This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
Item | Value |
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Country | United States |
Facebook page | givedirectly |
Website | https://www.givedirectly.org/ |
Donate page | https://www.givedirectly.org/give-now# |
Donation case page | https://www.givedirectly.org/research-at-give-directly |
Twitter username | Give_Directly |
Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveDirectly |
GiveWell review | https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly |
Instagram username | givedirectly |
Org Watch page | https://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=GiveDirectly |
Key people | Paul Niehaus|Rohit Wanchoo|Michael Faye|Jeremy Shapiro |
Launch date | 2009 |
Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
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Overall | 112 | 300 | 662,882 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 80 | 171 | 300 | 797 | 2,200 | 13,300 | 2,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
Cash transfers | 105 | 250 | 659,348 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 80 | 167 | 250 | 657 | 1,972 | 13,300 | 2,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
5 | 1,000 | 2,133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 120 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 4,547 | 4,547 | 5,000 | 5,000 | |
Global poverty | 1 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 540 |
FIXME | 1 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Donor | Total | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities (filter this donee) | 52,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 9,750,000.00 | 25,000,000.00 | 12,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 |
Google.org (filter this donee) | 6,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,400,000.00 |
Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 5,500,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Pineapple Fund (filter this donee) | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Vitalik Buterin (filter this donee) | 4,271,350.62 | 4,271,350.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund (filter this donee) | 608,900.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 438,900.00 | 170,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Haseeb Qureshi (filter this donee) | 25,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25,000.00 | 0.00 |
Jalex Stark (filter this donee) | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 20,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Luca Masters (filter this donee) | 11,200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6,000.00 | 5,200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Matthew Dahlhausen (filter this donee) | 5,140.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,140.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
adam baker (filter this donee) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise (filter this donee) | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Elizabeth Van Nostrand (filter this donee) | 4,547.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,547.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jason Harner (filter this donee) | 4,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Alexandre Zani (filter this donee) | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Michelle Taylor (filter this donee) | 2,957.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,971.87 | 985.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Alfredo Parra (filter this donee) | 2,409.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,409.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Cole Gleason (filter this donee) | 2,289.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,202.74 | 86.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jacob Falkovich (filter this donee) | 2,200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dan Munro (filter this donee) | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Lovkush Agarwal (filter this donee) | 1,945.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.17 | 1,840.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Luke Freeman (filter this donee) | 1,594.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,594.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tom Lucena (filter this donee) | 1,355.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,355.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ben Kuhn (filter this donee) | 1,120.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 120.00 | 0.00 |
Jay Feldman (filter this donee) | 1,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 800.00 | 200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Aaron Gertler (filter this donee) | 900.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 250.00 | 600.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sophia Cyna (filter this donee) | 876.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 797.13 | 79.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Matt Reardon (filter this donee) | 750.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500.00 | 250.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Isabel Juniewicz (filter this donee) | 700.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 700.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Adam Nightingale (filter this donee) | 657.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 657.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
David Barry (filter this donee) | 557.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 557.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Gwern Branwen (filter this donee) | 540.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 540.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Michael Sesser (filter this donee) | 500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 250.00 | 250.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jacob Steinhardt (filter this donee) | 500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Vipul Naik (filter this donee) | 500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500.00 |
Catherine Low (filter this donee) | 484.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 484.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ivan Rosales (filter this donee) | 440.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 240.00 | 200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Steve Merrick (filter this donee) | 400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Aahan Rashid (filter this donee) | 357.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 119.31 | 238.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tessa Alexanian (filter this donee) | 335.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 335.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
William Grunow (filter this donee) | 299.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 299.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Cornelis Haupt (filter this donee) | 225.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.41 | 167.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Max Broad (filter this donee) | 200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Enrico Calvanese (filter this donee) | 197.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 197.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Richard Clarke (filter this donee) | 170.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 170.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Kyle Lackinger (filter this donee) | 150.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Robert Flatow (filter this donee) | 150.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Christopher O'Bleness (filter this donee) | 130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Christopher Bryant (filter this donee) | 118.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 118.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Oliver Base (filter this donee) | 105.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Nick Brown (filter this donee) | 79.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 79.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Alexandra Rastad (filter this donee) | 70.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Peter Hurford (filter this donee) | 66.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
Håkon Harnes (filter this donee) | 63.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Peter O'Brien (filter this donee) | 42.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Anders Kuvaas Herting (filter this donee) | 38.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Vidur Kapur (filter this donee) | 34.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Marius Hobbhahn (filter this donee) | 23.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Akhil Jalan (filter this donee) | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bradley Tjandra (filter this donee) | 19.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Cullen O'Keefe (filter this donee) | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Samuel Hilton (filter this donee) | 10.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Future Justice Fund (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Michael Levine (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Alexander Berger (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Andrew Martin (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Elie Hassenfeld (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Holden Karnofsky (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Isabel Arjmand (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Josh Rosenberg (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Natalie Crispin (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Rebecca Raible (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sophie Monahan (filter this donee) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 74,242,736.38 | 4,771,350.62 | 2,520,000.00 | 2,500,050.00 | 10,000,250.00 | 9,791,186.86 | 27,459,665.90 | 14,174,593.00 | 25,120.00 | 3,000,520.00 |
Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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A Critical Review of Open Philanthropy’s Bet On Criminal Justice Reform (GW, IR) | 2022-06-16 | Nuno Sempere | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Just Impact | Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly | Third-party coverage of donor strategy | Criminal justice reform | The blog post reviews Open Philanthropy's spending on, and eventual exit from, criminal justice reform. It is critical of the fact that Open Philanthropy took two years between its blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/givewells-top-charities-are-increasingly-hard-beat (that identified GiveWell's top charities as hard to beat in the context of near-term, human-centric work) and its late 2021 announcement https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/our-criminal-justice-reform-program-now-independent-organization-just-impact of spinning out the criminal justice reform grantmaking to Just Impact and giving it an exit grant of $50 million. The post is further critical of the fact the Open Philanthropy effectively gave a two-fold exit grant of $100 million after its mid-2019 blog post: $50 million in grants between mid-2019 and late 2021, and a $50 million exit grant to Just Impact. The post and comments include extensive discussion of cost-effectiveness, worldviews, and ways to make better decisions. | |
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2019 | 2019-12-10 | Catherine Hollander | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld Natalie Crispin Josh Rosenberg Catherine Hollander Andrew Martin Isabel Arjmand Nicole Zok Dan Brown Olivia Larsen Steph Stojanovic James Snowden Michael Eddy Kimberly Huynh Teryn Mattox Jim Bobowski | GiveWell top charities Malaria Consortium GiveDirectly StrongMinds Cool Earth Clean Air Task Force ProPublica Sogorea Te Land Trust Stonewall (UK) Afrinspire Against Malaria Foundation One for the World Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention Young1ove Namati Astraea Foundation UHAI-EASHRI The Other Foundation Colombia Diversa The Trevor Project Médecins Sans Frontières Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Periodic donation list documentation | Continuing an annual tradition started in 2013, GiveWell staff members describe where they are donating. Some of the main themes: staff members deciding whether to donate directly to specific GiveWell top charities or donate to GiveWell for regranting to top charities. While most people choose the latter, a few choose the former for reasons including tax advantages, opinion of other family members, and slightly different moral weights than those used by GiveWell. Donors also talk about setting aside small portions of their giving for other kinds of causes, including animal welfare, AI safety, climate change, mental health, social justice, and local philanthropy. Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Recommendation to Open Philanthropy for Grants to Top Charities | 2019-11-26 | GiveWell | Open Philanthropy | Malaria Consortium Helen Keller International Sightsavers Against Malaria Foundation The END Fund GiveDirectly Development Media International Dispenses for Safe Water Food Fortification Initiative Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation Iodine Global Network Living Goods Project Healthy Children | GiveWell | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health and development | The document details GiveWell's recommendation in 2019 for grants by Good Ventures (via the Open Philanthropy Project) to GiveWell top and standout charities. The overall amount of money recommended for allocation is $54.6 million, and the document explains that Open Phil's calculation that it may make sense to spend down more slowly was the reason for reducing the allocation from last year. It discusses the principles used for allocation: (1) Put significant weight on cost-effectiveness estimates, (2) Consider additional information not explicitly modeled about the organization, (3) Consider additional information not explicitly modeled about the funding gap, (4) Assess funding gaps at the margin, (5) Default to not imposing restrictions on charity spending, (6) Default to funding on a 3-year horizon, and (7) Ensure charities are incentivized to engage with the process. The three charities that get significant grants are Malaria Consortium for its SMC program ($33.9 million), Helen Keller International ($9.7 million), and Sightsavers ($2.7 million). Against Malaria Foundation, The END Fund, and GiveDirectly receive the minimum "incentive grant" amount of $2.5 million that all top charities should receive. The top charity Deworm the World Initiative is not given an incentive grant because it received a previous grant through GiveWell discretionary grant that more than covers the incentive grant amount. 8 standout charities get $100,000 each | |
Announcing our 2019 top charities | 2019-11-26 | Catherine Hollander | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | Malaria Consortium Against Malaria Foundation Helen Keller International Deworm the World Initiative Sightsavers The END Fund GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | GiveWell annual top charrities list. As in previous years, GiveWell recomemnds that donors donate to GiveWell to regrant to top charities at its discretion, but also provides its current ranked list of top charities to help donors make an informed decision. Its ranked list (from best to worst) is: Malaria Consortium (seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program), Against Malaria Foundation, Helen Keller International (vitamin A suppplementation), charities that treat parasitic worm infections (Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative, Sightsavers, The END Fund), and GiveDirectly. From the perspective of cause areas, the rank is: malaria > vitamin A supplementation > deworming > cash transfers. This is consistent with, and highly influenced by, the cost-effectiveness estimates that GiveWell uses. The post highlights Malaria Consortium as the charity to select for donors who want to give directly to a charity. The post links to a number of more in-depth write-ups explaining the charity ranking, as well as to https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation which describes the recommendation to Open Philanthropy Project (and indirectly, to Good Ventures) on how to allocate funding to the top charities in 2019 |
A Bizarre Baraza: Why One Village Refused Funds — Then Changed Its Mind | 2019-10-24 | Heidi Hirvonen | GiveDirectly | GiveDirectly | Miscellaneous commentary | Cash transfers | This blog post on the GiveDirectly website talks about a village that initially resisted GiveDirectly's offer of unconditional cash transfers to the villagers, and how the first two barazas (village meetings) did not go well. The blog post includes three learnings from the experience: (1) the chief must be present at the baraza, (2) targeting criteria (namely, that everybody will receive cash transfers) should be stressed early on in the baraza, (3) it's important to be flexible in the baraza; for instance, if it looks like people have significant questions or concerns, it may be better to address them first rather than finish the whole 45-minute presentation. Cross-posted to the Effective Altruism Forum at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3vsPLxTrTFzJHQL6g/a-bizarre-baraza-why-one-village-refused-funds-then-changed (GW, IR) | ||
Reflecting on the Last Decade: 10 Things We Got Right & Wrong | 2019-10-16 | GiveDirectly | GiveDirectly | Donee periodic update | Cash transfers | In this self-reflection blog post, GiveDirectly describes ten things they believe they got right, and ten things they believe they got wrong, over the last decade. Cross-posted to the Effective Altruism Forum at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qjD9LjdJj4xzuCQoW/the-last-decade-10-things-we-got-right-and-wrong (GW, IR) | |||
GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat | 2019-07-09 | Alexander Berger | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | GiveDirectly Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Target Malaria JustLeadershipUSA | GiveWell | Broad donor strategy | Global health and development|Criminal justice reform|Scientific research | In the blog post, Alexander Berger discusses how, originally, Open Philanthropy Project donations for near-term human well-being (primarily in the areas of criminal justice reform and scientific research) are compared against a cost-effectiveness benchmark of direct cash transfers, which is set as 100x (every $1 donated should yield $100 in benefits). However, since GiveWell has recently made its cost-effectiveness calculations for top charities more thorough, and now estimates that top charities are 5-15x as cost-effective as cash (or 500-1500x, with 1000x as a median), Berger is now comparing all the existing near-term human well-being grants against the 1000x benchmarks. He finds that, using the back-of-the-envelope calculations (BOTECs) done at the time of justifying the grants, many of the criminal justice reform grants do not clear the bar; in total only $32 million of the grants clears the bar, and about half of it is a single grant to Target Malaria. Berger links to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GsE2_TNWn0x6MWL1PTdkZT2vQNFW8VFBslC5qjk4sgo/edit?ts=5cc10604 for some sample BOTECs. |
