A note on this page's publication date
The content we created in 2009 to report on the process used in our 2008-2009 report on international aid appears below. It does not reflect our current research process.
Table of Contents
Scope of this report
This report seeks to identify top charities that focus on developing-world direct aid, through:
- Health programs. (We believe this area is most promising, as discussed here.)
- Education programs. (We believe this area is less promising, as discussed here.)
- Economic empowerment programs: agriculture assistance, microfinance, business support, and other programs aimed directly at raising incomes. (We believe this area is less promising, as discussed here.)
What we look for
We seek charities that we can confidently recommend to individual, casual (i.e., non-professional, non-expert) donors. We feel that such charities should be:
- Proven. Casual donors should not fund experiments; they should fund charities that can and do demonstrate their impact in terms of lives changed. More on this criterion here.
- Cost-effective. We seek charities that provide high "bang for the buck," in terms of changing many lives (significantly) for relatively little money. Available cost-effectiveness estimates involve a great deal of uncertainty and approximation; we consider all programs within a certain range to be "highly cost-effective" and distinguish between them based on other factors. More on this criterion here.
- Scalable, i.e., able to use more funds productively. It isn't enough to identify a strong program; we seek to identify strong programs that can productively use more donor funding. As such, we do not recommend projects and programs within charities (all our recommendations apply to organizations, not sub-programs), and we do not recommend charities that show signs of being overfunded. More on this criterion here.
- Transparent. All of the information necessary to assess the three criteria above should be shared, upon request, if not publicly on the charity's website. Donors should prefer charities that they - or others like them - can personally vet and hold accountable if they so choose.
Our evaluation process
Narrowing the field
We considered over 300 charities for our 2008-2009 report on international aid. We could not conduct in-depth investigations (which generally involved speaking at length with their representatives) for all of these charities. We used the following two heuristics to narrow the field (note that these heuristics are further discussed and defended at this blog post).
Heuristic 1: Charity stands out for publishing M&E (monitoring and evaluation) reports. This is our primary way of identifying promising charities. A charity meets this criterion and receives a "Yes" under this column (see table below) if it freely publishes - on its website - substantial evidence regarding impact that (a) discusses how the impacts of projects or programs were evaluated, including what information was collected and how it was collected; (b) discusses the actual impact of the project, using measures that fit the guidelines laid out here.
A "Yes" under this column indicates a serious commitment both to transparency and to impact evaluation (which we discuss the importance of here). Any charity within the scope of this report can qualify for further investigation by conducting an impact evaluation (as we have defined it) and posting it publicly on its website.
Heuristic 2: Charity stands out for program selection. As discussed here, many program types have particularly strong evidence bases, enough to lower the burden of proof on a charity running them. A charity receives a "Yes" under this column (see table below) if it is devoted entirely to what we consider "priority programs" (details of "priority programs" available here), or if it publishes enough financial information to make it clear that 75% or more of its recent funding is devoted to what we consider "priority programs."
We believe this heuristic is less important and less indicative of a charity's likely quality than Heuristic 1. We used it with the reasoning that charities without strong commitments to transparency and evaluation - but whose programs require an unusually low degree of evaluation - might still have enough information available to give us confidence, if contacted. In practice, this did not often occur (i.e., most of our high-scoring charities pass Heuristic 1 whether or not they pass Heuristic 2). We see Heuristic 1 as a meaningful indicator of a charity's suitability; we see Heuristic 2 as a "bonus" heuristic that allowed us to do more investigation while still narrowing the field.
In-depth investigations
Charities that passed either of the heuristics detailed above were investigated further, sometimes to the point of in-depth conversations with their representatives and review of more materials. The "More information" column links to the details of how we settled on the final rating for any charity that we investigated.
All charities considered
We considered 510 organizations for this report (for more information, see our process for finding charities page):
- 320 of which were eligible. See our full list of eligible charities
- 190 of which were inelgible. See our full list of considered, but ineligible charities
List of charities we examined
This table presents the charities we considered for our initial international aid report, which was published July 1, 2009. The table below also provides each charity's performance on our heuristics. For an up-to-date listing, see our charities page.
