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Funds · 4

Global Health · 14

Antimalarial bednet distribution with Against Malaria Foundation

Long-lasting insecticidal nets, the campaigns that distribute them, and the follow-up that checks they are still hanging years later.

Cash incentive for vaccines with New Incentives

Small cash payments to caregivers in northern Nigeria for bringing infants to the clinic for routine immunization.

Cash transfer program with GiveDirectly

Unconditional cash sent by mobile money to households living in extreme poverty, with no rules attached about how it is spent.

Expanding depression treatment with StrongMinds

Group talk therapy for depression, delivered by trained community members in sub-Saharan Africa.

Fistula surgery for women with Fistula Foundation

Reconstructive surgery for obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that surgery can reliably repair.

Flour fortification with Sanku

Adding missing micronutrients to flour at small mills, and helping governments check that fortified food actually contains what the label claims.

Health media campaigns with Development Media International

Radio and television campaigns in local languages, designed to change the everyday health behaviours that decide whether a child survives.

Mass deworming program with SCI Foundation

School-based treatment for parasitic worm infections, delivered through national health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Reducing iodine deficiency with Iodine Global Network

Advocacy, monitoring and technical guidance to get and keep salt iodized in the countries that still need it.

Scaling poverty solutions with Innovations for Poverty Action

Rigorous field trials of anti-poverty programs, and the slower work of getting governments to act on what the trials find.

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention with Malaria Consortium

Four monthly courses of antimalarial medicine for young children in the Sahel, timed to the rainy season when transmission peaks.

Social health marketing with Population Services International

Making contraception, treated nets, self-test kits and other essential health products genuinely available where public systems fall short.

Top charity research with GiveWell

The research that decides where a large share of effective giving goes, funded directly rather than through the programs it recommends.

Vitamin A supplementation with Helen Keller International

Twice-yearly vitamin A doses for young children in countries where deficiency is widespread.

Animal Welfare · 9

Alternative protein research with Good Food Institute

Open research, policy work and industry engagement to make plant-based and cultivated meat competitive on taste and price.

Animal advocacy research library with Faunalytics

Research and a public library that tell animal advocates which approaches work, so campaigns are designed on data rather than instinct.

Cage-free advocacy with The Humane League

Corporate campaigns that move entire supply chains out of cages, and the international coalition that repeats the tactic country by country.

Evaluating animal charities with Animal Charity Evaluators

The research that decides which animal advocacy organizations deserve funding, and the grant-making that follows from it.

Farm investigations with Animal Equality International

Undercover investigations inside factory farms and slaughterhouses, and the legal and corporate change that follows from the footage.

Fish farm welfare with Fish Welfare Initiative

Practical welfare improvements on fish farms in Asia, where the number of animals involved is vast and the attention paid to them is almost nil.

Reducing animal suffering in Global South with Sinergia Animal

Corporate campaigns and investigations in Latin America and Southeast Asia, regions where farmed animal advocacy is barely funded.

Seafood certification with Aquatic Life Institute

Writing welfare requirements into the seafood certification schemes and policies that already govern how aquatic animals are farmed and caught.

Wild animal welfare research with Wild Animal Initiative

Building the science needed before anyone can safely improve the lives of wild animals at scale.

Climate Change · 3

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