All international charities we considered

Scope of this report

This report seeks to identify top charities that focus on developing-world direct aid, through:

• Health programs. (We believe this area is most promising, as discussed here.)
• Education programs. (We believe this area is less promising, as discussed here.)
• Economic empowerment programs: agriculture assistance, microfinance, business support, and other programs aimed directly at raising incomes. (We believe this area is less promising, as discussed here.)

What we look for

We seek charities that we can confidently recommend to individual, casual (i.e., non-professional, non-expert) donors. We feel that such charities should be:

• Proven. Casual donors should not fund experiments; they should fund charities that can and do demonstrate their impact in terms of lives changed. More on this criterion here.
• Cost-effective. We seek charities that provide high "bang for the buck," in terms of changing many lives (significantly) for relatively little money. Available cost-effectiveness estimates involve a great deal of uncertainty and approximation; we consider all programs within a certain range to be "highly cost-effective" and distinguish between them based on other factors. More on this criterion here.
• Scalable, i.e., able to use more funds productively. It isn't enough to identify a strong program; we seek to identify strong programs that can productively use more donor funding. As such, we do not recommend projects and programs within charities (all our recommendations apply to organizations, not sub-programs), and we do not recommend charities that show signs of being overfunded. More on this criterion here.
• Transparent. All of the information necessary to assess the three criteria above should be shared, upon request, if not publicly on the charity's website. Donors should prefer charities that they - or others like them - can personally vet and hold accountable if they so choose.

Our evaluation process

Narrowing the field

We considered over 300 charities for our 2008-2009 report on international aid. We could not conduct in-depth investigations (which generally involved speaking at length with their representatives) for all of these charities. We used the following two heuristics to narrow the field (note that these heuristics are further discussed and defended at this blog post). Heuristic 1: Charity stands out for publishing M&E (monitoring and evaluation) reports. This is our primary way of identifying promising charities. A charity meets this criterion and receives a "Yes" under this column (see table below) if it freely publishes - on its website - substantial evidence regarding impact that (a) discusses how the impacts of projects or programs were evaluated, including what information was collected and how it was collected; (b) discusses the actual impact of the project, using measures that fit the guidelines laid out here. A "Yes" under this column indicates a serious commitment both to transparency and to impact evaluation (which we discuss the importance of here). Any charity within the scope of this report can qualify for further investigation by conducting an impact evaluation (as we have defined it) and posting it publicly on its website. Heuristic 2: Charity stands out for program selection. As discussed here, many program types have particularly strong evidence bases, enough to lower the burden of proof on a charity running them. A charity receives a "Yes" under this column (see table below) if it is devoted entirely to what we consider "priority programs" (details of "priority programs" available here), or if it publishes enough financial information to make it clear that 75% or more of its recent funding is devoted to what we consider "priority programs." We believe this heuristic is less important and less indicative of a charity's likely quality than Heuristic 1. We used it with the reasoning that charities without strong commitments to transparency and evaluation - but whose programs require an unusually low degree of evaluation - might still have enough information available to give us confidence, if contacted. In practice, this did not often occur (i.e., most of our high-scoring charities pass Heuristic 1 whether or not they pass Heuristic 2). We see Heuristic 1 as a meaningful indicator of a charity's suitability; we see Heuristic 2 as a "bonus" heuristic that allowed us to do more investigation while still narrowing the field.

In-depth investigations

Charities that passed either of the heuristics detailed above were investigated further, sometimes to the point of in-depth conversations with their representatives and review of more materials. The "More information" column links to the details of how we settled on the final rating for any charity that we investigated.

All charities considered

We considered 510 organizations for this report (for more information, see our process for finding charities page):

• 320 of which were eligible. See our full list of eligible charities
• 190 of which were inelgible. See our full list of considered, but ineligible charities

List of charities we examined

This table presents the charities we considered for our initial international aid report, which was published July 1, 2009. The table below also provides each charity's performance on our heuristics. For an up-to-date listing, see our charities page.

