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Summary

This page outlines Giving What We Can's (GWWC) methodology for evaluating charitable giving opportunities, emphasizing effective altruism principles such as evidence-based impact assessment, cost-effectiveness, and cause prioritization. It explains how GWWC identifies high-impact donation opportunities and guides members toward maximally beneficial giving. The resource serves as an overview of the organization's philosophical and practical framework for directing philanthropic resources.

Key Points

•GWWC uses evidence-based, cost-effectiveness analysis to identify high-impact giving opportunities across global health, poverty, and other cause areas.
•The approach prioritizes causes based on scale, tractability, and neglectedness, core criteria from effective altruism methodology.
•GWWC does not conduct primary research itself but synthesizes and curates findings from organizations like GiveWell and Open Philanthropy.
•The framework encourages donors to think critically about where their money can do the most good rather than defaulting to familiar or emotionally compelling charities.
•Cause prioritization within GWWC's scope includes near-term human welfare, animal welfare, and long-term future considerations including existential risk.

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# Our Research & Approach

Introduction

##### [Our Research & Approach](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach\#pageTop)

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[Introduction](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#introduction)
[Cause Prioritisation](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#cause-prioritisation)
[Learn more about our approach to cause prioritisation:](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#learn-more-about-our-approach-to-cause-prioritisation)
[Charity Recommendations and Other Supported Programs](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#charity-recommendations-and-other-supported-programs)
[Learn more about our charity recommendations and other supported programs:](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#learn-more-about-our-charity-recommendations-and-other-supported-programs)
[Can you really do 100x more good per dollar by donating to the best charities?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#can-you-really-do-100x-more-good-per-dollar-by-donating-to-the-best-charities)
[\[Video\] 1000x your ROI: How to think about cost-effectiveness when deciding where to donate](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#video-1000x-your-roi-how-to-think-about-cost-effectiveness-when-deciding-where-to-donate-)
[Data sets where the cost-effectiveness of different interventions is compared:](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#data-sets-where-the-cost-effectiveness-of-different-interventions-is-compared)
[Read more about charity comparisons:](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#read-more-about-charity-comparisons)
[Worldview Diversity](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/our-research-and-approach#worldview-diversity)

## Introduction

Giving What We Can bases its charity recommendations on the research of impact-focused, expert charity evaluators like [GiveWell](http://www.givewell.org/), [Longview Philanthropy](https://www.longview.org/), and [EA Funds](https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/). We decide which evaluators to defer to for our recommendations and grantmaking based on our [evaluators research](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/why-and-how-gwwc-evaluates-the-evaluators). 1

Our educational resources are informed by the work of these impact-focused evaluators and others, as well as [scholars, thinkers, and philosophers](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/videos-books-and-essays) contributing to the effective giving and effective altruism projects, including the foundational effective giving texts _[Doing Good Better](https://www.audible.com/pd/Doing-Good-Better-Audiobook/B013PQTPNI)_ and [_The Life You Can Save_](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Life-You-Can-Save-Audiobook/1549182811).

Below, we summarise why we believe that **careful thinking about how and where you donate can make a surprisingly large difference in the lives of others**. We also provide some additional infor

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