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Basic donee information

ItemValue
Country United States
Facebook page GiveWell.org
Websitehttps://www.givewell.org
Donate pagehttps://secure.givewell.org/support-givewell
Transparency and financials pagehttps://www.givewell.org/about/official-records
Donation case pagehttps://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/25/december-2015-update-on-givewells-funding-needs/
Twitter usernamegivewell
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveWell
Timelines wiki pagehttps://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_GiveWell
Org Watch pagehttps://orgwatch.issarice.com/?organization=GiveWell
Key peopleHolden Karnofsky|Elie Hassenfeld
Launch date2007

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Donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 84 1,000 697,702 0 38 100 200 500 1,000 3,000 7,887 50,000 500,000 50,659,667
Charity evaluator 26 100 546 0 0 20 40 100 100 150 400 500 2,000 6,000
Charity evaluation 30 1,000 2,818 20 50 131 200 500 1,000 1,200 3,986 5,800 7,887 11,250
8 1,400 4,100 100 100 900 1,400 1,400 1,400 3,000 6,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Global health and development 2 900 25,330,283 900 900 900 900 900 900 50,659,667 50,659,667 50,659,667 50,659,667 50,659,667
Meta-philanthropy 13 500,000 542,683 20,000 50,000 50,000 56,250 500,000 500,000 500,000 675,000 751,179 1,186,840 1,994,850
Effective altruism 5 200,000 152,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000

Donation amounts by donor and year for donee GiveWell

Donor Total 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Vitalik Buterin (filter this donee) 50,659,666.68 50,659,666.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Good Ventures/GiveWell support (filter this donee) 7,054,883.00 0.00 0.00 751,179.00 530,764.00 2,494,850.00 1,743,090.00 740,000.00 745,000.00 0.00 50,000.00 0.00
Hewlett Foundation (filter this donee) 760,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 400,000.00 0.00 200,000.00 100,000.00 60,000.00
Ben Kuhn (filter this donee) 28,800.00 0.00 1,400.00 0.00 1,400.00 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Andrew Kokemoor (filter this donee) 21,250.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,250.00 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Christopher Smowton (filter this donee) 15,774.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,887.47 7,887.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Justin Telles (filter this donee) 12,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,000.00 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
adam baker (filter this donee) 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Elizabeth Van Nostrand (filter this donee) 9,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00 3,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Aaron Gertler (filter this donee) 7,070.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 750.00 1,650.00 1,635.00 1,035.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
David Barry (filter this donee) 6,775.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,789.96 3,985.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Matt Caulfield (filter this donee) 5,800.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,800.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Dan Munro (filter this donee) 5,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ozy Brennan (filter this donee) 2,032.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,032.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jason Harner (filter this donee) 1,600.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 600.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Greg Fitzgerald (filter this donee) 1,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kyle Lackinger (filter this donee) 1,200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nicholas Link (filter this donee) 1,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jacob Steinhardt (filter this donee) 900.00 900.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Luca Masters (filter this donee) 523.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 523.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alexandre Zani (filter this donee) 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nora Koci (filter this donee) 400.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00 200.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
JP Addison (filter this donee) 360.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 360.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
James Harris (filter this donee) 318.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 318.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rafe Saltman (filter this donee) 238.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.54 159.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Oliver Base (filter this donee) 131.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 131.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise (filter this donee) 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Edward Martin (filter this donee) 65.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 65.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cullen O'Keefe (filter this donee) 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Max Broad (filter this donee) 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Christopher O'Bleness (filter this donee) 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ajeya Cotra (filter this donee) 0.00 0.00 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 0.00 0.00
Total 58,606,989.17 50,660,566.68 1,400.00 753,179.00 532,914.00 2,547,437.29 1,796,357.20 1,154,135.00 751,000.00 200,000.00 150,000.00 60,000.00

Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (51 documents)

