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Giving What We Can - Footnote 9

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Last checked: 4/3/2026

WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The claim attributes donation and pledge statistics to GWWC's own reporting, but the source is a GiveWell blog post. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that GWWC donated over $80 million to charity in 2024. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that nearly 900 new individuals took the 10% Pledge in 2024. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that the organization characterized the number of new pledgers as a greater than 50% increase over the approximately 600 new pledgers in 2023. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that the organization published a 2025 strategy announcing an ambitious long-term goal of reaching 1 million pledgers donating $3 billion annually to high-impact charities.

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contradicted30%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026
Found: According to GWWC's own reporting, the community donated over \$80 million to charity in 2024, and nearly 900 new individuals took the 10% Pledge that year—a figure the organization characterized as a

Note: WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The claim attributes donation and pledge statistics to GWWC's own reporting, but the source is a GiveWell blog post. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that GWWC donated over $80 million to charity in 2024. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that nearly 900 new individuals took the 10% Pledge in 2024. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that the organization characterized the number of new pledgers as a greater than 50% increase over the approximately 600 new pledgers in 2023. UNSUPPORTED: The source does not mention that the organization published a 2025 strategy announcing an ambitious long-term goal of reaching 1 million pledgers donating $3 billion annually to high-impact charities.

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