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Expanding Our Search for Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Poverty
In September 2025, we created a livelihoods research subteam to specifically focus on programs that increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty. Whil...
What a Decade of Iron Funding Has Taught Us
Anemia, which is commonly caused by iron deficiency, can cause fatigue, cognitive impairment, and complications during pregnancy—and it affects roughly a quarter of th...
Behind the Analysis: Assessing Past Malaria Nets Grants
GiveWell’s research doesn’t end once we’ve made a grant. We evaluate a subset of completed grants, comparing what we thought would happen to what actually took place, ...
Evaluating and Funding a New Kind of Grant (Clubfoot Treatment)
Clubfoot, a congenital condition where children are born with one or both feet twisted inward, affects roughly one in 800 newborns globally. Most of those cases are in...
Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs
Vitamin A supplementation is one of the programs GiveWell has supported the longest, and we’re currently funding it in many African countries. The program has an unusu...
Investing in Information for Greater Future Impact
GiveWell’s primary focus has always been researching, identifying, and directing donations to programs we believe will do the most good. When GiveWell first started, w...
Following the Data on Dispensers for Safe Water
GiveWell aims to find and fund programs that will do the most good per dollar. To do this, we carefully evaluate potential grants before making them—assessing academic...
Testing New Strategies to Increase Vaccination Coverage
Vaccines are remarkably effective at preventing deadly diseases, and, while global needs for them are great, vaccines already receive substantial global funding. This ...
Generating Evidence for the Future of Malaria Prevention
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC)—a program that provides preventive antimalarial medication to young children during the months when malaria is mostly likely to ...
Evolving Our Research Approach for Greater Impact
GiveWell is often thought of for its Top Charities, but over the last several years, we’ve been substantially broadening our work. We’ve developed new ways to identify...
Testing Our Assumptions through Local Insights
GiveWell has built its reputation on rigorous research—analyzing randomized controlled trials, building cost-effectiveness models, and reviewing monitoring data to ide...
Taking Lessons from a Year of Aid Cuts into 2026
Global health programs faced major disruptions to their funding in 2025. Back in March, we published our first podcast episode to share a timely snapshot of the immedi...
Growing Needs, Shrinking Aid Webinar Recording
On Thursday, December 4, 2025, GiveWell hosted a live webinar titled “Growing Needs, Shrinking Aid: Cost-Effective Action in a Year of Funding Cuts.” Major cuts to for...
Behind the Planet Money ALIMA Grant Story
This episode follows up on the November 26, 2025 episode of Planet Money, “Saving lives with fewer dollars,” which covered GiveWell’s evaluation of a grant to the Alli...
Bridging an Uncertain Time for a Lifesaving Program
Despite significant progress over the past several decades, malaria remains a leading cause of death globally for children under five. This year’s cuts to foreign aid ...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Days 5 and 6
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 4
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 3
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 2
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...
Beyond the Spreadsheets: Malawi Site Visit Day 1
Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the...