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            You are hereHome » Top Charities » Top-Rated Charities - 2010 Archived Version Top-Rated Charities - 2010 Archived Version     FacebookTwitter>Print>Email                    We have published a more recent list of top charities. See our most recent list. Thousands of hours have gone into finding our top-rated charities. They're proven, cost-effective, underfunded, and outstanding.

  What do our ratings mean? Top international charities - Top United States charities - More  Top international charities   BasicsStrengths/weaknesses OrganizationCauseRatingRankingEvidence of effectivenessCost-effectivenessFunding gapTransparencyMonitoring and evaluation Village ReachGlobal health: immunizationsGold1StrongExcellentSignificantExcellentExcellent Stop TBGlobal health: TuberculosisSilver2StrongExcellentSignificantAbove averageStrong Against Malaria FoundationGlobal health: malariaSilver3ModerateExcellentSignificantExcellentStrong Small Enterprise FoundationEconomic empowerment: microfinanceSilver4LimitedModerateModerateExcellentStrong Village Enterprise FundEconomic empowerment: cash transfers and business trainingSilver5LimitedModerateModerateExcellentStrong ChamroeunEconomic empowerment: microfinanceSilver6LimitedModerateModerateExcellentStrong  Top United States charities   BasicsStrengths/weaknesses OrganizationCauseRatingRankingEvidence of effectivenessCost-effectivenessFunding gapTransparencyOngoing monitoring KIPPEducation: charter schoolsGold1Above averageLimitedSignificantAbove averageStrong Nurse-Family PartnershipEarly childhood care: nurse home visitsGold2StrongLimitedOnly long termAbove averageExcellent Invest in KidsYouth behaviorSilver3Above averageLimitedModerateStrongStrong Top charities, by cause  CauseTop charity in causeRating Global healthVillage ReachGold TuberculosisStop TBSilver MalariaAgainst Malaria FoundationSilver HIV/AIDSPSINotable MicrofinanceSmall Enterprise FoundationSilver Other economic empowermentVillage Enterprise FundSilver Cleft palate surgeryReSurge International (formerly Interplast)Notable Developing-world educationPrathamNotable US educationKIPPGold US early childhood careNurse-Family PartnershipGold US youth behaviorInvest in KidsSilver  Our charity evaluation process For specifics, see our process for international charities and our process for U.S. charities. GiveWell's process broadly consists of:  Examine hundreds of charities and relevant academic literature Deeply investigate the most promising charities by our criteria Publish all the details of our charity recommendations and the full details of our reasoning on this website  Evaluation criteria We look for charities that are proven, cost-effective, have "room for more funding," and are transparent. More information is available on our criteria page. Identifying charities We cast the net as wide as we can to consider as many charities as possible, reviewing hundreds of charities' websites and more deeply investigating the most promising ones. We identify charities from sources, including:  Submissions to our website Grantees of other major funders such as the Skoll, Gates, or Mulago foundations Partners of research organizations such as the Poverty Action Lab or Innovations for Poverty Action  In-depth charity reviews We perform in-depth reviews of charities that meet our heuristics for further evaluation. These are a relatively small subset of all the charities we consider and are those we believe have a reasonable chance of receiving our recommendation. We begin our process by reviewing all publicly available information about a charity including its website, external evaluations, and other relevant information. We then try and speak directly with a member of a charity's senior management, who can answer questions about the organization's overall activities and process for evaluating its impact. We also often request additional documents and information which we analyze and incorporate into our review process.                          Frequently Asked Questions What is GiveWell? GiveWell is an independent nonprofit focused on helping people do as much good as possible with their donations. We recommend a short list of top charities that we update annually. All of our research is free and available to the public.

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