New Incentives update
We’re planning to release updated top-charity recommendations in mid-November, and one of the questions our staff has been debating recently is whether to recommend New Incentives as a top charity....
View ArticleUpdate on our work on outreach
GiveWell’s impact is a function of the quality of our research and the amount of money we direct to our recommended charities (our “money moved”). Historically, we’ve focused mostly on research because...
View ArticleGiveWell is hiring!
We’re actively hiring for roles across GiveWell. Operations We’re hiring a Director of Operations. The job posting is here. The Director of Operations is responsible for many domains and manages a team...
View ArticleHow GiveWell’s research is evolving
To date, most of GiveWell’s research capacity has focused on finding the most impactful programs among those whose results can be rigorously measured. This work has led us to recommend, and direct...
View ArticleIntroducing our new Managing Director: Dr. Neil Buddy Shah
I’m very excited to announce that Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is joining GiveWell as Managing Director starting this summer. We’re beyond thrilled that Buddy, a leader in the global health and development...
View ArticleWe’re discontinuing the standout charity designation
Added October 2022: From 2020 to 2022 we used the name “Maximum Impact Fund” to refer to the fund used to support the highest-priority funding needs among our top charities each quarter. In September...
View ArticleNeil Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative
I am excited to share that GiveWell Managing Director Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), a major global health organization working across a range of...
View ArticleAn update on GiveWell’s funding projections
As little as six months ago, we were in the position of having more funding available than we could spend on opportunities that met our very high cost-effectiveness bar. Today, the opposite is true—we...
View ArticleChanges to our top charity criteria, and a new giving option
Added October 2022: From 2020 to 2022 we used the name “Maximum Impact Fund” to refer to the fund used to support the highest-priority funding needs among our top charities each quarter. In September...
View ArticleThe Maximum Impact Fund is now the Top Charities Fund
We’ve decided to rename the Maximum Impact Fund to better describe what opportunities this fund supports. The Maximum Impact Fund will now be called the Top Charities Fund. We recently announced...
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