It is tragic that people gave more than $500 million to the Harvard endowment in fiscal year 2022 when it was already worth more than $50 billion—instead of giving to real charities. (Seriously, don’t give a cent to the endowment of Harvard or another elite private college.) GiveWell—founded by Holden Karnofsky and Elie Hassenfeld, alumni of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates who were inspired by Singer and shocked to discover how little information there was about how effective charities were at meeting their goals—is a good place to start when looking for alternatives.
