We’ve added more options for cryptocurrency donors
We’ve updated our donations processing to better meet the needs of those who want to give via cryptocurrencies. Last year, after we began to accept Bitcoin, we received over $290,000 in Bitcoin...
View ArticleWhy you might get a letter from us this giving season
We’re about to launch another outreach experiment: mailing letters. Summary This giving season, we’re planning to send a subset of approximately 4,500 GiveWell donors a physical letter encouraging them...
View ArticleWhy you’ll see more matching campaigns at GiveWell
Lots of charities run matching campaigns with claims like “Give today and double your impact!” We’re generally skeptical of these claims, which are true only if the matching donor would not have...
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We aim to cost-effectively direct around $1 billion annually by 2025
Editor’s note, added in December 2022: Since publishing this, we’ve revised our future funding projections, and we no longer expect to direct $1 billion annually by 2025. This adjustment is due in part...
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 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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How much funding does GiveWell expect to raise through 2025?
Summary We’re optimistic that GiveWell’s funds raised will continue to increase in the long run. Over the next few years, we believe our annual funds raised are more likely to stay relatively constant,...
View ArticleOpen Philanthropy’s 2023-2025 funding of $300 million total for GiveWell’s...
This year, Open Philanthropy plans to give $300 million for GiveWell to spend over the next three years. We’re grateful for what this support will enable us to do. Annualized, this is similar to what...
View ArticleThe hardest part about fundraising for GiveWell
May marked my three-year anniversary as a Philanthropy Advisor at GiveWell. It’s a job I adore (as I’ve written about here and here), and I’ve recently been tasked with the exciting process of...
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