GiveWell Top Charities Explained: GiveDirectly | 2019-01-08 | Ozy Brennan | GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Evaluator review of donee | Cash transfers | The blog post gives an overview of GiveWell top charity GiveDirectly, mostly drawing upon research collated by GiveWell as well as GiveDirectly's own website. It first discusses the general case for cash, making the argument that people are often better equipped to know how to spend money for themselves than outsiders are. However, it notes that there are cases where it may be easier for informed outsiders to identify some better opportunities, specifically related to preventative health care (that people generally tend to undervalue). This effect is even greater for populations that are lower in literacy and access to information. The blog post concludes with reasons you might donate to GiveDirectly: "(a) You need a lot of warmfuzzies in order to motivate yourself to donate. (b) You think encouraging cash benchmarking is really important, and giving GiveDirectly more money will help that. (c) You want to encourage charities to do more RCTs on their programs by rewarding the charity that does that most enthusiastically. (d) You care about increasing people’s happiness and don’t care about saving the lives of small children, and prefer a certainty of a somewhat good outcome to a small chance of a very good outcome. (e) You believe, in principle, that we should let people make their own decisions about their lives. (f) You want an intervention that definitely has at least a small positive effect. (g) You have just looked at GDLive and are no longer responsible for your actions." | ||
EA Giving Tuesday Donation Matching Initiative 2018 Retrospective (GW, IR) | 2019-01-06 | Avi Norowitz | Effective Altruism Forum | Avi Norowitz William Kiely | Against Malaria Foundation Malaria Consortium GiveWell Effective Altruism Funds Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters Effective Animal Advocacy Fund The Humane League The Good Food Institute Animal Charity Evaluators Machine Intelligence Research Institute Faunalytics Wild-Aniaml Suffering Research GiveDirectly Center for Applied Rationality Effective Altruism Foundation Cool Earth Schistosomiasis Control Initiative New Harvest Evidence Action Centre for Effective Altruism Animal Equality Compassion in World Farming USA Innovations for Poverty Action Global Catastrophic Risk Institute Future of Life Institute Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund Sightsavers The Life You Can Save One Step for Animals Helen Keller International 80,000 Hours Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Vegan Outreach Encompass Iodine Global Network Otwarte Klatki Charity Science Mercy For Animals Coalition for Rainforest Nations Fistula Foundation Sentience Institute Better Eating International Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research Raising for Effective Giving Clean Air Task Force The END Fund | Miscellaneous commentary | The blog post describes an effort by a number of donors coordinated at https://2018.eagivingtuesday.org/donations to donate through Facebook right after the start of donation matching on Giving Tuesday. Based on timestamps of donations and matches, donations were matched till 14 seconds after the start of matching. Despite the very short time window of matching, the post estimates that $469,000 (65%) of the donations made were matched | ||
Where ACE Staff Are Giving In 2018 and Why | 2018-12-21 | Erika Alonso | Animal Charity Evaluators | Sofia Davis-Fogel Toni Adleberg Erika Alonso Gina Stuessy Kathryn Asher Jamie Spurgeon Trent Grassian Melissa Guzikowski | Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries Otwarte Klatki Animal Equality Encompass Sinergia Animal Mercy For Animals Compassion in World Farming USA The Humane League L214 International Rescue Committee New York Public Library Give Power Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund The Good Food Institute Effective Animal Advocacy Fund StrongMinds Global Catastrophic Risk Institute New Harvest We Animals Against Malaria Foundation GiveWell top charities Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Beckley Foundation Christopher Sebastian Animal Aid GiveDirectly | Periodic donation list documentation | Animal welfare|Global catastrophic risks|Global health and development | Continuing an annual tradition started in 2016, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) staff describe where they donated or plan to donate in 2018. Unlike 2017, there is no mention of the Effective Altruism Funds, with most funds-style donations going to the ACE-run Recommended Charity Fund and Effective Animal Advocacy Fund. Donation amounts are not disclosed, likely by policy | |
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2018 | 2018-12-10 | Catherine Hollander | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld Natalie Crispin Josh Rosenberg Devin Jacob Catherine Hollander Andrew Martin Christian Smith Isabel Arjmand James Snowden Dan Brown Olivia Larsen Amar Radia | GiveWell top charities Donor lottery GiveDirectly International Refugee Assistance Project RAICES National Immigration Law Center CALmatters Center for Investigative Reporting ProPublica Malaria Consortium Against Malaria Foundation StrongMinds Planned Parenthood Action Fund Cool Earth Causa Justa::Just Cause Initiate Justice Sorea Te Land Trust No Means No Worldwide Stonewall (UK) Afrinspire Effective Altruism Funds | Periodic donation list documentation | GiveWell staff members describe where they are donating in 2018. The majority are donating most of their money to GiveWell top charities (i.e., to GiveWell for discretionary regranting). A few explicitly donate to Malaria Consortium, Against Malaria Foundation, and GiveDirectly. Many staff members announce intent to donate a small fraction of their donation budget for animal welfare charities, but explicit names of animal welfare charities are not included. A number of donors mention donating small amounts to charities focused on justice-related themes and local causes. Not all employees are present in the document (participation is optional). Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Response to concerns about GiveWell’s spillovers analysis | 2018-12-06 | Josh Rosenberg | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy | GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Reasoning supplement | Cash transfers | The blog post explains in more detail how GiveWell came to its conclusions in its recent analysis of spillover effects from GiveDirectly's cash transfer program. In particular, it responds to a series of tweets from economist Berk Özler expressing concern over GiveWell for (1) using an unpublished paper as a key study, (2) placing little weight on some papers in its analysis of spillover effects, (3) focusing solely on consumption. While replying to the concerns, the GiveWell blog post also explains some of the broader principles used by GiveWell to determine when to use private information, and what evidence to review and what outcomes to consider |
Our recommendation to Good Ventures | 2018-11-26 | Andrew Martin Catherine Hollander Elie Hassenfeld James Snowden Josh Rosenberg | GiveWell | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | Malaria Consortium Helen Keller International Against Malaria Foundation Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Sightsavers The END Fund GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health and development | The document explains, along with a detailed rationale, the amounts that GiveWell is recommending to Good Ventures to grant to each of its top charities for the 2018 end-of-year giving season. The corresponding acknowledgement post from the Open Philanthropy Project was published on 2018-12-12 at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/2018-allocation-givewell-top-charities |
Our updated top charities for giving season 2018 | 2018-11-26 | Catherine Hollander | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy | GiveWell top charities Malaria Consortium Helen Keller International Against Malaria Foundation Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Sightsavers The END Fund GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | GiveWell annual top charities list. GiveWell recommends that donors donate to GiveWell to regrant to top charities at its discretion, but also provides details on the individual top charities so that people can make an informed decision. In addition, the amounts determined for GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund and for donation by Good Ventures are also included, though details of the amount recommended to Good Ventures are in a separate blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-recommendation-to-good-ventures/ |
Where the ACE Staff Members Are Giving in 2017 and Why | 2017-12-26 | Allison Smith | Animal Charity Evaluators | Jon Bockman Allison Smith Toni Adleberg Sofia Davis-Fogel Kieran Greig Jamie Spurgeon Erika Alonso Eric Herboso Gina Stuessy | Animal Charity Evaluators The Good Food Institute Vegan Outreach A Well-Fed World Better Eating International Encompass Direct Action Everywhere Animal Charity Evaluators Recommended Charity Fund Against Malaria Foundation Animal equality The Nonhuman Rights Project AnimaNaturalis Internacional The Humane League GiveDirectly Food Empowerment Project Mercy For Animals New Harvest StrongMinds Centre for Effective Altruism Effective Altruism Funds Machine Intelligence Research Institute Donor lottery Sentience Institute Wild-Animal Suffering Research | Periodic donation list documentation | Animal welfare|AI safety|Global health and development|Effective altruism | Continuing an annual tradition started in 2016, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) staff describe where they donated or plan to donate in 2017. Donation amounts are not disclosed, likely by policy | |
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017 | 2017-12-18 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy | Holden Karnofsky Alexander Berger Nick Beckstead Helen Toner Claire Zabel Lewis Bollard Ajeya Cotra Morgan Davis Michael Levine | GiveWell top charities GiveWell GiveDirectly EA Giving Group Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Effective Altruism Funds Sentience Institute Encompass The Humane League The Good Food Institute Mercy For Animals Compassion in World Farming USA Animal Equality Donor lottery Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly | Periodic donation list documentation | Open Philanthropy Project staff members describe where they are donating this year, and the considerations that went into the donation decision. By policy, amounts are not disclosed. This is the first standalone blog post of this sort by the Open Philanthropy Project; in previous years, the corresponding donations were documented in the GiveWell staff members donation post. | ||
