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| 2015 || August 3 || || "This week, Good Ventures announced an unrestricted $25M grant to GiveDirectly (some coverage: Good Ventures post, GiveWell post, Vox, Inside Philanthropy, CNBC, Huffington Post, Forbes). A large investment like this reflects a lot of confidence in the team and the vision, and we’re grateful for that. In just a few short years, the discussion around cash transfers has shifted from “crazy new idea” to a serious debate about their role in the future of giving and foreign aid. We think that’s an important discussion, and will be using this grant to help advance and inform it."<ref name="blog2015"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing a $25 Million Grant to GiveDirectly |url=http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/announcing-a-25-million-grant-to-givedirectly |website=goodventures.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Facebook billionaire is handing tons of cash to poor people in East Africa |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/8/4/9092053/facebook-givedirectly-donation-cash |website=vox.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Money, Big Bets: Three Takeaways From a Massive Tech Grant to Fight Global Poverty |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/8/4/new-money-big-bets-three-takeaways-from-a-massive-tech-grant.html |website=insidephilanthropy.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook Co-Founder Giving Millions Directly To The Poor, No Strings Attached |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-co-founder-giving-millions-directly-to-the-poor-no-strings-attached_us_55be806ee4b0d4f33a03299f?utm_hp_ref=politics |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
 
| 2015 || August 3 || || "This week, Good Ventures announced an unrestricted $25M grant to GiveDirectly (some coverage: Good Ventures post, GiveWell post, Vox, Inside Philanthropy, CNBC, Huffington Post, Forbes). A large investment like this reflects a lot of confidence in the team and the vision, and we’re grateful for that. In just a few short years, the discussion around cash transfers has shifted from “crazy new idea” to a serious debate about their role in the future of giving and foreign aid. We think that’s an important discussion, and will be using this grant to help advance and inform it."<ref name="blog2015"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing a $25 Million Grant to GiveDirectly |url=http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/announcing-a-25-million-grant-to-givedirectly |website=goodventures.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Facebook billionaire is handing tons of cash to poor people in East Africa |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/8/4/9092053/facebook-givedirectly-donation-cash |website=vox.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Money, Big Bets: Three Takeaways From a Massive Tech Grant to Fight Global Poverty |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2015/8/4/new-money-big-bets-three-takeaways-from-a-massive-tech-grant.html |website=insidephilanthropy.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook Co-Founder Giving Millions Directly To The Poor, No Strings Attached |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-co-founder-giving-millions-directly-to-the-poor-no-strings-attached_us_55be806ee4b0d4f33a03299f?utm_hp_ref=politics |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || November 23 || || "For the fourth consecutive year GiveWell has named us one of their top-rated charities of 2015. GiveWell also rated GiveDirectly strongest on all aspects of organizational performance, including on “transparency and communication,” “robustness of the case for impact,” and “room for more funding.”"<ref>{{cite web |title=GiveWell recommends GiveDirectly (again), and benchmarks others against cash |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/5398909843884337925 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2015">{{cite web |title=blog2015 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2015 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="givewell"/>
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| 2015 || November 23 || Recognition || GiveWell names GiveDirectly one of their top-rated charities of 2015, this time for the fourth consecutive year. GiveWell also rates GiveDirectly strongest on all aspects of organizational performance, including on “transparency and communication,” “robustness of the case for impact,” and “room for more funding.”<ref>{{cite web |title=GiveWell recommends GiveDirectly (again), and benchmarks others against cash |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/5398909843884337925 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2015">{{cite web |title=blog2015 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2015 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="givewell"/>
 
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| 2016 || November 29 || Recognition || {{w|GiveWell}} recognizes GiveDirectly as one of their top rated charities for the fifth year running.<ref name="blog2016"/><ref>{{cite web |title=On GiveWell's recommendation |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3120233048849071787 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="givewell"/>
 
| 2016 || November 29 || Recognition || {{w|GiveWell}} recognizes GiveDirectly as one of their top rated charities for the fifth year running.<ref name="blog2016"/><ref>{{cite web |title=On GiveWell's recommendation |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3120233048849071787 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="givewell"/>
 
