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| 2008 || December 10 || Interview || {{w|Holden Karnofsky}} is interviewed by {{w|NPR}} on the importance of researching for donations.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/>
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| 2009|| March || External citation || Australian philosopher {{w|Peter Singer}} publishes ''{{w|The Life You Can Save}}''. Singer writes: {{Quote|When I speak about why we ought to be doing more to help the world's poorest people — something I do often — the most frequent question I get is: how can we know that our donation will really help the poor? Until GiveWell came along, it was difficult to give a convincing answer to that question. Previous charity-rating organizations just looked at how much of a charity's income went to program expenses, rather than administration - and it doesn't take much thought to realize that that figure tells you nothing about how effective the charity's programs are. GiveWell has filled a huge gap, and at the same time has started a major trend towards greater transparency and demonstrated cost-effectiveness in the charitable world.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/>}}
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| 2009 || ? || Review || GiveWell conducts reviews of websites from over 300 charitable organizations, aiming to find ones that either implemented priority programs or published, on their websites, meaningful evaluations of their programs.<ref name="Process for Identifying Top Charities"/>
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| 2009 || ? || Grantmaking || GiveWell conducts a grant application process for organizations running economic empowerment programs in the developing world.<ref name="Process for Identifying Top Charities"/> The $250,000 grant is offered to organizations providing economic empowerment programs in {{w|Sub-Saharan Africa}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Economic Empowerment Grant|url=https://www.givewell.org/international/technical/criteria/2009-economic-empowerment-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref>
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| 2009 || September 8 || External citation || New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof publishes ''Half the Sky'', which points to GiveWell as a donor resource.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/>
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| 2011 || April || Team || {{w|Good Ventures}} co–founder Cari Tuna (who is in a relationship with, and would later marry, {{w|Facebook}} co–founder {{w|Dustin Moskovitz}}) joins the board of GiveWell.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Preston|first1=Caroline|title=Another Facebook Co-Founder Gets Philanthropic|url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Another-Facebook-Co-Founder/227601|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guest post from Cari Tuna|url=https://blog.givewell.org/2011/12/23/guest-post-from-cari-tuna/|website=givewell.org|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2011 || September 8 || Partnership || GiveWell Labs is announced as a new initiative within GiveWell. A collaboration between private foundation {{w|Good Ventures}} and GiveWell, the purpose of it is to “systematically examine a wide variety of causes and opportunities with the intention of identifying the ones which could use additional money ... to produce the best long-run outcomes.”<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tuna|first1=Cari|title=Update on Open Philanthropy Project|url=https://disqus.com/by/Cari_Tuna/|website=disqus.com|accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref>
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| 2013 || February, March || Publication || GiveWell's 2012 Review and Plan is published.<ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2013 || May 31 || External citation || Dylan Matthews at {{w|The Washington Post}} publishes an article featuring GiveWell as a resource for donors.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Join Wall Street. Save the world. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/31/join-wall-street-save-the-world/?arc404=true |website=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2013 || June || Funding || Good Ventures awards a grant of $20,000 to GiveWell to support its capacity to research the history of philanthropy and funding opportunities in policy advocacy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Research into the History of Philanthropy and Policy Advocacy|url=http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/givewell-research-june-2013|website=goodventures.org|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref>
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| 2013 || August 11 || External citation || {{w|Peter Singer}} cites GiveWell in a {{w|New York Times}} {{w|op-ed}} for its "serious evaluation of charities helping people in extreme poverty."<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Charity, Bad Charity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/good-charity-bad-charity.html?_r=0 |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="What Others Are Saying"/>
* {{w|Schistosomiasis Control Initiative}}
* {{w|Deworm the World Initiative}} (new addition)<ref>{{cite web|title=GiveWell’s top charities for giving season 2013|url=https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/01/givewells-top-charities-for-giving-season-2013/|website=givewell.org|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2014 || ? || Strategy || GiveWell solicits applications from several organizations running priority programs and evaluates two organizations that have conducted randomized controlled trials of their own programs.<ref name="Process for Identifying Top Charities">{{cite web |title=Process for Identifying Top Charities |url=https://www.givewell.org/print/how-we-work/process |website=givewell.org |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2014 || April 25 || External citation || Ron Lieber at The New York Times features GiveWell in an article on the challenges of giving effectively.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lieber |first1=Ron |title=Donating, and Making Sure the Money Is Put to Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/your-money/giving-away-money-and-making-sure-its-put-to-work.html?_r=0 |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2014 || August || Reorganization || GiveWell Labs, an internal project of GiveWell, morphs into the {{w|Open Philanthropy Project}}, a joint venture of GiveWell and Good Ventures, and gets a separate website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.givewell.org/2014/08/20/open-philanthropy-project-formerly-givewell-labs/|title = Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)|date = August 20, 2014|accessdate = 31 March 2020|publisher = {{w|GiveWell}}|last = Karnofsky|first = Holden}}</ref><ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2014 || September 7 || External citation || Tim Harford on {{w|BBC Radio 4}} program [[w:More or Less (radio programme)|More or less]] features GiveWell's research as an alternative to a social media fundraising campaign.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/><ref>{{cite web |title=To ice or not to ice? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g1drf |website=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2015 || March || Grantmaking || Good Ventures, with input from GiveWell, awards US$100,000 grant to New Incentives, for general operating support.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Incentives — General Support|url=http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/new-incentives-general-support|website=goodventures.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2015 || March, April || Publication || GiveWell's 2014 Review and Plan is published.<ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2015 || April || Partnership || Open Philanthropy Project announces a partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and {{w|Mike Krieger}} (co-founder of {{w|Instagram}}).
