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GiveWell Expands Work on Livelihoods Programs

Sep 23, 2025

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As you may have heard on a recent episode of our podcast, we’re launching an experiment: focusing more attention on programs that increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty. We are in the process of completing a search for a new program officer to lead an expanded livelihoods research team, and we plan…

Preserving and Rebuilding Public Data Systems: A Framework for FundersKaruna Sridharan Chibber Evaluation and Learning Officer, Families and Communities, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Sep 23, 2025

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Every year, like many peers at other foundations, I partner with grantmaking teams to draft learning plans. We revisit assumptions, reflect on lessons, identify questions for the year ahead, and […] The post Preserving and Rebuilding Public Data Systems: A Framework for FundersKaruna Sridharan Chibber Evaluation and Learning Officer, Families and Communities, The David and…

Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with GranteesEmily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPNina Stack Executive Director, The Champlin Foundation

Sep 16, 2025

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The Champlin Foundation, a Rhode Island-based funder focused on capital investments, worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) on its first Grantee Perception Report in 2019. After making a […] The post Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with GranteesEmily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory…

Podcast Episode 11: A Frontline View of Foreign Aid Cuts with CHAI’s CEO

Sep 11, 2025

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Foreign aid funding cuts are reshaping the global health landscape, creating urgent funding gaps and forcing difficult prioritization decisions across health systems worldwide. To understand the real-world effects, it’s essential to hear from the organizations working on the front lines with government partners to navigate the funding crisis. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is…

We Won’t Know Unless We Ask: In Conversation About Forthcoming CEP Research on the Current ContextElisha Smith-Arrillaga, Ph.D. Vice President, Research, CEPPhil Buchanan President, CEP

Sep 9, 2025

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This is the third in a series of occasional chats among some of CEP’s staff we’ll be posting on the blog, in which they discuss current challenges for philanthropy and […] The post We Won’t Know Unless We Ask: In Conversation About Forthcoming CEP Research on the Current ContextElisha Smith-Arrillaga, Ph.D. Vice President, Research, CEPPhil…

August 2025 Updates

Sep 3, 2025

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Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…

The Giving Done Right Podcast Returns for Season Five Grace Nicolette Vice President, Programming and External Relations, CEP

Sep 2, 2025

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Listen to the trailer here. I’m excited to announce that the Giving Done Right podcast is back for another season! This season arrives at a particularly crucial moment. As we […] The post The Giving Done Right Podcast Returns for Season Five Grace Nicolette Vice President, Programming and External Relations, CEP appeared first on The Center…

Lessons from Katrina: How Funders Can Help Communities Get “Climate Mobility” Right Taryn Higashi Executive Director, Unbound PhilanthropyDavid Lubell Senior Climate Mobility and Cities Fellow, ICLEI – USA.

Aug 26, 2025

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Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding area. That disaster made the reality of climate change visible, and it revealed how disasters […] The post Lessons from Katrina: How Funders Can Help Communities Get “Climate Mobility” Right Taryn Higashi Executive Director, Unbound PhilanthropyDavid Lubell Senior Climate Mobility and…

Podcast Episode 10: The Fragile Foundations of Global Health Data

Aug 21, 2025

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GiveWell’s ability to find and fund highly cost-effective health programs relies on a foundation of credible data. A key source of that data, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), recently had its primary funding from USAID discontinued. This creates the potential of a significant challenge for GiveWell’s research—and for evidence-based grantmaking across the global health…

AI Is the Next Infrastructure Project — Let’s Not Repeat Our Problematic PastWilliam Jackson Founder and Chief Dreamer, Village of Wisdom

Aug 19, 2025

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In 1956, the U.S. passed the Federal Highway Act, promising widespread public benefits. However, these highways tore through thriving Black neighborhoods, devastating generational economic and cultural vitality. In Durham, North Carolina, […] The post AI Is the Next Infrastructure Project — Let’s Not Repeat Our Problematic PastWilliam Jackson Founder and Chief Dreamer, Village of Wisdom appeared…

