This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
Item | Value |
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Country | United States |
Affiliated organizations (current or former; restricted to potential donees or others relevant to donation decisions) | GiveWell Good Ventures Open Philanthropy |
Regularity with which donor updates donations data | continuous updates |
Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | continuous updates |
Lag with which donor updates donations data | months |
Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | days |
Data entry method on Donations List Website | Manual (no scripts used) |
Brief history: Starting in 2011, when GiveWell first started working with Good Ventures, Good Ventures has been making grants to GiveWell top and standout charities. Over time, they have worked more closely together on deciding the amounts to be granted, and incorporating these into the room for more funding that is communicated to other donors. The grants are almost always announced along with the year-end recommendation refresh in late November. Starting 2016, the decision of "how much in total to allocate" was moved over to Open Philanthropy, and the grants began being listed in Open Philanthropy database. The decision on how to split the allocation between specific top and standout charities remains with GiveWell
Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: The focus areas are the areas that GiveWell top and standout charities operate in, which are usually global health and development. Top areas in recent years have included malaria, deworming, vitamin A supplementation, cash transfers, and seasonal intracountry migration
Notes on grant decision logistics: GiveWell receives a total budget from Open Philanthropy of money that can be granted to top charities. The budget was $50 million in end 2016 and $75 million in end 2017. It grants some minimum amount to all top charities ($2.5 million per charity in 2017) and a smaller minimum amoun to all standout charities ($100,000 in 2017). For the rest of its total allocated amount, it allocates the money to the highest-priority funding gaps, using a greedy algorithm. Some top charities may end up getting no money other than the $2.5 million minimum. According to https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/27/our-top-charities-for-giving-season-2017/#comment-946042 the willingness of other donors to fund specific charities is not a factor in the decision
Notes on grant publication logistics: The grants are not published separately on the GiveWell website; rather, the amounts and rationale are described in a long blog post along with the description of the refreshed top charity recommendations (see https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/27/our-top-charities-for-giving-season-2017/ for the 2017 version). The grants later show up in the databases of Open Philanthropy (that signs off on them, despite not being involved in the individual grant decisions) and Good Ventures (that provides the actual financing)
Notes on grant financing: The financing for the grants comes from Good Ventures, which may give the money directly or via the Open Philanthropy Project Fund held by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The total budget is set by Open Philanthropy. The actual grants are usually made between December and February, after the announcement of the grant amounts in November.
Miscellaneous notes: For grants already published in the Good Ventures database, we use the date there as the authoritative grant date. For grants not yet published, we use the date of the donation announcement
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 | 60 | 250,000 | 3,699,758 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 5,000,000 | 11,500,000 | 27,900,000 |
Global health | 41 | 750,000 | 3,822,817 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 750,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,950,000 | 5,000,000 | 13,500,000 | 27,900,000 |
Education | 2 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Microloans | 1 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Global poverty | 1 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Water | 1 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
5 | 250,000 | 220,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | |
Cash transfers | 8 | 2,500,000 | 6,543,750 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 5,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 9,750,000 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
Seasonal intracountry migration | 1 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 11,500,000 |
If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
If you hover over a cell for a given subcause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
Subcause area | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
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Global health/malaria | 8 | 2 | 80,075,500.00 | 0.00 | 50,480,000.00 | 22,845,500.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,250,000.00 | 500,000.00 |
Global health/deworming | 17 | 5 | 66,660,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 38,620,000.00 | 17,040,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
Cash transfers | 8 | 1 | 52,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 9,750,000.00 | 25,000,000.00 | 12,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 0.00 |
Seasonal intracountry migration | 1 | 1 | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health/nutrition/Vitamin A supplementation | 1 | 1 | 7,200,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health/nutrition/iodine | 6 | 2 | 1,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 450,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health/development communication | 4 | 1 | 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health | 2 | 1 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health/nutrition | 2 | 1 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Education | 2 | 2 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
Water/basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation | 1 | 1 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Global health/regional healthcare | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
Global poverty/research | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
Microloans/global poverty | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
Classified total | 55 | 20 | 220,885,500.00 | 12,200,000.00 | 106,950,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 25,500,000.00 | 21,000,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Unclassified total | 5 | 2 | 1,100,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 60 | 21 | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 26,000,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Graph of spending by subcause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by subcause area and year (cumulative)
Donee | Cause area | Metadata | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
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GiveDirectly (filter this donor) | Cash transfers | FB Tw WP Site GW | 52,350,000.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 9,750,000.00 | 25,000,000.00 | 12,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 0.00 |
Against Malaria Foundation (filter this donor) | Global health/malaria | FB Tw WP Site GW CN GS TW | 47,175,500.00 | 0.00 | 17,580,000.00 | 22,845,500.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 1,250,000.00 | 500,000.00 |
Malaria Consortium (filter this donor) | Global health/malaria | FB Tw WP Site GW | 32,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 32,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Deworm the World Initiative (filter this donor) | Global health/deworming | Tw WP Site GW | 32,210,000.00 | 0.00 | 19,670,000.00 | 10,790,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 1,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (filter this donor) | Global health/deworming | Tw WP Site GW | 21,250,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 13,500,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 750,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
No Lean Season (filter this donor) | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
The END Fund (filter this donor) | 7,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Helen Keller International (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 7,200,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Sightsavers (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 5,450,000.00 | 2,500,000.00 | 2,950,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Development Media International (filter this donor) | WP | 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Iodine Global Network (filter this donor) | 850,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Living Goods (filter this donor) | WP | 850,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Project Healthy Children (filter this donor) | WP | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Food Fortification Initiative (filter this donor) | 350,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Dispensers for Safe Water (filter this donor) | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Possible (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | |
KIPP Houston (filter this donor) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | ||
Small Enterprise Foundation (filter this donor) | WP | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | |
Innovations for Poverty Action (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | |
Pratham (filter this donor) | FB Tw WP Site | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | |
Total | -- | -- | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 26,000,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Graph of spending by donee and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (cumulative)
If you hover over a cell for a given influencer and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
Influencer | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
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GiveWell | 60 | 21 | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 26,000,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Classified total | 60 | 21 | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 26,000,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Unclassified total | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 60 | 21 | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 49,885,500.00 | 26,000,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Graph of spending by influencer and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by influencer and year (cumulative)
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If you hover over a cell for a given country and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
For the meaning of “classified” and “unclassified”, see the page clarifying this.
Country | Number of donations | Number of donees | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2014 | 2012 | 2011 |
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Burkina Faso|Nigeria|Chad | 1 | 1 | 27,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 27,900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
India|Kenya | 1 | 1 | 15,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 15,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 12,100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12,000,000.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 11,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Burkina Faso|Mali | 1 | 1 | 7,200,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Malawi | 1 | 1 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 |
India | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
Nepal | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
Classified total | 12 | 10 | 74,600,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | 54,600,000.00 | 12,000,000.00 | 300,000.00 | 500,000.00 |
Unclassified total | 48 | 15 | 147,385,500.00 | 5,100,000.00 | 52,600,000.00 | 9,250,000.00 | 2,050,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
Total | 60 | 21 | 221,985,500.00 | 12,300,000.00 | 107,200,000.00 | 21,250,000.00 | 2,350,000.00 | 750,000.00 |
Graph of spending by country and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by country and year (cumulative)
Graph of top 10 donees (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
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