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Timeline of Against Malaria Foundation

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| 2005 || {{dts|July 19}} || Legal || In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service grants tax exempt status to AMF under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/downloads/AMF_Charity_IRSDeterminationLetter.pdf |title=AMF Charity IRS Determination Letter |date=July 19, 2005 |accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2005 || {{dts|July 19}} || Money milestone || AMF finishes raising its first $1000.<refname=milestones>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/Milestones.aspx ?tab=money |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=Milestones |accessdate=April 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2005 || {{dts|October 18}} || Money milestone || AMF passes the $10,000 mark in money raised since inception.<ref name="money_milestones" />
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| 2017 || {{dts|February 23}}{{snd}}{{dts|March 8}} || Fundraiser (non-swim) || The Big Varsity Match 2017 fundraiser takes place. The fundraiser is structured as a competition between Giving What We Can: Oxford and Giving What We Can: Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.againstmalaria.com/FundraiserGroup.aspx?FundraiserID=7305 |publisher=The Against Malaria Foundation |title=The Big Varsity Match 2017! |accessdate=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|April 3}} || GiveWell review || GiveWell does a mid-year update to its recommendations. Against Malaria Foundation remains a top charity, and GiveWell now recommends that donors allocate 100% of their funds to it. Also, from the funds GiveWell holds for discretionary regranting, GiveWell grants $4.4 million to AMF and $0.5 million to Deworm the World Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://blog.givewell.org/2017/04/03/allocation-of-discretionary-funds/|title = Allocation of discretionary funds and new recommendation for donors|last = Crispin|first = Natalie|date = April 3, 2017|accessdate = December 3, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|April 27}} || Money milestone || In a single day, AMF's reported lifetime money raised goes up from a little over $121 million (but under $122 million) to over $126 million. The reason for the jump is unclear; it looks like it is driven by multiple donors. It could be due to {{w|World Malaria Day}} (April 25) or the discretionary regrant from GiveWell.<ref name=milestones/>
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| 2017 || {{dts|August 15}} || Money milestone || In a single day, AMF's reported lifetime money raised goes up from a little over $139 million (but under $131 million) to over $133 million. The increase seems to be driven by multiple donors, and the reasons for the sharp increase are unclear.<ref name=milestones/>
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| 2017 || {{dts|September 4}} || Money milestone || In a single day, lifetime money raised jumps by over $1 million, from under $136 million to over $137 million. This is largely driven by an anonymous donor from Zug, Switzerland who donates two amounts of $520,032.<ref name=milestones/>
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| 2017 || {{dts|November 27}} || GiveWell review || GiveWell publishes its 2017 end-of-year recommendations. It continues to recommend AMF as a top charity, and recommends that donors donate 70% of their funds to AMF and 30% to Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI). It also announces that it is recommending to Good Ventures to donate $2.5 million to AMF, the minimum amount granted to all top charities. A new review of AMF is also published.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blog.givewell.org/2017/11/27/our-top-charities-for-giving-season-2017/|title = Our top charities for giving season 2017|date = November 27, 2017|accessdate = December 3, 2017|last = Crispin|first = Natalie}}</ref>
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