GiveWell Company

Industry: Non-profit

Description

GiveWell is an American non-profit charity assessment and effective altruism-focused organization. GiveWell focuses primarily on the cost-effectiveness of the organizations that it evaluates, rather than traditional metrics such as the percentage of the organization's budget that is spent on overhead. Founded: 2007 Location: San Francisco, California, U.S Founders: Holden Karnofsky, Elie Hassenfeld Type of business: Charity evaluator, United States IRS exemption status: 501(c)(3), ruling year 2007

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GiveWell Employees

Employee
Years
Job
Industry
Claire Zabel Claire Zabel San Francisco Bay Area Details
Claire Zabel's GiveWell Experience August 2015 - Present
Job Research Analyst
Industry Think Tanks
Experience
GiveWell   August 2015 - Present
Harvard Kennedy School of Government  July 2014 - Present
The Stanford Daily Newspaper  January 2015 - June 2015
Stanford University  September 2014 - June 2015
Stanford University  September 2010 - June 2015
Stanford University  June 2013 - June 2014
Stanford University  September 2011 - June 2014
Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University   April 2013 - November 2013
Calfornia Governor's Office of Planning and Research   June 2013 - September 2013
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation  June 2011 - September 2011

Skills
Science, Research, Climate Change, Data Analysis, Environmental Science, R, Writing, Environmental Ethics, Conservation Issues, Climate Engineering, Matlab, Effective Altruism, Environmental Law, Teaching, Marine Science, Psychology of Decision..., Public Speaking, Social Ethics and Biases, Marine Biogeochemistry, Proposal Writing, Critical Thinking, Philanthropy, Editing

Education
Stanford University   2014 — 2015
Master's Degree, Earth Systems

Stanford University   2010 — 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Earth Systems (Honors), Ethics in Society Honors Program

Peking University   2012 — 2012
Bing Overseas Studies Program, Chinese Media, Chinese Language and Conversation

Ben Rachbach Ben Rachbach San Francisco, California Details
Ben Rachbach's GiveWell Experience August 2013 - Present
Job Research Analyst at GiveWell
Industry Research
Experience
GiveWell   August 2013 - Present
Match Community Day School  August 2012 - June 2013
Fulbright  2011 - 2012

Skills
Research, Qualitative Research, Analysis, International...

Education
Swarthmore College   2007 — 2011
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese and Education Studies

Elie Hassenfeld Elie Hassenfeld San Francisco Bay Area Details
Elie Hassenfeld's GiveWell Experience August 2007 - Present
Job CoFounder at GiveWell
Industry Nonprofit Organization Management
Experience
GiveWell   August 2007 - Present
Bridgewater Associates  August 2004 - July 2007

Education
Columbia University in the City of New York   2000 — 2004
B.A., Religion

Lila Rieber Lila Rieber State College, Pennsylvania Area Details
Lila Rieber's GiveWell Experience March 2014 - July 2014
Job Bioinformatics PhD student
Industry Biotechnology
Experience
Penn State University  August 2015 - Present
GiveWell   March 2014 - July 2014
Machine Intelligence Research Institute  March 2014 - April 2014
Smithsonian Institution  January 2014 - April 2014
American Institutes for Research  June 2012 - September 2013
Angelini Lab, American University   February 2012 - May 2012

Education
Penn State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioinformatics and Genomics

American University   2011 — 2013
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, GPA: 3.96

David Roodman David Roodman Washington D.C. Metro Area Details
David Roodman's GiveWell Experience 2015 - Present
Job David Roodman
Industry Public Policy
Experience
GiveWell   2015 - Present
David Roodman   January 2014 - Present
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  July 2013 - January 2014
Center for Global Development  March 2002 - July 2013
Worldwatch Institute  1993 - 2002

Skills
Policy Analysis, International..., Public Policy, Economic Development, International Relations, Stata, Foreign Policy, Economics, Program Evaluation, Development Economics, Econometrics, Capacity Building, Politics, Political Science, NGOs, Policy, Africa, Climate Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Global Health, International Economics, Human Rights, Microfinance, Nonprofits

Education
Harvard University   1986 — 1990
AB, Theoretical mathematics

Luke Muehlhauser Luke Muehlhauser San Francisco Bay Area Details
Luke Muehlhauser's GiveWell Experience June 2015 - Present
Job Research Analyst at GiveWell
Industry Research
Experience
GiveWell   June 2015 - Present
Machine Intelligence Research Institute  November 2011 - May 2015
Machine Intelligence Research Institute  September 2011 - November 2011

Skills
Teaching, Academic Writing, Management, Research, Writing, Public Speaking, Nonprofits, Grant Writing, Science, Fundraising, Blogging, Editing