Charity	Website	Program area	Stands out for program selection	Stands out for publishing M&E reports	Qualifies for further investigation	More information
Village Reach	Main site Programs M&E	Health system strengthening; focus on expanding immunization coverage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Charity review Donate now
Stop TB Partnership (Stop TB)	Main site Programs M&E	Tuberculosis case finding and treatment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Charity review Donate now
Against Malaria Foundation	Main site Programs M&E	Distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Charity review Donate now
PSI	Main site Programs M&E	Condom promotion and distribution	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria	Main site Programs M&E	Diverse health programs	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Partners in Health	Main site Programs	Primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)	Main site Programs M&E	Expanding immunization coverage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)	Main site Programs M&E	Disease eradication (polio)	No	Yes	Yes	Eradication programs
BRAC	Main site Programs M&E	Economic empowerment	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Pratham	Main site Programs M&E	Education	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
The Carter Center	Main site Programs M&E	Diverse programs	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
AMREF	Main site Programs M&E	Highly diverse programs	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
CARE	Main site Programs M&E	Highly diverse programs	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Aravind Eye Care	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
ReSurge International (formerly Interplast)	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Living Goods	Main site	Primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Doctors without Borders, USA	Main site Programs	Diverse health programs	No	No	No	Charity review
The Hunger Project	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No	Charity review
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)	Main site M&E	Mass drug administraiton to control river blindness (onchocerciasis)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET 2020)	Main site Programs M&E	SAFE Strategy to control trachoma	No	Yes	Yes	Review not completed
International Trachoma Initiative (ITI)	Main site Programs M&E	SAFE Strategy to control trachoma	No	Yes	Yes	Review not completed
Village Enterprise Fund	Main site Programs M&E	Economic empowerment	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control	Main site	Disease control (multiple diseases)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative	Main site	Disease control (multiple diseases)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Measles Initiative	Main site	Expanding immunization coverage	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Bugando Medical Centre	Main site Programs	Primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Review not completed
Roberto Clemente -Santa Ana Clinic Inc	Main site Programs	Primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Mothers2Mothers	Main site M&E	HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment	No	Yes	Yes	Charity review
Deworm the World	Main site	Combination deworming program (mass drug administration)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Healthstore Foundation	Main site	Primary care	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
CURE International	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	No	No	No	Surgery charities
Fistula Foundation	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Fred Hollows Foundation	Main site	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
ORBIS International	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Surgery charities
The Smile Train	Main site Programs	Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons)	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
ICCIDD	Main site Programs	Vitamin fortification	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)	Main site	Vitamin supplementation/fortification	Yes	No	Yes	Charity review
Water For People	Main site	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Waterpartners International Inc	Main site Programs	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Blood:Water Mission	Main site Programs	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Lifewater International	Main site Programs	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Living Water International	Main site	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Malawi Freshwater Project	Main site	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
PlayPumps International	Main site Programs	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Ryan's Well Foundation	Main site	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Water Missions International	Main site	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
WaterAid	Main site Programs	Water infrastructure programs	No	No	No	Water charities
Global Giving	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No	Our take on this model
Kiva	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No	Our take on this model
Aquaya	Main site	Water programs research and technology development	No	No	No
Straws for Life	Main site Programs	Water filtration	No	No	No
DKT International	Main site Programs	Condom promotion and distribution	No	No	No
African Comprehensive HIV/Aids Partnership (ACHAP)	Main site	Diverse HIV/AIDS programs	No	No	No
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation	Main site Programs	Diverse HIV/AIDS programs	No	No	No
Keep A Child Alive	Main site	Diverse HIV/AIDS programs	No	No	No
MTCT Plus Initiative	Main site	Diverse HIV/AIDS programs	No	No	No
Until There's A Cure Foundation	Main site Programs	Diverse HIV/AIDS programs	No	No	No
International Planned Parenthood Federation	Main site Programs	Family planning services	No	No	No
Pathfinder International	Main site	Family planning services	No	No	No
Population Media Center	Main site	Family planning services	No	No	No
World Bicycle Relief	Main site	Bicycles for health workers	No	No	No
Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer	Main site	Cervical cancer screening	No	No	No
EMAS Canada	Main site	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
Helen Keller International	Main site	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
Hope Through Health	Main site Programs	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
International Eye Foundation	Main site Programs	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)	Main site Programs	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
Merlin	Main site	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
The Global School Health Initiative	Main site	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
Vision 2020	Main site Programs	Diverse health programs	No	No	No
International Kids Fund	Main site Programs	Flying children to U.S. hospitals	No	No	No
Feed My Starving Children	Main site Programs	Food aid	No	No	No
Meds & Food for Kids	Main site	Food aid	No	No	No
Gift of Life International	Main site Programs	Heart surgery for children	No	No	No
Jamaican Children's Heart Fund Inc.	Main site Programs	Heart surgery for children	No	No	No
International Leprosy Association	Main site	Leprosy treatment/control	No	No	No
The Leprosy Mission International	Main site	Leprosy treatment/control	No	No	No
Physicians for Peace	Main site	Medical missions (sending doctors overseas)	No	No	No
Project Medishare	Main site	Medical missions (sending doctors overseas)	No	No	No
Remote Area Medical	Main site Programs	Medical missions (sending doctors overseas)	No	No	No
UNFPA (End Fistula Campaign)	Main site	Multiple programs related to obstetric fistula	No	No	No
West Africa Fistula Center Foundation	Main site	Multiple programs related to obstetric fistula	No	No	No
ACCION International	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Arariwa	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Arzu, Inc.	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