Title (URL linked)Publication dateAuthorPublisherAffected donorsAffected doneesAffected influencersDocument scopeCause areaNotes
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 20192019-12-10Catherine Hollander GiveWellElie 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 documentationContinuing 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 Charities2019-11-26GiveWellOpen 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 documentationGlobal health and developmentThe 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 charities2019-11-26Catherine Hollander GiveWellGiveWell 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 listGlobal health and developmentGiveWell 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
Evidence Action is shutting down No Lean Season2019-06-06Catherine Hollander GiveWell No Lean Season GiveWell Evaluator update on doneeSeasonal intracountry migrationGiveWell blogs about Evidence Action's announcement that it is shutting down No Lean Season: https://www.evidenceaction.org/blog-full/why-we-are-shutting-down-no-lean-season Like the original Evidence Action blog post, GiveWell cites two main reasons for closing the program: Investigation into allegations against Evidence Action’s implementing partner, and mixed evidence of impact for the program. GiveWell explains why it still has a high opinion of Evidence Action, but notes three questions derived from these developments: (a) selection of implementing partners, (b) process for hiring and evaluating staff, and (c) financial oversight. GiveWell expects to ask Evidence Action to redirect to Deworm the World Initiative the unused funds donated via GiveWell for No Lean Season. Donors who have a different preference for their donated money are asked to contact donations@givewell.org by July 31
My 2018 donations2019-01-20Ben Kuhn Ben Kuhn Effective Altruism Funds Ben Kuhn donor-advised fund GiveWell GiveWell top charities Ben Kuhn donor-advised fund Effective Altruism Funds Periodic donation list documentationGlobal health and developmentKuhn describes his decision to allocate his donation amount ($70,000, calculated as 50% of his income for the year) between GiveWell, GiveWell top charities, and his own donor-advised fund managed by Fidelity. Kuhn also discusses how he has been out of the loop of the latest developments in effective altruism, which is part of the reason his grants for this year are so boring. However, he is happy with recent management changes and increased grantmaking activity from the Effective Altruism Funds, and they are currently his default choice of where to allocate money from his donor-advised fund in 2019, if he does not find a better donation target. Kuhn also discusses some logistical aspects of his donation, such as: need to make some of his 2018 donations in 2019 and use of the donor-advised fund to channel his donation to GiveWell
EA Giving Tuesday Donation Matching Initiative 2018 Retrospective (GW, IR)2019-01-06Avi Norowitz Effective Altruism ForumAvi 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 commentaryThe 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
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 20182018-12-10Catherine Hollander GiveWellElie 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 documentationGiveWell 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 analysis2018-12-06Josh Rosenberg GiveWellGiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy GiveDirectly GiveWell Reasoning supplementCash transfersThe 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 Ventures2018-11-26Andrew Martin Catherine Hollander Elie Hassenfeld James Snowden Josh Rosenberg GiveWellGood 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 documentationGlobal health and developmentThe 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 20182018-11-26Catherine Hollander GiveWellGiveWell 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 listGlobal health and developmentGiveWell 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/
Update on No Lean Season’s top charity status2018-11-19Catherine Hollander GiveWellGood Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities No Lean Season GiveWell Evaluator update on doneeSeasonal intracountry migrationGiveWell announces the removal of No Lean Season from its list of top charities, in advance of the annual top charity list refresh. The primary reason is that the results of the 2017 RCT suggest that the program did not successfully induce migration. No Lean Season has over two years of funding remaining, which would allow them to use the information to tweak the program further, allowing for re-evaluation by GiveWell in 2019. Evidence Action has a related blog post at https://www.evidenceaction.org/blog-full/why-test-at-scale-no-lean-season
Publishing more frequent updates to our cost-effectiveness model2018-10-02Catherine Hollander GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachThe document describes changes GiveWell has made to allow for more frequent updates to its cost-effectiveness model. It describes how, starting May 2017, GiveWell started with versioned releases of its cost-effectiveness models, publishing five versions in 2017. In 2017, each release was accompanied by PDF release notes. Starting 2018, GiveWell shifted to having a changelog, available at https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models/changelog In addition, by having a dedicated staff member (Christian Smith) to manage cost-effectiveness models, GiveWell could manage much more frequent updates to the model
Where, why and how I donated in 20172018-02-01Ben Kuhn Ben Kuhn Open Philanthropy Effective Altruism Funds Effective Altruism Grants GiveWell GiveWell top charities EA Giving Group Effective Altruism Funds Periodic donation list documentationGlobal health and developmentKuhn describes his decision to allocate his donation amount ($60,000, calculated as 50% of his income for the year) between GiveWell, GiveWell top charities, and his own donor-advised fund managed by Fidelity. Kuhn also discusses the Open Philanthropy Project, EA Funds, and EA Grants, and the EA Giving Group he donated to the previous year
