GiveWell Case Study

1. Case Study: Give Well
BY: Dan Rolen, Sarah Young, Katelyn Dekle,
Mashairi Halifu

2. Ideation
• Group of 8 Investment Analysts were looking for a
charity to give too.
• Wanted to know where their money was being spent.
• Spent lots of time researching and realized this was very
time consuming.
• So in 2007, 2 of them decided to quit their jobs and
create Give Well and make this there full time jobs
o Holden Karnofsky
o Elie Hassenfeld

3. Launch
• 2007- GiveWell
o All Markets
o Excelling Charities
• 2011- GiveWell Labs
o Access to grants
o "An arm of our research process that will be open to
any giving opportunity, no matter what form and
what sector."

4. Strategies
● Donor Funded
● Issue Grants
● Publish Research to Public

5. Revenue
Donations and Grants
• 2012: $2.5 Million revenue, $200,000 profit
Negative Profit
• 2010
o -$250,000

6. Bottom Line
Takeaways
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Passion
• Networking
Future Success
• Transparency
• Donations