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Author: Chloe Heskett

The Whole Leader: A Call for Self-Care in Social Impact

Jul 22, 2024

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Social impact professionals are some of the most extraordinary people on this planet. They work tirelessly to confront injustice, corruption, global pandemics, crumbling democracies, and potentially harmful technological advances — […] The post The Whole Leader: A Call for Self-Care in Social Impact appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
What If We Have Extra?

Jul 18, 2024

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What do you do if you’re in the very fortunate position of having more money than you need to meet your own immediate needs? You might find new things to buy. You might stockpile it for a rainy day. You might donate it to cost-effective global health programs. Or you might do some combination of…
Four ‘T’s for Better Funding Relationships and Healthier Nonprofits

Jul 18, 2024

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As the old saying goes “Victory has a thousand fathers.” And few victories come as close to that claim as the successes wrought by funders and their grantees. It takes […] The post Four ‘T’s for Better Funding Relationships and Healthier Nonprofits appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
How Giving Circles Have Shaped the Latino Community Foundation’s Grantmaking — And What Comes Next

Jul 16, 2024

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At the heart of the Latino Community Foundation’s (LCF) mission to unleash the civic and economic power of Latinos are our most passionate advocates: the members of our Latino Giving […] The post How Giving Circles Have Shaped the Latino Community Foundation’s Grantmaking — And What Comes Next appeared first on The Center for Effective…
More than a Spoonful of Medicine

Jul 11, 2024

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What does it take to prevent malaria? Some of the programs GiveWell recommends might sound straightforward—for example, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programs provide antimalarial drugs to young children—but the process of accomplishing this is not simple at all. Below, we offer a post from Malaria Consortium that describes the many complex steps required to carry…
Elections Are Coming, and the Time for Funders to Act Is Now

Jul 11, 2024

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Summer is heating up and so, too, are efforts to register voters and get out the vote in advance of what is promising to be a tense election season. Not […] The post Elections Are Coming, and the Time for Funders to Act Is Now appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…
Making It Count: Expanding the Ford Foundation’s Diversity Data Collection Beyond the United States

Jul 9, 2024

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As a global funder, we often hear from, and share with, our peers the challenges of collecting grantee demographic data internationally. This includes questions of how to navigate different legal […] The post Making It Count: Expanding the Ford Foundation’s Diversity Data Collection Beyond the United States appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.…
Some Things We’re Reading

Jul 2, 2024

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Today we’re sharing quotes with links to a few pieces we’ve come across recently in our work—claims have not been vetted, and (of course) interest is not endorsement. “The story of Ethiopian manufacturing—its rise, its faltering, and its potential for renewal—is an example, I believe, of where a little more empathy can lead to better…
Reimagining the Philanthropic Resource Chain: Lessons from Fiscal Sponsorship and Intermediary Funds

Jul 2, 2024

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In the philanthropic sector, intermediaries and fiscal sponsors play a vital role. They are the critical links that connect resources from donors to historically overlooked causes and marginalized communities. Pooling […] The post Reimagining the Philanthropic Resource Chain: Lessons from Fiscal Sponsorship and Intermediary Funds appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…
100 miles of monitoring

Jun 28, 2024

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We’re crossposting a blog post by New Incentives, one of our grantee organizations and Top Charities. New Incentives promotes vaccination in Northern Nigeria by providing cash incentives to parents and caregivers. Recently, one of New Incentives’ field officers wrote about his experience collecting program data. GiveWell asks all of our Top Charities to share detailed…
A Pride Month Call to Action: Highlighting the Less Positive Experiences of LGBTQ+ Grantees

Jun 27, 2024

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Part protest, part commemoration, and part celebration, Pride Month joyfully invites us all to see the rich and diverse lives of queer folks — and to recognize that as far […] The post A Pride Month Call to Action: Highlighting the Less Positive Experiences of LGBTQ+ Grantees appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.…
Research strategy: Water

Jun 26, 2024

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Written by Erin Crossett and Keir Bradwell Water is a relatively new area of grantmaking for GiveWell, but we’re excited about its potential. Two billion people around the world lack access to clean drinking water, and unclean water is a major cause of illness and death, primarily through waterborne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera.…
Let’s Go Beyond ‘One Foundation’: The Promise of Changing Practices in Philanthropy

Jun 25, 2024

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For every time someone in philanthropy says, ‘if you know one foundation, you know one foundation,’ they have heard tenfold the call from nonprofits for more general operating support and […] The post Let’s Go Beyond ‘One Foundation’: The Promise of Changing Practices in Philanthropy appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…
The fungibility question: How does GiveWell’s funding affect other funders?

Jun 21, 2024

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How do GiveWell’s funding decisions influence the actions of governments, funders, and other organizations? Answering this question is an important part of figuring out which global health programs are most cost-effective and thus which we should support. We’ve already written about two key factors in our cost-effectiveness estimates: the cost per person reached and the…
Promoting Charitable Donations and Volunteering Through Nudge Tools From the Perspective of Behavioral Economics: A Systematic Review

Jun 20, 2024

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Few research has attempted to synthesize the effects of nudge tools in promoting prosocial behaviors through the lens of behavioral economics. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence of various types of nudges and their effectiveness in promoting charitable donations and volunteering. We identified 67 eligible studies with…
Adopting a Mental Health Mindset Will Help Both Funders and Nonprofits Thrive

Jun 19, 2024

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You are exhausted, a next-level fatigue. Your body is so tired, but your mind can’t stop. It pings from what is right in front of you — grant deadlines, board […] The post Adopting a Mental Health Mindset Will Help Both Funders and Nonprofits Thrive appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…
Funders: Let’s Stop Making Nonprofits Choose Between Balanced Budgets and Burnout

Jun 18, 2024

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Increasing impact by combining programs

Jun 17, 2024

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The idea has obvious intuitive appeal: If you’re already sending community healthcare workers door-to-door in (say) remote parts of Sierra Leone to deliver routine childhood vaccines, why not have those healthcare workers deliver chlorine for disinfecting drinking water, or oral rehydration solution for treating dehydration from diarrhea? After all, if you’re already spending money on…
Here We Go Again (and Again and Again): Let’s Stop Looking for the One ‘New Approach’ to Philanthropy

Jun 14, 2024

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Researcher spotlight: Erin Crossett, GiveWell Program Officer

Jun 13, 2024

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Our research team spends over 50,000 hours a year looking for cost-effective organizations and interventions to save and improve lives, with the goal of producing the world’s top research on where to give. This interview with Program Officer Erin Crossett provides a glimpse into the world of GiveWell research. Q: What made you interested in…