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 20172017-12-18Holden Karnofsky Open PhilanthropyHolden 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 documentationOpen 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 20172017-12-11Josh Rosenberg GiveWellElie 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 documentationGiveWell 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 20172017-11-27Natalie Crispin GiveWellGiveWell 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 listGlobal health and developmentGiveWell annual top charity refresh, also announced amounts recommended for Good Ventures to donate to top charities. Added two new top charities
2017 Cost-effectiveness analysis — Version 52017-11-27GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachVersion 5 of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) spreadsheet that underlies top charity recmomendations. This version is published at the same time as the 2017 top charity recommendations https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/27/our-top-charities-for-giving-season-2017/ and is the model used to inform those recommendations. The PDF of release notes is https://www.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/CEA_release_notes_2017_V5.pdf See https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models for the full list of cost-effectiveness models
2017 Cost-effectiveness analysis — Version 42017-11-08GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachVersion 4 of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) spreadsheet that underlies top charity recommendations. Announced on mailing list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/newly-published-givewell-materials/9e-6UgIc2wA and PDF of release notes is at http://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_4_Release_notes.pdf See https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models for the full list of cost-effectiveness models
Approaches to Moral Weights: How GiveWell Compares to Other Actors2017-11-07GiveWellGiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy GiveWell top charities Deworm the World Initiative Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Against Malaria Foundation Malaria Consortium GiveDirectly GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachIn-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
2017 Cost-effectiveness analysis - Version 32017-10-27GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachVersion 3 of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) spreadsheet that underlies top charity recommendations. Announced on mailing list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/newly-published-givewell-materials/PwjTUQHFT-A (2017-10-27) and with release notes http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.givewell.org%2Ffiles%2FDWDA%25202009%2FInterventions%2F2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_3_Release_notes.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGPmpBl6YHDdmGCVFh8G_58-VXqhA and PDF of release notes is at http://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_3_Release_notes.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGPmpBl6YHDdmGCVFh8G_58-VXqhA See https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models for the full list of cost-effectiveness models
2017 Cost-effectiveness analysis - Version 22017-08-16GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachVersion 2 of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) spreadshett for 2017. See http://givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_2_Release_notes.pdf for the release notes. See https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models for the full list of cost-effectiveness models
Fear and Loathing at Effective Altruism Global 20172017-08-16Scott Alexander Slate Star CodexOpen Philanthropy GiveWell Centre for Effective Altruism Center for Effective Global Action Raising for Effective Giving 80,000 Hours Wild-Animal Suffering Research Qualia Research Institute Foundational Research Institute Miscellaneous commentaryScott Alexander describes his experience at Effective ALtruism Global 2017. He describes how the effective altruism movement has both the formal-looking, "suits" people who are in charge of large amounts of money, and the "weirdos" who are toying around with ideas that seem strange and are not mainstream even within effective altruism. However, he feels that rather than being two separate groups, the two groups blend into and overlap with each other. He sees this as a sign that the effective altruism movement is composed of genuinely good people who are looking to make a difference, and explains why he thinks they are succeeding
How GiveWell uses cost-effectiveness analyses2017-06-01Catherine Hollander GiveWellGiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Open Philanthropy Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly GiveWell top charities GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachProvides 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
2017 Cost-effectiveness analysis - Version 12017-05-20GiveWell GiveWell Evaluator quantification approachVersion 1 of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) spreadsheet for 2017. This is the first CEA to be explicitly given a named version as well as release notes. See http://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_1_Release_notes.pdf for the release notes. See https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models for the full list of cost-effectiveness models