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2017 | 2017-12-11 | Josh Rosenberg | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld Natalie Crispin Josh Rosenberg Sophie Monahan Catherine Hollander Andrew Martin Chelsea Tabart Christian Smith Isabel Arjmand James Snowden | GiveWell top charities Effective Altruism Funds No Lean Season Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Causa Justa::Just Cause Planned Parenthood ProPublica Earthjustice | Periodic donation list documentation | GiveWell staff describe where they are donating in 2017. Not all employees are present in the document (participation is optional). Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Our top charities for giving season 2017 | 2017-11-27 | Natalie Crispin | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Malaria Consortium Deworm the World Initiative Helen Keller International Sightsavers The END Fund No Lean Season GiveDirectly Development Media International Dispensers for Safe Water Food Fortification Initiative Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods Project Healthy Children | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | GiveWell annual top charity refresh, also announced amounts recommended for Good Ventures to donate to top charities. Added two new top charities |
Approaches to Moral Weights: How GiveWell Compares to Other Actors | 2017-11-07 | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy | GiveWell top charities Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Against Malaria Foundation Malaria Consortium GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Evaluator quantification approach | In-depth look at how the way GiveWell uses moral weights in cost-effectiveness analyses (such as the value of saving lives) compares with the way governments and others in public policy use it. One difference is that the target population GiveWell deals with is often in low and middle income countries (LMIC) for which estimates of the value of a life saved are more murky. The document also talks of the different moral weights associated with saving people at different ages. See https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/07/how-givewell-and-mainstream-policymakers-compare-the-good-achieved-by-different-programs/ for a blog post by Josh Rosenberg announcing and summarizing the report. The earlier blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2017/06/01/how-givewell-uses-cost-effectiveness-analyses/ is also referenced. Also see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/newly-published-givewell-materials/xeSpZ512VFw (2017-11-07) for the mailing list announcement | ||
How GiveWell uses cost-effectiveness analyses | 2017-06-01 | Catherine Hollander | GiveWell | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy | Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly GiveWell top charities | GiveWell | Evaluator quantification approach | Provides an in-depth lok at how GiveWell does cost-effectiveness analyses, including a list of the kinds of subjective inputs that go into the modeling. The later blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/07/how-givewell-and-mainstream-policymakers-compare-the-good-achieved-by-different-programs/ summarizing the report https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/comparing-moral-weights references this | |
One For The World's Top Picks For 2017 | 2017-04-02 | Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan | One for the World | Against Malaria Foundation Living Goods Population Services International GiveDirectly Possible Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative Fistula Foundation | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | One for the World relies on a portfolio of 18 charities selected by The Life You Can Save, which in turn relies on research by others such as GiveWell. Within that portfolio, One for the World selects based on five criteria: direct impact, simplicity of programs, track record, cultural fit, existing recommendations. It has preference for a diverse portfolio. The six selected charities are: Against Malaria Foundation, Living Goods, Population Services International, GiveDirectly, and Possible. Charities that narrowly missed being in the Top Picks are Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Deworm the World Initiative (Evidence Action), and Fistula Foundation | ||
Where I gave and why in 2016 | 2017-01-06 | Ben Kuhn | Effective Altruism Forum | Ben Kuhn | EA Giving Group GiveWell GiveDirectly | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health and development | Originally posted at http://www.benkuhn.net/giving-2016 and cross-posted to Effective Altruism Forum due to evidence that people like donation write-ups | |
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update) | 2016-12-28 | Holden Karnofsky | Open Philanthropy | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly Malaria Consortium Sightsavers The END Fund Development Media International Food Fortification Initiative Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods Project Healthy Children | GiveWell | Reasoning supplement | Global health and development | Explanation of reasoning that led to $50 million allocation to GiveWell top charities |
Donations for 2016 | 2016-12-28 | Jacob Steinhardt | Jacob Steinhardt | Donor lottery GiveWell top charities GiveDirectly Blue Ribbon Study Panel Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Periodic donation list documentation | Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness,International relations,Global health and development | Explanation for donation choices, also mention experimental funding of smaller projects | ||
Where the ACE Staff Members are Giving in 2016 and Why | 2016-12-23 | Leah Edgerton | Animal Charity Evaluators | Allison Smith Jacy Reese Toni Adleberg Gina Stuessy Kieran Grieg Eric Herboso Erika Alonso | Animal Charity Evaluators Animal Equality Vegan Outreach Act Asia Faunalytics Farm Animal Rights Movement Sentience Politics Direct Action Everywhere The Humane League The Good Food Institute Collectively Free Planned Parenthood Future of Life Institute Future of Humanity Institute GiveDirectly Machine Intelligence Research Institute The Humane Society of the United States Farm Sanctuary StrongMinds | Periodic donation list documentation | Animal welfare|AI safety|Global catastrophic risks | Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) staff describe where they donated or plan to donate in 2016. Donation amounts are not disclosed, likely by policy | |
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2016 | 2016-12-09 | Natalie Crispin | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld Holden Karnofsky Natalie Crispin Alexander Berger Timothy Telleen-Lawton Josh Rosenberg Rebecca Raible Helen Toner Sophie Monahan Laura Muñoz Catherine Hollander Andrew Martin Lewis Bollard Chelsea Tabart Sarah Ward Chris Somerville Ajeya Cotra Chris Smith Isabel Arjmand | A political campaign GiveWell top charities International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation UPMC Center for Health Security Donor lottery EA Giving Group GiveDirectly Center for Applied Rationality Malaria Consortium Animal Charity Evaluators Northwest Health Law Advocates StrongMinds Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative The Humane Society of the United States The Humane League Mercy For Animals Humane Society International Compassion in World Farming USA The Good Food Institute Citizens for Farm Animal Protection The END Fund Causa Justa Planned Parenthood International Refugee Assistance Project | Periodic donation list documentation | GiveWell and Open Philanthropy Project staff describe their annual donation plans for 2016. Some of these are tentative and get superseded by further events. Also, not all employees are present in the document (participation is optional). Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Our updated top charities for giving season 2016 | 2016-11-28 | Natalie Crispin | GiveWell | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly Malaria Consortium Sightsavers The END Fund Development Media International Food Fortification Initiative Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods Project Healthy Children | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | GiveWell annual top charity refresh, also announced amounts recommended for Good Ventures to donate to top charities. Added three new top charities |
Mid-year update to top charity recommendations | 2016-06-23 | Natalie Crispin | GiveWell | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | First mid-year refresh of top charities from GiveWell. No change to charity list, and no donation recommended for Good Ventures | |
GiveWell money moved in 2015: a review of my forecast and some future predictions (GW, IR) | 2016-05-15 | Vipul Naik | Effective Altruism Forum | GiveWell GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative | GiveWell | Miscellaneous commentary | Global health and development | The post is a follow-up to the forecasting post https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JRZipptLFXvJQEvQh/givewell-money-moved-forecasts-and-implications (GW, IR) in light of GiveWell's official report of money moved and web traffic for 2015 at https://blog.givewell.org/2016/05/13/givewells-money-moved-web-traffic-2015/ The post identifies the key reasons for the significant underestimation of money moved in the forecasting post, and some phenomena highlighted by the difference between the forecast and what transpired in reality | |
