Timeline of GiveDirectly
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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."[7] | |
| 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."[7][8] | |
| 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."[9] | |
| 2012 | November 2 | GiveWll updates its evaluations for 2012 and names GiveDirectly one of three "top-rated" organizations.[7][8] | |
| 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."[10] | |
| 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."[11] | |
| 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)"[12][13][14] | |
| 2013 | November 20 | GiveDirectly announces it has a program up and running in Uganda, its second country.[15] |
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- ↑ "NIH evaluation grant". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "A charity to watch: GiveDirectly". blog.givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Give Directly". marginalrevolution.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Is Cash the Best Way to Help the Poor?". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "A Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People". npr.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly: A Charity That Just Gives Money to Poor People, So They're Not So Poor". business.time.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "2012". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "GiveDirectly". givewell.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Chris Hughes joins the board". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "Global Impact Award from Google". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveWell's First Full Update on GiveDirectly". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Money for Nothing and Your Cows for Free". thisamericanlife.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "Looking Beyond the Buzz". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "blog2013". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ "GiveDirectly is in Uganda!". givedirectly.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
