| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Other names | The Clear Fund |
| Country | United States |
| Facebook username | GiveWellCommunity |
| YouTube username | channel/UCWqBpgpVVrU7AE74PNVVGag |
| Twitter username | GiveWell |
| Website | https://www.givewell.org/ |
| Team page | https://www.givewell.org/about/people |
| Launch date | 2006-08-01 |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveWell |
| Timelines Wiki page | https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_GiveWell |
| Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org | 2022-05-20 |
| Notes | Last major update was committed on May 20 2022, but some duplicates and inconsistencies remain |
| Donations List Website (data still preliminary) | donee |
Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).
The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.
This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.
| Person | Title | Start date | End date | Employment type | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Kavanaugh | Office Manager | 2017-02-20 | full-time | [1], [2], [3] | ||
| Aaron Kavanaugh | Administrative Assistant | 2016-08-27 | 2017-02-05 | full-time | [4], [5] | |
| Ahmed Alkhatib | Donations Specialist | 2016-03-01 | full-time | [6], [7], [3] | ||
| Ajeya Cotra | Research Analyst | 2016-07-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [8], [9] | |
| Alex Cohen | Senior Fellow | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-01 | [7], [10], [11] | ||
| Alex Cohen | Senior Researcher | 2020-09-01 | [12], [10], [3] | |||
| Alex Flidr | Summer Fellow | 2015-08-01 | 2015-08-31 | [13] | ||
| Alexander Berger | Program Officer, US Policy | 2015-02-27 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [14] | |
| Alexander Berger | Research Analyst | 2011-07-01 | 2012-11-20 | full-time | [15], [16] | |
| Alexander Berger | Senior Research Analyst | 2012-12-01 | 2015-02-27 | full-time | [17], [14] | |
| Alicia Weng | Research Analyst | 2021-01-17 | [18], [19] | |||
| Alicia Weng | Research Associate | 2021-04-16 | 2022-06-04 | [20], [21] | ||
| Alicia Weng | Senior Research Associate | 2022-08-24 | [22] | |||
| Amar Radia | Senior Research Analyst | 2018-12-08 | 2019-08-13 | full-time | [23], [24] | |
| Andrew Martin | Research Analyst | 2015-08-16 | 2019-03-01 | [25], [26], [27] | ||
| Andrew Martin | Senior Research Analyst | 2019-04-10 | 2020-10-01 | [24], [27], [11] | ||
| Andrew Martin | Senior Research Associate | 2019-04-10 | 2020-10-01 | [12], [3] | ||
| Andrew Nevarez | Administrative Assistant | 2016-03-01 | 2019-04-09 | full-time | [28] | Some previous snapshots say he joined in March 2016. |
| Ari Herman | Board Treasurer | 2010-06-09 | 2012-05-19 | board member | [29], [30] | |
| Arjun Khandelwal | Summer Fellow | 2015-08-01 | 2015-08-31 | [31] | ||
| Audrey Cooper | Philanthropy Advisor | [18], [3] | ||||
| Ben Bateman | Head of Growth | 2018-06-01 | 2022-04-01 | [32], [33], [34] | ||
| Ben Bateman | Head of Special Projects | 2022-05-01 | 2022-08-01 | full-time | [21] | |
| Ben Bateman | Director of Operations | 2022-08-02 | full-time | [22] | ||
| Ben Hoffman | Research Analyst | 2014-11-03 | 2015-12-01 | full-time | [35], [36] | |
| Ben Rachbach | Research Analyst | 2013-08-10 | 2016-01-01 | full-time | [37], [38], [36] | |
| Bob Elliott | Board Chair | 2007-06-22 | 2008-01-01 | board member | [39], [40], [41] | |
| Brennan Robbins | Research Analyst | 2015-08-01 | 2015-09-24 | full-time | [42], [43] | |
| Brian Tse | Research Fellow | 2015-07-01 | 2015-07-31 | [44] | ||
| Brigid Slipka | Board member | 2013-05-31 | 2019-04-02 | board member | [45] | |
| Caitlin McGugan | Senior Researcher | 2020-11-01 | [12], [46], [3] | |||
| Caitlin McGugan | Senior Fellow | 2017-09-01 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [47], [11], [46] | |
| Cari Tuna | Board member | 2011-05-22 | 2014-06-01 | board member | [48], [3] | |
| Caroline Dockes | Summer Fellow | 2015-08-01 | 2015-08-31 | [49] | ||
| Caroline Dockes | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-01 | [49] | ||
| Cason Reily | Summer Research Analyst | 2015-07-01 | 2015-09-01 | [50] | ||
| Catherine Hollander | Outreach Associate | 2015-05-01 | 2016-12-05 | full-time | [51], [52], [53], [54] | |
| Catherine Hollander | Research Analyst, Outreach focus | 2016-12-28 | 2019-01-01 | full-time | [52], [54], [55] | |
| Catherine Hollander | Senior Research Analyst, Outreach Focus | 2019-01-02 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [56], [57], [58] | |