Update on our views on cataract surgery2017-05-11Catherine Hollander GiveWell GiveWell Review of current state of cause areaGlobal health/cataract surgeryThe document discusses uncertainty around funding cataract surgery, specifically around whether it is talent-constrained or funding-constrained, and other questions around marginal impact and quantification
Charity evaluators: a first model and open questions2017-04-25Dominik Peters Tom Sittler Oxford Prioritisation ProjectOxford Prioritisation Project GiveWell Animal Charity Evaluators Review of current state of cause areaCharity evaluatorThe abstract says: "We describe a simple simulation model for the recommendations of a charity evaluator like GiveWell or ACE. The model captures some real-world phenomena, such as initial overconfidence in impact estimates. We are unsure how to choose the parameters of the underlying distributions, and are happy to receive feedback on this." See http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19g/charity_evaluators_first_model_and_open_questions/ for a cross-post with comments
Allocation of discretionary funds and new recommendation for donors2017-04-03Natalie Crispin GiveWellGiveWell Maximum Impact Fund GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveWell Periodic donation list documentationGlobal healthGiveWell announces that it will allocate $4.9 million dollars of discretionary funds as follows: $4.4 million to the Against Malaria Foundation, and $0.5 million to the Deworm the World Initiative. Further, it updates its recommendation to donors, saying they should give all money at the margin to the Against Malaria Foundation. This updates the November 2016 recommendation to give to AMF and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative in a 3:1 ratio
Where I gave and why in 2016 2017-01-06Ben Kuhn Effective Altruism ForumBen Kuhn EA Giving Group GiveWell GiveDirectly Periodic donation list documentationGlobal health and developmentOriginally posted at http://www.benkuhn.net/giving-2016 and cross-posted to Effective Altruism Forum due to evidence that people like donation write-ups
Discretionary grant making and implications for donor agency2016-12-19Andrew Martin GiveWellGiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveWell Broad donor strategyExplains the difference between giving GiveWell money to grant at its own discretion and donating to current GiveWell top and standout charities
AMF and Population Ethics2016-12-12Ajeya Cotra GiveWell Against Malaria Foundation GiveWell Reasoning supplementGlobal health/malariaAjeya Cotra of GiveWell responds to a blog post https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/4WWXNKWHXQNFk3afc/are-you-sure-you-want-to-donate-to-the-against-malaria (GW, IR) by Michael Plant arguing that, under various possible population ethics stances, the Against Malaria Foundation is not the best use of donations. Cotra's post first summarizes Plant's argument, then explains why in GiveWell's views, its recommendation of AMF is compatible with most population ethics stances
Staff members’ personal donations for giving season 20162016-12-09Natalie Crispin GiveWellElie 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 documentationGiveWell 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
Are You Sure You Want To Donate To The Against Malaria Foundation? (GW, IR)2016-12-05Michael Plant Effective Altruism Forum GiveWell Against Malaria Foundation GiveWell Evaluator review of doneeGlobal health/malariaMichael Plant considers four different population ethics stances and argues that, under each of them, Against Malaria Foundation is unlikely to be the best place to donate. The post is cross-posted to his blog at http://www.plantinghappiness.co.uk/are-you-sure-you-want-to-donate-to-the-against-malaria-foundation/ and earns a response from GiveWell at https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/12/amf-population-ethics/
Our updated top charities for giving season 20162016-11-28Natalie Crispin GiveWellGood 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 listGlobal health and developmentGiveWell 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 recommendations2016-06-23Natalie Crispin GiveWell GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveDirectly GiveWell Evaluator consolidated recommendation listGlobal health and developmentFirst mid-year refresh of top charities from GiveWell. No change to charity list, and no donation recommended for Good Ventures
What we’ve learned about SCI this year2016-06-20Andrew Martin GiveWell Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveWell Evaluator update on doneeGlobal health/dewormingDiscovery of some financial errors, but affirmed continued top charity status for now
GiveWell money moved in 2015: a review of my forecast and some future predictions (GW, IR)2016-05-15Vipul Naik Effective Altruism Forum GiveWell GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveWell Miscellaneous commentaryGlobal health and developmentThe 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?2015-12-24Robert 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 listGlobal health and development|Effective altruism/movement growth|Epistemic institutions|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness|AI risk|Global catastrophic risksRobert 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)2015-12-19Vipul Naik Effective Altruism Forum GiveWell GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveWell Miscellaneous commentaryGlobal health and developmentThe 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 20152015-12-09Elie Hassenfeld GiveWellElie 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 documentationGiveWell 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
