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Country | |
Facebook page | MalariaConsortium |
Website | http://www.malariaconsortium.org/ |
Donate page | http://www.malariaconsortium.org/support/donate.htm |
Transparency and financials page | http://www.malariaconsortium.org/pages/international-aid-transparency-initiative.htm |
Twitter username | FightingMalaria |
Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria_Consortium |
GiveWell review | https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium |
Instagram username | malaria_consortium |
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 | 33 | 512,955 | 5,271,895 | 0 | 20 | 9,697 | 62,475 | 160,959 | 512,955 | 1,705,000 | 3,800,000 | 8,000,000 | 26,600,000 | 33,926,000 |
Global health | 33 | 512,955 | 5,271,895 | 0 | 20 | 9,697 | 62,475 | 160,959 | 512,955 | 1,705,000 | 3,800,000 | 8,000,000 | 26,600,000 | 33,926,000 |
Donor | Total | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2010 | 2009 |
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Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 87,602,757.00 | 0.00 | 61,002,757.00 | 0.00 | 26,600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities (filter this donee) | 32,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund (filter this donee) | 27,500,000.00 | 2,300,000.00 | 15,700,000.00 | 8,400,000.00 | 1,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (filter this donee) | 16,126,147.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 298,366.00 | 0.00 | 512,955.00 | 342,185.00 | 3,373,903.00 | 1,498,738.00 | 100,000.00 | 10,000,000.00 |
GiveWell flexible funding (filter this donee) | 8,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 8,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Effective Altruism Funds: Global Health and Development Fund (filter this donee) | 1,705,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,705,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise (filter this donee) | 137,229.00 | 0.00 | 62,475.00 | 65,037.00 | 9,717.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Jason Harner (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 | 0.00 |
Steve Merrick (filter this donee) | 400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Catherine Hollander (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 | 0.00 |
Chelsea Tabart (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 | 0.00 |
Total | 173,972,533.00 | 2,300,000.00 | 84,765,232.00 | 10,170,037.00 | 27,709,717.00 | 33,198,366.00 | 1,400.00 | 512,955.00 | 342,185.00 | 3,373,903.00 | 1,498,738.00 | 100,000.00 | 10,000,000.00 |
Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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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 |
‘I give away half to three-quarters of my income every year’ Allan Saldanha, 41, on how he achieved financial security and now hopes to help save lives | 2019-11-09 | Suzanne Bearne | The Guardian | Allan Saldanha | GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund Against Malaria Foundation Malaria Consortium Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | Miscellaneous commentary | Global health | Allan Saldanha, an "earning to give" practitioner, describes how in 2014 he learned of the Giving What We Can (GWWC) pledge to donate 10% of one's income every year, and how he increased his giving percentage frrom 10% to 20% to 50%, and now aims to give awy 75% of his income to charity. Saldanha donates mainly to GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund through the Effective Altruism Funds. He first donated to Against Malaria Foundation in 2014, and in 2018, he donated to Malaria Consortium and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. | |
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 | ||
Givewell Top Charities Explained: Malaria Consortium | 2019-01-04 | Ozy Brennan | Malaria Consortium | GiveWell | Evaluator review of donee | Global health/malaria | Linkposted in the Effective Altruism Forum at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/yjyWjguauwD7oRARz/givewell-top-charities-explained-malaria-consortium (GW, IR) The blog post gives an overview of GiveWell top charity Malaria Consortium, mostly drawing upon research collated by GiveWell (including research done by others, such as the Cochrane Collaboration). The post notes the low cost-per-life-saved-equivalent estimate of $2,292, better than that for Against Malaria Foundation, and discusses concerns about drug resistance. It ends with the following reasons people might be interested in donating to the Malaria Consortium: "(a) You care a lot about saving the lives of children under six. (b) You want to donate to a program that definitely works and is cost-effective, even if it might have other negative impacts. (c) You’re optimistic about making significant progress in eradicating malaria in the next few decades, or about malaria not developing drug resistance." | ||
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 | ||
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/ |
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 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 | ||
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 |
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 |
Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 33) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
