“Smart giving” is what GiveWell does best. Described as “a charity rating agency that makes recommendations to donors based on the expected impact,” GiveWell encouraged more than $17 million in donations last year.
Founded by Elie Hassenfeld and Holden Karnofsky, GiveWell is “radically transparent” and a proponent of effective altruism—doing as much moral good as possible and using objective criteria to explain what that good is.
Ian David Moss, Founder and Editor-in-chief of Createquity and a member of the Sustain Arts team, tackles arts and cultural philanthropy, advocacy, and research in his conversation with the GiveWell founders.
Read the full interview here.