Our malaria RFI deadline has been extended! Submissions are now due July 3.
Apply through 1 of 2 tracks:
1️⃣ Malaria chemoprevention & vector control pilot programs
2️⃣ Research & evaluation to improve our future grantmaking
Learn more & apply: https://t.co/LZMbjykKDn
📣 We’re hiring a Senior and a Staff Accountant to join our growing Finance team dedicated to accuracy, transparency, and integrity.
👉 Apply to the Senior Accountant role: https://t.co/5Dc6FWPdBa
👉 Apply to the Staff Accountant role: https://t.co/ULxZlcMgrk
Malaria kills ~600,000 people a year.
GiveWell has directed $1B+ to malaria prevention—with our growing research team, we're expanding the work: funding new studies, increasing core program coverage, & exploring other prevention strategies.
Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/f4ZoREQZOh
Don't miss tomorrow’s webinar at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT!
Researchers will discuss our evaluations of 4 past grants for:
1️⃣ Childhood vaccinations
2️⃣ Safe water
3️⃣ Insecticide-treated nets
4️⃣ Pneumonia treatment for children
We hope to see you there!
https://t.co/5UUquG822u
🎧 Livelihoods programs—which increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty—are an area we've long supported. We've recently expanded this work with a new, dedicated team.
CEO Elie Hassenfeld + Sr Program Officer Adam Salisbury dig in: https://t.co/WtkvrAiEpK
📣 New speaker alert! Adam Salisbury, Senior Program Officer, joins our June 9 webinar on how GiveWell evaluates whether a grant achieved the impact we initially estimated—and how we use those findings to make better impact estimates over time.
Register: https://t.co/5UUquG822u
📢 We're hiring Senior Researchers across 6 grantmaking teams: nutrition, water, vaccination, livelihoods, new areas, & cross-cutting!
We're aiming to grant at least $500M to save & improve lives this year. Be part of that work—role links in 🧵
⏰ Less than 2 weeks until our webinar, Looking Back to Give Better: How GiveWell Evaluates Its Grantmaking!
Join us Tuesday, June 9 for a conversation about grant lookbacks—evaluations that help us understand if our funding achieved the estimated impact.
https://t.co/FhNfKAYY2y
GiveWell has granted $5M to the @DIVFund to identify and support promising innovations for safe water through their RFP.
Our grant aims to build a pipeline of potential opportunities that GiveWell could consider for future funding.
Learn more and apply! https://t.co/k1tpFtOkFM
🎧 Anemia (commonly caused by iron deficiency) affects ~2 billion people. But understanding how much iron programs improve lives is surprisingly hard.
CEO Elie Hassenfeld + Researcher Andrew Martin discuss our work on iron + our grants to @FortifyHealth: https://t.co/KRMKTYoO6H
Our May newsletter is out featuring:
📈 A podcast episode on our 2021 grant evaluation + $10M renewal to @fortify_health
🔎 New Senior Researcher roles
💰 A grant funding 3 pilot variations of @GiveDirectly's cash transfer program
Read it on our blog ⬇️ https://t.co/YHoJJlVKXl
🎧 Our research doesn't end once we've made a grant.
In our latest episode, go "Behind the Analysis" of an @AgainstMalaria net distribution grant in the DRC, featuring a conversation from our internal staff podcast for the first time: https://t.co/nRkuFsSlRN
GiveWell co-founder & CEO Elie Hassenfeld named to 2026 TIME100 Philanthropy list
👉 https://t.co/omhCb9xjlp
@TIME highlights a core idea that's guided GiveWell from the start—rigorous analysis can help donations do as much good as possible.
Full list: https://t.co/vLjQGFDBle
Interested in our open malaria RFI? We're hosting a webinar for each RFI track to answer applicant questions:
1️⃣ Pilot program track – May 15 @ 9am ET
2️⃣ Research & evaluation track – May 18 @ 9am ET
Submissions are due June 24. Learn more & register: https://t.co/LZMbjykKDn
⏳ The countdown is on—less than a month until our webinar, Looking Back to Give Better: How GiveWell Evaluates Its Grantmaking, on June 9!
Join us for a conversation about our grant lookbacks, the methodology behind them, & what we've learned so far. https://t.co/5UUquG822u
📣 New RFI now open for malaria pilot programs and research across Africa! Apply through 1 of 2 submissions tracks by June 24. Learn more and apply at:
• Pilot program track: https://t.co/15rdWQ1LU6
• Research and evaluation track: https://t.co/ajqvCdnRXj
📅 Save the date for our webinar, Looking Back to Give Better: How GiveWell Evaluates Its Grantmaking on Tuesday, June 9.
Learn how we evaluate whether a grant achieved the impact we estimated + how we use our findings to improve over time.
👉 Register: https://t.co/5UUquG822u
Our April newsletter is out featuring:
👶 An update on our grant to @MiracleFeet + reflections from our site visit
💊 A podcast episode scrutinizing the evidence for vitamin A supplementation
📣 New open roles: Senior Recruiters
Read it on our blog ⬇️
https://t.co/7qfyNTNhZz
@FightingMalaria and @B_I_Team shared an update on work we funded to understand why insecticide-treated nets sometimes go unused in Nigeria and Uganda—and to design practical solutions to increase their usage.
Learn more about the grant: https://t.co/AorGCIbE4B
Insecticide-treated nets are an effective tool against #malaria but in Nigeria & Uganda, they're not always used despite ppl having access. Our @GiveWell-funded project w/ @B_I_Team employs #BehaviouralInsights to understand usage barriers.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/WbGTfOYMmu