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 The Maximum Impact Fund is our top recommendation Our top recommendation to GiveWell donors seeking to do the most good possible is to donate to the Maximum Impact Fund. Donations to the Maximum Impact Fund are granted each quarter. We use our latest research to grant the funds to the recommended charity (or charities) where we believe they’ll do the most good. 

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 Which funding gaps we expect to be filled and unfilled Each charity’s plans for additional funding The cost-effectiveness of each funding gap  For more detail on past decisions, see the table below. 

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 We send a follow-up email to all Maximum Impact Fund donors after each distribution that estimates the impact those donors had with their donation. You can view the template for our December 2020 impact email here.

 The impact of Maximum Impact Fund grants We estimate the impact of each grant we make from our Maximum Impact Fund. 

 For example, in November 2021 we granted $8.8 million to the Against Malaria Foundation. We estimate our funding will deliver 1.8 million nets to households (at around $5 per net) and will save about 1,600 lives at the cost of $5,500 per life (source). If that seems surprisingly expensive to save a life, you can learn more about the cost to save a life here.

 View the impact of our quarterly grants from 2020 onward in this spreadsheet, which includes both grants from our Maximum Impact Fund and grants we’ve recommended to Open Philanthropy. 

 You can see a full list of grants to specific regions on this tab of the same spreadsheet. For more information on how we share impact, see How We Produce Impact Estimates.

 Past recipients of the Maximum Impact Fund We list all of our Maximum Impact Fund grants (formerly known as "Grants to recommended charities at GiveWell's discretion") made starting in 2014 below. We began publishing reports with our reasoning for each of these grants in 2017, and will include these reports going forward. As of October 2020, we also include grants made with flexible funding provided to us (but not given to the Maximum Impact Fund), such as unrestricted gifts that were granted to our recommended charities. These are indicated separately below.

 Grant date Using donations received in Amount (rounded to nearest $0.1 M) Recipient(s) Write-up February 2022 October to December 2021 $7.8 million Sightsavers Sightsavers — Deworming in Nigeria and Cameroon (February 2022) February 2022 October to December 2021 $4.8 million Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative — Pakistan, Nigeria, and Kenya (February 2022) January 2022 October to December 2021 $9.4 million New Incentives New Incentives — Nigeria (January 2022) January 2022 October to December 2021 $22.2 million1 Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program Malaria Consortium — SMC Renewal in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo (January 2022) January 2022 October to December 2021 $3.4 million2 Against Malaria Foundation Against Malaria Foundation — PMI-supported states in Nigeria, 2023 (January 2022) January 2022 January to December 2021 $1.4 million3 Helen Keller International Helen Keller International — Vitamin A Supplementation (January 2022) October 2021 July to September 2021 $8.7 million4 Against Malaria Foundation Against Malaria Foundation – Support for LLIN Campaigns in Nigeria (2022) and Two Other Countries (2023) August 2021 April to June 2021 $14 million $9.4 million to New Incentives, $2.3 million to the Against Malaria Foundation, and $2.3 million to Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program December 2, 2021: Allocation of Funds Donated to the Maximum Impact Fund in Q2 2021 June 2021 January to March 2021 $13.5 million $11 million to Helen Keller International, $1.5 million to Sightsavers, and $1 million to the Against Malaria Foundation August 31, 2021: Allocation of Funds Donated to the Maximum Impact Fund in Q1 2021 March 2021 October to December 2020 $25.9 million Against Malaria Foundation June 24, 2021: Grants and Funding Recommendations in January and February 2021 December 2020 July to September 2020 $3.8 million Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program November 19, 2020: Our recommendations for giving in 2020 September 2020 January to June 2020 $23.3 million $15.3 million to the Against Malaria Foundation (including $3.6 million from an unrestricted donation). We also granted $8 million from a donor who gave us flexible funding to Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program. October 13, 2020: Maximum Impact Fund update: Q1 and Q2 2020 March 2020 October to December 2019 $13.4 million $11.9 million to Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention program and $1.5 million to Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation program March 17, 2020: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q4 2019 December 2019 July to September 2019 $2.6 million Helen Keller International's vitamin A supplementation program December 19, 2019: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q3 2019 August 2019 April to June 2019 $2.3 million Against Malaria Foundation August 21, 2019: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q2 2019 June 2019 January to March 2019 $4.7 million Against Malaria Foundation June 12, 2019: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q1 2019 March 2019 October to December 2018 $7.6 million Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program March 29, 2019: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q4 2018 November 2018 July to September 2018 $1.1 million Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program November 26, 2018: Our updated top charities for giving season 2018 August 2018 April to June 2018 $4.1 million 70% to Against Malaria Foundation and 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative August 28, 2018: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q2 2018 May 2018 January to March 2018 $3.0 million 70% to Against Malaria Foundation and 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative June 4, 2018: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q1 2018 March 2018 October to December 2017 $5.6 million Schistosomiasis Control Initiative April 6, 2018: Allocation of discretionary funds from Q4 2017 November 2017 July to September 2017 $0.7 million Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative November 27, 2017: Our top charities for giving season 2017 August and September 2017 March to June 2017 $2.3 million Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative August 30, 2017: Why we’re allocating discretionary funds to the Deworm the World Initiative August 2017 January to February 2017 $2.5 million Against Malaria Foundation April 3, 2017: Allocation of discretionary funds and new recommendation for donors April 2017 October to December 2016 $2.6 million $2.1 million to Against Malaria Foundation and $0.5 million to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative April 3, 2017: Allocation of discretionary funds and new recommendation for donors December 2016 July to September 2016 $0.5 million Against Malaria Foundation  September 2016 May to June 2016 $0.3 million Against Malaria Foundation  June 2016 March to April 2016 $0.2 million Against Malaria Foundation  April 2016 January to February 2016 $1.0 million Against Malaria Foundation  February 2016 December 2015 $1.6 million Against Malaria Foundation  January 2016 October to November 2015 $0.8 million Against Malaria Foundation  December 2015 June to September 2015 $0.6 million Against Malaria Foundation  July 2015 January to May 2015 $1.0 million 66.7% to the Against Malaria Foundation, 13.3% each to GiveDirectly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and 6.7% to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative  March 2015 November to December 2014 $2.2 million 66.7% to the Against Malaria Foundation, 13.3% each to GiveDirectly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and 6.7% to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative  December 2014 July to October 2014 $0.1 million 66.7% to the Against Malaria Foundation, 13.3% each to GiveDirectly and the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and 6.7% to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative  August 2014 April to June 2014 $0.1 million 60% to GiveDirectly, 20% to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and 20% to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative  May 2014 January to March 2014 $0.2 million 55% to GiveDirectly, 40% to the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and 5% to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative  We also made these grants prior to 2014 and would be happy to provide information about those grants upon request.

 For a complete table of all grants made or recommended by GiveWell, see this page. 

 1. This was part of a $79.9 million grant, $22.2 million of which was funded by donations to GiveWell's Maximum Impact Fund.

 

 2. This was part of an $8.2 million grant, $3.4 million of which was funded by donations to GiveWell's Maximum Impact Fund.

 

 3. This was part of a $46.7 million grant funded from a variety of sources, $1.4 million of which was from donations to GiveWell's Maximum Impact Fund.

 

 4. This was part of a $52.8 million grant, $8.7 million of which was funded by donations to GiveWell's Maximum Impact Fund.

 

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