GiveDirectly

Givedirectly offers a service allowing individual donors, foundations, and others to deliver unconditional direct cash transfers to those in need. The organization's proprietary model re-engineers fieldwork for the digital era, allowing it to deliver these transfers securely, efficiently and transparently. Using the latest technology at every step, Givedirectly locates recipients, integrates them into electronic payments networks, and monitors transfers end-to-end. The organization's proprietary model re-engineers fieldwork for the digital era, ensuring security, efficiency, and transparency. Since 2009, Givedirectly has reached more than 1.5m recipients in 15 countries.in 2023, Givedirectly delivered over $117.6m to over 200k recipients in 13 countries via 27 different programs. Highlights from 2023 include:- launching our most ambitious anti-poverty programs yet in partnership with the governments of malawi and rwanda.- releasing findings from the world's longest universal basic income (ubi) study, which found that a single large lump sum often has more impact than smaller monthly payments in line with what recipients tell us they prefer. - we launched emergency cash relief programs in response to earthquakes in turkey & morocco, cyclone freddy in malawi & mozambique, and seasonal flooding in nigeria.- we tightened controls, built new systems, and instituted back-end machine learning flags to prevent major fraud loss in response to a 2022 incident in the drc.