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| 2015 || June 15 || External citation || Derek Thompson at The Atlantic writes: {{Quote|Philosophically, the most difficult task facing GiveWell is putting the vast spectrum of human suffering into numbers. It is, in a way, a math problem, but one laden with value judgments, about which reasonable people can disagree.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Greatest Good |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/what-is-the-greatest-good/395768/ |website=theatlantic.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>}}
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| 2015 || July || Site visit || GiveWell staff travels to {{w|Ethiopia}} to visit the work on universal [[w:Iodised salt|salt iodization]] being carried out by the {{w|Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Site visit: July 2015|url=https://www.givewell.org/research/site-visits/july-2015|website=givewell.org|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Charity Site Visits"/>
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| 2015 || September || Grantmaking || With GiveWell reccommendation, Good Ventures grants US$200,000 to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the {{w|Massachusetts Institute of Technology}} to support two {{w|randomized controlled trial}}s in {{w|India}} and {{w|Pakistan}} that would test whether providing non-cash incentives increases child immunization rates.<ref>{{cite web|title=J-PAL and IRD — Incentives for Immunization Studies|url=https://www.givewell.org/JPAL-IRD-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2015 || October 23 || External citation || Alexandra Zaslow at ''[[w:Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' publishes article about Julia Wise and Jeff Kaufman, a couple notable for donating half of income every year to charity. Wise and Kaufman cite GiveWell as their source for picking out charities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Couple donates half of income every year to treat world health |url=https://www.today.com/news/couple-donates-half-income-every-year-treat-world-health-t51916 |website=today.com |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2015 || November || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes its 2015 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses. Final analyses are conducted on long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, deworming, cash transfers, and iodine fortification; and {{w|Development Media International}}.<ref name="givewell.orgen"/>
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| 2016 || March || Grantmaking || Following GiveWell’s general effort to support the creation of future top charities, Good Ventures grants US$812,351 to Evidence Action to support the development of additional programs. These funds are expected to develop and implement a program in {{w|Bangladesh}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evidence Action — No Lean Season|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/evidence-action/march-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref> In the same month, Good Ventures grants US$300,000 to New Incentives to support its conditional cash transfers program.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Incentives — General Support (2016)|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/new-incentives/march-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2016 || April, May || Publication || GiveWell's 2015 Review and Plan is published.<ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2016 || May || Grantmaking || As part of GiveWell’s effort, Good Ventures grants US$6,400,000 to {{w|non-profit}} {{w|Results for Development}} to support its Market Dynamics practice area’s pneumonia treatment program in {{w|Tanzania}}. The fund is expected to increase use of {{w|amoxicillin}}, the WHO-recommended first-line treatment for childhood {{w|pneumonia}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results for Development — Childhood Pneumonia Treatment Scale-Up|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/results-for-development/may-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref> In the same month Good Ventures grants US$350,000 to {{w|Innovations for Poverty Action}} to support a {{w|randomized controlled trial}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Innovations for Poverty Action — Mindset Engagement in Cash Transfers|url=https://www.givewell.org/international/charities/ipa/may-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2016 || June–October || Grantmaking || Following GiveWell’s guidelines, Good Ventures grants $1,985,000 in unrestricted funding over three years to IDinsight, a development-consulting organization that serves mission-driven organizations to facilitate evidence-based decision-making. The fund is expected to allow IDinsight to scale its model of supporting and evaluating development interventions, ideally (in the long term) providing us with research that GiveWell would be able to use in its work to recommend top charities. In October, Good Ventures grants an additional US$314,752 to IDinsight.<ref>{{cite web|title=IDinsight — General Support (2016)|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/IDinsight/june-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2016 || August || Grantmaking || Good Ventures makes a grant of US$25 million to GiveDirectly on GiveWell’s recommendation, with GiveDirectly’s goals for the grant consisting in expanding its ability to raise funds from donors not influenced by GiveWell’s recommendation and collaborating with large aid institutions or governments to address their questions about cash transfers.<ref name="The GiveWell Blog"/>
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| 2016 || August || Site visit || GiveWell staff travels to the {{w|Greater Accra Region}}, {{w|Ghana}}, with the primary purpose of visiting the {{w|Against Malaria Foundation}} and {{w|Sightsavers}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Site visit: August 2016|url=https://www.givewell.org/research/site-visits/august-2016|website=givewell.org|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Charity Site Visits"/>
