Around $124 million (29% of funds directed) in 2025 went to GiveWell's four Top Charities.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
The second judge would not resolve this claim; the verdict shown is the first judge's.
What would count as true or false
True: GiveWell's 2025 funds-directed data shows roughly $115–$133 million, about 27–31% of the total, going to its four Top Charities. Mostly true: the amount or the percentage is slightly outside those ranges, or the number of Top Charities differs slightly. Mixed: one of the two figures matches and the other is clearly off. Mostly false: both figures are off by 15–40%. False: both are off by more than that.
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Evidence (3)
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E1 Metrics Report 2025 - files.givewell.org GiveWell · 10 September 2026 Own record
“$303 million (71% of funds directed) was allocated to programs other than our Top Charities programs.”
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E2 Metrics Report 2025 - files.givewell.org GiveWell · 10 September 2026 Own record
“Our Top Charities Fund supports our four Top Charities programs.”
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E3 Metrics Report 2025 - files.givewell.org GiveWell · 10 September 2026 Own record
“This funds directed total includes both GiveWell grantmaking and donations made to our Top Charities on the basis of our recommendation.”
Reasoning
The resolution criteria rest on GiveWell's own 2025 funds-directed data, and GiveWell's 2025 Metrics Report states that $303 million (71% of funds directed) went to programs other than its Top Charities (E1). That implies a total of about $427 million, with roughly 29% (about $124 million) going to Top Charities. The report also says the Top Charities Fund supports four Top Charities programs (E2) and defines the funds-directed total (E3). These are the subject's own figures, and no independent verification was provided, but they are the data source the criteria name and they match the claimed amount, percentage and count.
Cite this claim
GiveWell, “Around $124 million (29% of funds directed) in 2025 went to GiveWell's four Top Charities.” (said 31 August 2026). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_6d9d07d4c83c, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6d9d07d4c83c
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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