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            You are hereHome » Giving Effectively » Giving 101 » Your Dollar Goes Further When You Fund the Right Program Your Dollar Goes Further When You Fund the Right Program     FacebookTwitter>Print>Email                   The previous page considered some of the cost differences between charities working in the United States and the developing world. But even charities working in the developing world can have dramatically different cost-effectiveness, depending on the type of intervention they're working on.

 Even among the programs we recommend, we estimate a range of cost-effectiveness that varies by 10x or more, although these estimates are subject to substantial uncertainty. 

 We believe that the END Fund's work on deworming may be roughly 5 times as cost-effective—in terms of improving or saving someone's life—compared to GiveDirectly's distribution of unconditional cash transfers. We look for giving opportunities in that range or better, which means that we don't have cost-effectiveness estimates for programs that are likely to be significantly worse. The table below compares the cost-effectiveness of our top-recommended charities, based on our most recent cost-effectiveness model.1 Click here to learn more about our approach to estimating cost-effectiveness.

Program estimated cost-effectiveness (relative to cash transfers)  GiveDirectly Baseline Against Malaria Foundation ~14x The END Fund ~5x Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative ~29x Helen Keller International ~19x Malaria Consortium ~16x SCI Foundation (formerly known as Schistosomiasis Control Initiative) ~11x Sightsavers ~7x 

Your choice of which program to support can make a huge difference to the impact you ultimately achieve with your donation. More information is available on our impact page.Donate1. The figures in the table can be found on the "Results" tab of our most recent cost-effectiveness model.                          Contact Stay updated FAQ For Charities Site map Privacy Policy Jobs       Follow Us: Facebook Twitter RSS   Subscribe to email updates:  GiveWell, aka The Clear Fund (a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity), was founded in 2007. We serve donors across the Globe; GiveWell's donors are based primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Canada. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share alike 3.0 United States License              try { clicky.init(78566); }catch(e){} 

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