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“We estimate that the programs supported by the funds we directed this year will save an additional 86,000 lives.”

GiveWell 31 August 2026 GiveWell's 2025 Metrics and Impact (The GiveWell Blog) archived copy

Prediction Their own work or organisation

GiveWell estimates that programs supported by the funds it directed in 2025 will save an additional 86,000 lives.

Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

This is GiveWell's own model estimate of lives saved, and the claim only reports what GiveWell estimates; it can be checked in its published materials, but the outcome is not independently verifiable.

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GiveWell, “GiveWell estimates that programs supported by the funds it directed in 2025 will save an additional 86,000 lives.” (said 31 August 2026). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_0a8d264dc403, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0a8d264dc403

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