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1 | Characteristics of their methodology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Name of organisation | Website | What they recommend | Do they consider cost effectiveness? | They do detailed analysis | Do they publish their research so others can use it? | They consider room for more funding | Do they look at charities or only general approaches? | Do they have academic credibility? | Do they do primary research (RCTs)? | Do they consider potential publication bias in results? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer | LOCATION | Is their advice easy to understand? | More comments | Main strenghts | Can we learn from them? | what? | |||||||||||
3 | GiveWell | www.givewell.org | AMF, SCI, GD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charities | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | third party evidence | very detailed criteria | track of donations | too many links? | massive/too heavy website | yes | rigourous instruction- the structure of evaluation | |||||||||
4 | J-Poverty Action Lab | http://www.povertyactionlab.org | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Only approaches not charities | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | impact evaluation trough randomized evaluations | impact on development economics | pdf version of the articles | use of randomized evaluation | linked to MIT | direct link for giving | mission : | easy website, but lot of deepenings if a person is interested | academic reputation | possibility to teach others how to do a randomize evaluation | yes | research | |||||
5 | Charity Navigator | No | No | - | No | Charities | No | N/A | no | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | GuideStar | http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx | Nothing (but AMF is on the home page at the moment) | yes (not specified clearly and one of multiple parameters) | yes ( is it reliable? ) | no | charities | no | No | no | yes | data collection | offer services | detailed report on each organization provided only if you pay | no | |||||||||||||
7 | AidGrade | http://www.aidgrade.org/ | Yes | meta anlysis | Yes | no | general approach / programs | Yes | No | Yes | No | meta analisis based | incomplete idea: website does not work | website easy to read and quick to understand | yes | research (when the website...) | ||||||||||||
8 | Innovations for Poverty Action | http://www.poverty-action.org/ | yes | yes | Yes | - (question not applicable) | general approaches | no | yes | no | yes | rct | where to donate (research or programs?) | https://poverty-action.org/donation_form | yes | research | ||||||||||||
9 | Greatnonprofit? | http://greatnonprofits.org/ | help in finding your nearest org or the one you are interested in | no | no | no | charities in general approaches | no | No | no | not useful to include | division of GuideStar | no | |||||||||||||||
10 | Philantropedia | http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/ | different top charities according to different programs | no ( it is important that a charity has an impact- not specified what "impact is ) | no | no | charities | no | No | no | a division of guide star | it pushes to take 1 % monthly pledge | no | |||||||||||||||
11 | Leverage | http://www.leverageresearch.org | no | no | no | general approaches | no | no | no | phylosophy reasearch | no | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ | yes (not all programs) | no | Mostly not | ?? | ?? | no | no | ?? | no | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Aid Data | http://www.aiddata.org/content/index | no | no | no | none | no | no | ?? | database | yes | overview of aid flows | ||||||||||||||||
14 | GHO Global Happiness Organization | http://www.globalhappiness.com/en | no | no | no | general approaches | no | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | Global Poverty Project | http://globalpovertyproject.com/ | no | no | no | general approaches / advocacy | no | no | no | advocacy | campaigns | no | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Charity watch | http://www.charitywatch.org/ | different organization for different interests | charity guide? | charity guide? | charity guide? | http://www.charitywatch.org/ratingguide.html | charity guide? | charity guide? | charity guide? | not clear how they rated | donation first and then you may know | no | |||||||||||||||
17 | http://www.charitywatch.org/criteria.html | @@@ percentage spent on program vs running the organization @@@ | efficiency on the financial side | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | End Poverty 2015 | http://www.endpoverty2015.org/ | no | no | no | approaches / advocacy for millenium development goals | no | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | Make Poverty History | http://www.makepovertyhistory.com.au/ | no | no | no | approaches / advocacy for millenium development goals | no | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | The Center for High Impact Philanthropy | http://www.impact.upenn.edu/ | yes / not only | yes | ??? | not clear | yes | - | not immediate and not clear | http://www.impact.upenn.edu/international-issues/view-malaria/ | see page 7 you find the method | how they work. not clear. More investigation if needed | http://www.impact.upenn.edu/images/uploads/UPenn_CHIP_CostPerImpact_Malaria_Feb09.pdf | yes | research/ how to run our organization or to see at others are run | |||||||||||||
21 | Be Guide/Back of the Envelope Guide | http://www.beguide.org/index.html | Hostile Artificial Inteligence, Action, Antibiotic resistance | yes(leverage factor) | no | no | charities | no | not clear | no | page for "valuation of outcomes" | the website seems not updated | not useful for research | useful for tips on organisations | no | |||||||||||||
22 | Bolder Giving | http://www.boldergiving.org/index.php | no | no | no | encouraging in giving | no | no / do not know from the website | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | The Giving Pledge | http://givingpledge.org/index.html | no | no | no | encouraging in giving | no | no | no | similar to Bolder Giving | no | |||||||||||||||||