ATINCHIK	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Bandhan	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Business Council for Peace	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Caja Municipal de Ahorro y Credito de Ica S.A	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Caja Nacional del Sureste	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Ciudad Saludable	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Compartamos Banco	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Consorcio de Organizaciones Privadas de Promoción al Desarrollo de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (COPEME)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Credito con Educacion Rural (CRECER)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Digital Divide Data	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
DrumNet	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Ecofuturo	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
FairBank	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
FINCA International	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
FINCA Peru	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
First Isabela Cooperative (FICO)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
First Macro Bank (FMB)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
First Valley Bank		Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Friends Of Wwb Usa Inc	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Fundación Paraguaya	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Grameen Foundation	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Grameen Trust Chiapas	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Green Bank, Inc.	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Helping Afghan Women Project	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Instituto Poblano para la Productividad Competitiva (IPPC)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
International Development Enterprises	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
International Development Enterprises (India)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Kashf Foundation	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Kickstart	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
K-Rep Development Agency	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Manuela Ramos	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
MicroDreams	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Microenterprise Access to Banking (MABS)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Mumuadu Rural Bank	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
ODEF	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
One Acre Fund	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Opportunity International	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
PADME	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
PeopleAid	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
PRISMA	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Pro Mujer	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
PRODIFAM	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Project Muso Ladamunen	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Rural Bank of Mabitac	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Serrv International Inc	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Small Enterprise Education And Promotion Network	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Soroptimist International	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
TechnoServe	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
TreeAid	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Trickle Up	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Unitus Inc	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Vipani	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
VisionSpring (AKA Scojo Foundation)	Main site	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Women for Women International	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment	No	No	No
Sleeping Children Around the World	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment (provision of bedkits)	No	No	No
Build Change	Main site	Economic empowerment (provision of shelter)	No	No	No
Domes for the World	Main site	Economic empowerment (provision of shelter)	No	No	No
niall mellon township trust	Main site Programs	Economic empowerment (provision of shelter)	No	No	No
SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND	Main site Programs	Energy	No	No	No
Light Up The World Foundation	Main site Programs	Provision of lighting	No	No	No
Afghan Institute of Learning	Main site	Education	No	No	No
American Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia (2)	Main site	Education	No	No	No
AWaPo	Main site Programs	Education	No	No	No
CAMFED	Main site	Education	No	No	No
CIDA City Campus	Main site	Education	No	No	No
CO-ID	Main site	Education	No	No	No
Escuela Nueva Foundation	Main site	Education	No	No	No
Friends of African VIllage Libraries	Main site	Education	No	No	No
Injaz al-Arab	Main site	Education	No	No	No
Namlo International	Main site	Education	No	No	No
OneKid OneWorld	Main site Programs	Education	No	No	No
Orphans of Rwanda	Main site Programs	Education	No	No	No
Room to Read	Main site Programs	Education	No	No	No
Root Foundation	Main site Programs	Education	No	No	No
Serve The Children	Main site	Education	No	No	No
The School of St. Jude	Main site	Education	No	No	No
MVP	Main site	Comprehensive aid package, village-by-village	No	No	No
Americares	Main site Programs	Supply shipping	No	No	No
Gleaning for the World	Main site Programs	Supply shipping	No	No	No
Global Aid Network	Main site Programs	Supply shipping	No	No	No
Global Operations And Development- Giving Children Hope	Main site Programs	Supply shipping	No	No	No
K.I.D.S	Main site Programs	Supply shipping	No	No	No
Medical Missionaries Inc	Main site	Supply shipping	No	No	No
Medshare International	Main site	Supply shipping	No	No	No
SAFER	Main site	Supply shipping	No	No	No
100 Friends	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Action Against Hunger USA	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
ADRA	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Africare	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Aga Khan Foundation, USA	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Aga Khan Planning and Building Services	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Alola Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
American Jewish World Service	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
American Near East Refugee Aid	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
American Red Cross International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
American Refugee Committee International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Anchor International Ministries	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Badin Rural Development Society	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Barakat, Inc.	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Barefoot College (Social Work and Research Centre)	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
BETHANY CHILDREN SUPPORT NETWORK - KENYA	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Bruce Peru	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Canadian Crossroads International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Caritas	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Catholic Relief Services	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Central Asia Institute (4)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Chad Relief Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
CHF International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Child Family Health International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Child Health Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Childcare Worldwide	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Children International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Christian Children's Fund	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Christian Fellowship and Care Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Christian Relief Fund	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Church World Services	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Compassion International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Concern America	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Convoy Of Hope	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
