GiveWell co-founder Elie Hassenfeld offered advice on how to evaluate charities within an effective altruism framework before a small audience in Sever Hall on Thursday. The talk, titled “How and ...

Elie Hassenfeld was inspired to start GiveWell when he couldn’t find answers to his questions about charitable donations. He shares the organization’s origin story on “The Ezra Klein Show.” So you’re ...

Charity effectiveness evaluator GiveWell has won a lot of fans for its data-driven recommendations about where people should donate to have their money used most effectively. The organization usually ...

This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2022. Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury. This is my annual giving column, so I won’t beat ...

Around this time last year, when my wife and I were looking to give some money to charity, I was struck by a sudden utilitarian panic. I wasn't giving away very much, so how could I know that my small ...