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“Of the 8,970 donors who gave to GiveWell's recommended charities in 2014, we know where 3,558 of them learned of our work (about 40%).”

GiveWell, unsigned metrics report 2015 GiveWell Metrics Report – 2014 Annual Review (GiveWell) archived copy

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Of the 8,970 donors who gave to GiveWell's recommended charities in 2014, GiveWell knows where 3,558 (about 40%) learned of its work.

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Reasoning

The count of donors whose source is known comes from GiveWell's internal survey data.

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GiveWell, “Of the 8,970 donors who gave to GiveWell's recommended charities in 2014, GiveWell knows where 3,558 (about 40%) learned of its work.” (said 2015). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_89a30f4404e5, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_89a30f4404e5

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