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GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 2,300,000.00 | 13 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Donation process: https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund/allocation-q1-2021#How_did_we_arrive_at_our_allocation explains the seven principles followed in deciding the allocation: "Principle 1: Put significant weight on our cost-effectiveness estimates. Principle 2: Consider additional information that we have not explicitly modeled about an organization. Principle 3: Consider additional information that we have not explicitly modeled about a funding gap. Principle 4: Assess charities' funding gaps at the margin, i.e., how they would spend additional funding, where possible. Principle 5: Default to not imposing restrictions on charities' spending. Principle 6: Default to funding on a three-year horizon, modifying to preserve our options for the future where doing so is low-cost. Principle 7: Ensure charities are incentivized to engage with our process." There are more details in the document. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund/allocation-q2-2021#How_we_expect_this_grant_will_be_used-3 says: "We estimate that Malaria Consortium has room for more funding of about $100 million for SMC campaigns in 2022-24.40 Roughly $75 million of this total would be used to maintain its programs at their current scale (i.e., to reach a similarly sized target population of children as will be reached in 2021, after accounting for annual population growth) in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Togo in 2023-24. [...] We expect that Malaria Consortium will use this grant to support one or multiple of these opportunities, but we are uncertain which activities in particular this funding will enable. Our understanding is that maintaining these programs at their current scale is Malaria Consortium's top priority for additional funding." Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund/allocation-q2-2021#mccase says: "Instead, we're proposing this grant based on the third principle for maximizing cost-effectiveness over time: we are recommending this grant because we have a sufficiently high degree of certainty that a contribution to Malaria Consortium's overall portfolio is above our cost-effectiveness threshold." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is determined by the total amount available ($14 million) and the $9.4 million already granted to New Incentives for a more time-sensitive need. The remaining amount ($4.6 million) is split equally between AMF and Malaria Consortium, both of which have substantial room for more funding that is similarly cost-effective but not time-sensitive. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 16.43% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This discretionary regrant is done for each quarter, usually within 2 to 3 months of the end of the quarter. This particular grant is for Q2 2021 (April to June) and would therefore be expected to be in Q3 2021, which it is. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund/allocation-q2-2021#mccase says: "Malaria Consortium has much more room for more funding above our cost-effectiveness threshold than will be filled by this grant. We consequently expect to direct much more funding to it in 2021. [...] We expect to do more work to refine our estimates of Malaria Consortium's cost-effectiveness and room for more funding, which will inform the total amount of funding we ultimately direct to Malaria Consortium this year." Other notes: https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund/allocation-q2-2021#mcrisks describes some risks and reservations about the grant. Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Nigeria|Togo; announced: 2012-12-02. |
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GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 3,800,000.00 | 10 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Donation process: GiveWell looked at the funding gap and value of marginal funds for each of its top charities. The decision to allocate these funds happened shortly after the annual top charity refresh and the updated recommendations https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Our_recommended_allocation_to_Open_Philanthropy to Good Ventures (via Open Philanthropy) on how much annual support to give to each top charity. It therefore took into account the amounts already recommended to Open Philanthropy, and calculated the best use of funds at the margin after that. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support the Malaria Consortium's Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) program. https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_seasonal_malaria_chemoprevention_program breaks down the programs funded by this money plus $27 million from Open Philanthropy: (1) "Extend its funding runway for its current programs in Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, and Togo through 2022 ($20.8 million) at the scale Malaria Consortium expects to achieve in 2021." (2) "Expand to newly-eligible states or local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria in 2022 and maintain work in those new areas in 2023 ($7.8 million). We estimate that the cost-effectiveness of SMC in Nigeria is 14x cash." (3) "Put $2.2 million toward continuing its work in 2023." Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.givewell.org/sources/blog-post/our-recommendations-for-giving-in-2020#2 says: "We decided where to allocate the Maximum Impact Fund donations at the same time as we made our recommendation to Open Philanthropy. We decided to allocate Maximum Impact Fund donations to Malaria Consortium's SMC program because it was the highest priority gap after we accounted for our recommendation to Open Philanthropy. However, we could have instead chosen to allocate them to the highest priority gap before our recommendation to Open Philanthropy was accounted for, Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program, since our Maximum Impact Fund decision and Open Philanthropy recommendation were made at the same time. In each case, the overall effect would be the same [...]." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The entirety of funds available in the Maximum Impact Fund from Q3 2020 was granted to Malaria Consortium, as it was the highest-priority funding need identified. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This discretionary regrant is done for each quarter, usually within 2 to 3 months of the end of the quarter. This particular grant is for Q3 2020 (July to September) and would therefore be expected to be in Q4 2020, which it is. The decision process for this quarter is combined with the grant recommendations to Open Philanthropy to recommend to Good Ventures. Other notes: Announced: 2020-11-19. |