| Catherine Hollander | Senior Research Communications Officer | 2020-10-02 | 2021-12-01 | full-time | [59], [54], [60] | |
| Catherine Hollander | Senior Program Associate | 2021-12-02 | full-time | [61], [57], [3] | ||
| Charlene Abellana | Controller | 2017-09-01 | [62], [63], [3] | |||
| Chelsea Tabart | Research Analyst | 2015-12-01 | 2018-09-05 | full-time | [64], [65] | |
| Chloe Cockburn | Program Officer, Criminal Justice Reform | 2015-08-01 | 2016-08-30 | full-time | [43], [66] | |
| Chris Somerville | Scientific Advisor | 2016-07-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [8], [9] | |
| Christian Smith | Research Analyst | 2016-07-01 | 2018-12-18 | full-time | [8] | |
| Christine Tsang | Research Analyst | 2014-11-03 | 2014-12-17 | full-time | [35], [67] | |
| Claire Wang | Content Editor | 2017-06-01 | 2018-07-01 | full-time | [68], [69], [65] | |
| Claire Wang | Content Editor | 2019-01-01 | 2019-03-01 | full-time | [68] | |
| Claire Zabel | Research Analyst | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [42], [9] | |
| Daisy Hao | Senior Accountant | [18], [3] | ||||
| Dan Brown | Senior Fellow | 2018-05-01 | 2020-03-01 | full-time | [32], [70] | |
| Dan Heath | Board member | 2012-05-27 | 2013-01-21 | board member | [71], [72] | |
| Dan Hendrycks | Summer Fellow | 2015-08-01 | 2015-08-31 | intern | [73] | |
| Daniel Dewey | Program Officer, Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence | 2016-05-09 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [74], [9] | |
| Daniel Martin-Alarcon | Scientific Advisor | 2016-06-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [28], [9] | |
| David Roodman | Senior Advisor | 2015-03-19 | advisor | [75], [3] | ||
| Devin Jacob | Data & Technology Project Manager | 2021-07-22 | [76], [3] | |||
| Devin Jacob | Administrative Assistant and Conversation Notes Writer | 2014-11-03 | 2015-05-01 | full-time | [35], [77] | |
| Devin Jacob | Operations Associate | 2014-09-01 | 2018-07-05 | full-time | [77], [78] | |
| Devin Jacob | Technical Project Manager | 2018-08-05 | 2021-04-18 | full-time | [79], [80] | |
| Elie Hassenfeld | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (President) | 2007-08-01 | [29], [81], [3], [3] | |||
| Eliza Scheffler | Research Analyst | 2012-07-27 | 2015-08-01 | full-time | [71], [82] | |
| Eliza Scheffler | Senior Operations Associate | 2015-08-16 | 2016-05-09 | full-time | [83], [74] | |
| Emma Trefethen | Research Analyst | 2015-09-01 | 2016-06-27 | full-time | [43], [28] | |
| Erin Crossett | Senior Researcher | 2022-02-01 | [18], [84], [3] | |||
| Erin Wolff | Donor Relations Associate | 2019-07-01 | [18], [85], [3] | |||
| Erin Wolff | Donation Relations Assistant | 2017-03-01 | 2019-07-01 | [86], [85] | ||
| Fred Post | Board member | 2011-05-22 | 2013-01-21 | board member | [48], [72] | |
| Gabriela Quintana | Operations Associate | 2019-09-01 | full-time | [87], [88], [3] | ||
| Grace Hultquist | Content Editor | 2018-09-01 | 2019-05-01 | full-time | [89], [90], [91] | |
| Grace Hultquist | Contract work | 2018-03-01 | 2018-09-01 | [89] | ||
| Grace Hultquist | Research Analyst | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [92], [93] | |
| Grace Hultquist | Senior Program Associate | 2022-06-22 | [3] | |||
| Greg Jensen | Board member | 2010-06-09 | 2018-01-01 | board member | [29], [94] | |
| Gwern Branwen | 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | [95] | |||
| Hannah Bell | Program Associate | [18], [3] | ||||
| Heather Youngs | Scientific Advisor | 2016-08-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [66], [9] | |
| Helen Toner | Research Analyst | 2015-03-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [51], [9] | |
| Holden Karnofsky | Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director | 2006-08-01 | 2007-04-27 | part-time | [29], [96], [97] | He switched from part-time to full-time work on GiveWell in mid-2007. |
| Holden Karnofsky | Co-Executive Director | 2007-04-28 | 2008-01-03 | full-time | [96], [97], [98] | |
| Holden Karnofsky | Program Officer | 2008-01-04 | full-time | [99] | ||
| Holden Karnofsky | Board Secretary | 2008-01-04 | 2011-07-25 | full-time | [29], [15] | |
| Holden Karnofsky | Co-Executive Director | 2011-08-05 | 2017-06-01 | full-time | [100], [97] | |
| Howie Lempel | Program Officer, Global Catastrophic Risks | 2015-02-27 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [14], [9] | |
