[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] We previously laid out our high-level priorities for 2012. The top two priorities are “make significant progress on GiveWell Labs” and “find more outstanding giving opportunities under the same basic framework as our existing recommendations.” This post elaborates on our plans…
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GiveWell’s plan for 2012: Top-level priorities
[Added August 27, 2014: GiveWell Labs is now known as the Open Philanthropy Project.] In previous posts, we discussed the progress we’ve made, where we stand, and how we can improve in core areas. This post focuses on the latter, and lays out our top-level strategic choices for the next year. The big pictureBroadly, we…
Conference call to discuss GiveWell’s annual review and plan
We’re still in the midst of publishing our annual review and plan to the blog (4 posts down, 2 to go). We’re planning to hold a conference call on Thursday, March 1 at 8pm EST to answer any questions people have about our progress to date and plans for the coming year.. We plan to…
Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a project
This is the fourth post (of six) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post answers a set of critical questions for GiveWell stakeholders. The questions are the same as last year’s. Is GiveWell’s research process “robust,” i.e., can it be continued and maintained without relying on the co-Founders? Where…
Self-evaluation: GiveWell as a donor resource
This is the third post (of six) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post answers a set of critical questions about the state of GiveWell as a donor resource. The questions are the same as last year’s. Does GiveWell provide quality research that highlights truly outstanding charities in the…
GiveWell annual review: Details on GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic
This is the second post (of six) focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. This post lays out highlights from our metrics report for 2011. For more detail, see our full metrics report (PDF). 1. In 2011, GiveWell moved $5,285,992 to our recommended charities, a significant increase over past years. 2. While our #1-ranked charity…