Peter McCluskey's favorite charities2015-12-06Peter McCluskey Peter McCluskey Center for Applied Rationality Future of Humanity Institute AI Impacts GiveWell GiveWell top charities Future of Life Institute Centre for Effective Altruism Brain Preservation Foundation Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Electronic Frontier Foundation Methuselah Mouse Prize SENS Research Foundation Foresigh Institute Evaluator consolidated recommendation listThe page discusses the favorite charities of Peter McCluskey and his opinion on their current room for more funding in light of their financial situation and expansion plans
Our updated top charities for giving season 20152015-11-20Elie Hassenfeld Josh Rosenberg GiveWellGood 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 listGLobal health and global povertyNo change to charity list; significant funding recommended from Good Ventures. This would be later classified as Open Philanthropy Project spending
Staff members’ personal donations – giving season 20142014-12-17Holden Karnofsky GiveWellElie Hassenfeld Holden Karnofsky Natalie Crispin Alexander Berger Eliza Scheffler Timothy Telleen-Lawton Josh Rosenberg Ben Rachbach Jake Marcus Rebecca Raible Milan Griffes Tyler Heishman GiveWell top charities Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveWell standout charities Periodic donation list documentationGiveWell staff describe their annual donation plans for 2014. 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 charities2014-12-01Elie Hassenfeld GiveWellGood 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 listGlobal health and developmentAgainst Malaria Foundation returned to top charities list. Amounts donated by Good Ventures would later be classified as Open Philanthropy Project spending
Evaluating GiveWell as a startup idea based on Paul Graham's philosophy (GW, IR)2014-04-12Vipul Naik LessWrong GiveWell GiveWell Miscellaneous commentaryCharity evaluatorThe blog post looks at the GiveWell founding story and compares it with essays from Paul Graham on the journeys of successful startups
Staff members’ personal donations2013-12-12Holden Karnofsky GiveWellHolden 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 documentationGiveWell 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
GiveWell’s top charities for giving season 20132013-12-01Holden Karnofsky GiveWellGood Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Deworm the World Initiative GiveWell Evaluator consolidated recommendation listGlobal health and developmentAgainst 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
Our take on “earning to give”2013-06-26Holden Karnofsky GiveWell Miscellaneous commentaryGlobal healthHolden Karnofsky writes about GiveWell's broad take on earning to give: as a broadening of the set of options available in order to do the most good, and a way to challenge the narrative that working at a nonprofit is the best way to have an impact. Karnofsky also points out that donation isn't the only way somebody at a for-profit job contributes to the world; their work could also have positive flow-through effects. Overall, Karnofsky advocates for "systematicity" in exploring various options and excitement about doing the most good possible.
Our top charities for the 2012 giving season2012-11-26Holden Karnofsky GiveWell Against Malaria Foundation GiveDirectly Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveWell Evaluator consolidated recommendation listGlobal health and developmentGiveDirectly promoted from standout to top charity, other two charities same as for 2011
Deciding between two outstanding charities2011-12-08Holden Karnofsky GiveWell Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveWell Reasoning supplementGlobal health/malaria and dewormingProvided more in-depth coverage of tradeoffs between the two top charities, supplementing the announcement post at https://blog.givewell.org/2011/11/29/top-charities-for-holiday-season-2011-against-malaria-foundation-and-schistosomiasis-control-initiative/
Top charities for holiday season 2011: Against Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative2011-11-29Holden Karnofsky GiveWell Against Malaria Foundation Schistosomiasis Control Initiative GiveDirectly Innovations for Poverty Action Nyaya Health Pratham Small Enterprise Foundation GiveWell Evaluator consolidated recommendation listGlobal health and developmentAgainst Malaria Foundation and Schistosomiasis Control Initiative were the top charities; the others were standouts
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence2011-04-30Holden Karnofsky GiveWellOpen Philanthropy Machine Intelligence Research Institute Evaluator review of doneeAI safetyIn this email thread on the GiveWell mailing list, Holden Karnofsky gives his views on the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI), the former name for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). The reply emails include a discussion of how much weight to give to, and what to learn from, the support for MIRI by Peter Thiel, a wealthy early MIRI backer. In the final email in the thread, Holden Karnofsky includes an audio recording with Jaan Tallinn, another wealthy early MIRI backer. This analysis likely influences the review https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6SGqkCgHuNr7d4yJm/thoughts-on-the-singularity-institute-si (GW, IR) published by Karnofsky next year, as well as the initial position of the Open Philanthropy Project (a GveWell spin-off grantmaker) toward MIRI.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (84 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 84)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
Jacob Steinhardt900.00452021-06-23Global health and developmenthttps://bounded-regret.ghost.io/donations-19-20/GiveWell Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support

Intended use of funds: These funds are to direct support GiveWell's operating expenses. This is in contrast with unrestricted support to GiveWell, that could get reallocated by GiveWell to its top charities when it has excess funds.

Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donation post talks of a 14% donation to the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund, and adds: "Finally, GiveWell recommends allocating 10% of the donation to them to operating expenses, which I rounded up [from 10% of 14% = 1.4%] to 2%."

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The donation post talks of a 14% donation to the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund, and adds: "Finally, GiveWell recommends allocating 10% of the donation to them to operating expenses, which I rounded up [from 10% of 14% = 1.4%] to 2%." It also includes context on the total amount ($45,000): "Each year I aim to donate around 10% of my income. [...] The impact of COVID-19 on poor countries made me better appreciate how much better I have it than most of the world, so I tried to donate closer to 20% of my 2020 income, and that will be my goal moving forward as well. Between 2019 and 2020, this came out to $45,000 in total."
Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.00%

Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The donation post says: "Each year I aim to donate around 10% of my income. In 2019, I fell behind on this, probably due to the chaos of COVID-19 (but really this was just an embarassing logistical failure on my part). I've recently, finally, finished processing donations for 2019 and 2020."

Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The donation post says: "Finally, I feel that giving only 2% to GiveWell created perverse incentives: if GHDF hadn't existed, I would have donated more to GiveWell and thus given more to cover their operating costs. Since GHDF is run by the CEO of GiveWell, it seems incorrect to penalize GiveWell for GHDF's existence, so moving forward I will allocate 10% of my {GiveWell + GHDF} donation to cover operating expenses."
Vitalik Buterin50,659,666.6812021-05-12Global health and development/charity evaluatorhttps://etherscan.io/tx/0x33e4aa32018786e2c75a90b2e096164cbefb55664cb4ce586cb46dd379cf0390Global health and development Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support

Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 13,292.00 ETH (conversion done via Etherscan.io); announced: 2021-05-12.
Ben Kuhn1,400.00392019-01-20--https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/GiveWell See https://www.benkuhn.net/giving-2018 for more context. Although the donation was made in January 2019, it is considered part of the donation for 2018; the reason for making the donation in 2019 was due to fewer liquid finances in December to make the donation. The total donation amount for the year of $70,000 was calculated as 50% of total income for the year. The allocation of $1,400 was calculated as 2% of the total donation amount. Logistics-wise, the donation was made via the donor-advised fund, and along with the donation of $12,600 to GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund (i.e., a donation of $14,000 was made to GiveWell with 10% marked as an unrestricted donation to GiveWell). Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.00%.
Aaron Gertler2,000.00372018-11-27Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Timed to coincide with matching funds from Facebook's Giving Tuesday event. The match was successful, so Facebook matched the full $2000. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 50.00%.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support751,179.0042018-06Meta-philanthropyhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givewell-general-support-2018-- Grant for general operating support. Grant page on Good Ventures site not up at the time of insertion, hence linking to Open Philanthropy Project page.
Ben Kuhn1,400.00392017-12-30--https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/GiveWell See https://www.benkuhn.net/giving-2017 for more context. The total donation amount for the year of $60,000 was calculated as 50% of total income for the year. The intended allocation to GiveWell was 2% (which would be $1200), but due to a miscalculation, a little more was allocated. After accounting for the employer match of $10,000 for another donations, the donation amount worked out to 18% of the total donation (including employer match) for the year. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.33%.