| Howie Lempel | Research Analyst | 2013-08-28 | 2015-02-27 | full-time | [101], [14] | |
| Isabel Arjmand | Special Projects Officer | 2022-05-19 | [18], [3] | |||
| Isabel Arjmand | Internal Communications Officer | 2020-11-16 | 2022-03-07 | [59], [61], [102] | ||
| Isabel Arjmand | Research Analyst | 2016-09-01 | 2020-08-03 | [103], [104], [102] | ||
| Isabel Arjmand | Senior Research Analyst | 2020-09-27 | 2020-10-01 | [105], [58], [102] | ||
| Jacy Reese | Summer Research Analyst | 2014-05-01 | 2014-08-01 | intern | [106] | |
| Jaime Yassif | Program Officer, Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness | 2016-05-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [28], [9] | |
| Jake Gibson | Board member | 2015-03-19 | 2017-06-01 | board member | [75], [107] | |
| Jake Marcus | Research Analyst | 2013-12-14 | 2016-02-18 | full-time | [108], [109] | |
| James Snowden | Program Officer | 2020-11-16 | full-time | [59], [110], [3] | ||
| James Snowden | Research Consultant | 2017-03-01 | 2019-04-01 | [111], [110] | ||
| James Snowden | Senior Research Analyst | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [58], [58] | |
| Jason Anderson | Donor Engagement and Retention Specialist | 2020-01-01 | [18], [112], [3] | |||
| Jenna Shelby-Glick | Donor Relations Assistant | 2021-11-01 | [18], [113], [3] | |||
| Jens Malmquist | Summer Research Analyst | 2015-05-01 | 2015-08-01 | intern | [114] | |
| Jeremy Rehwaldt | Content Editor | [18], [3] | ||||
| John Birchall | Website Technical Support | 2012-01-01 | [111], [3] | |||
| Jon Behar | Board member | 2010-06-09 | 2011-05-04 | board member | [29], [115] | |
| Jonah Sinick | Research Analyst | 2012-03-01 | 2013-05-03 | full-time | [116], [117] | |
| Josh Rosenberg | Senior Advisor | 2021-11-01 | [18], [118], [3] | |||
| Josh Rosenberg | Research Analyst | 2013-08-13 | 2015-06-01 | [37], [82], [118] | ||
| Josh Rosenberg | Senior Research Analyst | 2015-08-01 | 2019-01-10 | [82], [118] | ||
| Josh Rosenberg | Senior Research Manager | 2019-01-10 | 2020-05-01 | [118] | ||
| Julia Wise | Board member | 2015-07-29 | board member | [119], [3] | ||
| Julie Chen | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-01 | [120] | ||
| Julie Faller | Program Officer | 2022-03-07 | [61], [3] | |||
| Julie Faller | Senior Researcher | 2020-09-27 | 2021-07-22 | [105], [76] | ||
| Justin (Loiseau) Labeille | Senior Research Associate | 2020-07-01 | [18], [121], [3] | |||
| Kameron Smith | Program Associate | [18], [3] | ||||
| Karalyn Lacey | Operations Associate | 2015-12-01 | 2017-03-01 | full-time | [64], [122] | |
| Katie McCulloch | Content Editor | [18], [3] | ||||
| Kelly Kopish | Data & Technology Project Manager | [18], [3] | ||||
| Laura Muñoz | Operations Associate | 2015-06-28 | 2017-02-01 | full-time | [51], [123] | |
| Laura Ong | Research Analyst | 2016-05-01 | 2016-08-01 | [124] | ||
| Laura Ong | Summer Fellow | 2015-07-01 | 2015-07-31 | [124] | ||
| Laura Portko | Content Editor | [18], [3] | ||||
| Leon Zhang | Research Analyst | 2015-08-01 | 2016-08-01 | full-time | [42], [66] | |
| Lewis Bollard | Program Officer, Farm Animal Welfare | 2015-10-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [125], [9] | |
| Lila Rieber | Conversation Notes Writer | 2014-03-01 | 2014-07-01 | [126] | ||
| Lindy Miller Crane | Board Vice-chair | 2010-06-09 | 2012-05-19 | board member | [29], [30] | |
| Lucy Bernholz | Board member | 2007-06-22 | 2008-01-01 | board member | [39], [40], [41] | |
| Luisa Rodriguez | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-01 | [127] | ||
| Luke Muehlhauser | Research Analyst | 2015-06-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [51], [9] | |
| Lynette Bye | Summer Research Analyst | 2015-05-01 | 2015-08-01 | [128] | ||
| Madison Stieg | Research Analyst | [18], [3] | ||||
| Maggie Lloydhauser | Philanthropy Advisor | [18], [3] | ||||
| Marinella Capriati | Program Officer | 2022-02-01 | [18], [129], [3] | |||
| Marinella Capriati | Senior Research Associate | 2019-02-01 | 2022-02-01 | [129] | ||
| Martin Lucas | Independent Contractor | 2014-02-01 | 2014-05-01 | contractor | [130] | |
| Maryana Pinchuk | Conversation Notes Writer | 2016-08-01 | 2017-02-01 | [131] | ||
| Maryana Pinchuk | Donations Manager | 2017-03-01 | 2018-07-05 | full-time | [86], [132] | |
| Meika Ball | Research Associate | [18], [3] | ||||
| Michael Danto | Operations Associate | 2015-09-01 | 2015-10-31 | full-time | [42], [125] | |
