Charity Ideas
Start a charity based on our thoroughly
researched recommendations
researched recommendations
Each year Charity Entrepreneurship identifies highly effective interventions in chosen cause areas. Our Incubation Program gives participants the skills they need to start high-impact nonprofits based on our top intervention recommendations.
Our 2020 research period focused on four cause areas: mental health, animal advocacy, family planning, and health & development policy. We began with several hundred ideas in each cause area. Progressive stages of our extensive research process whittled down to eight recommended ideas and four charities have been founded.
Below you can find remaining ideas we want to found in 2021 and introductions to all charities we incubated so far.
Our 2020 research period focused on four cause areas: mental health, animal advocacy, family planning, and health & development policy. We began with several hundred ideas in each cause area. Progressive stages of our extensive research process whittled down to eight recommended ideas and four charities have been founded.
Below you can find remaining ideas we want to found in 2021 and introductions to all charities we incubated so far.
START A CHARITY in 2021!
2020 TOP RECOMMENDED IDEAS THAT YOU CAN FOUND:
Improving the welfare of farmed shrimp, e.g. through collaborating with Vietnamese farmers to better oxygenate the water, thus reducing chronic suffering for shrimp. Read full report >>
Advocating for increased alcohol taxation to mitigate the harmful effects of consumption.
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Fortifying feed with micronutrients to combat deficiencies and improve the health of laying hens.
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Providing family planning guidance to women at pivotal moments for their health and fertility, such as after giving birth. Read full report >>
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CHARITIES INCUBATED IN 2020
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ANIMAL ASKMaximizing farmed animal asks through dedicated research.
Co-founders: George Bridgwater, Amy Odene Website: www.animalask.org Contact: info@animalask.org Room for more funding: In early 2021 when we have evaluated our organizational worth to the movement, we may seek additional funding. |
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FAMILY EMPOWERMENT MEDIAEnabling informed family planning and birth spacing decisions through clear, compelling, and accurate radio-based communication.
Co-founders: Ken Scheffler, Anna Christina Thorsheim Website: familyempowermentmedia.org Contact: contact@familyempowermentmedia.org Room for more funding: $30,000 Donation page: familyempowermentmedia.org/donate |
GIVING GREENDirecting dollars towards evidence-backed projects that combat the climate crisis.
Co-founders: Dan Stein, Nicholas Parker Website: idinsight.org/givinggreen Contact: nicholas.parker@idinsight.org Room for more funding: Currently looking to fundraise $1 million over the next 12 months. Donations: contact Nicholas Parker at nicholas.parker@idinsight.org |
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CANOPIEBridging the mental health care gap for pre- and postpartum women through cost-effective, scalable, and evidence-based solutions.
Co-founders: Ann Don Bosco, Anne Wanlund Website: www.canopie.org Contact: awanlund@canopie.org CE Incubation Grant: $50,000 Room for more funding: $76,000 Donations: https://give.cornerstone.cc/canopie |
CHARITIES INCUBATED IN 2019
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HAPPIER LIVES INSTITUTEResearching the most effective methods for improving global well-being.
Founder and Director: Michael Plant COO: Clare Donaldson Website: happierlivesinstitute.org Contact: hello@happierlivesinstitute.org Donate here -> |
FISH WELFARE INITIATIVEReducing the suffering of billions of fish through targeted, scalable interventions.
Co-founders: Haven King-Nobles, Thomas Billington Website: fishwelfareinitiative.org Contact: haven@fishwelfareinitiative.org Donate here -> |
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SUVITAHarnessing the power of community-led nudges to combat vaccine-preventable diseases
Co-founder: Fiona Conlon, Varsha Venugopal Website: suvita.org Contact: contact@suvita.org Room for more funding: $210k to the end of 2020 Donate here -> |
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POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORKMicroexperiments in the space of health policy in low and middle-income countries.
Founder: Michał Trzesimięch Website: policyentrepreneurs.org Contact: contact@policyentrepreneurs.org Room for more funding: $100k to the end of 2020 Donate here -> |
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Good PoliciesShaping health policy for impact at scale. Looking to improve tobacco control in neglected countries.
This charity explored running the intervention in Mongolia and Armenia, but shut down when the Covid-19 pandemic started. |
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CE-INCUBATED CHARITIES
GIVEWELL INCUBATED CHARITIES
STARTED BEFORE 2019
Before the first round of the Incubation Program in 2019, we did a less formal research program that resulted in founding two GiveWell-incubated, high-impact charities that otherwise would not have been founded.
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FORTIFY HEALTHFortify Health aims to improve hundreds of thousands of lives by tackling anaemia and neural tube defects in India. They are working on open market wheat flour fortification and building strong partnerships to reach their 2020 goal of 12 mills in total across the two states, with the projected outcome of 214.8 metric tonnes of fortified flour being produced per day across the 12 mills. It has received two GiveWell Incubation Grants, including $1,000,000 in 2019 that provided the organisation with two years of funding for operations in Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Website: fortifyhealth.global Contact: fortifyhealth.global/contact |
Charity Science HealthCharity Science Health, another GiveWell-incubated organization, sends SMS reminders to mothers in India to help them remember when it is time to get their children vaccinated. Mobile vaccination reminders increase vaccination rates by 7 percentage points on average, and they cost only a few cents. CSH has reached over 250,000 families across India with these life-saving reminders, and we’ve now forged a clear path to scale through the public health system alongside a wide network of NGO partners.
Website: charitysciencehealth.com Contact: health@charityscience.com Donate: charitysciencehealth.com/donate.html |
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