Education
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Tom Rutledge Tom Rutledge Greater Boston Area Details
Tom Rutledge's GiveWell Experience January 2008 - Present
Job Head of Fixed Income Origination, Magnetar Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Magnetar Capital  July 2008 - Present
GiveWell   January 2008 - Present
DataXu (seed/advisor), Fetch, Eleusius, Ekotrope, Re-Fresh Water, Tarpon Biosystems   December 2007 - Present
DataXu  November 1995 - Present
Tarpon Biosystems Inc.   April 1995 - Present
General Arts   January 1995 - Present
Cardinal Self-Storage   January 1995 - December 2012
JPMorgan  2005 - 2008
Boldwater Capital Management   March 2002 - June 2004
BondAxe   2003 - 2004

Skills
Investments, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Management, Finance, Capital Markets, Hedge Funds, Equities, Investment Banking, Valuation

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management   1987 — 1989
MS, Management

Amherst College   1979 — 1983
A.B., English

Whetstone High School, Columbus, OH   1976 — 1979

Michael Danto Michael Danto San Francisco Bay Area Details
Michael Danto's GiveWell Experience August 2015 - Present
Job Operations Associate at GiveWell
Industry Philanthropy
Experience
GiveWell   August 2015 - Present
GiveWell   August 2014 - August 2015
Harvard University  September 2013 - December 2013
JCCA  June 2013 - August 2013

Skills
Research

Education
Harvard College   2009 — 2013
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Social Studies

Jon Behar Jon Behar Greater Seattle Area Details
Jon Behar's GiveWell Experience August 2009 - April 2011
Job Chief Operating Officer at The Life You Can Save
Industry Philanthropy
Experience
The Life You Can Save   February 2015 - Present
The Life You Can Save   September 2013 - Present
A Path That's Clear   May 2012 - September 2013
GiveWell   August 2009 - April 2011
Bridgewater Associates  July 2001 - December 2010

Skills
Financial Analysis, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Optimization, Algorithm Development, Microsoft Excel, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Education, basic SQL, Training, Nonprofits, Analysis, Start-ups, Fundraising, Research, Economics, Strategy

Education
Bowdoin College   1997 — 2001
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics and Government (Double major), Magna cum laude

Dario Amodei Dario Amodei San Francisco Bay Area Details
Dario Amodei's GiveWell Experience September 2012 - Present
Job Research Scientist at Baidu Silicon Valley AI Lab
Industry Research
Experience
Baidu, Inc.   November 2014 - Present
GiveWell   September 2012 - Present
Skyline Targeted Proteomics Environment   May 2013 - December 2014
Stanford University  December 2011 - December 2014
Applied Minds  February 2008 - 2013
Princeton University  September 2006 - November 2011
Schlumberger  February 2004 - September 2004
Applied Minds  July 2003 - September 2003

Skills
Physics, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Matlab, Python, Simulations, Bioinformatics, LaTeX, Mathematical Modeling, C#

Education
Princeton University   2006 — 2011
PhD, (Bio)physics

Stanford University   2004 — 2006
BS, Physics

Caltech   2001 — 2003
Progress towards BS, Physics

Lynette Bye Lynette Bye Cambridge, Massachusetts Details
Lynette Bye's GiveWell Experience May 2015 - August 2015
Job Summer Research Analyst at GiveWell
Industry
Experience
GiveWell   May 2015 - August 2015
Enduring Legacy Publishers   May 2013 - March 2015
Wingu, Tecnología Sin Fines de Lucro   June 2014 - July 2014
Evergreen State Heat & AC   July 2012 - August 2012

Skills
Nonprofits, Research, PowerPoint, Social Media, Google Adwords, Google Analytics, Microsoft Office, Start-ups, Operations Management, Social Psychology

Education
Harvard University   2012 — 2016
Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

Everett Community College   2010 — 2012
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.)

Jacy Anthis Jacy Anthis San Francisco Bay Area Details
Jacy Anthis's GiveWell Experience May 2014 - August 2014
Job Research Associate at Animal Charity Evaluators
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Animal Charity Evaluators  August 2015 - Present
Animal Charity Evaluators  October 2014 - August 2015
Harvard Moral Psychology Lab   October 2014 - March 2015
GiveWell   May 2014 - August 2014
The University of Texas at Austin  June 2013 - May 2014
The High Impact NetworK   May 2012 - August 2012

Skills
Research, Data Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Editing, Photoshop, Fundraising, Stata, Nonprofits, Martial Arts, Grant Writing, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Poetry, Social Justice, Advocacy, Philanthropy, R, Python, C, Excel, Quickbooks, Machine Learning, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational..., Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, Ruby, Fortran, OCaml, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Backbone.js