CUSO-VSO	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Development and Peace	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Diakonia	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Direct Relief International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Doctors Of The World-u S A Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
EcoLogic Development Fund	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
EngenderHealth	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Episcopal Relief and Development	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Family Care International Inc	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Feed The Children Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Food for Life	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Food For The Hungry Inc	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
food for the poor, inc.	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Franciscan Family Apostolate	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Free Africa Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Free The Children	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Freedom From Hunger	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Genesis Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Global Action	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Global Fund For Women Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Global Resource Alliance	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
GOAL	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Gram Vikas	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Healing Hands International Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Heifer Project International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Hidaya Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Hope for the Nations	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
HOPE Worldwide	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
ICCDR,B	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
INMED Partnerships for Children	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Aid	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Disaster Emergency Service Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Medical Corps	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Orthodox Christian Charities	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Relief And Development Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
International Youth Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
invisible children, inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Islamic Relief, USA	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Joint Compassion Keepers (JCK)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Kenya Society for the Blind	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Lions Club International Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Love A Child, Inc.	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Lutheran World Relief	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
MA Center	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
MADRE	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Mahboba's Promise	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Map International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Marie Stopes International	Main site	Reproductive health	No	No	No
Mennonite Central Committee (3)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Mercy Corps	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Mercy Ships	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Near East Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Fund	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Net for Life (program of World Bible Society)	Main site	Net for Life focuses on the distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). World Bible Society has highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Niramaya Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Norwegian Church Aid	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Norwegian People's Aid	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Norwegian Refugee Council	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Nuru International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
OICI	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Operation Blessing	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Operation Mercy-usa	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Oprah's Angel Network	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Outreach Africa	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Oxfam America	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
PACSA	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
PATH	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
PCDA	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Plan USA	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Population and Community Development Association	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Practical Action	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
PRASAD	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Project Concern International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Project Hope	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Quaker Bolivia Link	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Relief International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Resplendent Hope	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Samaritan's Purse	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Sauti Moja (3)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Save the Children	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Seva Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Seva Mandir	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Sight Savers International	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers' Coordinating Organization (SAFWCO)	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Slums Information Development and resource Centres (SIDAREC)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
SNV Netherlands Development Organization	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
STAYING ALIVE FOUNDATION	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Stephen Lewis Foundation (2)	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
SurfAid International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Tear Australia	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Tearfund	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Terre des Hommes International Federation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
The $10 Club (2)	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
The Fabretto Children's Foundation	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
The Guatemalan Project	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Think on These Things Ministries International	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
TreesWaterPeople.ORG	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
UNICEF	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
United Methodist Committee for Relief	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
United Nations Development Fund for Women	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Voices of Hope	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
WaterCan/EauVive	Main site	Water and sanitation	No	No	No
Wells of Hope	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
World Education	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
World Neighbors Inc	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
World Relief	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
World Vision	Main site Programs	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No
Zahana	Main site	Highly diverse programs	No	No	No

