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Organizations we review often ask us: what can we do to improve our rating on your site? The most obvious answer is provide the type of evidence that the rest of our top-rated charities have to demonstrate your impact. But for many organizations, providing such evidence is not possible. Many may not have the resources…

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This is the final post (of four) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. The first post is here; the second is here; and, the third is here. In a previous post, we laid out our reasons for focusing on the broad category of “research” over the next year. This includes…

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This is the third post (of four) we’re planning to make focused on our self-evaluation and future plans. The first post is here, and the second post is here. 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,…

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We have completed the process of allocating $250,000 in grants for economic empowerment organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. 49 organizations applied for our grant, out of 157 invited. From these, we felt that two stood out in making a strong, evidence-based case that they are improving the financial situations of low-income people in the developing world….

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Philanthropedia has responded to our take on its microfinance report: Philanthropedia’s response to GiveWell’s analysis – Part I Philanthropedia’s response to GiveWell’s analysis – Part II We find the response to be encouragingly straightforward. For the most part, it agrees with the concerns we have raised and commits to addressing them. Good Intentions are Not…

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