GiveWell ranks SCI as a "Top Charity" for sixth consecutive year

SCI is delighted to be ranked as a "Top Charity" by GiveWell for the sixth year, confirming that SCI is one of the best causes to receive donations.

GiveWell is a non-profit organisation dedicated to identifying the best giving opportunities possible, in terms of how much good a programme accomplishes per US Dollar received (such as the number of lives saved and lives improved).

The organisation conducts thorough evaluations of hundreds of charities throughout the year before publishing their annual recommendations. Top charities are ranked in order of the quality of the charity, the good accomplished by its programme and “priority” in terms of filling the charity’s funding gaps for the coming year.

This year, GiveWell has maintained the SCI as second in its list of top charities, after the Against Malaria Foundation, and recommends that GiveWell donors allocate at least 25% of their intended donation to the SCI.

GiveWell suggests that “SCI could productively use or commit between US$14.4 million and US$26.8 million in [additional] unrestricted funding in its next budget year”.

GiveWell also noted that communication with and financial management at SCI has improved significantly in the last 12 months, and that the organisation has a strong track record of starting and scaling up schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth control programmes in many countries.

The benefit of additional funding to expand SCI-assisted programmes to more countries was also acknowledged, where the proposed countries include Nigeria and Chad.

The presence of four deworming charities in GiveWell’s top charities list this year is a fantastic endorsement for the effectiveness of this global health intervention.

Please click here to read the full blog post from GiveWell.