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“Technical Support Units” - A Dubious GiveWell Grant? — EA Forum

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TLDR: This 6 million dollar Technical Support Unit grant doesn’t seem to fit GiveWell’s ethos and mission, and I don’t think the grant has high expected value. Disclaimer: Despite my concerns I still think this grant is likely better than 80% of Global Health grants out there. GiveWell are my favourite donor, and given how much thought, research, and passion goes into every grant they give, I’m quite likely to be wrong here! I love to tell people what makes GiveWell special. I giddily share how they rigorously select the most cost-effective charities with the best evidence-base. GiveWell charities almost certainly save lives at low cost – you can bank on it. There’s almost no other org in the world where you can be pretty sure every few thousand dollars donated be savin’ dem lives. So GiveWell Gives you certainty – at least as much as possible. However this grant supports a high-risk intervention with a poor evidence base. There are decent arguments for moonshot grants which try and

Sarah Levin 1y 29 1 2 3 For context, GiveWell's relationship with CHAI dates to 2022, when GiveWell Managing Director Neil Buddy Shah departed to become CEO of CHAI. According to GiveWell's announcement , "this transition does not mark the end of Buddy’s relationship with GiveWell. It is important that GiveWell maintain strong connections with leading organizations in the global health sector." (Incidentally, Shah is also a member of Anthropic's long-term benefit trust.) GiveWell announced Shah's departure in April 2022; Shah apparently started at CHAI in June; and in August GiveWell announced

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