Where should you donate to have the most impact during giving season 2015? | 2015-12-24 | Robert Wiblin | 80,000 Hours | Against Malaria Foundation Giving What We Can GiveWell AidGrade Effective Altruism Outreach Animal Charity Evaluators Machine Intelligence Research Institute Raising for Effective Giving Center for Applied Rationality Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Ploughshares Fund Future of Humanity Institute Future of Life Institute Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Charity Science Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveDirectly | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development|Effective altruism/movement growth|Epistemic institutions|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness|AI risk|Global catastrophic risks | Robert Wiblin draws on GiveWell recommendations, Animal Charity Evaluators recommendations, Open Philanthropy Project writeups, staff donation writeups and suggestions, as well as other sources (including personal knowledge and intuitions) to come up with a list of places to donate | ||
GiveWell money moved forecasts and implications (GW, IR) | 2015-12-19 | Vipul Naik | Effective Altruism Forum | GiveWell GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative | GiveWell | Miscellaneous commentary | Global health and development | The blog post includes predictions on how much money GiveWell top charities will raise as part of the 2015 end-of-year giving season | |
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 2015 | 2015-12-09 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld Holden Karnofsky Natalie Crispin Alexander Berger Timothy Telleen-Lawton Sean Conley Josh Rosenberg Jake Marcus Rebecca Raible Milan Griffes Helen Toner Sophie Monahan Laura Muñoz Catherine Hollander Andrew Martin Claire Zabel Nicole Ross Lewis Bollard | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveWell GiveDirectly Wikimedia Foundation Center for Global Development Martha’s Table Country Dance and Song Society Northwest Health Law Advocates Mercy For Animals The Humane League Animal Charity Evaluators Raising for Effective Giving Humane Society of te United States | Periodic donation list documentation | GiveWell and Open Philanthropy Project staff describe their annual donation plans for 2015. Some of these are tentative and get superseded by further events. Also, not all employees are present in the document (participation is optional). Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Our updated top charities for giving season 2015 | 2015-11-20 | Elie Hassenfeld Josh Rosenberg | GiveWell | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly Development Media International Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | GLobal health and global poverty | No change to charity list; significant funding recommended from Good Ventures. This would be later classified as Open Philanthropy Project spending |
Our updated top charities | 2014-12-01 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly Development Media International Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Iodine Global Network Living Goods | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | Against Malaria Foundation returned to top charities list. Amounts donated by Good Ventures would later be classified as Open Philanthropy Project spending |
Staff members’ personal donations | 2013-12-12 | Holden Karnofsky | GiveWell | Holden Karnofsky Elie Hassenfeld Alexander Berger Natalie Crispin Eliza Scheffler Timothy Telleen-Lawton Sean Conley Josh Rosenberg Ben Rachbach Howie Lempel Jake Marcus | GiveDirectly Mercy For Animals Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Against Malaria Foundation Deworm the World Initiative The Humane Society of the United States | Periodic donation list documentation | GiveWell staff describe their annual donation plans for 2013. Some of these are tentative and get superseded by further events. Also, not all employees are present in the document (participation is optional). Amounts donated are not included, per a decision by GiveWell | ||
Our Giving Season Plans | 2013-12-03 | Cari Tuna | Good Ventures | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | GiveDirectly Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | GiveWel | Periodic donation list documentation | Global health and development | Good Ventures announced $2 million to GiveDirectly, $1.5 million to DtWI, and $750000 to SCI. Also announced up to $5 million in matching funds for GiveDirectly, despite disagreement from GiveWell |
GiveWell’s top charities for giving season 2013 | 2013-12-01 | Holden Karnofsky | GiveWell | Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | Against Malaria Foundation not in top charities list (it was in 2013) due to room for more funding issues. Good Ventures allocations not included in this post |
Join Wall Street. Save the world. | 2013-03-31 | Dylan Matthews | Washington Post | Jason Trigg Matt Wage Peter Singer Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly | Miscellaneous commentary | Global health | The Washington Post article introduces the concept of "earning to give" to the general public, taking the examples of Jason Trigg and Matt Wage, who deliberately chose careers in finance in order to earn more, to give more. It discusses the philosophy of Peter Singer which has been inspirational to these individuals. The Boston-based couple Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise, who donate a large amount of money every year to charity, are also discussed. | |
Our top charities for the 2012 giving season | 2012-11-26 | Holden Karnofsky | GiveWell | Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | GiveDirectly promoted from standout to top charity, other two charities same as for 2011 | |
Top charities for holiday season 2011: Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | 2011-11-29 | Holden Karnofsky | GiveWell | Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveDirectly Innovations for Poverty Action Nyaya Health Pratham Small Enterprise Foundation | GiveWell | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Global health and development | Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative were the top charities; the others were standouts | |
UP's Default: GiveDirectly | Unorthodox Philanthropy | Unorthodox Philanthropy | GiveDirectly | Broad donor strategy | Cash transfers | Unorthodox Philanthropy announces that it has set a minimum (annual?) level of funding of $3 million. If they find great opportunities that use up or exceed this minimum, then great; if not, any left-over funds of the $3 million minimum will be donated to GiveDirectly. They credit Peter Singer for the idea. |
Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
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Vitalik Buterin | 4,271,350.62 | 6 | Cash transfers/unconditional cash transfers | https://etherscan.io/tx/0x1d700574aea0c3f8a3509e9eb83f9f5bdd7ca4f4c40e1f57fc9e2137efb9c851 | -- | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Other notes: Announced: 2021-02-01. |
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Open Philanthropy | 500,000.00 | 14 | Cash transfers/unconditional cash transfers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givedirectly-general-support-2021 | GiveWell | Donation process: The grant is based on GiveWell's recommendation. GiveWell made the recommendations as part of its end-of-year recommendations to Open Philanthropy, along with allocations to other GiveWell top and standout charities. The total budget of $100 million is set by Open Philanthropy, but GiveWell decided to allocate only $70 million in end-of-year grantmaking and defers the remaining $30 million to early 2021. GiveWell explains the process in detail at https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation (published February 2021). Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Our_recommended_allocation_to_Open_Philanthropy describes the grant as an incentive grant since the grantee is a GiveWell top charity. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The size of the grant is chosen as the standard size of the incentive grant of $500,000. https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Size_of_incentive_grants explains the reason for reducing the incentive grant size from $2.5 million to $500,000: "We considered the cases where an organization is on our top charity list, but due to relatively lower cost-effectiveness, we are not prioritizing its funding needs most highly—i.e. we don't expect to grant donations from the Maximum Impact Fund to it or recommend that Open Philanthropy make a grant to it beyond the incentive grant. In those cases, we felt that the amount of time we asked from the organization's staff to engage with us was not commensurate with the $2.5 million grants we had been making. We considered other grants we've made and our perception of norms in international development and decided to change the standard amount of these grants to $500,000 for top charities." Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 0.71% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Part of GiveWell's end-of-year recommendations for Open Philanthropy, so the timing is determined by the timing of end-of-year recommendations (which is usually the week after Thanksgiving in the United States). The grant is made by Open Philanthropy shortly after the recommendations. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#END_Fund-s_deworming_program says: "GiveDirectly is significantly less cost-effective (1x cash) than the other funding gaps recommended here." It is likely that GiveDirectly will only receive the annual incentive grant from Open Philanthropy and nothing more. Donor retrospective of the donation: GiveDirectly would continue to remain a GiveWell top charity in 2021. Other notes: See https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly/November-2020-version for GiveWell's review of GiveDirectly at the time of the grant recommendation. |
