The Importance of Committing to Causes
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about how committing to causes will help us learn. Read More
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Global Health & Development Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control and Elimination
A blog post by Elie Hassenfeld about our research into opportunities to support malaria control and elimination. Read More
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Criminal Justice Reform Our Writeup of Criminal Justice Reform
A blog post by Holden Karnofsky about our research into the cause of criminal justice reform. Read More
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Potential GiveWell Top Charities Evidence Action — Planning for Future Programs
In March 2014, Good Ventures made a $250,000 grant to Evidence Action, the parent organization of the GiveWell-recommended Deworm the World Initiative, to support its assessment of programs to consider scaling up. This grant is part of our broader plan to support the creation of new giving opportunities that meet… Read More
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Global Health & Development GiveWell — General Support
Good Ventures awarded a grant of $240,000 to GiveWell for general operating support in March 2014. We expect this grant to increase the availability of high-quality information and analysis about charities and giving opportunities, thereby increasing the impact of donors who use GiveWell’s research and raising the level of discourse about… Read More
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Global Health & Development Service Delivery Indicators Project
The Service Delivery Indicators Program (SDI) was designed to create and promote the use of objective measures of the quality of health and education services in Africa. According to the World Bank, which helped create SDI, “No set of indicators is available for measuring service delivery and quality at schools… Read More
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History of Philanthropy The First Case Study from our History of Philanthropy Project
The first case study from our history of philanthropy project focuses on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Care for the Homeless program. Read More
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Progress in 2013 and Plans for 2014
Read about the progress we've made toward identifying focus areas and our plans for 2014. Read More
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Global Health & Development Schistosomiasis Control Initiative — General Support
Good Ventures awarded a grant of $750,000 to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) for general operating support, via the Imperial College Foundation, in recognition of SCI's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2013. Read more about the rationale behind our 2013 giving season grants. GiveWell recommends charities that (1) focus… Read More
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Economic Empowerment GiveDirectly — General Support
Good Ventures awarded a grant of $2 million to GiveDirectly in December 2013 and matched $5 million in additional donations to GiveDirectly from December 3, 2013 through January 31, 2014. Both grants were for general operating support in recognition of GiveDirectly's earning a "top charity" ranking from GiveWell in 2013. Read more about the rationale… Read More