Thanks to the generosity of more than 30,000 donors, GiveWell raised $415 million and directed $397 million to cost-effective programs in metrics year 2024 (February 2024 to January 2025).1 GiveWell’s metrics year runs from February 1 through January 31. Our metrics report is typically published at least six months after the close of the metrics year because we need to collect data on donations we influence from third parties and then cross-check that data to ensure we aren’t double-counting any funds. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15781_1_1’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15781_1_1’, tipClass: ‘footnote_tooltip’, effect: ‘fade’, predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: ‘top right’, relative: true, offset: [10, 10], }); We approved 55 grants to 34 organizations working in 22 countries.2The countries include Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, China, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Guinea, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Some 2024 grants were not country specific. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15781_1_2’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15781_1_2’, tipClass: ‘footnote_tooltip’, effect: ‘fade’, predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: ‘top right’, relative: true, offset: [10, 10], }); We estimate that the programs supported by these grants will help around 34 million people who would not otherwise have been reached and will save an additional 74,000 lives.3The calculations for these impact estimates cover only the 17 grants in 2024 focused on reducing mortality, and exclude the impacts from our other 38 grants. jQuery(‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_15781_1_3’).tooltip({ tip: ‘#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_15781_1_3’, tipClass: ‘footnote_tooltip’, effect: ‘fade’, predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: ‘top right’, relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });
We’re incredibly grateful to our donors for the trust they place in our research and for their partnership in trying to do the most good we can together. See our full 2024 metrics report for more details behind the money we raised, the funds we directed, operational expenses, donor metrics, and the impact we had last year.
Funds raised
Donations increased from 2023 to 2024, with total funds raised of around $415 million in 2024 compared to around $355 million in 2023.
Our funds raised include $64 million in donations to our Top Charities Fund, $59 million to our All Grants Fund, $111 million to our Unrestricted Fund, a commitment of $100 million from Open Philanthropy, and other donations to support cost-effective global health and development programs. While we raised more money in 2024 than 2023, we raised less than in the previous two years due to high funding from Open Philanthropy during that time.4Note that the figures in the chart for 2020 and earlier refer to “money moved,” which