GiveWell shares its plans for the year each spring.

Judged as a statement about recurring practice as of 2020-05-28. True: GiveWell published annual plans for the year in spring (roughly March–June) in nearly all recent years before 2020, say at least 4 of the prior 5 years. Mostly true: it did so in most years, or in most years with publication slightly outside spring. Mixed: roughly half of recent years. Mostly false: only occasionally. False: annual plans were not published, or were routinely published at other times of year.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Review of our research in 2017 - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog · 18 April 2018 Own record

   “This is the first of three posts that form our annual review and plan for the following year.”

2. E2 GiveWell's outreach and operations: 2017 review and 2018 plans - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog · 20 April 2018 Own record

   “This is the third of three posts that form our annual review and plan for the following year.”

3. E3 GiveWell's plans for 2019 - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog · 16 May 2019 Own record

   “Our top priorities this year support our goals to (a) increase the impact per dollar of the funds we direct and (b) increase our money moved.”

4. E4 GiveWell's progress in 2014 and plans for 2015: Summary - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog · 3 March 2015 Own record

   “As in past years, we’re going to be posting our annual self-evaluation and plan as a series of blog posts.”

GiveWell's own dated blog posts show annual review-and-plan posts published in March 2015 (E4), April 2018 (E1, E2) and May 2019 (E3), all within the spring window. E4 also describes the annual self-evaluation and plan posts as a practice from past years. No evidence covers 2016 or 2017, so only 3 of the prior 5 years are confirmed. That meets 'most years' but not the 4-of-5 threshold for true.