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| 2016 || December 19 || || "The second milestone for cash in 2016 (see here for Part 1) was GiveDirectly’s launch of the first long-term Universal Basic Income evaluation in history. "<ref name="blog2016">{{cite web |title=blog2016 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2016 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The largest basic income experiment in history |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1913203671065804411 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || December || || GiveDirectly’s launches the first long-term Universal Basic Income evaluation in history.<ref name="blog2016">{{cite web |title=blog2016 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2016 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The largest basic income experiment in history |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1913203671065804411 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2016 || December || || "this year. Together, we have enrolled 31K new households, and placed $27M into the hands of 40K households (or more than 180k individuals), most of whom had been living on less than $1/day. This represents more than a 1000X increase in distributions from just five years ago. "<ref name="blog2016"/><ref>{{cite web |title=The year in cash – $27 million distributed |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/6375644394136613315 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || December || || GiveDirectly enrolls 31,000 new households, and places US$27 million into the hands of 40,000 households (or more than 180,000 individuals), most of whom live on less than $1/day. This represents more than a 1000X increase in distributions from just five years ago.<ref name="blog2016"/><ref>{{cite web |title=The year in cash – $27 million distributed |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/6375644394136613315 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || January || Media coverage || A range of outlets around the world mentions GiveDirectly in relation to {{w|universal basic income}}, including [[w:El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], {{w| The World Post}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/universal-basic-income_us_586d0ce3e4b0eb58648b5349 |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|Inside Philanthropy}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Radical Idea? The New Funding Around a Basic Income |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/1/4/basic-income-grants |website=insidephilanthropy.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, [[w:New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]<ref>{{cite web |title=What Happens When You Give Free Money to Poor People |url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/the-psychology-of-basic-income.html |website=thecut.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|New Statesman}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The right's next target: foreign aid |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/01/rights-next-target-foreign-aid |website=newstatesman.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, and {{w|The Guardian}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Scottish pioneer whose plan for a basic income could transform Britain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/08/universal-basic-income-glasgow-welfare-revolution |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web |title=El ensayo africano de la renta básica |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2017/01/08/5870af1fe2704edb7f8b461f.html |website=elmundo.es |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2018"/>
 
| 2017 || January || Media coverage || A range of outlets around the world mentions GiveDirectly in relation to {{w|universal basic income}}, including [[w:El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], {{w| The World Post}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Universal Basic Income Is Our Best Weapon Against The Rising Far Right |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/universal-basic-income_us_586d0ce3e4b0eb58648b5349 |website=huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|Inside Philanthropy}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Radical Idea? The New Funding Around a Basic Income |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/1/4/basic-income-grants |website=insidephilanthropy.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, [[w:New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]<ref>{{cite web |title=What Happens When You Give Free Money to Poor People |url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/the-psychology-of-basic-income.html |website=thecut.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|New Statesman}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The right's next target: foreign aid |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/01/rights-next-target-foreign-aid |website=newstatesman.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, and {{w|The Guardian}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Scottish pioneer whose plan for a basic income could transform Britain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/08/universal-basic-income-glasgow-welfare-revolution |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web |title=El ensayo africano de la renta básica |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2017/01/08/5870af1fe2704edb7f8b461f.html |website=elmundo.es |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2018"/>
 
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| 2017 || May || || In a {{w|webinar}}, Greek American engineer {{w|Peter Diamandis}} interviews Michael Faye, who talks about the disruption of philanthropy through peer-to-peer aid.<ref>{{cite web |title=What We’re Learning From a Big Universal Basic Income Experiment |url=https://singularityhub.com/2017/05/09/what-were-learning-from-a-big-universal-basic-income-experiment/#sm.0000dp5xcj65icxfqo72rnxrsvztj |website=singularityhub.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || May || Media coverage || In a {{w|webinar}}, Greek American engineer {{w|Peter Diamandis}} interviews Michael Faye, who talks about the disruption of philanthropy through peer-to-peer aid.<ref>{{cite web |title=What We’re Learning From a Big Universal Basic Income Experiment |url=https://singularityhub.com/2017/05/09/what-were-learning-from-a-big-universal-basic-income-experiment/#sm.0000dp5xcj65icxfqo72rnxrsvztj |website=singularityhub.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || May 17 || || Vox's "Weeds" interviews Michael Faye as well as several recipients of GiveDirectly basic income program in Western Kenya. The interview deals with a range of issues, from recipient choice to social welfare policy, and featuring some of the most important voices which are often left out of the debate: recipient families themselves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peer-to-peer aid – Cash in the News |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3503053833743804564 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017"/>
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| 2017 || May 17 || Media coverage || Vox's "Weeds" interviews Michael Faye as well as several recipients of GiveDirectly basic income program in Western Kenya. The interview deals with a range of issues, from recipient choice to social welfare policy, and featuring some of the most important voices which are often left out of the debate: recipient families themselves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peer-to-peer aid – Cash in the News |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/3503053833743804564 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017"/>
 
