GiveWell's money moved grew robustly in 2012 for every donor size category.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True: GiveWell's 2012 money moved data shows substantial year-over-year growth in money moved in every donor-size category it reported. Mostly true: every category grew, but one grew only modestly. Mixed: most categories grew robustly but one was flat. Mostly false: several categories were flat or declined. False: most categories did not grow.
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Evidence (3)
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E1 GiveWell's progress in 2012 - The GiveWell Blog GiveWell Blog · 8 February 2013 Own record
“Growth in money moved was strong, but appears to be slowing relative to the previous 100% per year pace.”
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E2 Microsoft Word - Metrics report 2013 v5.doc GiveWell Own record
“When we published our 2012 metrics report, we reported that money moved in 2012, was about $286,000 less than we now estimate it was in that year.”
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E3 Definitions GiveWell · February 2012 Own record
“In 2011, GiveWell moved $5,285,992 to our recommended charities.”
Reasoning
E1 describes 2012 growth in total money moved as strong but slowing, and gives only aggregate figures with no donor-size breakdown. E2's donor-size table compares 2013 with 2012, and E3 covers 2010 to 2011, so no item shows 2011-to-2012 growth by donor-size category. All three sources come from GiveWell itself. The evidence does not settle whether every donor-size category grew robustly.
Cite this claim
GiveWell, “GiveWell's money moved grew robustly in 2012 for every donor size category.” (said 12 March 2013). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_a60e8ce150b4, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a60e8ce150b4
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