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Open Philanthropy | 2,500,000.00 | 7 | Cash transfers/unconditional cash transfers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givedirectly-general-support-december-2019 | GiveWell | Donation process: The grant is based on GiveWell's recommendation. GiveWell made the recommendations as part of its end-of-year recommendations to Open Philanthropy, along with allocations to other GiveWell top and standout charities. The total budget is based on guidelines set by Open Philanthropy. GiveWell explains the process in detail at https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation (published November 2019). Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Donor reason for selecting the donee: GiveDirectly is a GiveWell top charity, and therefore receives the $2.5 million incentive grant that all top charities receive, per https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Principles_we_followed Principle 7: "To this end, since 2016, we have recommended that Open Philanthropy provide a minimum “incentive grant” to top charities ($2.5 million) and standout charities ($100,000)." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount ($2.5 million) is chosen since it is the size of the incentive grant (per https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Principles_we_followed Principle 7). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Part of GiveWell's end-of-year recommendations for Open Philanthropy, so the timing is determined by the timing of end-of-year recommendations (which is usually the week after Thanksgiving in the United States). The grant is made by Open Philanthropy shortly after the recommendations. Donor retrospective of the donation: GiveDirectly would continue to remain a GiveWell top charity in 2020 and 2021. Other notes: See https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly/November-2019-version for GiveWell's review of GiveDirectly at the time of the grant recommendation. |
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Jalex Stark | 20,000.00 | 22 | Cash transfers | http://www.jalexstark.com/donations/2019.html | -- | Donation process: The donor looked through the research papers https://www.givedirectly.org/research-at-give-directly/ and writes: "The key (anec)data that drive my donations are excerpts from interviews with transfer recipients." Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The donor says that GiveDirectly "gives cash directly to people living in poverty." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donor writes: "The key (anec)data that drive my donations are excerpts from interviews with transfer recipients. They describe using the money for things like water-resistant roofing, schooling for children, and building wells. Here I optimize jointly for the probability that my donation improves some specific person's lives and the expected value of the magnitude of improvement." Other notes: Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.55%. |
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Open Philanthropy | 2,500,000.00 | 7 | Cash transfers/unconditional cash transfers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givedirectly-general-support-december-2018 | GiveWell | Donation process: The grant is based on GiveWell's recommendation. GiveWell made the recommendations as part of its end-of-year recommendations to Open Philanthropy, along with allocations to other GiveWell top and standout charities. The total budget is based on guidelines set by Open Philanthropy. GiveWell explains the process in detail at https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-recommendation-to-good-ventures/ Charity status updates in 2018 are at https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/updates-in-november-2018#GiveDirectly Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant for general operating support, which has GiveWell top charity status; see http://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly GiveDirectly transfers cash to households in developing countries via mobile phone-linked payment services. It targets extremely low-income households. Donor reason for selecting the donee: GiveWell recommends GiveDirectly for the following reasons: (1) Program has strong track record and low burden of proof. (2) Strong monitoring process. (3) Documented success. (4) Standout transparency. (5) Room for more funding. The full GiveWell review is at https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly and the top charity selection is at https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-updated-top-charities-for-giving-season-2018/ Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): GiveWell explains the principles affecting its decision of how much money to allocate to each charity in https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-recommendation-to-good-ventures/ (1) Put significant weight on our cost-effectiveness estimates. (2) Consider additional information about an organization that we have not explicitly modeled. (3) Assess charities’ funding gaps at the margin, i.e., where they would spend additional funding, where possible. (4) Default towards not imposing restrictions on charity spending. (5) Fund on a three-year horizon, unless we are particularly uncertain whether we will want to continue recommending a program in the future. (6) Ensure charities are incentivized to engage with our process. Ultimately, GiveWell decides to only allocate to GiveDirectly the minimum amount for top charities, i.e., $2.5 million Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Part of GiveWell's end-of-year recommendations for Open Philanthropy, so the timing is determined by the timing of end-of-year recommendations (which is usually the week after Thanksgiving in the United States). The grant is made by Open Philanthropy shortly after the recommendations. Other notes: Even accounting for this grant, GiveWell identifies a remaining funding gap of over $100 million for GiveDirectly; this is the largest identified room for more funding of all GiveWell top charities. |
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Aaron Gertler | 50.00 | 84 | Cash transfers | https://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/ | -- | Gift for a friend. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 50.00%. | |
Pineapple Fund | 5,000,000.00 | 4 | FIXME | https://pineapplefund.org/ | -- | ||
Michael Levine | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2017#Mike | GiveWell | Donation of 30% to GiveDirectly, which deviates from the GiveWell recommendation for people who want to directly donate to GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund (70% to Against Malaria Foundation, 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative) because, as donor states: "I see value in having direct cash transfers serve as a benchmark for other interventions, and in part because I want to signal my excitement about GiveDirectly’s new universal basic income project, even if my contribution will not meaningfully advance that specific work.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 30.00%. | |
Alexander Berger | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2017#Alexander | GiveWell | Same allocation as in 2016, for same reasons. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
Isabel Arjmand | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2017/12/11/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2017/#Isabel | -- | Donor is supporting GiveWell because it is an "exceptionally strong, innovative organization with high potential for ‘upside,’ including the potential to serve as a model for other organizations." Donor views rationale for giving to GiveDirectly as somewhere in between the rationale for the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund (75% of total charity budget) and the rationale for the allocation of the remaining 20%. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 2,500,000.00 | 7 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support-december-2017 | GiveWell | Grant is the $2.5 million minimum for being a top charity. Grant announced on 2017-11-27 at https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/27/our-top-charities-for-giving-season-2017/ along with GiveWell top and standout charities list. | |
Aaron Gertler | 250.00 | 58 | Cash transfers | https://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/ | -- | Money to support the basic income experiment. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 2,500,000.00 | 7 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support3 | GiveWell | Grant for general support to a 2016 GiveWell top charity. Grant announced on 2016-11-28 at https://blog.givewell.org/2016/11/28/updated-top-charities-giving-season-2016/#Sec3a along with GiveWell top and standout charities list. | |
Ben Kuhn | 1,000.00 | 39 | -- | https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/ | -- | ||
Jacob Steinhardt | 500.00 | 51 | Cash transfers | https://jsteinhardt.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/donations-for-2016/ | GiveWell + a student of Pascaline Dupas | Although donation was announced on this day we do not know when it was made. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
Alexander Berger | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/ | GiveWell | Same reasons as in 2015: outstanding organization and valuable for cash benchmark. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
Isabel Arjmand | -- | -- | -- | https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/ | -- | One of a few organizations supported with the 1/3 of the charitable donation budget reserved for donations outside of GiveWell recommendations. Although GiveDirectly does happen to be a GiveWell top charity (unlike the other donees for this allocation) the donor classifies it as a non-GiveWell-influenced expense because her reasons for supporting it are as a model of distributive justice that she would like to see further developed. | |
Sophie Monahan | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/ | GiveWell | Some differences with GiveWell re: cost-effectiveness estimates. Believes all charities recommended by GiveWell are roughly equal, but GiveWell prioritizes GiveDirectly lowest. Hence, donating to GiveDirectly. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Aaron Gertler | 600.00 | 48 | Cash transfers | https://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/ | -- | The donation resulted from their basic income announcement, though I gave unrestricted funding. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 30.00%. | |
