In 2014, GiveWell tracked $27.8 million in money moved to its recommended charities.
Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
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What would count as true or false
True: GiveWell's 2014 money-moved figure for recommended charities is $27.8 million (rounding of ±$0.05M is acceptable). Mostly true: the figure is within about 5% of $27.8M. Mixed: within about 5–15%. Mostly false: off by about 15–30%. False: off by more than 30%, or no money-moved figure was tracked for 2014.
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Evidence (4)
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E1 GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2014 - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog (givewell.org) · 13 April 2015 Own record
“In 2014, GiveWell tracked $27.8 million in money moved to our recommended charities, about 60% more than in 2013. This total includes $14.8 million from Good Ventures (up from $9.3 million) and $13.0 million from other donors (up from $8.2 million).”
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E2 GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2014 - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog (givewell.org) · 13 April 2015 Own record
“Our four top charities received the majority of the $28.1 million tracked to our recommended charities.”
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E3 GiveWell's progress in 2014 and plans for 2015: Summary - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog (givewell.org) · 3 March 2015 Own record
“Money moved to our top charities was ~$28 million, compared to ~$17 million in 2013.”
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E4 December 2014 update on GiveWell's funding needs - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog (givewell.org) · 29 December 2014 Own record
“We anticipate 2014 money moved to top charities of approximately $25 million and project expenses in 2015 of $2.27 million.”
Reasoning
GiveWell's 2014 metrics report states $27.8 million in money moved to recommended charities, split into $14.8M from Good Ventures and $13.0M from other donors [E1]. The same post also cites $28.1 million tracked to recommended charities [E2], and an earlier summary gives about $28 million [E3]. All figures are within about 1% of the claim, but every source comes from GiveWell itself and they are not fully consistent, so the claim is rated mostly true rather than true.
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GiveWell, “In 2014, GiveWell tracked $27.8 million in money moved to its recommended charities.” (said 2015). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_0cf95af24a5d, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0cf95af24a5d
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