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| 2017 || July 5 || Media coverage || Hamilton Nolan interviews GiveDirectly's co-founder Paul Niehaus, who discusses the current state of the debate around basic income and the details of our experiment. Elsewhere, GiveDirectly's basic income experiment is referenced in [[w:Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Free Money for Everyone Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Idea |url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/universal-basic-income-free-money-silicon-valley/ |website=fortune.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|Business Insider}}<ref>{{cite web |title=A $15,000 basic income lottery promised free money for a year — then the checks stopped coming |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/why-my-basic-income-project-failed-2017-6?r=UK&IR=T |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, and IndiaSpend. GiveDirectly is also mentioned in {{w|The Washington Post}}<ref>{{cite web |title=What if philanthropy isn’t the best way for rich people to help others? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-if-philanthropy-isnt-the-best-way-for-rich-people-to-help-others/2017/06/30/88afcb6e-5d15-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?utm_term=.8eda14995b21 |website=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref> as part of a broader shift toward cash transfers in the aid sector.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Give Poor People Money In Order to Save the World |url=https://splinternews.com/how-to-give-poor-people-money-in-order-to-save-the-worl-1796413546 |website=splinternews.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=givedirectly.org |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/4403707166143908950 |website=Allocating the capital – Cash in the News |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017"/>
 
| 2017 || July 5 || Media coverage || Hamilton Nolan interviews GiveDirectly's co-founder Paul Niehaus, who discusses the current state of the debate around basic income and the details of our experiment. Elsewhere, GiveDirectly's basic income experiment is referenced in [[w:Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Free Money for Everyone Is Silicon Valley's Next Big Idea |url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/universal-basic-income-free-money-silicon-valley/ |website=fortune.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, {{w|Business Insider}}<ref>{{cite web |title=A $15,000 basic income lottery promised free money for a year — then the checks stopped coming |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/why-my-basic-income-project-failed-2017-6?r=UK&IR=T |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>, and IndiaSpend. GiveDirectly is also mentioned in {{w|The Washington Post}}<ref>{{cite web |title=What if philanthropy isn’t the best way for rich people to help others? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-if-philanthropy-isnt-the-best-way-for-rich-people-to-help-others/2017/06/30/88afcb6e-5d15-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?utm_term=.8eda14995b21 |website=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref> as part of a broader shift toward cash transfers in the aid sector.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Give Poor People Money In Order to Save the World |url=https://splinternews.com/how-to-give-poor-people-money-in-order-to-save-the-worl-1796413546 |website=splinternews.com |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=givedirectly.org |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/4403707166143908950 |website=Allocating the capital – Cash in the News |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017"/>
 
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| 2017 || July 13 || || "In a 30-minute documentary, ABC Australia profiled GiveDirectly's work in Kenya. They spoke at length with both Caroline Teti, our External Relations Director in Kenya, and Mitch Riley, our Regional Director. They also featured a range of GiveDirectly recipients, from one who used his transfer to start a band, to another who is growing hundreds of eucalyptus trees."<ref name="blog2017"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Not everybody wants a goat – Cash in the News |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1864453478695760303 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || July 13 || Media coverage || In a 30-minute documentary, national broadcaster [[w:Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Australia]] profiles GiveDirectly's work in {{w|Kenya}}, speaking at length with GD External Relations Director Caroline Teti, and Regional Director Mitch Riley.<ref name="blog2017"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Not everybody wants a goat – Cash in the News |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/1864453478695760303 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || November 13 || || GiveDirectly officially launches its trial of basic income in rural Kenya, and starts enrolling experimental participants. The US$30 million experiment is expected to be the largest trial of basic income to date, in terms of both size and duration. All residents of about 120 rural Kenyan villages, comprising more than 16,000 people in total, would receive some type of unconditional cash transfers during the experiment; some of these villages, moreover, would receive the universal basic income for twelve years.<ref>{{cite web |title=US/KENYA: GiveDirectly Officially Launches UBI experiment |url=https://basicincome.org/news/2017/11/uskenya-givedirectly-officially-launches-ubi-experiment/ |website=basicincome.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> Field officers in Bomet County, Kenya begin to enroll the first (post-pilot) households into the basic income initiative<ref>{{cite web |title=We're officially launching UBI |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/7285958994145750939 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017">{{cite web |title=blog2017 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2017 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November 13 || || GiveDirectly officially launches its trial of basic income in rural {{w|Kenya}}, and starts enrolling experimental participants. The US$30 million experiment is expected to be the largest trial of basic income to date, in terms of both size and duration. All residents of about 120 rural Kenyan villages, comprising more than 16,000 people in total, would receive some type of unconditional cash transfers during the experiment; some of these villages, moreover, would receive the universal basic income for twelve years.<ref>{{cite web |title=US/KENYA: GiveDirectly Officially Launches UBI experiment |url=https://basicincome.org/news/2017/11/uskenya-givedirectly-officially-launches-ubi-experiment/ |website=basicincome.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> Field officers in Bomet County, Kenya begin to enroll the first (post-pilot) households into the basic income initiative<ref>{{cite web |title=We're officially launching UBI |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/7285958994145750939 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2017">{{cite web |title=blog2017 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2017 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2018 || September 13 || || GiveDirectly publishes the results from their first experimental benchmarking study, a collaboration with {{w|USAID}}, {{w|Google.org}}, and academic and implementing partners set in {{w|Rwanda}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=4 years in the making: first cash benchmarking results released |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/5260516806241676953 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2018">{{cite web |title=blog2018 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2018 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>
 