| Michael Eddy | Senior Advisor | 2019-06-18 | full-time | |||
| Michael Kohm | Research Analyst | 2014-06-01 | 2014-08-01 | [133] | Position listed for Open Philanthropy Project, but the listed projects (“Iron/Malaria Campaigns”, “Donor Outreach”) sound more like GiveWell work. I can’t find any more information about this person. | |
| Milan Griffes | Research Analyst | 2014-08-01 | 2016-05-09 | full-time | [35], [74] | |
| Miranda Kaplan | Communications Associate | [18], [3] | ||||
| Natalie Crispin | Research Analyst | 2009-07-01 | 2015-06-01 | full-time | [29], [134], [135] | |
| Natalie Crispin | Senior Research Analyst | 2015-07-01 | 2019-04-01 | full-time | [14], [135] | |
| Natalie Crispin | Senior Research Manager | 2019-04-02 | 2020-10-01 | [135] | ||
| Natalie Crispin | Program Officer | 2020-10-02 | 2022-08-01 | full-time | [18], [136], [3] | |
| Natalie Crispin | Senior Program Officer | 2022-08-02 | full-time | [18], [136], [3] | ||
| Neil Buddy Shah | Managing Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-03-01 | [137], [138], [139] | ||
| Nicholas Joseph | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-01 | [140] | ||
| Nick Beckstead | Research Analyst | 2014-12-17 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [67], [9] | |
| Nick Wilson | Writer | 2014-01-01 | 2015-01-01 | [141] | ||
| Nicole Ross | Operations Associate | 2015-10-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [125], [9] | |
| Nicole Zok | Content Editing Lead | 2020-10-01 | [18], [142], [3] | |||
| Nicole Zok | Content Editor | 2016-07-01 | 2017-11-01 | contractor | [111], [143], [142] | |
| Nicole Zok | Research Analyst | 2017-11-01 | 2020-10-01 | [143], [142], [144] | ||
| Norma Altshuler | Director | 2021-01-01 | board member | [60], [3] | ||
| Olivia Larsen | Gift Officer | 2019-07-01 | 2020-10-01 | [145] | ||
| Olivia Larsen | Philanthropy Advisor | 2020-10-01 | [145], [3] | |||
| Olivia Larsen | Research Analyst, Outreach Focus | 2018-09-01 | 2019-07-01 | [146], [145], [144] | ||
| Olivia Larsen | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-06-01 | 2016-08-01 | [145] | ||
| Parker Blackiston | Senior Operations Associate | 2019-11-01 | [18], [147], [3] | |||
| Phil Steinmeyer | Board member | 2013-02-13 | 2017-06-01 | board member | [134], [107] | |
| Rebecca Raible | Research Analyst | 2014-11-03 | 2016-12-01 | full-time | [35], [52] | |
| Rebecca Trupin | Research Analyst | 2012-07-19 | 2012-12-27 | full-time | [116], [17] | |
| Rob Reich | Board member | 2014-01-16 | 2019-04-02 | board member | [148] | |
| Robin Dey | Summer Research Analyst | 2016-05-01 | 2016-08-01 | intern | [149] | |
| Robin Dey | Content Editor | 2017-05-01 | 2018-09-01 | contractor | [149], [146] | |
| Robin Dey | Content Editor | 2018-09-02 | [149], [146], [3] | |||
| Rocio Alba Navarro | Research Analyst | 2016-04-01 | 2016-09-01 | full-time | [28], [9] | |
| Roman Guglielmo | Donor Relations Assistant | [18], [3] | ||||
| Rossa O’Keeffe-O’Donovan | Independent Contractor | 2017-01-01 | 2017-09-01 | [150] | ||
| Ruth Levine | Research Analyst | 2014-06-01 | 2014-08-01 | [151] | ||
| Sade McDougal | Donations Processing Assistant | [18], [3] | ||||
| Sara Altman | Summer Research Analyst | 2015-06-01 | 2015-08-01 | [152] | ||
| Sarah Ward | Director of Operations and General Counsel | 2017-09-01 | 2018-02-01 | [111], [69] | ||
| Sarah Ward | Director of Operations | 2016-07-01 | 2017-09-01 | full-time | [8], [111] | |
| Sarah Ward | Research Analyst | 2016-01-01 | 2016-06-27 | full-time | [153], [28] | |
| Scott Weathers | Summer Research Analyst | 2017-06-01 | 2017-07-01 | [154] | ||
| Sean Conley | Research Analyst | 2013-09-28 | 2016-10-01 | full-time | [101], [103] | |
| Shahid Ahmad | Research Analyst | [18], [3] | ||||
| Shayna Strom | Director, U.S. Policy | 2014-07-06 | 2015-02-08 | full-time | [155], [156] | |
| Simon Knutsson | Research Analyst | 2010-06-09 | 2011-03-01 | full-time | [29], [157] | |
| Simon Knutsson | Research Consultant | 2010-06-01 | 2011-01-01 | part-time | [29], [158] | From summer 2010. Bio says he is “enrolled in a Master of Science in Economics program at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden” during this time, so assuming it’s not a full-time position. |
| Simon Knutsson | Volunteer | 2008-06-01 | 2010-06-01 | volunteer | [29] | From summer 2008 to summer 2010. |
| Sophie Monahan | Research Analyst | 2015-06-28 | 2018-12-18 | full-time | [51], [159] | |
