Tag: Evaluation of GiveWell
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GiveWell’s 2024 Metrics and Impact
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…
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GiveWell’s 2022 metrics report
In 2022, the most recent year for which data is available and analyzed, GiveWell raised the largest amount of money in our history, over $600 million. We thank our donors for continuing to trust us to find and recommend highly cost-effective giving opportunities. The following table summarizes our funds raised and our funds directed to…
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The winners of the Change Our Mind Contest—and some reflections
In September, we announced the Change Our Mind Contest for critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses. Today, we’re excited to announce the winners! We’re very grateful that so many people engaged deeply with our work. This contest was GiveWell’s most successful effort so far to solicit external criticism from the public, and it wouldn’t have been…
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Announcing the Change Our Mind Contest for critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses
We’re extremely excited to be announcing the Change Our Mind Contest to encourage critiques of our cost-effectiveness analyses that could lead to substantial improvements of our overall allocation of funds. For all the details, see this page. Cost-effectiveness is the single most important input in our decisions about what programs to recommend, and we believe…
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GiveWell’s 2021 metrics report
In 2021, GiveWell directed the largest amount of money in our history, over $500 million, which we believe will be beneficial or life saving to many people in need. We thank our donors for continuing to trust us to find and recommend some of the most highly cost-effective giving opportunities in the world. Note that…
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GiveWell’s money moved in 2020
2020 was another year of tremendous growth. GiveWell donors contributed over $240 million to our recommended charities (our “2020 money moved”), a 60% increase from the approximately $150 million we directed in 2019. This is part of an exciting, long-term trend. Just a decade ago, in 2010, GiveWell’s total money moved was $1.5 million.[1] We…
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Early signs show that you gave more in 2020 than 2019—thank you!
Our donor community appears to have given significantly more in 2020 than 2019, according to early data on donations we processed. Growth was strong relative to previous years—even 2019, which also had strong growth—and across many different dimensions. Overall, donations to GiveWell more than doubled in 2020. We estimate that these donations will collectively save…
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GiveWell’s plans for 2020
Each spring, we share our plans for the year. Here, we highlight the work we plan to do in 2020 that is most likely to help us realize our mission of identifying and directing funding to highly cost-effective giving opportunities.1This post does not include a complete accounting of everything we plan to do in 2020.…
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Reflecting on our progress in 2019
GiveWell grew significantly in 2019. We hired 13 full-time staff members, bringing our total size to 37, and expanded our ability to take on new projects across domains. We feel positioned to do more and better work going forward as a result. We see a strong indication that the amount of funding we directed to…