Charities we track
Every charity, with its evidence.
Each page shows what independent evaluators have published: the figures, the source and year, how strong the evidence is, and how to give. Grouped by what the evaluator says, not by our opinion.
Top-rated by evaluators
The charities GiveWell and the Happier Lives Institute currently rate most highly.
Against Malaria Foundation
Buys long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets and works with local partners to hand them out in places where malaria is common, then checks the nets are still in use.
$5,500 per life saved
GiveWell, 2022–2024 average
Friendship Bench
Offers one-to-one problem-solving therapy for people struggling with their mental health, delivered by trained lay health workers in Zimbabwe.
48.52 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Happier Lives Institute, published table
Helen Keller Intl
Gives children under five regular vitamin A supplements, which help prevent deaths from common childhood infections.
$3,500 per life saved
GiveWell, 2022–2024 average
Malaria Consortium
Gives young children preventive malaria medicine during the rainy months, when malaria spreads most.
$4,000 per life saved
GiveWell, 2022–2024 average
New Incentives
Gives families in Northern Nigeria small cash incentives to complete their babies' routine vaccinations.
$4,500 per life saved
GiveWell, 2022–2024 average
StrongMinds
Runs group talk therapy for people with depression, led by trained lay counsellors, in countries including Uganda and Zambia.
40.37 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Happier Lives Institute, published table
Funds run by evaluators
Prefer not to pick? These funds let the evaluator choose where your gift goes.
GiveWell All Grants Fund
GiveWell's broader fund. It can grant to any program that meets GiveWell's cost-effectiveness bar, including newer and higher-risk opportunities.
6× as cost-effective as GiveWell's benchmark
GiveWell, as of May 2026
GiveWell Top Charities Fund
Pools donations and grants them to GiveWell's Top Charities wherever GiveWell judges the money is needed most.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
GiveWell Unrestricted Fund
Supports GiveWell itself. Most unrestricted gifts pay for GiveWell's research and operations.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Happier Lives Fund
Pools donations for the Happier Lives Institute's recommended wellbeing charities, with a smaller share supporting the Institute's research.
90% of donations go to recommended charities
Happier Lives Institute, published page
Also recommended
Rated well by the Happier Lives Institute, with more uncertainty than its top charities.
Pure Earth
Works to cut people's exposure to lead, a poison that harms children's development; the evaluator's analysis looks at lead in cosmetics in Ghana.
105.43 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Happier Lives Institute, published table
Taimaka
Treats children with acute malnutrition in north-east Nigeria using ready-to-use therapeutic food.
66 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Happier Lives Institute, published table
Shamiri Institute
Runs low-cost group mental-health programs delivered by trained lay providers.
32.93 WELLBYs per $1,000 donated
Happier Lives Institute, HLI honourable
Benchmarks
Used by evaluators as a yardstick for comparing other charities.
Funded by GiveWell
Organizations GiveWell has made grants to. A grant is not a Top Charity rating, and most have no published figure we can quote.
ALIMA
A medical humanitarian organization. GiveWell has funded its treatment of child malnutrition.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Ansh
Supports kangaroo mother care: skin-to-skin care that helps small and premature newborns survive.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Evidence Action
Runs several programs backed by strong evidence, including safe water, deworming and nutrition. A longstanding GiveWell grantee.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Fortify Health
Helps flour mills in India add iron and other nutrients to wheat flour, to reduce anaemia.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Medicines Development for Global Health
Develops medicines for neglected diseases. GiveWell funded its work toward World Health Organization prequalification of the drug moxidectin.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Nutrition International
A nutrition charity. GiveWell has funded its vitamin A supplementation work.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
One Acre Fund
Supports smallholder farmers. GiveWell funded a randomized trial of one of its tree programs.
$1,300,000 GiveWell grant
GiveWell, January 2023
PATH
A global health nonprofit. GiveWell funded its support for countries rolling out the new malaria vaccines.
$18,200,000 GiveWell grant
GiveWell, March 2024
Resolve to Save Lives
A public health organization. GiveWell funded early scoping work on reducing salt in diets.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Uduma
A water organization. GiveWell funded a pilot of in-line chlorination, which adds chlorine to piped water.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Formerly recommended
Previously recommended by GiveWell, but not on its current list.
Sightsavers
A UK charity. GiveWell has in the past directed funding to its deworming work.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Unlimit Health (formerly SCI Foundation)
Formerly the SCI Foundation. Works to treat and prevent parasitic worm infections such as schistosomiasis.
Not yet rated
No published figure we can quote
Lives saved and wellbeing are different kinds of good, so we never fold them into one score or one ranking. Our standards