| Charity | Website | Program area | Stands out for program selection | Stands out for publishing M&E reports | Qualifies for further investigation | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Reach | Main site Programs M&E |
Health system strengthening; focus on expanding immunization coverage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charity review Donate now |
| Stop TB Partnership (Stop TB) | Main site Programs M&E |
Tuberculosis case finding and treatment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charity review Donate now |
| Against Malaria Foundation | Main site Programs M&E |
Distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charity review Donate now |
| PSI | Main site Programs M&E |
Condom promotion and distribution | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | Main site Programs M&E |
Diverse health programs | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Partners in Health | Main site Programs |
Primary care | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) | Main site Programs M&E |
Expanding immunization coverage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) | Main site Programs M&E |
Disease eradication (polio) | No | Yes | Yes | Eradication programs |
| BRAC | Main site Programs M&E |
Economic empowerment | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Pratham | Main site Programs M&E |
Education | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| The Carter Center | Main site Programs M&E |
Diverse programs | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| AMREF | Main site Programs M&E |
Highly diverse programs | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| CARE | Main site Programs M&E |
Highly diverse programs | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Aravind Eye Care | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| ReSurge International (formerly Interplast) | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Living Goods | Main site | Primary care | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Doctors without Borders, USA | Main site Programs |
Diverse health programs | No | No | No | Charity review |
| The Hunger Project | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | Charity review |
| African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) | Main site M&E |
Mass drug administraiton to control river blindness (onchocerciasis) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET 2020) | Main site Programs M&E |
SAFE Strategy to control trachoma | No | Yes | Yes | Review not completed |
| International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) | Main site Programs M&E |
SAFE Strategy to control trachoma | No | Yes | Yes | Review not completed |
| Village Enterprise Fund | Main site Programs M&E |
Economic empowerment | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control | Main site | Disease control (multiple diseases) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Schistosomiasis Control Initiative | Main site | Disease control (multiple diseases) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Measles Initiative | Main site | Expanding immunization coverage | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Bugando Medical Centre | Main site Programs |
Primary care | Yes | No | Yes | Review not completed |
| Roberto Clemente -Santa Ana Clinic Inc | Main site Programs |
Primary care | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Mothers2Mothers | Main site M&E |
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment | No | Yes | Yes | Charity review |
| Deworm the World | Main site | Combination deworming program (mass drug administration) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Healthstore Foundation | Main site | Primary care | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| CURE International | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | No | No | No | Surgery charities |
| Fistula Foundation | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Fred Hollows Foundation | Main site | Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| ORBIS International | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Surgery charities |
| The Smile Train | Main site Programs |
Surgeries (missions and support of local surgeons) | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| ICCIDD | Main site Programs |
Vitamin fortification | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) | Main site | Vitamin supplementation/fortification | Yes | No | Yes | Charity review |
| Water For People | Main site | Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Waterpartners International Inc | Main site Programs |
Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Blood:Water Mission | Main site Programs |
Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Lifewater International | Main site Programs |
Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Living Water International | Main site | Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Malawi Freshwater Project | Main site | Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| PlayPumps International | Main site Programs |
Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Ryan's Well Foundation | Main site | Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Water Missions International | Main site | Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| WaterAid | Main site Programs |
Water infrastructure programs | No | No | No | Water charities |
| Global Giving | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | Our take on this model |
| Kiva | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | Our take on this model |
| Aquaya | Main site | Water programs research and technology development | No | No | No | |
| Straws for Life | Main site Programs |
Water filtration | No | No | No | |
| DKT International | Main site Programs |
Condom promotion and distribution | No | No | No | |
| African Comprehensive HIV/Aids Partnership (ACHAP) | Main site | Diverse HIV/AIDS programs | No | No | No | |
| Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | Main site Programs |
Diverse HIV/AIDS programs | No | No | No | |
| Keep A Child Alive | Main site | Diverse HIV/AIDS programs | No | No | No | |
| MTCT Plus Initiative | Main site | Diverse HIV/AIDS programs | No | No | No | |
| Until There's A Cure Foundation | Main site Programs |
Diverse HIV/AIDS programs | No | No | No | |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation | Main site Programs |
Family planning services | No | No | No | |
| Pathfinder International | Main site | Family planning services | No | No | No | |
| Population Media Center | Main site | Family planning services | No | No | No | |
| World Bicycle Relief | Main site | Bicycles for health workers | No | No | No | |
| Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer | Main site | Cervical cancer screening | No | No | No | |
| EMAS Canada | Main site | Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| Helen Keller International | Main site | Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| Hope Through Health | Main site Programs |
Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| International Eye Foundation | Main site Programs |
Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| Management Sciences for Health (MSH) | Main site Programs |
Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| Merlin | Main site | Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| The Global School Health Initiative | Main site | Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| Vision 2020 | Main site Programs |
Diverse health programs | No | No | No | |
| International Kids Fund | Main site Programs |
Flying children to U.S. hospitals | No | No | No | |
| Feed My Starving Children | Main site Programs |
Food aid | No | No | No | |
| Meds & Food for Kids | Main site | Food aid | No | No | No | |
| Gift of Life International | Main site Programs |
Heart surgery for children | No | No | No | |
| Jamaican Children's Heart Fund Inc. | Main site Programs |
Heart surgery for children | No | No | No | |
| International Leprosy Association | Main site | Leprosy treatment/control | No | No | No | |
| The Leprosy Mission International | Main site | Leprosy treatment/control | No | No | No | |
| Physicians for Peace | Main site | Medical missions (sending doctors overseas) | No | No | No | |
| Project Medishare | Main site | Medical missions (sending doctors overseas) | No | No | No | |
| Remote Area Medical | Main site Programs |
Medical missions (sending doctors overseas) | No | No | No | |
| UNFPA (End Fistula Campaign) | Main site | Multiple programs related to obstetric fistula | No | No | No | |
| West Africa Fistula Center Foundation | Main site | Multiple programs related to obstetric fistula | No | No | No | |