| 2018 || September 13 || || GiveDirectly publishes the results from their first experimental benchmarking study, a collaboration with {{w|USAID}}, {{w|Google.org}}, and academic and implementing partners set in {{w|Rwanda}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=4 years in the making: first cash benchmarking results released |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog-post/5260516806241676953 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="blog2018">{{cite web |title=blog2018 |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/blog?year=2018 |website=givedirectly.org |accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>

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2009 GiveDirectly launches in Kenya, and starts using mobile payments to deliver cash transfers.[1][2]
2011 July 2 Field staff in Kenya launches 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.[3]
2011 July 21 Media coverage GiveWell blogs about GiveDirectly, calling it "a charity to watch".[4]
2011 July 22 Media coverage/donation Economics blog Marginal Revolution makes a donation and blogs about GiveDirectly.[5]
2011 July 26 Media coverage The Boston Globe's Brainiac blog writes about GiveDirectly and its procedure.[6]
2011 August 2 Media coverage NPR's Planet Money blog covers FiveDirectly approach, calling it a "simple but radical".[7]
2011 August 3 Time Magazine's Moneyland blog calls GiveDirectly approach "radical, if obvious", asking: "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?".[8]
2012 January 3 Media coverage Vishnu Sridharan at the New America Foundation writes a blog post on GiveDirectly approach and where it fits in to the big picture.[9]
2012 May 2 Recognition GiveWell completes its full review of GiveDirectly and rates them a "standout organization."[9][10]
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."[11]
2012 November 2 Recognition GiveWell updates its evaluations for 2012 and names GiveDirectly one of three "top-rated" organizations.[9][10]
2012 December 5 "GiveDirectly has received a $2.4M Global Impact Award from Google. Two things excite us about this project. First, over 90% of the award ($2.21M) is earmarked for direct cash transfers to the poor. Delivering these funds will enable thousands of families to pursue their own goals with no strings attached. Second, the remainder of the award ($190K) will underwrite the fixed costs of setting up operations in a second country. This represents another step towards our goal of providing a global alternative to orthodox philanthropy."[12]
2013 June 11 "New Blog Format" "Thanks to the time and efforts of a generous volunteer, this section of the GiveDirectly website will now feature more frequent updates, including reports from our field team, lessons learned from our work, and the latest evidence on the impact our cash transfers have on the lives of the poor. "[13][14]
2013 June 23 "Please visit the GiveWell website to read an in-depth report on GiveDirectly’s work in Kenya, our expansion into a second country, and our long-term outlook as we continue to scale up our cash transfer operations. The report covers our activities since November 2012, when GiveWell named GiveDirectly their #2 rated charity based on their criteria of efficiency, impact, transparency, and capacity for growth.The report also describes a new targeting approach whereby we transfer cash to all residents of a poor village, rather than only to those families who live in mud and thatch homes. We look forward to sharing more with you as we learn from and gather evidence on this approach in the coming months."[15]
2013 July 26 "GiveWell's First Full Update on GiveDirectly

Please visit the GiveWell website to read an in-depth report on GiveDirectly’s work in Kenya, our expansion into a second country, and our long-term outlook as we continue to scale up our cash transfer operations. The report covers our activities since November 2012, when GiveWell named GiveDirectly their #2 rated charity based on their criteria of efficiency, impact, transparency, and capacity for growth."[13][16]

