All Grants Fund

All Grants Fund

Donate to the full range of GiveWell’s grantmaking in global health and wellbeing

Last updated: October 2023

The All Grants Fund, which makes grants on a rolling basis, allows donors to contribute to the most impactful grant opportunities we've identified, regardless of program or location. We recommend the All Grants Fund to donors who wish to support a wide range of grantmaking, including funding opportunities more uncertain or riskier than our top charities. For donors who’d prefer more certainty about their donations, we recommend donating to the Top Charities Fund.

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Support the full range of GiveWell’s grantmaking

The All Grants Fund provides grants to our top charities as well as grants to incubate newer programs, promote policy change, fund relevant research, or support other potentially high-impact, cost-effective initiatives that don’t fit neat categorization.
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Highest expected value

The All Grants Fund supports the highest-impact opportunities we can identify in global health and wellbeing. This may include some grants with high expected value that carry a higher risk of not achieving their potential impact.
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100% of your donation goes to orgs that need it

After transaction fees, 100% of donations to the fund are distributed to the recipient organizations. GiveWell does not use any of these funds for our own operating support.
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Illustrative grants from the fund

The All Grants Fund was launched in August 2022; some of the grants featured below were made before the fund was created and are included here to represent the kinds of grants the fund will support.

Medical device for child's foot

MiracleFeet

for clubfoot treatment
Grant amount:
$5,210,581
Location:
Philippines, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire
Purpose:

Clubfoot is a congenital abnormality that causes one or both feet to twist inward and upward, leading to pain and severely limited mobility. MiracleFeet will support routine health systems in identifying and correcting clubfoot. This grant will increase the number of infants with clubfoot receiving treatment, leading to reduced disability and other benefits during the rest of these infants’ lives. We are uncertain about the impact of the grant and have funded an accompanying evaluation to learn more. Clubfoot is a congenital abnormality that causes one or both feet to twist inward and upward, leading to pain and severely limited mobility.... read more

Photo credit: MiracleFeet
DTW Vihiga

Evidence Action

for its Deworm the World Initiative
Grant amount:
$5,200,000
Location:
Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya
Purpose:

Through this program, Evidence Action provides schoolchildren with deworming treatment to kill illness-causing parasitic worm infections. This grant will provide one additional year of support for deworming programs that GiveWell has previously funded. Reducing worm infections during childhood may significantly increase income later in life, though the evidence is uncertain. Through this program, Evidence Action provides schoolchildren with deworming treatment to kill illness-causing parasitic worm infections. This grant... read more

Photo credit: Evidence Action
One Acre Fund seedlings

One Acre Fund

for a randomized controlled trial of its tree program
Grant amount:
$1,300,000
Location:
India and Nepal
Purpose:

Planting trees for timber may raise incomes among poor households. One Acre Fund’s tree program encourages farmers to grow more trees by providing seedlings and training. This grant will fund a research study to estimate the program's impact on farmers' income; the information we get may allow us to more confidently fund the program or instead fund something more cost-effective. Planting trees for timber may raise incomes among poor households. One Acre Fund’s tree program encourages farmers to grow more trees by providing... read more

Photo credit: One Acre Fund
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New Incentives

for expanding its conditional cash transfer program in Nigeria
Grant amount:
$30,000,000
Location:
Nigeria
Purpose:

Many children die of vaccine-preventable diseases in Nigeria, where vaccination rates are low. New Incentives, a GiveWell Top Charity, provides small cash incentives to caregivers to vaccinate their children and promotes the benefits of vaccination. This grant will fund expansion of New Incentives' program to new parts of Nigeria, thus reducing childhood deaths from many diseases. Many children die of vaccine-preventable diseases in Nigeria, where vaccination rates are low. New Incentives, a GiveWell Top Charity, provides small... read more

Photo credit: New Incentives
Map of Africa highlighting Ghana, Kenya, Malawi

PATH

for the rollout of the RTS,S malaria vaccine
Grant amount:
$4,900,000
Location:
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi
Purpose:

PATH will support the ministries of health in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi to expand delivery of the new malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, in the context of an ongoing pilot program. We believe the grant will speed up vaccination in the areas covered by the grant by approximately one year, thereby reducing malaria illness and death among vaccinated children. This was a one-off funding opportunity with high expected-value. PATH will support the ministries of health in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi to expand delivery of the new malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, in the context of an... read more

Man using a safe water dispenser

Evidence Action

for their Dispensers for Safe Water program
Grant amount:
$64,700,000
Location:
Kenya, Malawi, Uganda
Purpose:

Using chlorine to disinfect water can be a cheap and effective way to prevent deaths associated with diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. Dispensers for Safe Water will install, maintain, and promote the use of chlorine dispensers near communal water points in rural areas, improving health and reducing deaths among children who have access to the chlorinated water. We’re excited to learn more about water chlorination and its potential to scale. Using chlorine to disinfect water can be a cheap and effective way to prevent deaths associated with diarrhea and other waterborne diseases.... read more

Photo credit: Evidence Action