| ACCION International | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Arariwa | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Arzu, Inc. | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| ATINCHIK | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Bandhan | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Business Council for Peace | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Caja Municipal de Ahorro y Credito de Ica S.A | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Caja Nacional del Sureste | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Ciudad Saludable | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Compartamos Banco | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Consorcio de Organizaciones Privadas de Promoción al Desarrollo de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (COPEME) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Credito con Educacion Rural (CRECER) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Digital Divide Data | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| DrumNet | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Ecofuturo | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| FairBank | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| FINCA International | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| FINCA Peru | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| First Isabela Cooperative (FICO) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| First Macro Bank (FMB) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| First Valley Bank | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | ||
| Friends Of Wwb Usa Inc | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Fundación Paraguaya | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Grameen Foundation | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Grameen Trust Chiapas | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Green Bank, Inc. | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Helping Afghan Women Project | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Instituto Poblano para la Productividad Competitiva (IPPC) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| International Development Enterprises | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| International Development Enterprises (India) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Kashf Foundation | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Kickstart | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| K-Rep Development Agency | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Manuela Ramos | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| MicroDreams | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Microenterprise Access to Banking (MABS) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Mumuadu Rural Bank | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| ODEF | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| One Acre Fund | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Opportunity International | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| PADME | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| PeopleAid | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| PRISMA | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Pro Mujer | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| PRODIFAM | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Project Muso Ladamunen | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Rural Bank of Mabitac | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Serrv International Inc | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Small Enterprise Education And Promotion Network | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Soroptimist International | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| TechnoServe | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| TreeAid | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Trickle Up | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Unitus Inc | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Vipani | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| VisionSpring (AKA Scojo Foundation) | Main site | Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Women for Women International | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment | No | No | No | |
| Sleeping Children Around the World | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment (provision of bedkits) | No | No | No | |
| Build Change | Main site | Economic empowerment (provision of shelter) | No | No | No | |
| Domes for the World | Main site | Economic empowerment (provision of shelter) | No | No | No | |
| niall mellon township trust | Main site Programs |
Economic empowerment (provision of shelter) | No | No | No | |
| SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND | Main site Programs |
Energy | No | No | No | |
| Light Up The World Foundation | Main site Programs |
Provision of lighting | No | No | No | |
| Afghan Institute of Learning | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| American Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia (2) | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| AWaPo | Main site Programs |
Education | No | No | No | |
| CAMFED | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| CIDA City Campus | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| CO-ID | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| Escuela Nueva Foundation | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| Friends of African VIllage Libraries | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| Injaz al-Arab | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| Namlo International | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| OneKid OneWorld | Main site Programs |
Education | No | No | No | |
| Orphans of Rwanda | Main site Programs |
Education | No | No | No | |
| Room to Read | Main site Programs |
Education | No | No | No | |
| Root Foundation | Main site Programs |
Education | No | No | No | |
| Serve The Children | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| The School of St. Jude | Main site | Education | No | No | No | |
| MVP | Main site | Comprehensive aid package, village-by-village | No | No | No | |
| Americares | Main site Programs |
Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| Gleaning for the World | Main site Programs |
Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| Global Aid Network | Main site Programs |
Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| Global Operations And Development- Giving Children Hope | Main site Programs |
Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| K.I.D.S | Main site Programs |
Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| Medical Missionaries Inc | Main site | Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| Medshare International | Main site | Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| SAFER | Main site | Supply shipping | No | No | No | |
| 100 Friends | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Action Against Hunger USA | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| ADRA | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Africare | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Aga Khan Foundation, USA | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Aga Khan Planning and Building Services | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Alola Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| American Jewish World Service | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| American Red Cross International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| American Refugee Committee International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Anchor International Ministries | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Badin Rural Development Society | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Barakat, Inc. | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Barefoot College (Social Work and Research Centre) | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| BETHANY CHILDREN SUPPORT NETWORK - KENYA | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Bruce Peru | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Canadian Crossroads International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Caritas | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Catholic Relief Services | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Central Asia Institute (4) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Chad Relief Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| CHF International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Child Family Health International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Child Health Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Childcare Worldwide | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Children International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Christian Children's Fund | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Christian Fellowship and Care Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Christian Foundation for Children and Aging | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Christian