Alexander Berger----2017-12-18Charity evaluatorhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2017#AlexanderGiveWell Same allocation as in 2016, for same reasons. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%.
Aaron Gertler750.00472017-11-28Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- 40% of donations made by Facebook on Giving Tuesday to qualify for matching by Facebook and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 42.86%.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support530,764.0062017-10Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support1-- Grant for general operating support. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givewell-general-support-2017 for a cross-posting of the grant.
Ozy Brennan2,032.00362016-12-22Charity evaluatorhttps://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/donations-post-2016/-- I do not currently have any particular expertise in charity evaluation. I don’t predict that I will acquire such expertise in the near future, and I am concerned that if I save my money until I have acquired this expertise then all of the tastiest low-hanging fruit will have been plucked by the time I get around to donating. GiveWell seems to me to be highly competent as an organization and to agree with my values; therefore, I think they are a reasonable proxy for what a hypothetical version of me who knew more would donate to.
Alexander Berger----2016-12-09Charity evaluatorhttps://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/GiveWell Same reasons as in 2015: set a norm of donors giving to GiveWell to support their research. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%.
Aaron Gertler750.00472016-09-10Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Operational funding.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support500,000.0072016-09Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-top-charity-participation-grants-2016-- Grant to support GiveWell in giving $100,000 participation grants to charities for completing the first round of its top charity application process for 2017. Unused funds will be allocated to top charities at the end of 2017. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givewell-top-charity-participation-grants-2016 for a cross-posting of the grant.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support1,994,850.0022016-06Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support-- Grant for general operating support.
Aaron Gertler900.00452016-02-01--https://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Operational funding. 90% of the donations that day, the other 10% went to CFAR. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 90.00%.
Nora Koci200.00572016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Edward Martin65.73712016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 50.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Oliver Base131.46642016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 100.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Alexandre Zani500.00512016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 500.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Jason Harner1,000.00422016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
JP Addison360.00552016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 360.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Andrew Kokemoor11,250.00202016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 11,250.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Christopher O'Bleness20.00782016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 20.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Cullen O'Keefe50.00722016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 50.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
adam baker10,000.00212016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 10,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Rafe Saltman79.54702016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 100.00 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Luca Masters523.00502016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 523.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
James Harris318.13562016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 242.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Justin Telles7,000.00272016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 7,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
David Barry2,789.96352016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 3,500.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Kyle Lackinger1,200.00412016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 1,200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Max Broad30.00772016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 30.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Greg Fitzgerald1,500.00382016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 1,500.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Christopher Smowton7,887.47252016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 6,000.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Dan Munro4,000.00322016Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 4,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Elizabeth Van Nostrand6,000.00282015-12-31Charity evaluatorhttps://acesounderglass.com/2015/12/31/2015-donations/-- Needed to use up company matching before quitting and GiveWell is never a bad choice. Employer match: Google matched 6,000.00.
Ben Kuhn10,000.00212015-12-31--https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/GiveWell Employer match: Wave matched 10,000.00.
Alexander Berger----2015-12-09Charity evaluatorhttps://blog.givewell.org/2015/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-for-giving-season-2015/GiveWell Reduced from 10% to 5% from last year. Reasons for donating a bit to GiveWell same as last year: wants to set and follow a norm of donating a bit to GiveWell. Due to increase in money moved (relative to cost of running GiveWell), reducing percentage from 10% to 5%. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.00%.
Aaron Gertler495.00532015-10-16Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. 55% of total monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.00%.
Aaron Gertler500.00512015-09-17Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Support for GiveWell operations. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler400.00542015-08-09Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support1,186,840.0032015-08Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support-august-2015-- Grant for general operating support.
Aaron Gertler100.00662015-07-25Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler50.00722015-05-23Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler40.00752015-01-31Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- In memory of a friend.
Aaron Gertler50.00722015-01-27Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- In memory of a friend.
Justin Telles5,000.00312015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 5,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Good Ventures/GiveWell support500,000.0072015-01Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-top-charity-participation-grants-2015-- Grant to support GiveWell in giving $100,000 participation grants to charities for completing the first round of its top charity application process for 2015. Unused funds will be allocated to top charities at the end of 2015. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/givewell-top-charity-participation-grants-2015 for a cross-posting of the grant.