List of charities we excluded for alternative reasons

These are charities we looked at, but did not consider further for one of the following reasons:

• Scope - the charity's program was outside the scope we could cover in this report (e.g., slavery, refugees, orphans and other abandoned children) or focused on research or advocacy as opposed to direct provision of services.
• Cannot donate - if an organization does not accept individual donations, we did not consider them further. This applied also to organizations that had existed, but no longer do or intiatives run by for-profit companies.
• No website - if no website existed for an organization, we did not continue reviewing it. This includes organizations whose only website was non-English.
• Too small - if a charity's previous year's expenses were less than $200,000 we did not continue further with it.

Organization	Reason excluded
Accelerating Access Initiative to HIV Care (AAI)	No website
Action TB Programme	No website
Aeras, Global TB Vaccine Foundation	Scope
AfDevInfo	Scope
Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm) Taskforce (previously Global ACT Subsidy)	Cannot donate
Aflatoun (formerly Child Savings International)	Scope
Al Amana	No website
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)	Scope
Alliance for Microbicide Development (AMD)	Scope
Amazon Conservation Team	Scope
Amendis	No website
American Council on Renewable Energy	Scope
AMMOR	No website
Amnesty International	Scope
Anti-Slavery International	Scope
Apopo	Scope
Artesunate Suppository for Emergency Treatment of Severe Malaria	No website
Børnefonden	No website
Be A HERO	Scope
Benetech	Scope
Best Buddies International	Scope
BioRegional Development Group	Scope
BODHI	No website
caravane d' evangelisation et de conseil social	No website
Center for Gender Health and Gender Equity	Scope
Centre for Environment and Human Development	No website
Ceres, Inc.	Scope
CHARITY CAMP CHILDRENS HOME	No website
Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI) (Historical)	Cannot donate
Children's Vaccine Programme at PATH (CVP at PATH)	Cannot donate
Citizen Schools	Scope
Clean Water Action	Scope
College Summit	Scope
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)	Scope
community wake organization	No website
Concept Foundation	No website
CONRAD	Scope
Conservation Stewards Program at Conservation International	Scope
Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research (CICCR)	Scope
Contraceptive Research and Development	Scope
Co-operation In Development	No website
Danish Refugee Council	No website
Dengue Vaccine Project (DVP)	Scope
Developing Indigenous Resources	No website
Development of Norplant (Historical)	Cannot donate
Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment	No website
Diflucan Donation Programme	Cannot donate
Easter Seals	Scope
EcoPeace (Friends of the Earth Middle East	Scope
Eli Lilly Mental Health Donation	Cannot donate
European Malaria Vaccine Initiative (EMVI)	Scope
Farm Sanctuary	Scope
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics	Scope
Free the Slaves	Scope
Friends of the World Food Program	Scope
Friends-International	Scope
Gaia Amazonas	Scope
Gates Foundation/University of North Carolina Partnership for the Development of New Drugs (GFUNC)	Scope
Global alliance for TB Drug Development (GATB)	Scope
Global Alliance to Eliminate Leprosy (GAEL)	Cannot donate
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)	Scope
Global Business Council on HIV & AIDS (GBC)	Scope
Global Campaign for Microbicides	Scope
Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health (GCDPP)	Scope
Global Footprint Network	Scope
Global Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP)	No website
Global Heritage Fund	Scope
Global Microbicide Project (GMP)	Scope
Global Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis (STB)	No website
Global Public-Private Partnership for Hand Washing with Soap	Cannot donate
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)	Scope
Global Retirees Welfare Organisation Local Non-Profit N.G.O.	No website
Global Task Force on Cholera Control	Scope
Go Green Initiative	Scope
GSK African Malaria Partnership	Cannot donate
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County	Scope
Half the Sky Foundation	Scope
Health Care Without Harm	Scope
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)	Scope
HIMILO Foundation	No website
HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA	Scope
Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HVI)	No website
House of IDEA orphanage centre	No website
HRC	Scope
ICS Africa	No website
Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI)	Scope
Institute for Development Studies and Practices	Scope
