GiveWell Research Events

We put a lot of effort into making our research process and reasoning transparent. GiveWell holds periodic events throughout the year to answer questions and discuss our research, progress, and plans.

This page also contains transcripts and recordings of events we've hosted that focus on the Open Philanthropy Project. As of June 2017, the Open Philanthropy Project is no longer part of GiveWell.

2023 research and recommendations

  • December 11, 2023: In-person event in San Francisco where GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld spoke with Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) CEO Neil Buddy Shah on the work of both organizations and their shared partnership, the CHAI Incubator.
  • December 6, 2023: In-person event in New York City where GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld spoke with journalist Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox and creator of Slow Boring, on GiveWell’s top charities and latest research.
  • November 29, 2023: Zoom video call of a conversation on maternal and newborn health with professor and author Emily Oster, New Incentives' Founder and CEO Svetha Janumpalli, GiveWell program officer Erin Crossett, and GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld.
  • July 25, 2023: In-person event in San Francisco where GiveWell staff provided updates on our grantmaking, our partnerships with CHAI and Evidence Action, and our vaccine research portfolio.
  • July 18, 2023: In-person event in New York where GiveWell staff provided updates on our grantmaking from the All Grants Fund and Top Charities Fund and our partnerships with CHAI and Evidence Action.
  • June 7, 2023: Zoom webinar recording of a conversation around GiveWell's research on malaria prevention with James Tibenderana, the Chief Executive of Malaria Consortium, Alicia Weng and Grace Hultquist from GiveWell's research team, and Olivia Larsen from GiveWell's outreach team.

2022 research and recommendations

  • December 7, 2022: Zoom video call of a conversation with journalist Kelsey Piper and GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell’s year-end giving recommendations and latest research updates.
  • December 1, 2022: In-person event in New York where GiveWell staff provided updates on the All Grants Fund and our work on malaria prevention.
  • July 26, 2022: In-person event in San Francisco where GiveWell researchers provided updates on our recommended programs as well as newer interventions in our research pipeline.
  • June 22, 2022: Zoom video call about the research of water quality interventions. Speakers include Michael Kremer from Development Innovation Lab, Brett Sedgewick from Evidence Action, and Catherine Hollander, Stephan Guyenet and Elie Hassenfeld from GiveWell.

2021 research and recommendations

  • December 9, 2021: Zoom video call of a conversation with journalist Matthew Yglesias and GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell’s origins, evolving role, and latest research.
  • June 8, 2021: Zoom video call that includes a conversation with Malaria Consortium’s Programme Director – Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention and a spotlight on a new program we're investigating: addressing malnutrition.

2020 research and recommendations

2019 research and recommendations

2018 research and recommendations

2017 research and recommendations

2016 research and recommendations

2015 research and recommendations

2014 research and recommendations

2013 research and recommendations

2012 research and recommendations

  • December 6, 2012: Conference call to discuss our new recommendations and other aspects of our research.
  • December 3, 2012: In-person event in San Francisco to discuss our new recommendations and other aspects of our research.
  • November 26, 2012: In-person event at our New York office to discuss our new recommendations and other aspects of our research.
  • November 20, 2012: Conference call with some of GiveWell's close supporters to discuss our planned recommendations and solicit feedback.
  • October 15, 2012: Informal call with our Board of Directors. We hold periodic calls with members of our Board of Directors to discuss GiveWell's partnership with Good Ventures, donor outreach, recent research, staff recruiting, and other topics.
    • Audio recording of the call (MP3). Note: We monitored this audio for (a) comments that are both easily misinterpreted and insignificant; or (b) compromise agreements of confidentiality that GiveWell has made to obtain information that does not belong to it. As a result, we have removed approximately 6 minutes of audio.
  • May 9, 2012: Research event giving an update on our recommended charities and the Open Philanthropy Project (known at the time as GiveWell Labs).
  • March 8, 2012: Question and answer session on annual review and plan.

2011 research and recommendations