GiveWell’s 2024 Metrics and Impact

Aug 13, 2025

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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…

Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential ThreatsPhil Buchanan President, CEP

Aug 12, 2025

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The nonprofit sector and foundations dodged several bullets in recent months. The threatened revocation of nonprofit status for entire categories of organizations, rumored in April, has not come to pass. […] The post Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential ThreatsPhil Buchanan President, CEP appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…

Podcast Episode 9: Advancing GiveWell’s Work on Family Planning

Aug 7, 2025

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As GiveWell’s research team grows, that increased capacity and expertise allows us to evaluate a wider range of programs to find the most cost-effective opportunities to help people. Over the past year and a half, we’ve been investigating a new research area: family planning services that help people decide whether and when to have children.…

Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step UpVivian Tseng President and CEO, Foundation for Child DevelopmentPhilip Li President and CEO, Robert Sterling Clark FoundationMonica Munn Chief Social Impact Officer, World Education ServicesRickke Mananzala President, New York FoundationMike Pratt President and CEO, Scherman FoundationJulia Bator Executive Director, J.M. Kaplan Fund

Aug 5, 2025

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Nonprofit organizations are in a state of crisis: facing safety, legal, and funding threats, as documented in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s most recent “State of Nonprofits” report, which reveals […] The post Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step UpVivian Tseng President and CEO, Foundation for Child DevelopmentPhilip…

Funder Investment in High-Quality Listening: Backing the Practices That Matter MostBritt Lake CEO, Feedback LabsMichael Gale Manager of Field Building, Feedback Labs

Jul 31, 2025

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The release of “Voices That Matter” from the Center for Effective Philanthropy affirms what many in the sector have long hoped: funders recognize that listening to the people at the […] The post Funder Investment in High-Quality Listening: Backing the Practices That Matter MostBritt Lake CEO, Feedback LabsMichael Gale Manager of Field Building, Feedback Labs…

Signals of Readiness: How Funders Can Vet AI in the Social SectorShannon Farley Co-Founder and Executive Director, Fast ForwardChantal Forster Independent Advisor, Warren West Advisory

Jul 29, 2025

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The SMS service that connects hungry neighbors with nearby food pantries? It runs on AI. The nonprofit fighting cancer by repurposing generic drugs? Also operating with AI. The nonprofit instantly […] The post Signals of Readiness: How Funders Can Vet AI in the Social SectorShannon Farley Co-Founder and Executive Director, Fast ForwardChantal Forster Independent Advisor,…

July 2025 Updates

Jul 25, 2025

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Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…

Embracing the Complexity of Social Change: Moving From Transactional to Transformative Funding PartnershipsJuan José Hurtado Paz y Paz Director, Pop No'jCamelia Proca Founder and Director, Association for Liberty and Gender Equality – A.L.E.G.Nikita Ketkar CEO, MasoomEmmy Zoomlamai Okello Executive Director, Foundation for Inclusive Community Help (FICH)

Jul 24, 2025

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Imagine a world where philanthropy embraces social change in all its complexity — where genuine change is made through transformational partnerships free from hierarchical bias. As leaders of community-based organizations […] The post Embracing the Complexity of Social Change: Moving From Transactional to Transformative Funding PartnershipsJuan José Hurtado Paz y Paz Director, Pop No’jCamelia Proca…

Getting Proximate: Effecting Change by Centering Community Voice

Jul 22, 2025

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Earlier this year, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions team held its annual retreat in Montgomery, Alabama, visiting the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Sites. As part of this transformative experience, […] The post Getting Proximate: Effecting Change by Centering Community Voice appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>

Podcast Episode 8: Malaria Funding at a Crossroads

Jul 18, 2025

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Malaria is the cause area where GiveWell has directed the most funding over our 18-year history. We’ve recommended over $1 billion to malaria programs, which we estimate will avert over 200,000 deaths, mostly in young children, through support for programs like Against Malaria Foundation’s insecticide-treated nets and Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention. Despite significant progress…

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