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Open Philanthropy | 27,076,757.00 | 3 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/malaria-consortium-seasonal-malaria-chemoprevention-december-2020 | 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): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_seasonal_malaria_chemoprevention_program breaks down the programs funded by this money plus $3.8 million from the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund: (1) "Extend its funding runway for its current programs in Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, and Togo through 2022 ($20.8 million) at the scale Malaria Consortium expects to achieve in 2021." (2) "Expand to newly-eligible states or local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria in 2022 and maintain work in those new areas in 2023 ($7.8 million). We estimate that the cost-effectiveness of SMC in Nigeria is 14x cash." (3) "Put $2.2 million toward continuing its work in 2023." 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 overall thinking behind the grant. Malaria Consoortium gets a grant because it is a GiveWell top charity, and additionoally gets a lot of additional money as the best opportunity (with $24.1 million of the funding at 14x cash) among the top charities. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_seasonal_malaria_chemoprevention_program breaks down the programs funded by this money plus $3.8 million from the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund, It also lists several other unfunded opportunities that are not being filled at this time. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 38.68% 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. Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2020/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_seasonal_malaria_chemoprevention_program lists some funding opportunities that are not being filled at this time because they are not sufficiently cost-effective and/or time-sensitive. SOme of them may be funded in the future. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants from the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund to Malaria Consortium in 2021 at GiveWell's recommendation suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: See https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium/November-2020-version for GiveWell's review of Malaria Consortium at the time of the grant recommendation. Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Chad|Nigeria|Togo. |
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Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 62,475.00 | 24 | Global health/malaria | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | GiveWell Giving Tuesday Facebook match | Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donor allocates 50% of their Giving Season donation each year to GiveWell-recommended charities, usually the Maximum Impact Fund or the top charity. Since donations to the Maximum Impact Fund don't qualify for the Giving Tuesday Facebook match, the portion of the donation on Giving Tuesday is being made directly to the top charity. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): See https://www.jefftk.com/p/giving-tuesday-2020 where the donor explains the strategy for trying to use Facebook's Giving Tuesday donation matching as much as possible. It explains: "As in previous years, they have a limit of $20k/person and $2,499/donation. More details and instructions at EA Giving Tuesday. I am planning to (nearly) max out all of my credit cards, and donate over $20k. [...] You can donate with a credit card, and Facebook is covering the processing fees. This means that you can get cash back on donations, which is 1-2% of potentially quite a lot of money." In this case, it looks like 25 donations were made for $2,499 each. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 23.60% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This portion of the donor's donation to the donee is timed for Giving Tuesday (Tuesday 2020-12-01) with the goal of taking advantage of Facebook's donation matching. See https://www.jefftk.com/p/giving-tuesday-2020 for more details. Other notes: Facebook's match amount for these donations works out to $7,497. This seems to be three times the maximum matchable amount per donations ($2,499). The split between 10% matching and 100% matching is not clear, though by numerical considerations at least one donation appears to have been 100% matched. |
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GiveWell flexible funding | 8,000,000.00 | 7 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Donation process: This funding comes from a flexible funding $8 million grant from a donor that is partially restricted to GiveWell’s “top life improving nonprofit/s,” as first mentioned in https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/ (2020-03-17) at which time GiveWell is considering making that grant to SCI. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant for the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program. After a $11.9 million grant made in March 2020 using Q4 2019 funds, a remaining funding gap of ~$24 million remained; this $8 million goes toward closing that funding gap. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The reasons are likely similar to the reasons outlined in https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/ for the previous grant from the Maximum Impact Fund: the Malaria Consortium SMC program was identified as the second highest priority of three programs considered for this round of funding, behind Helen Keller International's Vitamin A supplementation but ahead of SCI. Since the funding gap for HKI's priority program of $1.5 million was well under the $13.4 million in allocatable funds, all the remainder of the funding was granted to Malaria Consortium. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is precisely the amount that the donor of the flexible funds provided. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): According to https://www.givewell.org/sources/blog-post/q1-q2-2020-discretionary-funding-allocation#10 "The donor requested that we grant the funds immediately, rather than holding them to disburse with "Grants to recommended charities at GiveWell's discretion." We selected Malaria Consortium for the high cost-effectiveness of its planned work." Donor retrospective of the donation: https://www.givewell.org/sources/blog-post/q1-q2-2020-discretionary-funding-allocation#10 says: "Taking the $8 million into account, we saw Malaria Consortium's remaining funding needs as less time-sensitive than AMF's when we considered granting the other flexible funds we received in the first half of 2020." Other notes: Although this grant is listed and discussed along with grants from the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund, the grant itself is not from the Maximum Impact Fund. Announced: 2020-10-13. |
