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| 2017 || July || IGrantmaking || Charity Science Health receives a GiveWell Incubation Grant of US$357,543 to support its SMS immunization reminder program in {{w|India}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charity Science Health — SMS Reminders for Immunization|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/charity-science/charity-science-health/july-2017-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref> In the same month, the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley receives a GiveWell Incubation Grant of US$492,188, with CEGA planning to use these funds to create a list of previously completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that could potentially be candidates for follow-up studies analyzing longer-term effects of programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Scoping RCTs for Long-Term Follow-Ups|url=https://www.givewell.org/research/incubation-grants/cega-uc-berkeley/july-2017-grant|website=www.givewell.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || August 16 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the second version of its 2017 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen"/> It includes a series of structural changes to the cost-effectiveness models for {{w|Malaria Consortium}} and the {{w|Against Malaria Foundation}} (AMF).<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 GiveWell cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) — Version 2 |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_2_Release_notes.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=27 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2017 || August || Grantmaking || The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention receives a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $1,336,409 to start work aimed at reducing deaths from deliberate ingestion of pesticides. The funds are planned to start collecting data on pesticide suicides in {{w|Nepal}} and {{w|India}} with the aim of assisting governments in enacting bans on the most lethal pesticides currently used in suicide attempts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention – General Support|url=https://www.givewell.org/research/incubation-grants/centre-pesticide-suicide-prevention/august-2017-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref>
| 2017 || September || Staff || Charlene Abellana joins GiveWell as Financial Controller.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlene Abellana |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlene-abellana-9690b938/ |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=18 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 27 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the third version of its 2017 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen"/> This workbook revises the structure of GiveWell's worm intensity data to facilitate engagement.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 GiveWell cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) — Version 3 |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_3_Release_notes.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=27 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November || Charity ranking || Givewell announces its top charities for giving season 2017:
| 2017 || November || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$0.7 million in discretionary grant to Evidence Action's Deworm the World Initiative. The donations were made between July and September 2017.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/>
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| 2017 || November 8 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the fourth version of its 2017 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen"/>
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| 2017 || November 27 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the fifth version of its 2017 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen"/>
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| 2017 || Fourth quarter || Funding || GiveWell receives US$5.6 million in funding for making grants at its discretion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allocation of discretionary funds from Q4 2017 |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2018/04/06/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q4-2017/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref>
| 2019 || November || Staff || Miranda Kaplan joins GiveWell as Content Editor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miranda Kaplan |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-kaplan-04614811/ |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=18 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November || Grantmaking || GiveWell recommends grants of US$57.3 million to its top charities and standout charities, composed of a recommendation to [[w:Open Philanthropy Project|Open Philanthropy]] to grant US$54.6 million to GiveWell's top charities and standout charities, and US$2.6 million in grants to top charities at GiveWell's discretion.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen"/>
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| 2019 || November 25 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes updated workbook containing its cost-effectiveness analysis. This version estimates the cost-effectiveness of funding gaps GiveWell expects its top charities to fill after taking grants it expects [[w:Open Philanthropy Project|Open Philanthropy]] to make the year into account.<ref name="givewell.orgeorgen">{{cite web |title=GiveWell's Cost-Effectiveness Analysesgivewell.org |url=https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models |website=givewell.org |accessdate=27 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November 26 || Charity ranking || GiveWell publishes its 2019 top charities:
