Massively scalable projects
Future Fund, February 25, 2022
Abstract
This episode of the ‘Rationally Speaking’ podcast interviews Holden Karnofsky, the founder of Givewell, a nonprofit organization devoted to determining the impact of various charities and NGOs. Karnofsky discusses Givewell’s methodology for evaluating charities, addressing controversies and conventional wisdom in the nonprofit sector, such as the efficiency of large charities, the importance of evaluating charities objectively, and the effectiveness of microfinance NGOs like Kiva and Grameen Bank. – AI-generated abstract.