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GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 11,900,000.00 | 5 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Donation process: According to https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/#allocationprocess "We decide how to allocate discretionary funds by reviewing which of our top charities’ unmet funding needs, or “funding gaps,” are the most cost-effective and time-sensitive. In January 2020, we asked HKI, Malaria Consortium, and SCI Foundation (SCI) for updates on their funding needs. [...] We did not request updated funding information from our other five top charities. [...] We were not informed of any opportunities this quarter outside of the information we received from HKI, Malaria Consortium, and SCI." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant for the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program. https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/#malariaconsortium says: "We estimate that Malaria Consortium can now effectively absorb approximately $36 million for SMC programs in 2022 in Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, and Togo. [...] We allocated the remaining $11.9 million in fourth-quarter discretionary funds to Malaria Consortium’s SMC program as our second priority." Donor reason for selecting the donee: According to https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/ the Malaria Consortium SMC program was identified as the second highest priority of three programs considered for this round of funding, behind Helen Keller International's Vitamin A supplementation but ahead of SCI. Since the funding gap for HKI's priority program of $1.5 million was well under the $13.4 million in allocatable funds, all the remainder of the funding was granted to Malaria Consortium. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): A total of $13.4 million from Q4 2019 was available for granting in this round, of which $1.5 million was allocated to the higher-priority Helen Keller International Vitamin A supplementation program. Since the remainder of $11.9 million was much less than the $36 million in funds that GiveWell believed Malaria Consortium could absorb, the entirely of that remainder was allocated to Malaria Consortium. The amount of $13.4 million was higher than in most quarters, partly because Q4 in general sees more giving, and partly because of increased emphasis by GiveWell on donating to the Maximum Impact Fund rather than directly to top charities. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 88.00% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This discretionary regrant is done for each quarter, usually within 2 to 3 months of the end of the quarter. This particular grant is for Q4 2019 (October to December) and would therefore be expected to be in Q1 2020, which it is. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: While further grants are not explicitly discussed, the fact that a significant funding gap remains for Malaria Consortium's SMC program ($36 million - $11.9 million = $24.1 million), future rounds are likely to include grants to the program barring new information. Donor retrospective of the donation: The next grant from the Maximum Impact Fund would end up selecting Against Malaria Foundation due to some new information, but Malaria Consortium would receive funding in https://www.givewell.org/sources/blog-post/our-recommendations-for-giving-in-2020#2 for Q3 2020. Other notes: https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/17/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2019/#uncertainties discusses uncertainties. For this grant: "It is possible that other funders will also step in to fill some of this gap. In particular, we believe that one funder that supported SMC coverage in part of Burkina Faso in 2020 may choose to extend its support through 2022; this would decrease Malaria Consortium’s room for more funding by around $8 million. Even if this occurs, Malaria Consortium would still have a significant unfilled gap ($16.1 million) for its work in 2022.". Announced: 2020-03-17. |
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Open Philanthropy | 33,926,000.00 | 1 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/malaria-consortium-seasonal-malaria-chemoprevention-february-2020 | 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): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_SMC_program says: "This funding will enable Malaria Consortium to spend: (1) $30.1 million to fully fill its funding gaps in its three current countries of operation—Burkina Faso, Chad, and Nigeria—through 2021. This figure includes scaling up operations to cover additional areas in each country. Cost-effectiveness: 16x cash, (2) $3.8 million to expand its SMC program to a fourth country. Malaria Consortium has told us that this will most likely be Togo. Cost-effectiveness: 18x cash for Togo." Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Our_process says: "This work is highly cost-effective. We model this funding gap as 17x cash. In addition, Malaria Consortium performs well on our qualitative measures of organizational strength; this assessment supports our view that this gap is highly cost-effective to fill. The funding gap is time-sensitive. Malaria Consortium will need to begin planning for 2021 in 2020." https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/qualitative-assessments has the lined qualitative assessments. https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Principles_we_followed lists the general principles followed. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is chosen to be sufficient to cover Malaria Consortium's funding gaps till 2021. https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_SMC_program says: "We are choosing not to recommend that Open Philanthropy fill some or all of Malaria Consortium's funding gap for 2022—a funding gap of $35.6 million at an estimated cost-effectiveness of 17x cash—in order to preserve our options for the future. We do not expect that having funding for 2022 would affect how Malaria Consortium operates in 2020." 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. Intended funding timeframe in months: 23 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities/2019/open-philanthropy-recommendation#Malaria_Consortium-s_SMC_program says: "However, we think that the 2022 funding gap is the most cost-effective unfilled option among our top charities, and we're excited for individual donors to close this gap. Malaria Consortium's SMC program is our recommendation for donors who want to give directly to a specific charity." Donor retrospective of the donation: Malaria Consortium would continue to remain a GiveWell top charity in 2020 and 2021, and receive several additional grants from the GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund and Open Philanthropy on GiveWell's recommendation. Other notes: See https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium/November-2019-version for GiveWell's review of Malaria Consortium at the time of the grant recommendation. Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Chad|Nigeria|Togo. |
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Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 25,037.00 | 26 | Global health/malaria | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | GiveWell Giving Tuesday Facebook match | Donation via Facebook Fundraisers; $2,499 matched by Facebook for Giving Tuesday. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 10.65%. | |
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 40,000.00 | 25 | Global health/malaria | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | GiveWell | Donation via GiveWell. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 17.02%. | |
Effective Altruism Funds: Global Health and Development Fund | 1,705,000.00 | 14 | Global health/malaria | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/global-development/payouts/659BJJ1NQSu4xWdZvjE1bB | GiveWell Elie Hassenfeld Natalie Crispin Andrew Martin Isabel Arjmand | Donation process: GiveWell looked at the funding gap and value of marginal funds for each of its top charities. Two charities that competed closely for the discretionary regrant were Malaria Consortium and Against Malaria Foundation. The blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2019/03/29/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2018/ has a lengthy section "Comparing Malaria Consortium and AMF" that applies the six principles in https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-recommendation-to-good-ventures/#Principles to compare the two options, ultimately deciding on allocating 100% to Malaria Consortium. The funds held by the Effective Altruism Global Health and Development Fund were also granted to Malaria Consortium. There was discussion of holding funds for work investigating opportunities in public health regulation https://blog.givewell.org/2019/02/07/how-givewells-research-is-evolving/ but ultimately, the grant investigators decided to grant all the money to Malaria Consortium Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Malaria Consortium expects to use the funding (earmarked for seasonal malaria chemoprevention) on these projects, in decreasing order of priority: (1) Contribute to filling a potential funding gap in Burkina Faso, (2) Scale up further in Nigeria and Chad in 2020, (3) Fund the continuation of programs into 2021. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Malaria Consortium is operating in a domain, seasonal malaria chemprevention, that GiveWell considers highly cost-effective, and is estimated at delivering 8.3x as much value per unit money as cash transfers. Reasons for selecting Malaria Consortium over the Against Malaria Foundation include: stronger organizational management at Malaria Consortium, and more cooperation from Malaria Consortium in helping with GiveWell's evaluation process Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount of $1.705 million is based on the funds available in the Effective Altruism Global Health and Development Fund. This money is on top of the $8.4 million being directly regranted by GiveWell Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This discretionary regrant is done every quarter, for the completed quarter. This particular grant is for Q4 2018 (September to December) and would therefore be expected to be in Q1 2019. Also, grants from the EA Global Health and Development Fund are supposed to be made in March, which probably explains the timing Other notes: The reasoning for the allocation is described in detail in the blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2019/03/29/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2018/ (published 2019-03-29). Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Nigeria|Chad. |
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GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 8,400,000.00 | 6 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | Donation process: GiveWell looked at the funding gap and value of marginal funds for each of its top charities. Two charities that competed closely for the discretionary regrant were Malaria Consortium and Against Malaria Foundation. The blog post https://blog.givewell.org/2019/03/29/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2018/ has a lengthy section "Comparing Malaria Consortium and AMF" that applies the six principles in https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-recommendation-to-good-ventures/#Principles to compare the two options, ultimately deciding on allocating 100% to Malaria Consortium Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Malaria Consortium expects to use the funding (earmarked for seasonal malaria chemoprevention) on these projects, in decreasing order of priority: (1) Contribute to filling a potential funding gap in Burkina Faso, (2) Scale up further in Nigeria and Chad in 2020, (3) Fund the continuation of programs into 2021. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Malaria Consortium is operating in a domain, seasonal malaria chemprevention, that GiveWell considers highly cost-effective, and is estimated at delivering 8.3x as much value per unit money as cash transfers. Reasons for selecting Malaria Consortium over the Against Malaria Foundation include: stronger organizational management at Malaria Consortium, and more cooperation from Malaria Consortium in helping with GiveWell's evaluation process Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount of $8.4 million includes $7.6 million in discretionary funds directly available to GiveWell for regranting, and an additiona $0.8 million held by the Centre for Effective Altruism on its behalf. $1.7 million from the Effective Altruism Funds (Global Health and Development Fund) is also allocated to Malaria Consortium along with this $8.4 million Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This discretionary regrant is done for each quarter, usually within 2 to 3 months of the end of the quarter. This particular grant is for Q4 2018 (September to December) and would therefore be expected to be in Q1 2019. The discretionary regranting is relatively delayed compared to normal (it is usually completed within two months after the end of the quarter). The reason for the delay is likely that GiveWell waited for the end-of-year giving season to finish in order to better assess the remaining room for more funding. The amount is also larger than the amounts regranted in other quarters, reflecting more giving in Q4 in general. Donor retrospective of the donation: Although not an explicit retrospective, the blog post discussing the next GiveWell discretionary regrant https://blog.givewell.org/2019/06/12/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q1-2019/ describes some of GiveWell's updated thinking about the same problem. Other notes: Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Nigeria|Chad; announced: 2019-03-29. |
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Open Philanthropy | 26,600,000.00 | 4 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-health-and-development/miscellaneous/malaria-consortium-seasonal-malaria-chemoprevention-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#Malaria_Consortium-s_seasonal_malaria_chemoprevention_program Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant for the seasonal malaria chemoprevention program, which has GiveWell top charity status; see https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium The program distributes preventive anti-malarial drugs to children 3 to 59 months old in order to prevent illness and death from malaria Donor reason for selecting the donee: Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program is recommended as a GiveWell top charity for these reasons: (1) program with a strong evidence base and strong cost-effectiveness, (2) track record of demonstrated past success, (3) room for more funding. The full GiveWell review is at https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium 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. Based on these, GiveWell decided to recommend fully funding Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Chad. 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: The discretionary regranting decisions https://blog.givewell.org/2019/03/29/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2018/ (to Malaria Consortium) and https://blog.givewell.org/2019/06/12/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q1-2019/ (to Against Malaria Foundation) can be viewed as a retrospective on this decision, insofar as they consider further funding gaps for Malaria Consortium after the grant Other notes: Even accounting for this grant, GiveWell identifies a remaining funding gap of $43.9 million for Malaria Consortium, and identifies Malaria Consortium as the best target for donations at the current margin. See https://www.givewell.org/charities/malaria-consortium/November-2018-version for GiveWell's review of Malaria Consortium at the time of the grant recommendation. Affected countries: Nigeria|Burkina Faso|Chad. |
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Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 9,697.00 | 27 | Global health/malaria | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | GiveWell Giving Tuesday Facebook match | Donation via Facebook Fundraisers. Of this amount, $7,497 was matched by Facebook as part of its Giving Tuesday match. See the post https://www.jefftk.com/p/facebook-donation-match for more context,. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.65%. | |
Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise | 20.00 | 30 | Global health/malaria | https://www.jefftk.com/donations | GiveWell | Donation via Facebook Fundraisers. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 0.01%. | |
GiveWell Maximum Impact Fund | 1,100,000.00 | 16 | Global health/malaria/seasonal malaria chemoprevention | https://www.givewell.org/maximum-impact-fund | GiveWell | See https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-updated-top-charities-for-giving-season-2018/ for more detail. Grant uses money donated between July and September 2018 (i.e., Q3 2018) of $1.1 million. The entire amount was donated to Malaria Consortium because that was identified by GiveWell at the time as the charity with the most pressing funding gap to fill. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 100.00%. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 27,900,000.00 | 2 | Global health/malaria | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/malaria-consortium-seasonal-malaria-chemoprevention-december-2017 | GiveWell | Grant specific to the seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program. It comprises a $2.5 million minimum for being a top charity, and a $25.4 million grant to cover part of the funding gap for SMC in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Chad over the next three years. 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. Affected countries: Burkina Faso|Nigeria|Chad. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 298,366.00 | 18 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to engage communities in Mozambique to participate in mass drug administration programs for neglected tropical diseases by building trust between them and the health system and addressing misconceptions during organized meetings; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: South of Sahara. | |
