We have decided to pause our recommendation of Friendship Bench, as its status as a Top Charity might be changing in the near future. This is due to two reasons: data-sharing restrictions in Zimbabwe, and an update to our methodology. Friendship Bench is currently unable to share their most recent data due to changes in […]
At the , we focus on effective giving. Using the WELLBY to compare different interventions, we produce charity recommendations aimed at maximising the effect of donations. Our research has shown that choosing the right charity to donate to can enormously increase impact, up to 1,000 times. Donors who support us and our recommended […]
As a research organisation and charity evaluator, two things are always true of our work: it has to be rigorous, and it has to reach people. Nowadays, AI is strongly linked with both those objectives. At the , we use it as a tool in our daily work, and increasingly it’s also becoming […]
Improving mental health has a positive impact on subjective wellbeing; yet it is also a severely neglected intervention, especially in low- and middle-income countries where only 3% of people with depression receive adequate treatment. Active in various parts of Africa, notably Uganda and Zambia, StrongMinds works to close this gap. We thoroughly investigated StrongMinds and […]
Lead exposure carries a similar health burden as HIV/AIDS and malaria, but receives less than 0.1% as much funding. Pure Earth is active in various countries to fight exposure to this toxic metal, which has been shown to damage both mental and physical health. We recommend Pure Earth as a Promising Charity based on our […]
Donor support keeps the Happier Lives Fund (HLF) moving forward. With the money raised, we have completed disbursements to our recommended charities for Q2 2026. In this blog post, we give you a detailed breakdown of what this looked like. This has been the third round of disbursements for the HLF, after the one for […]