Charity effectiveness evaluator GiveWell has won a lot of fans for its data-driven recommendations about where people should donate to have their money used most effectively. The organization usually ...

GiveWell announced on Sunday that its Board of Directors has demoted the organization’s executive director, Holden Karnofsky, to program officer. On GiveWell’s blog, the board wrote that Mr. Karnofsky ...

Two young financial analysts make good money in the hedge fund business and decide to give a chunk of it away to some worthy humanitarian cause. The only problem: How to give effectively? When Elie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Callie Neslund will become CEO of GiveWell Community Foundation effective March 1. Callie Neslund will soon replace John Attaway, ...

GiveWell, a charity evaluator that uses data to determine which nonprofits will give donors the most impact for their dollars, has given three international organizations its stamp of approval this ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GiveWell Community Foundation and United Way of Central Florida have announced $80,000 in grants to provide hurricane relief to ...

Elie Hassenfeld was inspired to start GiveWell when he couldn’t find answers to his questions about charitable donations. He shares the organization’s origin story on “The Ezra Klein Show.” So you’re ...

Around this time last year, when my wife and I were looking to give some money to charity, I was struck by a sudden utilitarian panic. I wasn't giving away very much, so how could I know that my small ...