August 2025 Updates - GiveWell Blog

# The GiveWell Blog

_Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below!_

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### GiveWell’s 2024 Metrics Report

**We estimate that our 2024 grantmaking will reach around 34 million people and save 74,000 lives.** 1The [calculations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D6ZwEnFGRZeDx9SgrEABI9_4UybMpFm-Rx6znI-GHH0/edit?usp=sharing) for these impact estimates cover only the 17 grants in 2024 focused on reducing mortality and exclude the impacts from our other 38 grants.

This impact, detailed in our [2024 Metrics Report](https://files.givewell.org//files/metrics/GiveWell_Metrics_Report_2024.pdf), was made possible by the generosity of **more than 30,000 GiveWell donors**. During metrics year 2024 (February 2024 to January 2025), GiveWell **raised $415 million** and **directed $397 million** to cost-effective programs.2GiveWell’s metrics year runs from February 1 through January 31. Our metrics report is typically published at least six months after the close of the metrics year because we need to collect data on donations we influence from third parties and then cross-check that data to ensure we aren’t double-counting any funds.

In total, we approved **55 grants** to **34 organizations** working in **22 countries**.3Some 2024 grants were not country specific.

![Map with highlighted countries where GiveWell supports programs](https://blog.givewell.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Map-with-countries.png)

We directed our largest share of funding—nearly $270 million—to malaria prevention efforts. This includes the biggest grant in GiveWell’s history, a $96.3 million grant to Against Malaria Foundation supporting insecticide-treated net campaigns across four countries. Additionally, we funded programs addressing other major global health issues like tuberculosis, malnutrition, diarrheal disease, and vitamin A deficiency. We also made grants for programs like kangaroo mother care to reduce infant mortality, in-line chlorination to increase safe water consumption, and vaccine incentives to encourage routine childhood vaccination.

![Donut chart with program areas supported by GiveWell](https://blog.givewell.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/program-area-donut-chart-e1754680690461.png)

For a detailed look at our funds raised, grants made, operational expenses, donor metrics, and more, check out the [full 2024 metrics report](https://files.givewell.org//files/metrics/GiveWell_Metrics_Report_2024.pdf). We’re incredibly grateful to our donors for the trust they place in our research and for their partnership in trying to do the most good we can together. We’re excited to see wha

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