Institute for OneWorld Health	Scope
Intercompany Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development (ICCADD)	Scope
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)	Scope
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)	Scope
International Bridges to Justice	Scope
International Center for Transitional Justice	Scope
International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Reqs for Registration of Pharmaceutical Human Use (ICH)	Scope
International Justice Mission	Scope
International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa	No website
International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)	Scope
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS INCHEM Database)	Scope
International Rescue Committee	Scope
International Women's Development Agency	No website
Island Conservation	Scope
Japanese Pharmaceutical, Ministry of Health, WHO Malaria Drug Partnership (JPMW)	No website
Kids Alive	Scope
Kupu Kupu Foundation	Scope
LAPDAP Antimalarial Product Development (LAPDAP)	Scope
LAPDAP Antimalarial Product Development (LAPDAP)	Scope
Lassa Fever Initiative (LFI)	No website
LewaUSA	Scope
Malarone Donation Program (Historical)	Cannot donate
Manchester Bidwell Corporation	Scope
Marine Stewardship Council	Scope
Mazon	Scope
Mectizan Donation Program	Cannot donate
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)	Scope
Medicins Sans Frontieres Drugs for Neglected Diseases (MSF DND)	Scope
Meningitis C Vaccine Development and Supply in the UK (Historical)	Scope
Meningitis Vaccine Project at WHO/PATH (MVP)	Scope
Micronutrient Initiative (MI)	Cannot donate
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM)	Scope
Network on Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders(IDD)	Cannot donate
New Hope Africa Children Ministries	Scope
New Hope Africa Children Ministries - Uganda	Scope
Nyaya Health	Too small
Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP)	Cannot donate
One by One	Too small
ONE Spirit	Scope
Operation OF	Too small
Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) Commercialisation in Bolivia (Historical)	Cannot donate
Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control (PEEM)	No website
Partners in Global Health Through Hand Washing (PHW)	No website
PeaceWorks Foundation	Scope
Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI)	Scope
Pharmaceutical Security Institute	Scope
Pneumococcal Vaccines Accelerated Development Plan	Scope
Praziquantel Manufacturing Project (Historical)	Cannot donate
Prohijar	No website
Refugees International	Scope
Roll Back Malaria Global Partnership (RBM)	Cannot donate
Save Dafur	Scope
Secure the Future	Cannot donate
Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation (SGTBF)	No website
Shanti Bhavan	Scope
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Consortium Ltd. (SNP)	No website
Sleeping Sickness Initiative (SSI)	No website
Smiles Change Lives	Scope
Socially Sensitives - Bentota - Sri Lanka.	No website
Sok Sabay Clinic Initiative	Scope
SOOTHEZAMBIA	No website
SOS Children's villages	Scope
Spandana	No website
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)	Scope
St. Judes Children Research Hospital	Scope
St.Labre Indian School	Scope
Stepping Forward.. for the World's Children	No website
Strathmore University	Scope
Syringes – Autodestruct Development (Historical)	Cannot donate
Tam Tam Africa	Too small
Team Continuum	Scope
TENDER HANDS INITIATIVE	Scope
The Banyan	No website
The Big Issue Namibia	No website
The Corporate Council on Africa	Cannot donate
Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) / Tobacco Free Sports Initiative	Scope
TROPIVAL	No website
Tuberculosis Diagnostics Initiative (TBDI)	Cannot donate
UNAIDS Anti-Retroviral Drug Access Programme (UNAIDS-Industry) (Historical)	Cannot donate
UNFPA Contraceptives Access Project (UNFPA/Industry)	No website
UNHCR	Scope
Vaccine Fund	Cannot donate
Vaccine Vial Monitors (Historical)	Cannot donate
Vaccine Vial Monitors, Development of	No website
Viramune Donation Programme	Cannot donate
Viramune Donation Programme	Cannot donate
Vitamin A Global Alliance	No website
VODA Uganda	No website
War Child	Scope
Water and Sanitation Program at the World Bank	Cannot donate
Water for the Weary	No website
Watoto	Scope
WatSan Action	Too small
WHO Programme to Eliminate Sleeping Sickness	No website
WHO/Novartis Coartem	No website
WHO_Pharmaceutical Industry Association Anti-Counterfeit Drugs	No website
Whole Child	Scope
WHO-Pharmaceutical Industry Associations – NGO Anti-Counterfeit Drug Initiatives	No website
Women's Dignity Project	Scope
WORLD GRACE 2001	No website
World Missions	Scope
World Villages for Children	Scope
Worldwide Fistula Fund	Too small
Yashua Sanctuary	Scope