Note: This page summarizes the rationale behind two GiveWell grants to Taimaka, as of November 2024 and March 2025, when we made these grants. Taimaka staff reviewed this page prior to publication.| GiveWell
Note: This page compares the impact of New Incentives' grants against our initial expectations. This page reflects our analysis and understanding as of December 2024. New Incentives staff reviewed this page prior to publication.| GiveWell
This year, we re-evaluated the cost effectiveness of direct cash transfers as implemented by GiveDirectly.| The GiveWell Blog
GiveWell has begun conducting "lookbacks" to review past grants against their initial expectations, aiming to improve future decision-making and provide transparency on the impact of donor funding.| The GiveWell Blog
In a nutshell Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) is the mass distribution of vitamin A capsules to preschool-age children to reduce child mortality. GiveWell believes VAS is one of the most cost-effective programs donors can support. We estimate that it costs ~$1,000 to $8,500 to avert a death in locations where GiveWell supports campaigns. We think VAS is cost-effective because:| GiveWell
We have published a more recent review of this organization. See our most recent report on Heller Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program. Donate| GiveWell
In the latest podcast episode in a series of conversations with our research team, GiveWell CEO and co-founder Elie Hassenfeld is joined by Principal Researcher Alex Cohen to outline GiveWell's forecasting work to better understand the future of global health funding.| The GiveWell Blog
In a nutshell Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a type of fluid replacement, often administered alongside short-term zinc supplementation, to treat dehydration due to diarrhea. This report focuses on free provision of ORS and zinc to caregivers of children aged under five.| GiveWell
What problem is the All Grants Fund working on?| www.givingwhatwecan.org
In a nutshell GiveDirectly’s Cash for Poverty Relief program involves sending one-off unconditional cash transfers of ~$1,000USD (nominal) via mobile money platforms to households living in poor regions of low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We estimate that this program is ~3-4x more cost-effective than we had previously estimated, and around ~30-40% as cost-effective as our marginal funding opportunity.| GiveWell
Note: This page summarizes the rationale behind a GiveWell grant to MiracleFeet. MiracleFeet staff reviewed this page prior to publication.| GiveWell
Note: This page summarizes the rationale behind a GiveWell grant to MiracleFeet. MiracleFeet staff reviewed this page prior to publication. In a nutshell In January 2023, GiveWell recommended a $5,210,581 grant to MiracleFeet to scale up its existing clubfoot treatment program in the Philippines and expand to Chad and Côte d’Ivoire over five years.| GiveWell
Note added August 2022: Our approach to moral weights has changed over the past several years, as has our list of top charities. As a result, the page below may be out-of-date.| GiveWell
I apply the results of our previous discussion to analyze a common mistake in the valuation of existential risk reduction, focusing on a recent paper by Piers Millett and Andrew Snyder-Beattie.| Reflective altruism
In a nutshell Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) involves giving children monthly courses of antimalarial medicines during the high malaria season (in places where malaria is seasonal). We estimate that it costs approximately $2,000 to $7,000 (depending on the location) to avert a death in areas where GiveWell supports SMC. We think SMC is cost-effective because we think:| GiveWell
Published: April 2024 (February 2024 version) GiveWell makes grants to fund some of the most cost-effective programs we’ve found at saving lives.| GiveWell
In a 2013 paper, Dr Toby Ord reviewed data that compared about 100 health interventions in developing countries in terms of how many years of illness they prevent per dollar. He discovered some striking facts about the data.| 80,000 Hours
How do we define cost and effectiveness?| Lead Elimination
GiveWell tries to help donors do as much good as possible with each dollar they give. We aim to find outstanding giving opportunities and to publish the full details of our analysis to help donors decide where to give. We do not aim to rate every charity, but to find the ones which we feel will maximize the impact of additional donations in terms of lives saved or improved.| GiveWell
We have published a more recent version of this page. See our most recent version of this page.| GiveWell
Published: November 2017; Last Updated: July 2023 (August 2022 version, 2009-2015 version)| GiveWell
This page shares our general approach to creating impact estimates for the programs and funding opportunities we recommend and walks through the decisions and judgment calls behind those estimates.| GiveWell
When we set out to build GiveDirectly, we hoped not only to shift resources and decision-making to those in extreme poverty but also to increase the effectiveness of the sector as a whole.| GiveDirectly