| Stephan Guyenet | Senior Researcher | 2020-11-16 | [59], [160], [3] | |||
| Stephan Guyenet | Research Consultant | 2017-09-01 | 2018-09-05 | contractor | [161], [111], [162] | |
| Stephan Guyenet | Senior Fellow | 2018-09-01 | 2020-10-01 | full-time | [163], [58] | |
| Stephanie Stojanovic | Major Gifts Officer | 2019-04-01 | 2020-06-01 | [164], [165], [166] | ||
| Stephanie Stojanovic | Director of Development | 2020-07-01 | [18], [165], [3] | |||
| Stephanie Wykstra | Research Analyst | 2012-01-30 | 2012-12-27 | full-time | [167], [17] | |
| Taylor Smith | Contractor | 2014-03-01 | 2018-09-01 | [146], [168] | ||
| Taylor Smith | Content Editor | 2018-09-02 | 2021-04-01 | full-time | [146], [169] | |
| Taylor Smith | Philanthropy Advisor | 2021-07-01 | 2022-06-01 | [168], [3], [170] | ||
| Teryn Mattox | Senior Reseacher | 2019-10-01 | 2020-09-01 | [171], [58] | ||
| Teryn Mattox | Program Officer | 2020-09-02 | 2021-11-01 | [171] | ||
| Teryn Mattox | Senior Program Officer | 2021-11-02 | full-time | [171], [60] | ||
| Timothy Ogden | Board Member | 2008-01-01 | 2019-09-01 | board member | [29], [172] | |
| Timothy Ogden | Chairman of the board | 2019-09-01 | board member | [172], [3] | ||
| Timothy Telleen-Lawton | Operations Associate | 2016-09-20 | 2017-01-01 | full-time | [173], [174], [175] | |
| Timothy Telleen-Lawton | Research Analyst | 2013-04-30 | 2015-08-01 | full-time | [176], [174], [119] | |
| Timothy Telleen-Lawton | Senior Research Analyst | 2015-08-08 | 2016-08-30 | full-time | [82], [66] | |
| Tom Rutledge | Board member (chair) | 2010-06-09 | 2019-04-02 | board member | [29], [29] | |
| Tom Sittler | Research Analyst | 2019-05-11 | full-time | |||
| Tracy Williams | Senior Marketing Analyst | 2020-09-27 | [105], [3] | |||
| Tracy Williams | Operations Associate | 2016-09-10 | 2018-06-05 | full-time | [177], [178] | |
| Tracy Williams | Research Analyst, Outreach Focus | 2018-07-05 | 2018-12-21 | full-time | [132], [26] | |
| Tracy Williams | Research Analyst | 2015-09-24 | 2016-08-13 | full-time | [43], [179] | |
| Tracy Williams | Senior Research Analyst, Outreach Focus | 2019-08-13 | 2020-08-03 | full-time | [24], [104] | |
| Tyler Heishman | Research Analyst | 2014-11-03 | 2016-08-01 | full-time | [35], [66] | |
| Virginia Zink | Board Vice President | 2007-06-22 | 2008-01-01 | board member | [39], [40], [41] | |
| Wendy Knight | Research Analyst | 2011-03-21 | 2011-10-01 | full-time | [180], [181] | |
| Wendy Knight | Volunteer | 2010-11-01 | 2011-02-01 | volunteer | [180] | |
| Whitney Shinkle | Director of Operations | 2018-04-01 | [182], [183], [3] | |||
| Willa Gruver | Operations Assistant | 2021-01-01 | [60], [3] | |||
| Zachary Tausanovitch | Independent Contractor | 2017-03-01 | 2017-07-01 | [184] | ||
| Zoe Mahony | Content Editor | 2021-10-01 | 2022-04-01 | full-time | [185], [60], [61] | |
| Zoe Mahony | Program Associate | 2022-04-01 | full-time | [185], [18], [3] |
| Name | Creation date | Description |
|---|
| Title | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected organizations | Affected people | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elie Hassenfeld, Co-Founder and Executive Director of GiveWell, Joins Denver Frederick | 2019-05-04 | Denver Frederick | The Business of Giving | GiveWell | Elie Hassenfeld | Job experience | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld, co-founder and Executive Director (ED) of GiveWell, discusses GiveWell's work with Denver Frederick. While most of the discussion is around GiveWell's work as a charity evaluator, there is some discussion of company culture. Hassenfeld says that GiveWell values openness, but also places importance on kindness toward one another. He mentions the existence of a Slack channel for people to post their mistakes. There is also discussion of GiveWell putting board meeting audio online. |
| The Optimizer’s Curse & Wrong-Way Reductions | 2019-04-03 | Christian Smith | GiveWell | Christian Smith | Job experience | Charity evaluator | Christian Smith draws on his experience working at GiveWell for two and a half years, much of the time spent as the point person on GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analyses. Using this experience, he points out serious problems with modeling and picking the best causes or interventions in the face of huge uncertainty. | |
