Freedom from Hunger donations received

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Basic donee information

ItemValue
Country
Websitehttp://www.freedomfromhunger.org/
Twitter usernamefreefromhunger
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Hunger

Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 4 27,000 139,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 28,000 28,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
3 27,000 18,667 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000
FIXME 1 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee Freedom from Hunger

Donor Total 2014 2009 2008 2006
Barr Foundation (filter this donee) 500,000.00 500,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Eric Friedman (filter this donee) 56,000.00 0.00 27,000.00 28,000.00 1,000.00
Total 556,000.00 500,000.00 27,000.00 28,000.00 1,000.00

Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (4 donations)

Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
DonorAmount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 4)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Barr Foundation500,000.0012014-12-03FIXMEhttps://www.barrfoundation.org/grantmaking/grants/-- To improve the nutrition of marginalized, rural women and adolescent girls by working with 8,000 women’s self-help group members in Rajasthan, India.
Eric Friedman27,000.0032009--https://blog.givewell.org/2011/06/21/guest-post-from-eric-friedman/-- Historical donation mentioned when explaining more recent donation. Relevant quote: I started following GiveWell in 2009. It was clear from their blog that we shared similar values, and I loved what they were trying to do. But I disagreed with some aspects of their approach. Their emphasis on measurement seemed excessive. This approach had a built-in bias towards smaller, single-program organizations that could measure their impact more precisely. I wasn’t convinced that there weren’t economies of scale in international development. And their focus on scaling up existing solutions and excluding funding unproven innovations seemed incomplete. While I liked what they were doing, I still had more conviction in my own ability to pick organizations.
Eric Friedman28,000.0022008--https://blog.givewell.org/2011/06/21/guest-post-from-eric-friedman/-- Historical donation mentioned when explaining more recent donation. Relevant quote: In early 2007, my life took a turn for the better: I met the woman who is now my wife. In 2008, Freedom from Hunger offered us the opportunity to join them (at our expense) on a site visit to some of their programs in Ghana. During our time there, we spent a significant amount of time with some of their senior staff (including the CEO), three board members, program staff, and their clients. We saw the programs in action, which increased our conviction in what they do.
Eric Friedman1,000.0042006--https://blog.givewell.org/2011/06/21/guest-post-from-eric-friedman/-- Historical donation mentioned when explaining more recent donation.