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Charities lacked usable impact data in 2006

When Hassenfeld and Karnofsky sought information on what charities accomplish per dollar given, they found that detailed, useful data on charitable impact simply did not exist, with charities unable to justify claims like '$20 provides a child water for life.'

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Speaker

Elie Hassenfeld

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I remember charities telling me things like, '$20 provides a child water for life.' And, I would ask them, 'Well, how do you arrive at that number?'... And they really didn't have answers to those questions.

Source

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWellEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:29:30 AM

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