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Evidence Action — General Operating Support

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  • Focus Area: Global Health & Development
  • Portfolio Area: Learning, Experimentation, and Exploration
  • Organization Name: Evidence Action
  • Amount: $800,000

  • Award Date: December 2017

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    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a GiveWell Incubation Grant of $800,000 to Evidence Action for general operating support. Evidence Action intends to use this support to fund a deficit in its operating budget, which it identified as part of a financial clean-up in 2017. GiveWell Incubation Grants are recommended by GiveWell staff, and support the development of potential future top charities.

    See GiveWell’s page on this grant for more details.

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