:37 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Our Pro­cess for Iden­ti­fy­ing Top Charities

GiveWellNov 1, 2016, 11:30 PM
2 points
0 comments7 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s Mo­ral Weights Un­der­weight the Value of Trans­fers to the Poor

Trevor WoolleyDec 13, 2022, 7:23 AM
83 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Donors in the Nether­lands can now make tax-de­ductible gifts through GiveWell

GiveWellFeb 8, 2021, 12:41 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s money moved and web traf­fic in 2018

GiveWellSep 10, 2019, 2:17 AM
22 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Is GiveWell un­der­es­ti­mat­ing the health value of lead erad­i­ca­tion?

JakobAug 21, 2022, 3:13 PM
33 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Why it’s im­por­tant to think through all of the fac­tors that in­fluence a char­ity’s impact

GiveWellJan 22, 2020, 12:12 AM
9 points
1 comment4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Re­spond­ing to re­cent cri­tiques of iron for­tifi­ca­tion in India

e19brendanOct 12, 2022, 6:01 PM
45 points
6 comments12 min readEA link

Dona­tion Mul­ti­plier Stack­ing: Direct­ing 1.27x to 6.6x More Funds

Tyler KolotaMay 18, 2022, 6:13 AM
12 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

Im­pactMat­ters was ac­quired by Char­i­tyNav­i­ga­tor; but it doesn’t seem to have been in­cor­po­rated, pre­sented, or used in a great way. (Up­date/​boost)

david_reinsteinJan 13, 2022, 7:00 PM
25 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

Tar­geted Treat­ment of Ane­mia in Ado­les­cents in In­dia as a Cause Area

Akash KulgodAug 5, 2022, 1:30 PM
10 points
3 comments8 min readEA link

Our Cri­te­ria for Top Charities

GiveWellJan 2, 2020, 12:28 AM
10 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.givewell.org)

Why we’re ex­cited to fund char­i­ties’ work a few years in the future

GiveWellSep 1, 2020, 10:51 AM
15 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Se­quence think­ing vs. cluster thinking

GiveWellJul 25, 2016, 10:43 AM
17 points
0 comments28 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Three grants in re­sponse to the COVID-19 pandemic

GiveWellApr 24, 2020, 4:52 AM
37 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

An up­date on GiveWell’s fund­ing projections

GiveWellJul 5, 2022, 9:56 PM
140 points
15 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell have re­leased their 2020 recom­men­da­tions (in­clud­ing a new top char­ity)

Luke FreemanNov 19, 2020, 11:18 PM
21 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Our UK sup­port­ers can now make tax-de­ductible dona­tions through GiveWell UK

GiveWellAug 24, 2022, 8:19 PM
33 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Why GiveWell should use com­plete un­cer­tainty quantification

TanaeDec 27, 2022, 8:11 PM
32 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(suboptimal.substack.com)

How I went from work­ing in the fash­ion in­dus­try to an­i­mal advocacy

RahelaJul 26, 2022, 1:52 PM
37 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

A crit­i­cal re­view of GiveWell’s 2022 cost-effec­tive­ness model

FroolowAug 25, 2022, 3:35 PM
234 points
20 comments38 min readEA link

Water, san­i­ta­tion and hy­giene (“WASH”) in­ter­ven­tions as a cause area

helmetedhornbillJul 31, 2022, 9:32 PM
33 points
0 comments13 min readEA link

Quan­tify­ing Uncer­tainty in GiveWell’s GiveDirectly Cost-Effec­tive­ness Analysis

SamNolanMay 27, 2022, 3:10 AM
130 points
19 comments6 min readEA link

Allo­ca­tion of dis­cre­tionary funds from Q1 2019

GiveWellJun 14, 2019, 5:15 AM
6 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Olivia Larsen: GiveWell’s pri­ori­ties and progress in global health and development

EA GlobalOct 25, 2020, 5:48 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Find­ing be­fore fund­ing: Why EA should prob­a­bly in­vest more in research

Falk LiederAug 17, 2022, 8:48 AM
102 points
11 comments10 min readEA link

GiveWell’s Top Char­i­ties for Giv­ing Sea­son 2013

IntroductionSep 9, 2014, 4:19 PM
0 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

Allo­ca­tion of dis­cre­tionary funds from Q2 2019

GiveWellAug 31, 2019, 11:18 PM
7 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Ex­per­i­ments in GiveWell communication

GiveWellJul 29, 2019, 11:04 AM
16 points
1 comment5 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

GiveWell’s money moved in 2019

GiveWellDec 17, 2020, 11:51 AM
11 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

An Ex­am­i­na­tion of GiveWell’s Water Qual­ity In­ter­ven­tion Cost-Effec­tive­ness Analysis

MHR🔸Nov 1, 2022, 1:00 AM
56 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

Re­view: GiveWell’s work in 2018

GiveWellMay 21, 2019, 5:42 AM
5 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Alexan­der Berger on im­prov­ing global health and wellbe­ing in clear and di­rect ways

80000_HoursAug 12, 2021, 3:46 PM
42 points
1 comment137 min readEA link

Reflect­ing on our progress in 2019

GiveWellMay 22, 2020, 2:43 AM
14 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

What are stand­out char­i­ties?

GiveWellNov 7, 2019, 10:01 AM
3 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Eco­nomic losers: SoGive’s re­view of de­worm­ing, and why we’re less pos­i­tive than GiveWell

SoGiveAug 8, 2022, 8:01 AM
62 points
10 comments15 min readEA link

Why you’ll see more match­ing cam­paigns at GiveWell

GiveWellJul 2, 2020, 1:15 AM
16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Value of In­fo­ma­tion, an ex­am­ple with GiveDirectly

SamNolanAug 30, 2022, 8:37 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Staff mem­bers’ per­sonal dona­tions for giv­ing sea­son 2020

GiveWellDec 17, 2020, 11:55 AM
31 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

GiveWell’s plans for 2019

GiveWellMay 21, 2019, 5:47 AM
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Our recom­men­da­tions for giv­ing in 2020

GiveWellNov 23, 2020, 3:11 PM
28 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Meth­ods for im­prov­ing un­cer­tainty anal­y­sis in EA cost-effec­tive­ness models

FroolowAug 29, 2022, 6:07 PM
127 points
8 comments37 min readEA link

More to ex­plore on ‘Differ­ences in Im­pact’

EA HandbookJul 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
18 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Pro­posal for Fore­cast­ing Givewell-Char­ity Im­pact-Metrics

Patrick Gruban 🔸Apr 13, 2022, 10:21 AM
28 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Iron­ing Out Iron Mat­ters—In­com­plete Reflections

Akash KulgodDec 16, 2022, 9:43 AM
18 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

Donat­ing money, buy­ing hap­piness: new meta-analy­ses com­par­ing the cost-effec­tive­ness of cash trans­fers and psy­chother­apy in terms of sub­jec­tive well-being

MichaelPlantOct 25, 2021, 3:38 PM
153 points
46 comments18 min readEA link

[Question] Are GiveWell’s malaria char­ity recom­men­da­tions up to date?

JSWinchellNov 21, 2023, 1:30 PM
23 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Our planned al­lo­ca­tion to GiveWell’s recom­men­da­tions for the next few years

Alexander_BergerOct 6, 2023, 6:10 PM
105 points
18 comments8 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Some gen­eral con­cerns about GiveWell

William_MacAskillDec 23, 2012, 5:00 AM
2 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

“Le basi del donare” di GiveWell

EA ItalyDec 31, 2022, 3:47 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link
(altruismoefficace.it)
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