Nicholas Link1,000.00422015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Christopher Smowton7,887.47252015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 6,000.00 GBP (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Matt Caulfield5,800.00302015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 5,800.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Dan Munro1,000.00422015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Rafe Saltman159.08602015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 200.00 CAD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
David Barry3,985.65332015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 5,000.00 AUD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Good Ventures/GiveWell support56,250.00162015-01Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-open-philanthropy-project-website-construction-- Grant to support 50% of the costs of redesigning http://www.openphilanthropy.org (the new website).
Nora Koci200.00572015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 200.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Andrew Kokemoor10,000.00212015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 10,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Jason Harner600.00492015Charity evaluation/global health/povertyhttps://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/-- Currency info: donation given as 600.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io).
Ben Kuhn10,000.00212014-12-31--https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/--
Elizabeth Van Nostrand3,000.00342014-12-29--https://acesounderglass.com/2014/12/29/how-to-figure-out-how-much-to-donate/--
Alexander Berger----2014-12-17Charity evaluatorhttps://blog.givewell.org/2014/12/17/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2014/GiveWell Does not like dynamic of asking people familiar with GiveWel work to donate entirely to GiveWell instead of top charities, and thinks a 10% to GiveWell rule makes more sense. So, doing that himself. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.00%.
Aaron Gertler100.00662014-12-02Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Hewlett Foundation200,000.00112014-11-17Effective altruismhttps://hewlett.org/grants/givewell-for-general-operating-support-3/-- For General Operating Support.
Hewlett Foundation200,000.00112014-11-17Effective altruismhttps://hewlett.org/grants/givewell-for-general-operating-support-3/-- For General Operating Support.
Aaron Gertler100.00662014-11-02Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler125.00652014-09-30Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler38.00762014-09-07Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler152.00612014-07-23Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler150.00622014-07-03Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Monthly donation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%.
Aaron Gertler20.00782014-06-05Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Gift for a friend.
Aaron Gertler200.00572014-05-29Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- Birthday donation.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support500,000.0072014-05Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-top-charity-participation-grants-- Grant to support GiveWell in giving $100,000 participation grants to charities for completing the first round its top charity application process for 2014. The process has become more intensive in 2014. Unused funds will be allocated to top charities at the end of 2014.
Aaron Gertler150.00622014-03-07Charity evaluatorhttps://aarongertler.net/donations-all-years/-- First donation after becoming an effective altruist.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support240,000.00102014-03Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support-march-2014-- Grant for general operating support.
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise100.00662014-02-01--https://www.jefftk.com/donationsGiveWell
Ben Kuhn6,000.00282013-11-22--https://www.benkuhn.net/ea/--
Good Ventures/GiveWell support675,000.0052013-11Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-research-november-2013-- Grant to cover research-related expenses.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support20,000.00192013-06Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-research-june-2013-- Grant to support investigation into the history of philanthropy and investigation of funding opportunities in policy advocacy.
Ajeya Cotra----2013Charity evaluatorhttps://eahub.org/user/ajeya-cotra-- Old entry in EA Hub profile. No amount or other details specified. The donor would later join the Open Philanthropy Project (then still a part of GiveWell) as an employee, but as of the time of this donation was a student.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support50,000.00172013-01Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support-january-2013-- Grant for general operating support, i.e., finding the best giving opportunities and writing up findings.
Hewlett Foundation200,000.00112012-11-12Effective altruismhttps://hewlett.org/grants/givewell-for-general-operating-support-2/-- For General Operating Support.
Good Ventures/GiveWell support50,000.00172011-12Meta-philanthropyhttp://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-general-support-december-2011-- Grant for general operating support, i.e., finding the best giving opportunities and writing up findings.
Hewlett Foundation100,000.00142011-11-14Effective altruismhttps://hewlett.org/grants/givewell-for-general-operating-support-1/-- For General Operating Support.
Hewlett Foundation60,000.00152010-11-24Effective altruismhttps://hewlett.org/grants/givewell-for-general-operating-support-0/-- For General Operating Support.