| Why did three GiveWell board members resign in April 2019? | 2019-04-03 | Milan Griffes | Effective Altruism Forum | GiveWell | Rob Reich, Brigid Slipka, Tom Rutledge, Elie Hassenfeld | Board member departure | Charity evaluator | Milan Griffes asks people what they know about the reasons for the departure of three board members from GiveWell announced at [186] The comments and answers discuss the resignation letters posted by Rob Reich and Brigid Slipka at [187] and [188] respectively, and also the response of GiveWell Executive Director (ED) Elie Hassenfeld at [189] Griffes also links to and pastes questions by him and answers from Catherine Hollander of GiveWell in the GiveWell open thread [190] |
| Elie Hassenfeld Board Letter | 2019-04-01 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | GiveWell | Rob Reich, Brigid Slipka, Elie Hassenfeld | Board member departure | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld, GiveWell Executive Director (ED) responds to concerns raised by resigning board members Rob Reich and Brigid Slipka that they express in their respective resignation letters [187] and [188] Hassenfeld says "I understand their concerns and agree with them that it is crucial that GiveWell has a board that plays a serious role in its governance." However, he says that a smaller, focused, and engaged board is the way the board could best participate actively in governance, and that he came to this decision after discussion with staff, board members, and leaders at similar nonprofits. He also expresses gratitude to resigning board members Rob, Brigid, and Tom Rutledge for their support of and service to GiveWell both as board members and outside of that. |
| What is it like to work at GiveWell? | 2019-03-07 | James Snowden | GiveWell | GiveWell | James Snowden | Job experience | Charity evaluator | James Snowden, a research consultant at GiveWell, explains why he started working with GiveWell, describes why he thinks it is a great place to work at, and adds notes on GiveWell's job application process. His reasons for GiveWell being a great place to work at are: the work helps people a lot, the work is intellectually stimulating, the work was something he was suited for (though this may not apply to others), the co-workers were excellent (both competent and thoughtful), and he was able to manage working remotely. The post was solicited by GiveWell in an effort to help GiveWell with its team expansion efforts. |
| Brigid Slipka Board Resignation Letter | 2019-03-05 | Brigid Slipka | GiveWell | GiveWell | Brigid Slipka, Elie Hassenfeld | Board member departure | Charity evaluator | Brigid Slipka resigns from the GiveWell board. In the letter, she explains her reasons and giving some parting advice to GiveWell. She resigns in response to Elie Hassenfeld writing to her about a desire to reduce the Board to five people, which he does after Rob Reich offers his resignation at [187] and reduces the board size from 8 to 7. Slipka begins by sharing her understanding of the stages of nonprofits and the relationship between the board and the Executive Director (ED) at each stage. The stages she lists are start-up, adolescent, mature, and stagnant. With this backdrop, she praises GiveWell for moving toward maturity and sustainability, and highlights: expanding the number of recommended charities, adding a Director of Operations and a Director of Outreach, diversifying stakeholders by restricting operating support of any one donor to 20%, and splitting off the Open Philanthropy Project so as not to dilute its core mission. However, she says she is "unsettled by the decision to reduce the Board down to a hand-picked group of five, two of whom are the co-founders and another of whom is the primary funder (in addition to also funding Holden at Open Philanthropy)." She considers this a regressive change. She offers three suggestions to GiveWell to improve matters: (1) create a Nominating Committee chaired by a non-Board member, (2) increase the board to to include experts and representatives of beneficiaries, (3) adjust staff's relationship with the board. Elie Hassenfeld responds briefly at [189] and all the letters are listed at [186] |