Good Ventures/GiveWell top and standout charities | 5,000,000.00 | 9 | Global health/malaria | http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/malaria-consortium-seasonal-malaria-chemoprevention | GiveWell | Grant specific to the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) program, a 2016 GiveWell top charity program. 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 charities list -- this was the first inclusion of a Malaria Consortium program as a top or standout charity and the first grant from Good Ventures. | |
Catherine Hollander | -- | -- | Global health/malaria | https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/ | -- | This part of the donation (25% to Malaria Consortium) deviates from the recommended allocation by GiveWell (which suggested 25% to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative). The reason for selecting Malaria Consortium is the high value placed by the donor on health outcomes relative to improving income. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 25.00%. | |
Chelsea Tabart | -- | -- | Global health/malaria | https://blog.givewell.org/2016/12/09/staff-members-personal-donations-giving-season-2016/ | -- | Donor, who is a GiveWell employee, finds that her values and assumptions (as entered in the public cost-effectiveness analysis spreadsheet provided by GiveWell) ranks seasonal malaria chemoprevention as the most cost-effective, evidence-backed giving opportunity. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 50.00%. | |
Steve Merrick | 400.00 | 29 | Global health/malaria | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 400.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Jason Harner | 1,000.00 | 28 | Global health/malaria | https://github.com/peterhurford/ea-data/ | -- | Currency info: donation given as 1,000.00 USD (conversion done on 2017-08-05 via Fixer.io). | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 512,955.00 | 17 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase the use of improved tools for measuring respiratory rate and oxygen saturation among community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|South sudan|Ethiopia|Cambodia. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 160,958.82 | 20 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to scale up a sustainable strategy for integrated community case management of sick children in Mozambique and Uganda using highly motivated and well supervised community health workers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|Mozambique. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 82,918.18 | 23 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to scale up a sustainable strategy for integrated community case management of sick children in Mozambique and Uganda using highly motivated and well supervised community health workers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|Mozambique. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 195,601.00 | 19 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create evidence to support the maximization of benefit and sustaining of impact of a newly approved malaria control approach, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC), through the development of a community delivery model; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nigeria. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | -97,293.00 | 31 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to treat the traditional scarves worn by migrant workers along the Thai-Cambodia border with insecticides to reduce the overall malaria disease burden; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 3,273,903.00 | 12 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to increase the use of improved tools for measuring respiratory rate and oxygen saturation among community health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|South sudan|Ethiopia|Cambodia. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to promote community participation in Mass Drug Administration campaigns by educating leaders and health workers about local perceptions of the diseases, and supporting dialogue sessions with the community to identify concerns.; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Mozambique. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 1,498,738.00 | 15 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to create evidence to support the maximization of benefit and sustaining of impact of a newly approved malaria control approach, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC), through the development of a community delivery model; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Nigeria. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 100,000.00 | 21 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to treat the traditional scarves worn by migrant workers along the Thai-Cambodia border with insecticides to reduce the overall malaria disease burden; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected regions: Developing countries, unspecified. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 3,400,000.00 | 11 | Global health/malaria | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to scale up a sustainable strategy for integrated community case management of sick children in Mozambique and Uganda using highly motivated and well supervised community health workers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|Mozambique. | |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 6,600,000.00 | 8 | Global health/infectious disease control | https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf | -- | to scale up a sustainable strategy for integrated community case management of sick children in Mozambique and Uganda using highly motivated and well supervised community health workers; Aid type: Project-type interventions. Affected countries: Uganda|Mozambique. |