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| 2007 || || || GiveWell's founders promote the organization on several internet blogs and forums using [[w:Sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppets]] to ask questions about where to find good information about how to donate and then answering them, recommending GiveWell.<ref>{{cite web|last1=STROM|first1=STEPHANIE|title=Founder of a Nonprofit Is Punished by Its Board for Engaging in an Internet Ruse|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/us/08givewell.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2007 || || || GiveWell's founders promote the organization on several internet blogs and forums using [[w:Sockpuppet (Internet)|sockpuppets]] to ask questions about where to find good information about how to donate and then answering them, recommending GiveWell.<ref>{{cite web|last1=STROM|first1=STEPHANIE|title=Founder of a Nonprofit Is Punished by Its Board for Engaging in an Internet Ruse|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/us/08givewell.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref>
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| 2011 || || Partnership || GiveWell partners with {{w|Good Ventures}} to set up a partner organization called the Open Philanthropy Project, as a vehicle to direct the funding done by Good Ventures.<ref name="chronicle-of-philanthropy-2012">{{cite web|url=http://philanthropy.com/blogs/the-giveaway/another-facebook-co-founder-gets-philanthropic/1304|title = Another Facebook Co-Founder Gets Philanthropic|last = Preston|first = Caroline|publisher = ''[[Chronicle of Philanthropy]]''|date = January 10, 2012|accessdate = 24 October 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2013 || || || GiveWell moves its offices to {{w|San Francisco}}.<ref name="That Time A Hedge Funder Quit His Job And Then Raised $60 Million For Charity"/>
 
| 2013 || || || GiveWell moves its offices to {{w|San Francisco}}.<ref name="That Time A Hedge Funder Quit His Job And Then Raised $60 Million For Charity"/>

Revision as of 16:58, 24 October 2017

This is a timeline of the charity evaluator GiveWell.

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Year Month and date Event type Details
2006 Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld, working at a hedge fund in Connecticut, form an informal group with colleagues to evaluate charities based on data and performance metrics similar to those they use at the fund, and become surprised to find the data often do not exist.
2007 GiveWell is founded by Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld.[1]
2007 GiveWell's founders promote the organization on several internet blogs and forums using sockpuppets to ask questions about where to find good information about how to donate and then answering them, recommending GiveWell.[2]
2011 Partnership GiveWell partners with Good Ventures to set up a partner organization called the Open Philanthropy Project, as a vehicle to direct the funding done by Good Ventures.[3]
2013 GiveWell moves its offices to San Francisco.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pitney, Nico (March 26, 2015). "That Time A Hedge Funder Quit His Job And Then Raised $60 Million For Charity". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2017. 
  2. STROM, STEPHANIE. "Founder of a Nonprofit Is Punished by Its Board for Engaging in an Internet Ruse". nytimes.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017. 
  3. Preston, Caroline (January 10, 2012). "Another Facebook Co-Founder Gets Philanthropic". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 24 October 2017.