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| 2001 || Consulting || {{w|The Center for Effective Philanthropy}}, a nonprofit organization focused on the development of comparative data to enable higher-performing philanthropic funders, is founded. Phil Buchanan is its chief executive at the time of founding.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/about/people/phil-buchanan/|title = Phil Buchanan|publisher = [[w:The Center for Effective Philanthropy|The Center for Effective Philanthropy]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/us/charities-surprise-donor-foundations-with-bluntness.html|title = Charities Surprise Donor Foundations With Bluntness|last = Strom|first = Stephanie|date = April 23, 2004|accessdate = June 26, 2016|publisher = ''[[w:New York Times|New York Times]]''|authorlink = wikipedia:Stephanie Strom}}</ref> || United States ([[w:Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, Massachusetts]])
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| 2002 || Consulting , resource || The idea behind {{w|Innovations for Poverty Action}} is first proposed by {{w|Dean Karlan}} to his graduate advisors {{w|Abhijit Banerjee}}, {{w|Esther Duflo}}, and {{w|Sendhil Mullainathan}} at MIT. IPA would work with many nonprofits, governments, and foundations on helping them evaluate their programs and publishing the findings. This would both help the nonprofits with prioritizing and improving their programs, and help inform donors and evaluators about the programs.
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| 2002 || Charity watchdog || {{w|New Philanthropy Capital|New Philanthropy Capital}} launches, founded by {{w|Goldman Sachs}} partners {{w|Gavyn Davies}} and Peter Wheeler.<ref name=npc-history>{{cite web|url = http://www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/our-history/|title = Our history|accessdate = June 26, 2016|publisher = [[w:New Philanthropy Capital|New Philanthropy Capital]]}}</ref> New Philanthropy Capital is a charitable organisation that tries to direct more funding to effective charities and help donors make more informed decisions on how to give.<ref name=bridgespan-economist-2006/><ref name=npc-guardian>{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/aug/01/childrensservices.comment|title = Full stop missing on child abuse|last = Butler|first = Patrick|publisher = ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]''|date = August 1, 2007|accessdate = June 26, 2016}}</ref> || United Kingdom (London)
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| 2003 || Consulting || The {{w|Redstone Strategy Group}}, a company that helps nonprofits by conducting analysis, is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Redstone Strategy Group Llc |publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/0082074D:US-redstone-strategy-group-llc}}</ref> || United States
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| 2003 || Consulting, resource || The {{w|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab}} (J-PAL) is founded by {{w|Abhijit Banerjee}}, {{w|Esther Duflo}}, and {{w|Sendhil Mullainathan}}. J-PAL would would work with many nonprofits, governments, and foundations on helping them evaluate their programs and publishing the findings. This would both help the nonprofits with prioritizing and improving their programs, and help inform donors and evaluators about the programs.
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| 2005 || Charity watchdog || {{w|Intelligent Giving}} launches. Intelligent Giving is a charity evaluator advising donors on how to make the most satisfactory use of their money. It employs a casual, witty style on their website. Intelligent Giving would stop operating in 2009.<ref name=Spectator>{{cite web | url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/16th-february-2008/44/how-to-give | title = How to Give| publisher= The Spectator | accessdate=24 July 2014}}</ref> (Note: 2005 is the earliest mention of the organization; the founding date is unclear.) || United Kingdom (London)
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| 2016 || Charity controversy || In March, the {{w|Wounded Warrior Project}} fires top executives amid accusations of wasteful spending by the group.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/10/report-wounded-warrior-project-executives-fired-amid-controversy/?utm_term=.7bfc62e47bdf|title = Wounded Warrior Project executives fired amid controversy|last = Gibbons-Neff|first = Thomas|date = March 10, 2016|accessdate = March 12, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:Washington Post|Washington Post]]''}}</ref> The accusations had been reported in late January.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/wounded-warrior-project-spends-lavishly-on-itself-ex-employees-say.html|title = Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say|last = Phillipps|first = Dave|date = January 27, 2016|accessdate = March 12, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:New York Times|New York Times]]''}}</ref> The revelations lead to discussion of the need for nonprofit transparency and accountability, and more care by donors.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://time.com/4257876/wounded-warrior-project-scandal/|title = The Wounded Warrior Project Scandal Should Encourage More Philanthropy|last = Tsipursky|first = Gleb|date = March 15, 2016|accessdate = March 12, 2017|publisher = ''[[w:Time Magazine|Time Magazine]]''}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || Resource || {{w|Giving What We Can}} stops updating its own research on cause areas and charities, instead deferrring to the work of J-PAL, GiveWell, and the Open Philanthropy Project.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause/climate-change/|title = Climate Change|publisher = Giving What We Can|accessdate = November 11, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || Resource || Around this time, {{w|Founders Pledge}} creates its research page that includes research reports on cause areas of interest to donors taking its pledge. Its first two reports are on climate change and mental health;<ref>{{cite web|url = https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3poYR8mXfcr9YM34Z/new-research-on-effective-climate-charities|title = New research on effective climate charities|last = Halstead|first = John|date = July 11, 2018|accessdate = November 11, 2019|publisher = Effective Altruism Forum}}</ref> by the end of 2019, it would have expanded to 12 reports. Founders Pledge had advertised a position for a full-time researcher in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DrK9zwKvjn4DsEsea/we-re-hiring-founders-pledge-is-seeking-a-new-researcher|title = We're hiring! Founders Pledge is seeking a new researcher|date = December 18, 2017|accessdate = November 11, 2019|publisher = Effective Altruism Forum}}</ref>
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