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| 2007 || April 7 || Publication || GiveWell publishes ''The Case for the Clear Fund'', its so called original business plan, written mostly to solicit the support and feedback of its existing contacts.<ref name="Our Progress to Date"/>
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| 2007 || Midyear || Creation Official launch || GiveWell is founded by [[wikipedia:Holden Karnofsky|Holden Karnofsky]] and Elie Hassenfeld,<ref name="That Time A Hedge Funder Quit His Job And Then Raised $60 Million For Charity">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/elie-hassenfeld-givewell_n_6927320.html|title = That Time A Hedge Funder Quit His Job And Then Raised $60 Million For Charity|last = Pitney|first = Nico|date = March 26, 2015|accessdate = 24 October 2017|publisher = ''{{w|Huffington Post}}''}}</ref><ref name="The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life">{{cite book|last1=Simler|first1=Kevin|last2=Hanson|first2=Robin|title=The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=p_lADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207&dq=%22givewell%22+%22in+2007%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj42YXNz5HYAhWHF5AKHYiGDrAQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=%22givewell%22%20%22in%202007%22&f=false|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref> with the purpose of evaluating, ranking, and recommending charities, focussing on evidence of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, transparency, self-monitoring and need for funding.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Epstein|first1=Marc J.|last2=Yuthas|first2=Kristi|title=Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies and Impact Investors|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=eKk0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT93&dq=%22givewell%22+%22in+2007%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj42YXNz5HYAhWHF5AKHYiGDrAQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=%22givewell%22%20%22in%202007%22&f=false|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Callahan|first1=David|title=The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=cw6wDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&dq=%22givewell%22+%22in+2007%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj42YXNz5HYAhWHF5AKHYiGDrAQ6AEISzAG#v=onepage&q=%22givewell%22%20%22in%202007%22&f=false|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref> Other co-founders include Bob Elliott.<ref name="bob elliott">{{cite web |title=Bob Elliott |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ttoillebob/ |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=18 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || ? || Recommendation || After conducting an open grant application process and reviewing 59 applications in global health and development, GiveWell announces the first recommendations: {{w|Population Services International}} (PSI), which markets and distributes life-saving materials (mostly condoms and insecticide treated bednets); Partners in Health (PIH), which creates comprehensive health programs (hospital, health center, and community health workers) in disadvantaged, generally rural, areas in the developing world; and Interplast, which devotes to correcting deformities requiring surgery (such as cleft lip and palate deformities), both through direct treatment and through support of local doctors.<ref name="Process for Identifying Top Charities"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Overview: Saving Lives (Focus on Africa)|url=https://www.givewell.org/archive/2008/saving-lives-in-africa|website=www.givewell.org|accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref>
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