| Basics | Strengths/weaknesses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organization | Cause | Rating | Ranking | Donate | Evidence of effectiveness | Cost-effectiveness | Funding gap | Transparency | Monitoring and evaluation |
| Village Reach | Global health: immunizations | Gold | 1 | Donate | Strong | Excellent | Significant | Excellent | Excellent |
| Stop TB | Global health: Tuberculosis | Silver | 2 | Donate | Strong | Excellent | Significant | Above average | Strong |
| Against Malaria Foundation | Global health: malaria | Silver | 3 | Donate | Moderate | Excellent | Significant | Excellent | Strong |
| Small Enterprise Foundation | Economic empowerment: microfinance | Silver | 4 | Donate | Limited | Moderate | Moderate | Excellent | Strong |
| Village Enterprise Fund | Economic empowerment: cash transfers and business training | Silver | 5 | Donate | Limited | Moderate | Moderate | Excellent | Strong |
| Chamroeun | Economic empowerment: microfinance | Silver | 6 | Donate | Limited | Moderate | Moderate | Excellent | Strong |
| Basics | Strengths/weaknesses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organization | Cause | Rating | Ranking | Donate | Evidence of effectiveness | Cost-effectiveness | Funding gap | Transparency | Ongoing monitoring |
| KIPP | Education: charter schools | Gold | 1 | Donate | Above average | Limited | Significant | Above average | Strong |
| Nurse-Family Partnership | Early childhood care: nurse home visits | Gold | 2 | Donate | Strong | Limited | Only long term | Above average | Excellent |
| Invest in Kids | Youth behavior | Silver | 3 | Donate | Above average | Limited | Moderate | Strong | Strong |
| Organization | Focus | Notable for: |
|---|---|---|
| Accion International | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Al Majmoua | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| AMREF | Global health | Full transparency |
| Aravind Eye Care | Global health | Monitoring and Promising approach |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of America | US equality of opportunity | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| BRAC | Global development | Monitoring |
| CARE | Global development | Basic transparency (a systematic commitment to publishing evaluations and making them freely available). |
| Catholic Charities Community Services | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Center for Employment Opportunities | US job training | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| Children's Scholarship Fund | US education | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Comaco | International economic empowerment | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Concern Universal Microfinance Operations (CUMO) | Microfinance | Basic transparency (a systematic commitment to publishing evaluations and making them freely available). |
| Covenant House NY | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| DAMEN | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Deworm the World | Global health | Promising approach and basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Doctors without Borders, USA | Global health | Full transparency |
| Engineers Without Borders | Global development | Basic transparency (disclosing a failure) |
| Experience Corps | US education | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| FINCA Peru | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| First MicroFinanceBank (FMFB) | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Fistula Foundation | Global health | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Fred Hollows | Cataract surgery | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Freedom from Hunger | Microfinance education | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| Fundación Progresar | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Fundación Paraguaya | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria | Global health | Full transparency |
| Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control | Neglected tropical diseases | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) | Global health | Promising approach |
| Grameen Foundation | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Harlem Children's Zone | US equality of opportunity | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the charter school program) |
| Highbridge Community Life Center | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| HOPE Program | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Initiative Development - Ghana | Microfinance | Basic transparency (disclosing a failure) |
| Living Goods | Global health | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| Microloan Foundation | Microfinance | Full transparency and Monitoring |
| National Academy Foundation | US equality of opportunity | Basic transparency and Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| New Hope Project | US job training | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| Nyaya Health | Global health | Full transparency |
| Opportunity International | Microfinance | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Partners in Health | Global health | Promising approach |
| Pratham | International education | Basic transparency and Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of several programs) |
| PSI | Global health | Full transparency and Monitoring |
| Reach Out and Read | US equality of opportunity | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| ReSurge International (formerly interplast) | Cleft pallate surgery | Full transparency and Monitoring |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) | Global health | Promising approach and Evaluation |
| St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corp. | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Teach for America | US education | Basic transparency and Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| The Carter Center | Global health | Monitoring |
| The Children's Agenda | US equality of opportunity | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| The Hunger Project | Global development | Evaluation (independent randomized controlled trial of the program) |
| Vipani | International economic empowerment | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| VisionSpring | Global development | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Vocational Foundation | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
| Year Up | US job training | Basic transparency (full participation in GiveWell's evaluation process) |