| Rob Reich Board Resignation Letter | 2019-02-04 | Rob Reich | GiveWell | GiveWell | Rob Reich, Elie Hassenfeld | Board member departure | Charity evaluator | Rob Reich resigns from the GiveWell board, citing three reasons: (1) He is taking on a new set of professional responsibilities and needs to free up time for those, (2) He believes that service on a nonprofit board should not be ongoing, and his five-year stint has been long enough. (3) He has continuing concerns that GiveWell leadership does not take the board's role seriously, and that board meetings are held mainly to meet legal obligations. Although he has communicated this to GiveWell leadership and they have taken some steps to address his concerns, he thinks the steps are not adequate in achieving his goal of a professionalized board. Reich concludes by requesting that his letter be included on the GiveWell site and linked from [191] -- this is granted, with [186] as an intermediate page. Reich's resignation would be followed by the resignation of Brigid Slipka and Tom Rutledge after GiveWell leadership decides to contract the board. Slipka explains her resignation at [188] |
| Finding the best charity requires estimating the unknowable. Here’s how GiveWell tries to do that, according to researcher James Snowden. | 2018-07-16 | James Snowden | 80,000 Hours | GiveWell | James Snowden | Job experience | Charity evaluator | James Snowden, a research consultant at GiveWell, is interviewed for the 80,000 Hours podcast by Robert Wiblin. A summary and full transcript are available at the link. The podcast is primarily focused on the way GiveWell does research and makes decisions. However, the part starting from "If someone was listening and they were considering working at GiveWell, what are the most satisfying things about working at GiveWell and what are some things that you wish you could change if you could?" discusses the experience of working at GiveWell. Snowden mentions a focused and quiet office culture but a vibrant Slack culture, much less formal intra-company communication than public-facing communication, but a lot of seriousness in the work environment. Snowden encourages people with skillsets matching any of GiveWell's job postings to apply to GiveWell. |
| GiveWell is hiring! | 2018-01-25 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | GiveWell | Hiring-related notice | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld announces that GiveWell is hiring for a number of positions. Positions listed include Director of Operations, Head of Growth, Research Analyst, Senior Research Analyst, and Summer Research Analyst. | |
| Should you work at GiveWell? Reflections from a recent employee. | 2016-08-15 | Milan Griffes | 80,000 Hours | GiveWell | Milan Griffes | Job experience | Charity evaluator | Milan Griffes, who worked at GiveWell from August 2014 to May 2016, describes his experience working for the organization. He lists the following positives: worldview building, professional skills, networking within the effective altruism community, and humanitarian impact. He lists the following as things GiveWell does well as an employer: flexible working schedule, access to co-founders and senior staff, receptiveness to staff input, clear communication about performance and trajectory, and hard-working culture. He lists the following areas to improve upon: top-down decision making, time tracking, performance evaluation, team building, and lack of explicit emphasis on self-care. The original post was on the author's personal blog [192] |
| We’re hiring a Director of Operations | 2016-05-24 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | GiveWell | Hiring-related notice | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld, GiveWell's Executive Director (ED) announces that GiveWell is looking to hire a Director of Operations to head the Operations team that "is responsible for all finance, accounting, HR, legal and tech functions at GiveWell and the Open Philanthropy Project." He also links to the job posting page [193] The role would eventually be filled by Sarah Ward starting July 2016 (at the time of Hassenfeld's blog post, Ward is already at GiveWell as a Research Analyst). After Ward's departure in February 2018, GiveWell hires Whitney Shinkle as Director of Operations starting April 2018. | |
| How to find a job like a privileged person with lots of options | 2015-06-01 | Ben Hoffman | GiveWell | Job application experience | Charity evaluator | In this blog post, Ben Hoffman describes "things I've seen work well from both sides of the hiring process, and from talking with a bunch of people about career choice." He advises talking extensively to people in the field that one wants to apply to, and cautions against thoughtlessly going to school for training for a job. He also includes the cover letter of his job application to GiveWell. | ||