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| 2016 || September 14 || Online community || GiveWell launches new website.<ref>{{cite web|title=vipulnaik working-drafts|url=https://github.com/vipulnaik/working-drafts/blob/master/givewell/website-redesign-costs.md|website=github.com|accessdate=22 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November || Grantmaking || Good Ventures grants $368587 to New Incentives as part of GiveWell's work to support the creation of new top charities.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Incentives — Exit Grant and Immunizations Pilot|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/new-incentives/november-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=10 December 2017}}</ref> In the same month Good Ventures grants $200,000 to Charity Science: Health to support the first year of its work setting up a charity to send SMS immunization reminders in {{w|India}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charity Science: Health — General Support|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/charity-science/charity-science-health/november-2016-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || February–March || Strategy || GiveWell runs a small experiment with a few ads on FiveThirtyEight’s Politics podcast and Vox’s The Weeds. Having spent approximately $20,000 on ads for the initial experiment, Givewell asks donors who give via GiveWell's website to tell the evaluator where they learned about GiveWell when they donate. One of the findings is that donors generally find out about GiveWell during the course of the year, but donate in December. The experiment is later expanded, spending approximately $100,000 on podcast ads.<ref>{{cite web|title=Update on our work on outreach|url=https://blog.givewell.org/2017/12/19/update-on-our-work-on-outreach/|website=blog.givewell.org|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || March, April || Publication || GiveWell's 2016 Review and Plan is published.<ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2017 || May || Grantmaking || IDinsight receives an Incubation Grant of US$2,321,617 to support its GiveWell-embedded team for the next twelve months. This grant is in addition to June 2016 and October 2016 GiveWell Incubation Grants to IDinsight, a company that supports and conducts rigorous evaluations of development interventions, often involving randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with an explicit focus on partnering with funders and policy makers to use data to inform key strategy decisions. IDinsight's "decision-focused evaluation" is considered aligned with GiveWell's goals.<ref>{{cite web|title=IDinsight — Embedded GiveWell Team (2017)|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/IDinsight/may-2017-grant|website=givewell.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || May 20 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the first version of its 2017 Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.<ref name="givewell.orgen"/> The {{w|universal basic income}} (UBI) program is dropped from the GiveDirectly CEA.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 GiveWell cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) — Version 1 |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/DWDA%202009/Interventions/2017_GiveWell_cost-effectiveness_analysis_Version_1_Release_notes.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=27 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2017 || August || Grantmaking || GiveWell announces plan to grant roughly $2.25 million in discretionary funding to the {{w|Deworm the World Initiative}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=The GiveWell Blog Month, August 2017|url=https://blog.givewell.org/2017/08/|website=blog.givewell.org|accessdate=24 December 2017}}</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.orgen"/> 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 || Year round || Funding || GiveWell receives over US$290,000 in {{w|Bitcoin}} donations.<ref name="We’ve added more options">{{cite web |title=We’ve added more options for cryptocurrency donors |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2018/12/07/donate-cryptocurrency/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || January 24 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || GiveWell publishes the first version of its 2018 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.<ref name="2018 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Changelog">{{cite web |title=2018 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Changelog |url=https://www.givewell.org/how-we-work/our-criteria/cost-effectiveness/cost-effectiveness-models/changelog |website=givewell.org |accessdate=28 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2018 || March || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$5.6 million in discretionary grant to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. The donations were made between October and December 2017.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/><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>
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| 2018 || May || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$3.0 million in discretionary grant, distributing 70% to Against Malaria Foundation and 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. The donations were received between January and March 2018.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/>
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| 2018 || June 2 || External citation || GiveWell is featured by ''{{w|The Economist}}'' in an article about {{w|effective altruism}}.<ref name="What Others Are Saying"/>
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| 2018 || June || Grantmaking || Fortify Health receives a GiveWell Incubation Grant of US$295,217 to start a new program aimed at mass fortification of wheat flour with iron in {{w|India}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fortify Health — General Support |url=https://www.givewell.org/research/incubation-grants/fortify-health/june-2018-grant |website=givewell.org |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || August || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$4.1 million in discretionary grant, distributing 70% to Against Malaria Foundation and 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative. The donations were received between April and June 2018.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/>
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| 2018 || November || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$1.1 million in discretionary grant to Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention program. The donations were received between July and September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our updated top charities for giving season 2018 |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-updated-top-charities-for-giving-season-2018/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/>
