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This sheet was completed by GiveWell based on internal records on donations and information from GiveDirectly
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Scope of analysisNotes
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Unit of analysis (full organization or program of a larger organization)GiveDirectly
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Analysis 'as of' dateAugust 1, 2017GiveDirectly sent financial information through the end of July 2017.
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End date of the analysis: GiveWell's next allocation decisionNovember 30, 2018
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Date by which funds need to be recevied (or committed) for them to impact plans prior to GiveWell's next funding allocationJuly 31, 2018
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Funds on handAmountNotes
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Uncommitted, unreserved funds (estimated for the end of 2017, before additional revenue)14,000,000No expected carryover from currently available (as of September 2017) retail funds, though currrently have $14M in funds earmarked for matching institutional grants. This excludes funds earmarked for fundraising expenses or UBI.
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Projected revenue[For reference] Value from same period in previous yearAre there any reasons why last year's revenue is not a reasonable projection for next year (ignoring variation in GiveWell-influenced funding)?Projection (before GiveWell's 2017 recommendation)Notes
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Total revenue for GiveDirectly, between August 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017$33,240,000--
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Total GiveWell-influenced funding that reached the organization between August 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017$13,962,849--From GiveWell's internal donation records
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Projected revenue from donors who are not influenced by GiveWell's research, between August 1, 2017 and July 31, 2018$19,277,151Period included fundraising for UBI, which likely brought in donations that will not be repeated annually at the same level. However, GiveDirectly has also been building its reputation and fundraising team and in particular there are indications that partnership funding may ramp up in the next year (contingent on availability of matching funds). GiveDirectly roughly estimates that it will raise $27.7M between September and December 2017 that will be available for transfers (retail and partnership) in 2018 – this include funds directed by GiveWell.$17,700,000Assumes that the $27.7M GiveDirectly roughly projects that it will raise by the end of 2017 are the main funds that will be available for spending in 2017 (and that funds raised in 2018 will be held for spending in 2019). We've subtracted the $10M of projected GiveWell-directed funds to get an estimate of the non-GiveWell-directed amount.
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Funding held by GiveWell as of August 1, 2017 for supporting GiveDirectly--$377,215Funds received April 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017. From internal donation records.
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Projected revenue from donors who give based on GiveWell's top charity list, but do not follow our recommendation for marginal funding, between August 1, 2017 and July 31, 2018$11,462,849Some of the donations in the last year were for UBI and may not repeat annually at the same level. We'd guess this will have a fairly small effect on the total.$10,000,000GiveWell maintains both a list of all top charities that meet our criteria and a recommendation for which charity or charities to give to to maximize the impact of additional donations, given cost-effectiveness of remaining funding gaps.
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Bottom line
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'Baseline' funding pot for GiveDirectly to allocate by July 31, 201842,077,215
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Of which, revenue (i.e. excluding funds on hand)28,077,215
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