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“In total, we expect the programs we funded will save about 86,000 lives.”

GiveWell, unsigned newsletter 30 September 2026 September 2026 Updates (The GiveWell Blog)

Prediction Their own work or organisation

The programs GiveWell funded with 2025 donations will save about 86,000 lives in total.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

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

Reasoning

A modeled estimate of lives saved by funded programs has no horizon and can't be independently verified as an outcome.

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GiveWell, “The programs GiveWell funded with 2025 donations will save about 86,000 lives in total.” (said 30 September 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_dedd151583e5, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_dedd151583e5

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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