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 5,000.00 | 27 | -- | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | -- | ||
Future Justice Fund | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://www.futurejusticefund.org/incomesecurity | -- | For Basic Income Study. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 9,750,000.00 | 2 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support2 | GiveWell | Intent to make grant announced on 2015-11-20 at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/11/18/our-updated-top-charities-for-giving-season-2015/#Sec4a along with grants to other GiveWell top charities. | |
Marius Hobbhahn | 23.74 | 89 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 20.00 EUR (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Nick Brown | 79.71 | 79 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 100.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Alexandre Zani | 3,000.00 | 30 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 3,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Adam Nightingale | 657.29 | 47 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 500.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jason Harner | 3,000.00 | 30 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 3,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Christopher O'Bleness | 130.00 | 72 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 130.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Lovkush Agarwal | 105.17 | 76 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 80.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Catherine Low | 484.32 | 54 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 650.00 NZD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Cullen O'Keefe | 12.00 | 93 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 12.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
adam baker | 5,000.00 | 27 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 5,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jay Feldman | 800.00 | 44 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 800.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Matt Reardon | 500.00 | 51 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 500.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Isabel Juniewicz | 700.00 | 46 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 700.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Tessa Alexanian | 335.00 | 56 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 335.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Christopher Bryant | 118.31 | 75 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 90.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jacob Falkovich | 2,200.00 | 34 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 2,200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Luca Masters | 6,000.00 | 24 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 6,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Ivan Rosales | 240.00 | 62 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 240.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Akhil Jalan | 21.00 | 90 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 21.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Cole Gleason | 2,202.74 | 33 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 2,202.74 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Cornelis Haupt | 58.41 | 83 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 73.43 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Michelle Taylor | 1,971.87 | 35 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,500.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Steve Merrick | 400.00 | 55 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 400.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Håkon Harnes | 63.39 | 82 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 500.00 NOK (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Anders Kuvaas Herting | 38.03 | 87 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 300.00 NOK (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Kyle Lackinger | 150.00 | 70 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 150.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Sophia Cyna | 797.13 | 45 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Samuel Hilton | 10.19 | 94 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 7.75 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Robert Flatow | 150.00 | 70 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 150.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Aahan Rashid | 119.31 | 74 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 150.00 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Max Broad | 200.00 | 64 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Bradley Tjandra | 19.93 | 92 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 25.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Michael Sesser | 250.00 | 58 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 250.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Luke Freeman | 1,594.26 | 37 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 2,000.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
William Grunow | 299.94 | 57 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 4,000.00 ZAR (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Dan Munro | 1,000.00 | 39 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Tom Lucena | 1,355.12 | 38 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,700.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Alexander Berger | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2015/ | GiveWell | Outstanding organization and valuable for setting cash transfer benchmark. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%. | |
Andrew Martin | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2015/ | GiveWell | Slight deviation from the GiveWell recommendation by donating 10% to GiveDirectly because of attraction to GiveDirectly as an opportunity with a low burden of proof. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.00%. | |
Josh Rosenberg | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2015/ | GiveWell | Large potential upside, reward to GiveDirectly for being an outstanding organization, and funds directly to individuals to spend for themselves. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.00%. | |
Rebecca Raible | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2015/ | GiveWell | Donor thinks of GiveDirectly as an important tool helping donors evaluate the quality of other giving opportunities. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.00%. | |
Gwern Branwen | 540.00 | 50 | Global poverty | https://github.com/gwern/gwern.net/commit/9df40516566c42249a374a143d2c8d5b5de96149#diff-e96709060d038c15656ffed1e89f630dR434 | -- | In a LessWrong comment Gwern mentions the amount as $500 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YEo5cysddE27bEd5B/bragging-thread-december-2015#3hW8Nci3LW36enwLT (GW, IR). | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 25,000,000.00 | 1 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/announcing-a-25-million-grant-to-givedirectly | GiveWell | One-off grant to top charity over three years also announced at https://blog.givewell.org/2015/08/03/good-ventures-25-million-grant-to-givedirectly/. | |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 133,000.00 | 17 | Cash transfers/unconoditional cash transfers | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Grant uses money donated between January and May 2015. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.30%. | |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 292,600.00 | 16 | Cash transfers/unconoditional cash transfers | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Grant uses money donated between November and December 2014. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.30%. | |
Google.org | 2,000,000.00 | 12 | Cash transfers | https://www.google.org/our-work/economic-opportunity/ | -- | Grant to expand cash transfer program in Rwanda. Affected countries: Rwanda. | |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 13,300.00 | 23 | Cash transfers/unconoditional cash transfers | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Grant uses money donated between July and October 2014. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.30%. | |
Alexandra Rastad | 70.00 | 81 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 70.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Vidur Kapur | 34.18 | 88 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 26.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Richard Clarke | 170.90 | 68 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 130.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Oliver Base | 105.17 | 76 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 80.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jason Harner | 1,000.00 | 39 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Lovkush Agarwal | 1,840.41 | 36 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,400.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jay Feldman | 200.00 | 64 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Matt Reardon | 250.00 | 58 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 250.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Alfredo Parra | 2,409.21 | 32 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 2,030.00 EUR (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Luca Masters | 5,200.00 | 25 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 5,200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Peter O'Brien | 42.84 | 86 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 32.59 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Ivan Rosales | 200.00 | 64 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Cole Gleason | 86.70 | 78 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 86.70 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Cornelis Haupt | 167.04 | 69 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 210.00 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Michelle Taylor | 985.93 | 43 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 750.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Matthew Dahlhausen | 5,140.00 | 26 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 5,140.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Enrico Calvanese | 197.19 | 67 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 150.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Sophia Cyna | 79.71 | 79 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 100.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Aahan Rashid | 238.63 | 63 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 300.00 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Michael Sesser | 250.00 | 58 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 250.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Dan Munro | 1,000.00 | 39 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