Relief Fund | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Church World Services | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Compassion International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Concern America | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Convoy Of Hope | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| CUSO-VSO | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Deutsche Welthungerhilfe | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Development and Peace | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Diakonia | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Direct Relief International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Doctors Of The World-u S A Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| EcoLogic Development Fund | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| EngenderHealth | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Family Care International Inc | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Feed The Children Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Food for Life | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Food For The Hungry Inc | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| food for the poor, inc. | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Franciscan Family Apostolate | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Free Africa Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Free The Children | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Freedom From Hunger | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Genesis Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Global Action | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Global Fund For Women Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Global Resource Alliance | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| GOAL | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Gram Vikas | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Healing Hands International Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Heifer Project International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Hidaya Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Hope for the Nations | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| HOPE Worldwide | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| ICCDR,B | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| INMED Partnerships for Children | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Aid | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Disaster Emergency Service Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Medical Corps | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Orthodox Christian Charities | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Relief And Development Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| International Youth Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| invisible children, inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Islamic Relief, USA | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Joint Compassion Keepers (JCK) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Kenya Society for the Blind | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Lions Club International Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Love A Child, Inc. | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Lutheran World Relief | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| MA Center | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| MADRE | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Mahboba's Promise | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Map International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Marie Stopes International | Main site | Reproductive health | No | No | No | |
| Mennonite Central Committee (3) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Mercy Corps | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Mercy Ships | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Near East Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Nepalese Youth Opportunity Fund | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Net for Life (program of World Bible Society) | Main site | Net for Life focuses on the distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). World Bible Society has highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Niramaya Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Norwegian Church Aid | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Norwegian People's Aid | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Norwegian Refugee Council | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Nuru International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| OICI | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Operation Blessing | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Operation Mercy-usa | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Oprah's Angel Network | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Outreach Africa | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Oxfam America | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| PACSA | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| PATH | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| PCDA | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Plan USA | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Population and Community Development Association | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Practical Action | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| PRASAD | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Project Concern International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Project Hope | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Quaker Bolivia Link | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Relief International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Resplendent Hope | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Samaritan's Purse | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Sauti Moja (3) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Save the Children | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Seva Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Seva Mandir | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Sight Savers International | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers' Coordinating Organization (SAFWCO) | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Slums Information Development and resource Centres (SIDAREC) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| SNV Netherlands Development Organization | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| STAYING ALIVE FOUNDATION | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Stephen Lewis Foundation (2) | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| SurfAid International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Tear Australia | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Tearfund | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Terre des Hommes International Federation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| The $10 Club (2) | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| The Fabretto Children's Foundation | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| The Guatemalan Project | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Think on These Things Ministries International | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| TreesWaterPeople.ORG | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| UNICEF | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| United Methodist Committee for Relief | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| United Nations Development Fund for Women | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Voices of Hope | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| WaterCan/EauVive | Main site | Water and sanitation | No | No | No | |
| Wells of Hope | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| World Education | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| World Neighbors Inc | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| World Relief | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| World Vision | Main site Programs |
Highly diverse programs | No | No | No | |
| Zahana | Main site | Highly diverse programs | No | No | No |
List of charities we excluded for alternative reasons
These are charities we looked at, but did not consider further for one of the following reasons:
- Scope - the charity's program was outside the scope we could cover in this report (e.g., slavery, refugees, orphans and other abandoned children) or focused on research or advocacy as opposed to direct provision of services.
- Cannot donate - if an organization does not accept individual donations, we did not consider them further. This applied also to organizations that had existed, but no longer do or intiatives run by for-profit companies.
