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| 2012 || August 2 || || "We are thrilled to welcome Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, to our board. Chris's commitment to rigor and honesty in giving align him perfectly with our vision, and he brings a track record of leadership and innovation in both new and old media to our team. Chris has shared his commitment to our work in a personal message to the GiveDirectly community."<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Hughes joins the board |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3591988352086577458 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref>
 
| 2012 || August 2 || || "We are thrilled to welcome Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, to our board. Chris's commitment to rigor and honesty in giving align him perfectly with our vision, and he brings a track record of leadership and innovation in both new and old media to our team. Chris has shared his commitment to our work in a personal message to the GiveDirectly community."<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Hughes joins the board |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3591988352086577458 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=19 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || November 2 || || GiveWll updates its evaluations for 2012 and names GiveDirectly one of three "top-rated" organizations.<ref name="2012"/><ref name="givewell"/>
 
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2011 July 2 "Field staff in Kenya have launched a large-scale evaluation of GiveDirectly's work, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Dr. Johannes Haushofer of the University of Zurich in collaboration with GiveDirectly's board."[1]
2011 July 21 GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch."[2]
2011 July 22 Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.[3]
2011 July 26 The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.[4]
2011 August 2 "NPR's Planet Money blog covered our approach, calling it a "simple but radical.""[5]
2011 August 3 "Time Magazine's Moneyland blog called our approach "radical, if obvious." They ask: "Instead of using charitable donations to set up elaborate programs (and to cover hefty administrative costs for those programs), all in the name of helping the poor, why not just give the money directly to poor people, in as efficient a way as possible?""[6]
2012 January 3 "Vishnu Sridharan at the New America Foundation has a nice blog post on our approach and where it fits in to the big picture."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;

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2012 May 2 "GiveWell has completed its full review of GiveDirectly and rated us a "standout organization." GiveWell's recommendations are extremely selective: they look in depth at both operations and impact, and ultimately recommend only 1% of the organizations they review."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;

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2012 August 2 "We are thrilled to welcome Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, to our board. Chris's commitment to rigor and honesty in giving align him perfectly with our vision, and he brings a track record of leadership and innovation in both new and old media to our team. Chris has shared his commitment to our work in a personal message to the GiveDirectly community."[8]
2012 November 2 GiveWll updates its evaluations for 2012 and names GiveDirectly one of three "top-rated" organizations.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag;

name cannot be a simple integer. Use a descriptive title[7]

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  1. "NIH evaluation grant". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  2. "A charity to watch: GiveDirectly". blog.givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  3. "Give Directly". marginalrevolution.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  4. "Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor?". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  5. "A Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People". npr.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  6. "GiveDirectly: A Charity That Just Gives Money to Poor People, So They're Not So Poor". business.time.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "GiveDirectly". givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019. 
  8. "Chris Hughes joins the board". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.