| GiveWell is hiring | 2015-02-05 | Sean Conley | GiveWell | GiveWell | Hiring-related notice | Charity evaluator | Sean Conley announces that GiveWell is resuming its hiring operations. He announces open positions with titles Research Analyst, Summer Research Analyst, Outreach Associate, and Conversation Notes Writer. | |
| A Summer on the Bay: Reflections on Working at GiveWell, Animal Rights, and the EA Community | 2014-08-18 | Jacy Reese | GiveWell | Jacy Reese | Job experience | Charity evaluator | On his personal blog, Jacy Reese describes his experience working at GiveWell in the summer of 2014. He says he thoroughly enjoyed his time, and felt the employees epitomize effective altruist virtues of altruism and critical thinking, as applied not just to charities and causes but also topics like contemporary political issues and nutrition. He describes GiveWell's investigative process as a "unique combination of qualitative and quantitative reasoning" and says that, after joining GiveWell, he shifted to viewing GiveWell as a pilot study of strategic philanthropy. He says: "By first investigating a cause with relatively large amounts of academic and rigorous data available, GiveWell could invest in procedural information before venturing into less easily quantified causes. This new understanding partially eased my concerns, but I still fear GiveWell’s investigative process overemphasizes measurability — even in GiveWell Labs — but I am optimistic about the future of their investigations, particularly in the causes of global catastrophic risks and animal agriculture." | |
| GiveWell is hiring | 2014-03-12 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | GiveWell | Hiring-related notice | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld announces that GiveWell is hiring because they believe they are capacity-constrained. He announces open positions for Research Analyst, Summer Research Analyst, Administrative Assistant, and Conversation Notes Writer. | |
| What I learned from working at GiveWell | 2014-02-01 | Ben Kuhn | GiveWell | Ben Kuhn | Job experience | Charity evaluator | Ben Kuhn describes his experience working at GiveWell for four weeks. He describes his main takeaways as: be more skeptical, public health is really hard, GiveWell takes a broader view than he previously thought, things depends ridiculously on the details, and research is harder than he thought. | |
| Thoughts on my experience working at GiveWell | 2013-11-04 | Nick Beckstead | 80,000 Hours | GiveWell | Nick Beckstead | Job experience | Charity evaluator | Nick Beckstead describes his experience working at GiveWell for two months for a trial work period. He describes his work as involving literature searches, literature evaluation, and cost-effectiveness models. He describes GiveWell as having a direct feedback culture and less autonomy than academia, though he says that the latter was not a problem for him because he and his manager were in synch. He also notes that GiveWell is strong in terms of personal development and the impact of the work, and he personally also found the job satisfying. Ultimately, Beckstead chose to work at the Future of Humanity Institute instead, but recommends to people interested to try a trial work period at GiveWell. |
| We can’t (simply) buy capacity | 2013-08-29 | Holden Karnofsky | GiveWell | GiveWell | Organizational growth introspection | Charity evaluator | Holden Karnofsky explains why, even though GiveWell is capacity-constrained, and needs to hire more people, they cannot easily and quicky scale capacity up. Some of his points: (1) employees need to be trained, evaluated and managed, (2) Predicting employee fit is difficult, (3) Hiring involves long-term decisions, and poor predictions can be costly, (4) GiveWell's experience has moved them toward a view of hiring that involves training people to have the same understanding of the work as the existing GiveWell staff do, rather than hiring to have people to do assigned work. | |
| GiveWell is hiring | 2013-02-20 | Elie Hassenfeld | GiveWell | GiveWell | Hiring-related notice | Charity evaluator | Elie Hassenfeld announces that GiveWell is looking for outstanding people to join its team, specifically the Research Analyst and Research Associate positions. He says that GiveWell is hiring for both full-time positions and paid summer internships. |
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