Changes

| 2003 || Early days || The documentary "Being Terri", about a child who was badly burned in a fire, airs on British television. This documentary inspires Rob Mather to start the fundraising event "Swim For Terri" stuff, which would morph into World Swim Against Malaria (which would later become the Against Malaria Foundation).

| 2004–2008 2004–2005 || Establishment of World Swim Against Malaria and continued growth ||Following the initial "Swim For Terri" event, Mather keeps the idea of swimming as a fundraiser but changes the target to fighting malaria through the purchase of bednets. AMF is established as the World Swim for Malaria Foundation (but called "World Swim Against Malaria"), and a fundraiser takes place in December 2005.

| 2006–2008 || Continued growth || The first bednet distributions due to AMF take place in mid-2006. Throughout this period, bednet distributions due to AMF would expand into numerous countries, and various fundraisers take place (both swim and non-swim). By mid-2007, AMF would formally change its name to the current "Against Malaria Foundation".|-| 2009–present || Discovery and recommendation by effective altruist organizations || Contact between AMF is and the charity evaluator GiveWell takes place around April 2009. By July 2009, GiveWell lists AMF as a "recommended by GWWC organization", and in March 2010, rated GiveWell ranks AMF a "silver medalSilver Medal organization" organization by GiveWell sometime . Other evaluator organizations associated with the effective altruism movement follow in their recommendation of AMF. Since 2010, and from this point continues to be recommended. First Good Ventures grant in December 2011every year except 2013, GiveWell has listed AMF as a top charity.

| 2003 || {{dts|June 9}} || || The documentary "Being Terri" , about a child who was badly burned in a fire, airs on British television. This documentary serves as inspires Rob Mather to start the inspiration for fundraising event "Swim For Terri", which would morph into World Swim Against Malaria (which would later become the Against Malaria Foundation).<ref name="history_page">{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/History.aspx |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=History |accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swimforterri.org/ |title=Swim for Terri |accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/opinion/20kristof.html |date=July 20, 2008 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=Opinion - Geezers Doing Good |author=Nicholas D. Kristof |accessdate=April 24, 2017 |quote=another general in the war on malaria is Rob Mather, a British management consultant who — thank heaven! — isn't very handy with a TV remote. Mr. Mather was trying to turn off his set in June 2003 when he accidentally flipped to another channel and was riveted by the image of a 5-year-old girl who was struggling to overcome severe burns all over her body.}}</ref>

| 2015 || {{dts|August 4}} || Legal || AMF is granted Deductible Gift Recipient status in Australia. The news would reach the public on September 3, but all donations since the August date are considered tax deductible.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/CharityStatus.aspx |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Registered Charity Status |accessdate=April 26, 2017 |quote=The ATO granted AMF (Australia) DGR status effective 04 August 2015 so any donations made to AMF (Australia) on or after that date can be considered tax deductible by the donor.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/downloads/AMF_Charity_Australia_DGR.pdf |title=Your organisation is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient |date=September 3, 2015 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/NewsItem.aspx?newsitem=Sharing-information-on-the-process-to-achieve-DGR-status-in-Australia |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Sharing information on the process to achieve DGR status in Australia |date=September 4, 2015 |first=Rob |last=Mather |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AgainstMalaria/status/639345767262625792 |date=September 3, 2015 |title=Against Malaria |quote=Delighted to report AMF has been granted DGR status (tax-deductible for donors) in Australia |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> AMF had applied for this particular status in July.,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/NewsItem.aspx?newsitem=Application-submitted-for-DGR-status-in-Australia |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Application submitted for DGR status in Australia |date=July 6, 2015 |first=Rob |last=Mather |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref> but had been seeking tax-deductible status since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.givewell.org/2015/09/08/a-tax-deductible-top-charity-for-australians/ |title=A tax-deductible top charity for Australians |website=The GiveWell Blog |publisher=GiveWell |date=September 9, 2015 |accessdate=April 27, 2017 |first=Rebecca |last=Raible |quote=AMF has been seeking this status since 2009 and we are glad that its efforts have paid off.}}</ref>