David Barry | 557.99 | 49 | Cash transfers | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 700.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Elizabeth Van Nostrand | 4,547.00 | 29 | -- | https://acesounderglass.com/2014/12/29/how-to-figure-out-how-much-to-donate/ | -- | ||
Alexander Berger | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2014/12/17/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2014/ | GiveWell | Correct target after removing 10% for GiveWell and adjusting for non-donation to Deworm the World Initiative. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.00%. | |
Elie Hassenfeld | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2014/12/17/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2014/ | GiveWell | Donated jointly with wife. Higher allocation to GiveDirectly (45%) relative to GiveWell allocation (13%), citing less weight to explicit cost-effectiveness and more weight to organizational strength. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 45.00%. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 5,000,000.00 | 4 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support | GiveWell | Grant announced at https://blog.givewell.org/2014/12/01/our-updated-top-charities/ based on GiveWell charity recommendations in the same post; see also https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/November-2014 and the review https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly/December-2014-review. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 60,000.00 | 20 | Cash transfers/unconoditional cash transfers | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Grant uses money donated between April and June 2014. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 60.00%. | |
Peter Hurford | 46.00 | 85 | Cash transfers | http://peterhurford.com/other/donations.html | -- | ||
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 110,000.00 | 18 | Cash transfers/unconoditional cash transfers | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Grant uses money donated between January and March 2014. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.00%. | |
Google.org | 2,000,000.00 | 12 | Cash transfers/evidence base | https://www.google.org/our-work/economic-opportunity/ | -- | Grant to provide evidence to inform governments, funders, and NGOs about how unconditional cash transfers impact the local economy, in order to promote widespread adoption among governments. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 7,000,000.00 | 3 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support-december-and-january-2013 | GiveWell | Grant announced at http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/our-giving-season-plans on 2013-12-03 by Cari Tuna, including 2 million unconditional + 5 million in matches. Full match amount paid out. Match was not approved by GiveWell. Grant based on GiveWell top charities list at https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/November-2013 and https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/01/givewells-top-charities-for-giving-season-2013/ and the 2013 review: https://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/give-directly/November-2013-review. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
Alexander Berger | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/12/staff-members-personal-donations/ | GiveWell | Actually, split evenly between giving now and waiting, but all the amount actually given went to GiveDirectly. Two main upside points: (1) May not remain a GiveWell top recommendation, so more need to grow enough to develop a non-GiveWell funding stream, (2) Helps to set cash as a baseline for recommendations. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Elie Hassenfeld | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/12/staff-members-personal-donations/ | GiveWell | Agrees with reasoning by Holden (in same blog post) but discounts deworming cost-effectiveness estimates entirely. Asked GiveDirectly not to include donation in Good Ventures match. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Holden Karnofsky | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/12/staff-members-personal-donations/ | GiveWell | First considers not giving, then makes some argument on why it is better to give. Then looks at confidence multipliers for global health interventions relative to GiveDirectly and thinks they are not robust enough to overcome the case for GiveDirectly. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Josh Rosenberg | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/12/staff-members-personal-donations/ | GiveWell | Split donation in half, one half for giving now and the other half for giving next year at the latest. The half to give now went entirely to GiveDirectly. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Natalie Crispin | -- | -- | Cash transfers | https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/12/staff-members-personal-donations/ | -- | Crispin notes that she considered splitting between GiveDirectly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) but decided against it because of her greater considence in GiveDirectly. She also says she decided against Deworm the World Initiative for the same reasons as Holden Karnofsky. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Ben Kuhn | 120.00 | 73 | -- | https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/ | -- | ||
Haseeb Qureshi | 25,000.00 | 21 | Cash transfers | https://eahub.org/user/haseeb-qureshi | GiveWell | Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 500,000.00 | 14 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support-december-2012 | GiveWell | Grant made by Good Ventures and announced at http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/year-end-grants-to-givewells-top-charities based on GiveWell top charity recommendations https://blog.givewell.org/2012/11/26/our-top-charities-for-the-2012-giving-season/ and https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/November-2012 and the 2012 review: https://www.givewell.org/charities/give-directly/November-2012-review. | |
Vipul Naik | 500.00 | 51 | Cash transfers | https://vipulnaik.com/donation-history/ | GiveWell | Donation process: Based on an understanding of GiveWell recommendations as well as additional judgment Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: GiveDirectly uses these funds to support its unconditional cash transfer programs Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donation page says: "GiveDirectly was at the time rated #2 by GiveWell and they hoped to raise money in a 7:2:1 ratio for their top three charities respectively, but I believed that the actual skew of funds raised would be biased against GiveDirectly because of its relatively less tested concept. My $500 donation was therefore a corrective to what I perceived would be an imbalance in the way money would flow to the top charities, and a suspicion that AMF would end up raising more money than they could allocate in the short term." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The donation page says: "n 2012, my financial position had still not recovered from the huge expenses in 2010 and 2011, and other expenses of mine had also increased [...] However, I was still committed to the idea of effective altruism. For these reasons, I decided to still make a donation, but with a budget of $500, that was low compared to previous years. Donor retrospective of the donation: The donation page says: "My $500 donation was therefore a corrective to what I perceived would be an imbalance in the way money would flow to the top charities, and a suspicion that AMF would end up raising more money than they could allocate in the short term. Both suspicions turned out to be true" and links to https://blog.givewell.org/2013/03/12/givewell-annual-review-for-2012-details-on-givewells-money-moved-and-web-traffic/ and https://www.givewell.org/charities/AMF/2013-review |
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Peter Hurford | 20.00 | 91 | Cash transfers | http://peterhurford.com/other/donations.html | -- | ||
Google.org | 2,400,000.00 | 11 | Cash transfers | https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/can-4-economists-build-the-most-economically-efficient-charity-ever/266510/ | -- | Grantee page is at https://www.google.org/our-work/economic-opportunity/give-directly/ and explains reasons for Google being excited about the Good Ventures approach of unconditional cash transfers. Affected countries: Kenya. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 100,000.00 | 19 | Cash transfers | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givedirectly-general-support-may-2012 | GiveWell | Along with grants to five other standout charities, see http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/grants-to-standout-charities from 2012-08-06. Amount of 100000 for GiveDirectly was twice the amount of 50000 for each of the other top and standout charities. Affected countries: Kenya. |