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| 2019 || January 3 || Cost-effectiveness analysis || The first version of GiveWell's 2019 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis is published.<ref name="sdsf"/>
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| 2019 || February 4 || Team || {{w|Rob Reich}} announces his intention to resign from GiveWell's Board of Directors. In his resignation letter, Reich lists his reasons for departure, one of them being his concerns that the "board’s important governance role is not taken seriously enough by GiveWell leadership".<ref name="givewell.orge">{{cite web |title=Changes in Board Membership (April 2019) |url=https://www.givewell.org/changes-in-board-membership |website=givewell.org |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Resignation letter by Rob Reich">{{cite web |title=Resignation letter by Rob Reich |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/Rob_Reich_Board_Resignation_Letter_02-04-19.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=29 May 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || February 13 || Grantmaking || GiveWell announces a grantmaking process to look for organizations operating in {{w|Southeast Asia}} and {{w|Bangladesh}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The GiveWell Blog |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/02/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || March 5 || Team || Brigid Slipka announces her intention to resign from GiveWell's Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brigid Slipka resignation letter |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/Brigid_Slipka_Board_Resignation_Letter_03-05-19.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || April 1 || Team || Rob Reich, Brigid Slipka, and Tom Rutledge resignations become effective. The most common concern reflected in the resignation letters is the argument that the new board would not be well positioned to play a serious role in the organization governance after GiveWell's decision to reduce the size of the board from eight members to five. Hassenfeld replies that the direction GiveWell has chosen is the right one, expressing his belief that it will mean a "more focused, intensely engaged board, and ultimately a more robust, more impactful GiveWell."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hassenfeld |first1=Elie |title=Elie Hassenfeld letter |url=https://files.givewell.org/files/Elie_Hassenfeld_Board_Letter.pdf |website=files.givewell.org |accessdate=29 May 2020}}</ref> After the resignations, GiveWell's Board of Directors retains five members: Timothy Ogden (Interim Chair), {{w|Cari Tuna}}, {{w|Holden Karnofsky}}, Julia Wise, and Elie Hassenfeld.<ref name="givewell.orge"/><ref name="Tom rut"/>
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| 2019 || May 10 || Administration || Catherine Hollander announces GiveWell plan to move offices from {{w|San Francisco}} to {{w|Oakland}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The GiveWell Blog |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/03/11/march-2019-open-thread/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || June || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates U$4.7 million in discretionary grant to the {{w|Against Malaria Foundation}}. The donations were received between January and March 2019.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Allocation of discretionary funds from Q1 2019 |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/06/12/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q1-2019/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || August || Grantmaking || GiveWell allocates US$2.3 million in discretionary grant to the {{w|Against Malaria Foundation}}. The donations were received between April and June 2019.<ref name="Discretionary Grantmakingv">{{cite web |title=Discretionary Grantmaking |url=https://www.givewell.org/about/FAQ/discretionary-grantmaking |website=givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Allocation of discretionary funds from Q2 2019 |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/08/21/allocation-of-discretionary-funds-from-q2-2019/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || September || Site visit || GiveWell staff visits Burkina Faso to meet with staff of Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program, and observe its work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our recent visit to Burkina Faso |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/09/18/our-recent-visit-to-burkina-faso/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November 9 || External citation || Allan Saldanha at {{w|The Guardian}} publishes article featuring GiveWell as a leading independent charity evaluator.<ref>{{cite web |title=‘I give away half to three-quarters of my income every year’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/nov/09/i-give-away-half-to-three-quarters-of-my-income-every-year |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November || Strategy || GiveWell offers matching funds to new donors who hear about its work on podcast advertisements. Offering donation matching is expected enable GiveWell to better track the impact of the ads it funds.<ref>{{cite web |title=We’re offering matching funds to new donors via podcasts. Here’s why. |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/11/14/were-offering-matching-funds-to-new-donors-via-podcasts/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=4 December 2019}}</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.orgen"/>
* Charities that treat parasitic worm infections, in particular deworming programs (Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative, Sightsavers’ deworming program, END Fund’s deworming program)
* GiveDirectly<ref name="Announcing our 2019 top">{{cite web |title=Announcing our 2019 top charities |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2019/11/26/announcing-our-2019-top-charities/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2020 || March 26 || Publication || Catherine Hollander publishes blog post entitled "The impact of COVID-19 on GiveWell’s plans", in order to inform on how the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus pandemic}} impacts the organization.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hollander |first1=Catherine |title=The impact of COVID-19 on GiveWell’s plans |url=https://blog.givewell.org/2020/03/26/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-givewells-plans/ |website=blog.givewell.org |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