25 | Good Ventures | http://www.goodventures.org/ | they do not recommend directly, but they gave money to some causes / GiveWell, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Give Directly, AMF | yes (but based on what GiveWell says) | more reporting the experience | yes (but based on what GiveWell says) | both? not clear | no | not clear | no | higly connected to GiveWell and Gates Foundation | website quotation: "The grants we're making today are designed to teach us how to have the greatest impact long-term. " | not clear where they get the money from ( fundraising? ) | could be an important organization to look at in the future ( now it seems it is learning how to work) | at the moment nothing | |||||||||||||
26 | Live Below the Line | https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk?lang=en | no | no | no | no | geneal approaches / making peeople aware | no | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Copenhagen Consensus | http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/ | yes | yes | Somewhat | general approaches | no | ???? | ??? | yes | research- effectiveness of interventions | |||||||||||||||||
28 | GOOGLE Global Impact Awards | http://www.google.com/giving/ | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Bixby Centre | http://bixby.berkeley.edu/research/cost-effectiveness/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | ACUMEN FUND | http://acumen.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | THE CENTER FOR HIGH IMPACT PHYLANTROPY | see above | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION | http://www.robinhood.org/ | Yes | NA | no | ? | they directly use the money | no | no | no | only NYC | yes | ||||||||||||||||
33 | FOCUSSING PHILANTHROPY | http://www.focusingphilanthropy.org/ | Yes | it seems - other criteria also analyzed | no | not sure. emphasis is put on this isssue: can the recipient handle extra fund? | charities | no | no | no | YES!!!!! | MESSAGE CLEAR, SYSTEMATIC, CONCISE, POWERFUL | http://www.focusingphilanthropy.org/registryitem.asp?ID=773&title=Against%20Malaria%20Foundation | |||||||||||||||
34 | THE MAXIMIN PROJECT | http://maximin.org/ | software and site in development | see comments | It is good the idea that people can choose their own charity/ program and visualize it | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | OPHI | http://www.ophi.org.uk/ | no / based on the concept of multidymension of Amartya Senn | yes | yes | no | approaches - influence policy makers | yes | research im multidymensions no cost-effectiveness. no it is difficult without an economic or ohilosofical background | Based on Amartya Senn approach. Alkire-Foster method is applied | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | http://cega.berkeley.edu/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | link:http://cega.berkeley.edu/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | WHO-CHOICE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | GiveMore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | http://www.thinknpc.org/publications/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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44 | Centre for the Study of African Economics (Oxford University) | http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/ | no | yes | yes | no | general approaches | yes | - | - | Based in Oxford | Useful to look at and maybe to talk to | http://www.gprg.org/themes/default.htm | this is the website of their research | ||||||||||||||
45 | Institute for Development Policy and Management (The University of Manchester) | http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/ | no | yes | yes | no | general approaches | yes | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | http://www.effective-states.org/research/index.htm | research team of Institute... (Manchester) | look at the comment | Research is based on effectiveness | They state their methodology (this makes the process transparent and reliable). See the link (pdf) | http://www.effective-states.org/_assets/documents/esid_research_overview.pdf | yes | How they conduct their research (stating the process in advance in order to give to the reader an idea) | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Chronic Poverty Research Center | http://www.chronicpoverty.org/ | no | yes | yes | no | general approaches | yes | - | - | Especially interesting the section regarding poverty dynamics | http://www.chronicpoverty.org/page/poverty | maybe multiple dymension in the future? | |||||||||||||||
48 | Oxford Uehiro Centre for practical Ethics | http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/ht_landing_page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | ASAP (Academics Stand Against Poverty) | http://academicsstand.org/ | no, but they are focussing on their impact | - | yes | - | general approaches (try to influence what the next MDGs should be) | yes | - | - | yes | Message addressed to a small group of people | Interdisciplinarity | resources online not available yet | yes | research. new ideas on the possible new MDGs . | ||||||||||||
50 | Health Impact Fund | http://healthimpactfund.com/ | yes | yes | yes | - | specific programs | no | ? | A website-organisation to look at | yes | research / use of DALY | ||||||||||||||||
51 | Center for Effective Philanrthropy | http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/index.php | Useful to look at in terms of management. Moreover, when the website and the software will work, useful also for comparing the effectiveness of other charities | it does evaluate (financially primary) the effectiveness of the charity | yes | research / presenting results in an interactive way | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Databases of Best Practices http://ctb.ku.edu/en/promisingapproach/Databases_Best_Practices.aspx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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54 | see also the spreadsheet | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wuOxedfRhGRYosj5WaCuC5RtHVjRp2fahFI5Z8rJaNs/edit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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56 | see the makund spredsheet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | NEW ORGANISATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Back of the Envelope Philanthropy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||