- No website - if no website existed for an organization, we did not continue reviewing it. This includes organizations whose only website was non-English.
- Too small - if a charity's previous year's expenses were less than $200,000 we did not continue further with it.
| Organization | Reason excluded |
|---|---|
| Accelerating Access Initiative to HIV Care (AAI) | No website |
| Action TB Programme | No website |
| Aeras, Global TB Vaccine Foundation | Scope |
| AfDevInfo | Scope |
| Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm) Taskforce (previously Global ACT Subsidy) | Cannot donate |
| Aflatoun (formerly Child Savings International) | Scope |
| Al Amana | No website |
| Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) | Scope |
| Alliance for Microbicide Development (AMD) | Scope |
| Amazon Conservation Team | Scope |
| Amendis | No website |
| American Council on Renewable Energy | Scope |
| AMMOR | No website |
| Amnesty International | Scope |
| Anti-Slavery International | Scope |
| Apopo | Scope |
| Artesunate Suppository for Emergency Treatment of Severe Malaria | No website |
| Børnefonden | No website |
| Be A HERO | Scope |
| Benetech | Scope |
| Best Buddies International | Scope |
| BioRegional Development Group | Scope |
| BODHI | No website |
| caravane d' evangelisation et de conseil social | No website |
| Center for Gender Health and Gender Equity | Scope |
| Centre for Environment and Human Development | No website |
| Ceres, Inc. | Scope |
| CHARITY CAMP CHILDRENS HOME | No website |
| Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI) (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Children's Vaccine Programme at PATH (CVP at PATH) | Cannot donate |
| Citizen Schools | Scope |
| Clean Water Action | Scope |
| College Summit | Scope |
| Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) | Scope |
| community wake organization | No website |
| Concept Foundation | No website |
| CONRAD | Scope |
| Conservation Stewards Program at Conservation International | Scope |
| Consortium for Industrial Collaboration in Contraceptive Research (CICCR) | Scope |
| Contraceptive Research and Development | Scope |
| Co-operation In Development | No website |
| Danish Refugee Council | No website |
| Dengue Vaccine Project (DVP) | Scope |
| Developing Indigenous Resources | No website |
| Development of Norplant (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment | No website |
| Diflucan Donation Programme | Cannot donate |
| Easter Seals | Scope |
| EcoPeace (Friends of the Earth Middle East | Scope |
| Eli Lilly Mental Health Donation | Cannot donate |
| European Malaria Vaccine Initiative (EMVI) | Scope |
| Farm Sanctuary | Scope |
| Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics | Scope |
| Free the Slaves | Scope |
| Friends of the World Food Program | Scope |
| Friends-International | Scope |
| Gaia Amazonas | Scope |
| Gates Foundation/University of North Carolina Partnership for the Development of New Drugs (GFUNC) | Scope |
| Global alliance for TB Drug Development (GATB) | Scope |
| Global Alliance to Eliminate Leprosy (GAEL) | Cannot donate |
| Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) | Scope |
| Global Business Council on HIV & AIDS (GBC) | Scope |
| Global Campaign for Microbicides | Scope |
| Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health (GCDPP) | Scope |
| Global Footprint Network | Scope |
| Global Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) | No website |
| Global Heritage Fund | Scope |
| Global Microbicide Project (GMP) | Scope |
| Global Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis (STB) | No website |
| Global Public-Private Partnership for Hand Washing with Soap | Cannot donate |
| Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) | Scope |
| Global Retirees Welfare Organisation Local Non-Profit N.G.O. | No website |
| Global Task Force on Cholera Control | Scope |
| Go Green Initiative | Scope |
| GSK African Malaria Partnership | Cannot donate |
| Habitat for Humanity of Kent County | Scope |
| Half the Sky Foundation | Scope |
| Health Care Without Harm | Scope |
| Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) | Scope |
| HIMILO Foundation | No website |
| HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA | Scope |
| Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HVI) | No website |
| House of IDEA orphanage centre | No website |
| HRC | Scope |
| ICS Africa | No website |
| Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) | Scope |
| Institute for Development Studies and Practices | Scope |
| Institute for OneWorld Health | Scope |
| Intercompany Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development (ICCADD) | Scope |
| Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) | Scope |
| International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) | Scope |
| International Bridges to Justice | Scope |
| International Center for Transitional Justice | Scope |