Education
The University of Texas at Austin   2013 — 2015
Bachelor's of Science and Arts, Neuroscience, 3.9

Benjamin Hoffman Benjamin Hoffman Washington D.C. Metro Area Details
Benjamin Hoffman's GiveWell Experience October 2014 - Present
Job Research Analyst at GiveWell
Industry Financial Services
Experience
GiveWell   October 2014 - Present
Fannie Mae  September 2012 - October 2014
Fannie Mae  March 2010 - September 2012
Fannie Mae  August 2009 - March 2010
Fannie Mae  August 2008 - August 2009
Fannie Mae  June 2008 - August 2008
Bregman and Company, P.C.   2006 - 2006

Skills
Credit Risk, Financial Risk, SAS, Analytics, SQL, Unix, Loans, Data Science, Matlab, R, C++, Business Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Regression Models, Regression Analysis

Education
Georgetown University   2010 — 2013
MS, Mathematics and Statistics, 3.9 out of a possible 4.0

St. John's College (MD)   2004 — 2008
BA, Philosophy, History of Mathematics and Science, 3.9 out of a possible 4.0

Jacob Gibson Jacob Gibson San Francisco Bay Area Details
Jacob Gibson's GiveWell Experience March 2015 - Present
Job Paying It Forward
Industry Internet
Experience
GiveWell   March 2015 - Present
Startup Mentor   March 2014 - Present
NerdWallet  March 2010 - March 2014
JP Morgan Chase  December 2008 - March 2010
JP Morgan Chase  June 2004 - December 2008

Skills
IPO, Strategic Planning, Leadership, Big Data, Rates, Derivatives, Trading, Start-ups, Hedge Funds, Business Strategy, Strategic Partnerships

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2000 — 2004
BS, Math, Management Science

Nick Beckstead Nick Beckstead San Francisco Bay Area Details
Nick Beckstead's GiveWell Experience December 2014 - Present
Job Research Analyst, Open Philanthropy Project
Industry Research
Experience
GiveWell   December 2014 - Present
University of Oxford  June 2013 - November 2014

Education
Rutgers University-New Brunswick   2007 — 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Philosophy

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   2005 — 2007
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy, Math

Ari Herman Ari Herman Greater New York City Area Details
Ari Herman's GiveWell Experience January 2009 - Present
Job Managing Director at Brahman Capital Corp
Industry Investment Management
Experience
GiveWell   January 2009 - Present
Brahman Capital Corp   February 2007 - Present
Goldman Sachs  June 2004 - January 2007

Education
Princeton University   2000 — 2004

Holden Karnofsky Holden Karnofsky San Francisco Bay Area Details
Holden Karnofsky's GiveWell Experience June 2007 - Present
Job CoExecutive Director at GiveWell
Industry Nonprofit Organization Management
Experience
Open Philanthropy Project   August 2014 - Present
GiveWell   June 2007 - Present
Bridgewater Associates  2004 - 2007

Education
Harvard University   1999 — 2003

Ruth Levine Ruth Levine San Francisco Bay Area Details
Ruth Levine's GiveWell Experience June 2014 - August 2014
Job Government Innovation Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab
Industry Research
Experience
Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab   June 2015 - Present
Stanford University  September 2014 - June 2015
GiveWell   June 2014 - August 2014
Internal Revenue Service  June 2013 - August 2013
East Bay Community Law Center  June 2011 - August 2011
The Brookings Institution  July 2008 - July 2010

Education
Stanford University   2010 — 2014
Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics

Stanford University Law School   2010 — 2014
Doctor of Law (JD)

Stanford University   2004 — 2008
BA Economics

Jonah Sinick Jonah Sinick Berkeley, California Details
Jonah Sinick's GiveWell Experience April 2012 - May 2013
Job Associate Instrutor
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Galvanize Inc  March 2015 - Present
Cognito Mentoring   August 2013 - May 2014
GiveWell   April 2012 - May 2013
Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology  2011 - 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  August 2007 - September 2011

Skills
R, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Bayesian methods, SQL, Principal Component..., Research, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Backbone.js, Teaching

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2007 — 2011
PhD, Mathematics

Swarthmore College   2003 — 2007
BA, Mathematics

Lowell High School   1999 — 2003
Diploma, N/A

App Academy

Sara Altman Sara Altman San Francisco Bay Area Details
Sara Altman's GiveWell Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Student at Stanford University
Industry Research
Experience
Social Learning Lab   September 2015 - Present
GiveWell   June 2015 - August 2015
Language and Cognition Lab   September 2014 - December 2014
826 National  June 2014 - August 2014

Education
Stanford University   2012 — 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Symbolic Systems, Concentration in Cognitive Science; Honors in Ethics in Society

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