2013 September 6 "Planet Money reporters David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein went to Kenya to see the work of a charity called GiveDirectly in action. Instead of funding schools or wells or livestock, GiveDirectly has decided to just give money directly to the poor people who need it, and let them decide how to spend it. David and Jacob explain whether this method of charity works, and why some people think it's a terrible idea. (28 minutes)"[17][18][13]
2013 November 20 GiveDirectly announces it has a program up and running in Uganda, its second country.[19]
2014 February 10 Recognition American business magazine Fast Company names GiveDirectly one of the world's Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in Finance.[20][21][1]
2014 March 11 "Staff at the Mulago Foundation recently commented on the results of IPA’s impact evaluation of GiveDirectly’s cash transfer program. Broadly speaking they see the results as “important” but think the media have overhyped them. As an organization, we are skeptical of nothing more than hype."[22][23][1]
2014 July 9 GiveDirectly board members Michael Faye, Chris Hughes, and Paul Niehaus announce plans to start a separate, fee-for-service for-profit venture called Segovia to develop technology for managing field logistics, with a focus on programs that transfer cash to the poor.[1][24][25][10]
2014 November 26 GiveDirectly launches a new website, the first major update since www.givedirectly.org went live in 2011.[1][26]
2014 October 24 In a new TED talk Joy Sun talks about GiveDirectly, and comments on the benefits of unconditional cash transfers.[27][28][1]
2014 December 10 "We’re thrilled that GiveWell has listed us as one of their top recommended charities once again this year. It’s not an easy mountain to climb: GiveWell reviews hundreds of organizations in unbelievable depth, and recommends very few – this year, only four. I’m grateful to my teammates here at GiveDirectly, as their strong performance is what earned us this recognition."[1][29][30]
2015 August 3 "This week, Good Ventures announced an unrestricted $25M grant to GiveDirectly (some coverage: Good Ventures post, GiveWell post, Vox, Inside Philanthropy, CNBC, Huffington Post, Forbes). A large investment like this reflects a lot of confidence in the team and the vision, and we’re grateful for that. In just a few short years, the discussion around cash transfers has shifted from “crazy new idea” to a serious debate about their role in the future of giving and foreign aid. We think that’s an important discussion, and will be using this grant to help advance and inform it."[31][32][33][34][35]
2015 November 23 Recognition GiveWell names GiveDirectly one of their top-rated charities of 2015, this time for the fourth consecutive year. GiveWell also rates GiveDirectly strongest on all aspects of organizational performance, including on “transparency and communication,” “robustness of the case for impact,” and “room for more funding.”[36][31][10]
2016 November 29 Recognition GiveWell recognizes GiveDirectly as one of their top rated charities for the fifth year running.[37][38][10]
2016 December GiveDirectly’s launches the first long-term Universal Basic Income evaluation in history.[37][39]
2016 December GiveDirectly enrolls 31,000 new households, and places US$27 million into the hands of 40,000 households (or more than 180,000 individuals), most of whom live on less than $1/day. This represents more than a 1000X increase in distributions from just five years ago.[37][40]
2017 January Media coverage A range of outlets around the world mentions GiveDirectly in relation to universal basic income, including El Mundo, The World Post[41], Inside Philanthropy[42], New York Magazine[43], New Statesman[44], and The Guardian[45].[46][47]
2017 May Media coverage In a webinar, Greek American engineer Peter Diamandis interviews Michael Faye, who talks about the disruption of philanthropy through peer-to-peer aid.[48]
2017 May 17 Media coverage Vox's "Weeds" interviews Michael Faye as well as several recipients of GiveDirectly basic income program in Western Kenya. The interview deals with a range of issues, from recipient choice to social welfare policy, and featuring some of the most important voices which are often left out of the debate: recipient families themselves.[49][50]
2017 July 5 Media coverage Hamilton Nolan interviews GiveDirectly's co-founder Paul Niehaus, who discusses the current state of the debate around basic income and the details of our experiment. Elsewhere, GiveDirectly's basic income experiment is referenced in Fortune[51], Business Insider[52], and IndiaSpend. GiveDirectly is also mentioned in The Washington Post[53] as part of a broader shift toward cash transfers in the aid sector.[54][55][50]
2017 July 13 Media coverage In a 30-minute documentary, national broadcaster ABC Australia profiles GiveDirectly's work in Kenya, speaking at length with GD External Relations Director Caroline Teti, and Regional Director Mitch Riley.[50][56]
2017 November 13 GiveDirectly officially launches its trial of basic income in rural Kenya, and starts enrolling experimental participants. The US$30 million experiment is expected to be the largest trial of basic income to date, in terms of both size and duration. All residents of about 120 rural Kenyan villages, comprising more than 16,000 people in total, would receive some type of unconditional cash transfers during the experiment; some of these villages, moreover, would receive the universal basic income for twelve years.[57] Field officers in Bomet County, Kenya begin to enroll the first (post-pilot) households into the basic income initiative[58][50]
2018 September 13 GiveDirectly publishes the results from their first experimental benchmarking study, a collaboration with USAID, Google.org, and academic and implementing partners set in Rwanda.[59][47]

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