Nonprofit, United States

GiveWell

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
3
Full moves in and out
2 in, 2 out

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We estimate that 3 people shaping AI have worked at GiveWell, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, GiveWell is tied for 74th among 1,097 nonprofits (tied for 1,291st of 8,827 organizations overall). Safety, alignment and evaluation leads 2 areas of expertise (2 of 3 people with profile topics). Dated work records span from 2007 to 2011. Across dated career transitions, we record 2 full moves in and 2 out, led by departures to Open Philanthropy (2).

Open Philanthropy shares the largest career overlap with GiveWell (3 people), ahead of Coefficient Giving (2).Organizations where people with work records at GiveWell also worked at any time in their careers (3 people across 9 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at GiveWell. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Open Philanthropy3
Coefficient Giving2
Anthropic1
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace1
Effective Altruists of Berkeley student group1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2011. All 3 people associated with GiveWell appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 3 people who formerly worked at GiveWell. 3 of the 3 have a recorded current role at another organization (Anthropic, Coefficient Giving and METR).

Posts that include GiveWell

GiveWell appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.

  1. Direct Form 990 pay in the latest returns of 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site is highest at $2.1M at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) (2024)IRS Form 990 compensation across 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site from 2012 to 2025: in the latest returns, Mozilla reports $6.1M including related-company pay (2024) and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) leads direct nonprofit pay at $2.1M (2024).