We just passed $1M USD in donations from the community @MunchToken! In total we’ve seen over 414 ETH (sold for just over $1M USD). Thanks again to the community and team @MunchToken for their enthusiasm and support!
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We search for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.
- We’ve passed $2.2M USD in donations from the community @MunchToken, totaling over 725 ETH! Many thanks to all involved with @MunchToken for your continued enthusiasm and support of our recommended charities!
- GiveWell staff enjoyed hearing from @VitalikButerin today about his recent donation and his thoughts on effective giving in the crypto community. Thank you so much, Vitalik!
- Thank you for recommending GiveWell as a resource to find effective opportunities to give back, @BillGates - we're grateful for your support! bit.ly/41kaIFY
- GiveWell still needs Senior Researchers! Think you can help lead our exploration of high-impact funding opportunities? Apply here: bit.ly/3BMPTXx
- Thanks to the community at @MunchToken for voting @GiveWell as their cause of the month. We’ve already seen over 204.9 ETH (sold for just over $440k in USD) in donations from @MunchToken since April 15!
- Announcing GiveWell’s 2020 top charities! After over 20,000 hours of research, these are the best giving opportunities we've found to save and improve lives. We estimate $3,000-$5,000 can save a life.
- We’re excited to announce the winners of the Change Our Mind Contest! We received many excellent entries, so we decided to award two first-place prizes and eight honorable mentions covering a wide range of topics. (1/4) bit.ly/3PxjGK3
- A GiveWell shirt made an appearance in the series finale of HBO’s Silicon Valley!
- Replying to @GiveWellOne first-place winner is “GiveWell’s Uncertainty Problem” by Noah Haber. The author argues that without properly accounting for uncertainty, GiveWell is likely to allocate funding suboptimally, and proposes methods for addressing uncertainty. (2/4) bit.ly/3V18oyO
- Incredible GiveWell fan art! Big thank you to Giovanni Kuan (instagram: @giovannikuan) — we're in awe!
- In March we recommended a grant of $66,400 to WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd for the continued development of “baggr,” a Bayesian statistical package for R that has supported research in global health and informed some of our decisions.
- Our 2023 giving recommendations are in! We estimate that donations to the programs we recommend can save a life for roughly $5,000 on average. Read our blog post to learn how you can make the most impact with your charitable donations this giving season.