| International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Reqs for Registration of Pharmaceutical Human Use (ICH) | Scope |
| International Justice Mission | Scope |
| International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa | No website |
| International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) | Scope |
| International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS INCHEM Database) | Scope |
| International Rescue Committee | Scope |
| International Women's Development Agency | No website |
| Island Conservation | Scope |
| Japanese Pharmaceutical, Ministry of Health, WHO Malaria Drug Partnership (JPMW) | No website |
| Kids Alive | Scope |
| Kupu Kupu Foundation | Scope |
| LAPDAP Antimalarial Product Development (LAPDAP) | Scope |
| LAPDAP Antimalarial Product Development (LAPDAP) | Scope |
| Lassa Fever Initiative (LFI) | No website |
| LewaUSA | Scope |
| Malarone Donation Program (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Manchester Bidwell Corporation | Scope |
| Marine Stewardship Council | Scope |
| Mazon | Scope |
| Mectizan Donation Program | Cannot donate |
| Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) | Scope |
| Medicins Sans Frontieres Drugs for Neglected Diseases (MSF DND) | Scope |
| Meningitis C Vaccine Development and Supply in the UK (Historical) | Scope |
| Meningitis Vaccine Project at WHO/PATH (MVP) | Scope |
| Micronutrient Initiative (MI) | Cannot donate |
| Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) | Scope |
| Network on Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders(IDD) | Cannot donate |
| New Hope Africa Children Ministries | Scope |
| New Hope Africa Children Ministries - Uganda | Scope |
| Nyaya Health | Too small |
| Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) | Cannot donate |
| One by One | Too small |
| ONE Spirit | Scope |
| Operation OF | Too small |
| Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) Commercialisation in Bolivia (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control (PEEM) | No website |
| Partners in Global Health Through Hand Washing (PHW) | No website |
| PeaceWorks Foundation | Scope |
| Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI) | Scope |
| Pharmaceutical Security Institute | Scope |
| Pneumococcal Vaccines Accelerated Development Plan | Scope |
| Praziquantel Manufacturing Project (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Prohijar | No website |
| Refugees International | Scope |
| Roll Back Malaria Global Partnership (RBM) | Cannot donate |
| Save Dafur | Scope |
| Secure the Future | Cannot donate |
| Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation (SGTBF) | No website |
| Shanti Bhavan | Scope |
| Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Consortium Ltd. (SNP) | No website |
| Sleeping Sickness Initiative (SSI) | No website |
| Smiles Change Lives | Scope |
| Socially Sensitives - Bentota - Sri Lanka. | No website |
| Sok Sabay Clinic Initiative | Scope |
| SOOTHEZAMBIA | No website |
| SOS Children's villages | Scope |
| Spandana | No website |
| Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) | Scope |
| St. Judes Children Research Hospital | Scope |
| St.Labre Indian School | Scope |
| Stepping Forward.. for the World's Children | No website |
| Strathmore University | Scope |
| Syringes – Autodestruct Development (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Tam Tam Africa | Too small |
| Team Continuum | Scope |
| TENDER HANDS INITIATIVE | Scope |
| The Banyan | No website |
| The Big Issue Namibia | No website |
| The Corporate Council on Africa | Cannot donate |
| Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) / Tobacco Free Sports Initiative | Scope |
| TROPIVAL | No website |
| Tuberculosis Diagnostics Initiative (TBDI) | Cannot donate |
| UNAIDS Anti-Retroviral Drug Access Programme (UNAIDS-Industry) (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| UNFPA Contraceptives Access Project (UNFPA/Industry) | No website |
| UNHCR | Scope |
| Vaccine Fund | Cannot donate |
| Vaccine Vial Monitors (Historical) | Cannot donate |
| Vaccine Vial Monitors, Development of | No website |
| Viramune Donation Programme | Cannot donate |
| Viramune Donation Programme | Cannot donate |
| Vitamin A Global Alliance | No website |
| VODA Uganda | No website |
| War Child | Scope |
| Water and Sanitation Program at the World Bank | Cannot donate |
| Water for the Weary | No website |
| Watoto | Scope |
| WatSan Action | Too small |
| WHO Programme to Eliminate Sleeping Sickness | No website |
| WHO/Novartis Coartem | No website |
| WHO_Pharmaceutical Industry Association Anti-Counterfeit Drugs | No website |
| Whole Child | Scope |
| WHO-Pharmaceutical Industry Associations – NGO Anti-Counterfeit Drug Initiatives | No website |
| Women's Dignity Project | Scope |
| WORLD GRACE 2001 | No website |
| World Missions | Scope |
| World Villages for Children | Scope |
| Worldwide Fistula Fund | Too small |
| Yashua Sanctuary | Scope |