Payouts from the Wealth for the World Fund

We do not choose our donation partners ourselves. For every topic we fund, we follow the research organisations that assess most rigorously what actually works in that field.

We fund only organisations that demonstrably do the best work in their field. Which ones those are emerges only from studies, cost calculations, independent assessments and a comparison across many organisations. That work is done by established research organisations that follow their field for years, publish their assessments and revisit them regularly.

There is a second reason: how much an additional donation achieves also depends on how much money already reaches an organisation. When an effective organisation receives more after a wave of attention than it can put to good use, the next euro does more elsewhere — and a largely solved problem needs none at all. Only someone watching a field continuously sees that.

So we do not pick the organisations ourselves: research teams that follow a field full time are far better equipped for that. For each of the five topics the fund pays into, we follow the research that is strongest in that field.

At the end of the year, our donors decide which of these assessed organisations receives their share of the payout. Those who would rather not choose have their share go to our default recommendation.

Global Health & Poverty

Who researches this field

In choosing its donation partners, Wealth for the World follows the recommendations of these organisations.

GiveWellgivewell.org

Assesses programmes against extreme poverty and disease by how much they achieve per euro donated. Every recommendation is published together with the full calculation behind it and reviewed continuously. Organisations that no longer hold up lose the recommendation again.

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  • All Grants Fund

    All Grants Fund

    The All Grants Fund pools donations against extreme poverty and passes them on continuously, to projects whose benefits demonstrably far exceed their costs. The assessment runs against a very simple alternative: the same sum handed to very poor households as cash. Only interventions that achieve considerably more are funded, from bed nets and vaccination incentives to getting better medicines approved. The reasoning and cost calculation are published in detail for every grant.

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  • Malaria Consortium

    Malaria Consortium

    Malaria Consortium runs seasonal malaria chemoprevention: children aged 3 to 59 months receive monthly courses of preventive antimalarial medicine through the peak transmission season. The organisation implements these campaigns on behalf of national malaria programmes and measures after every round, through household surveys, how many children were actually reached. That the treatment substantially reduces the incidence of uncomplicated malaria is established in randomised trials.

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  • Deworm the World Initiative

    Deworm the World Initiative

    Deworm the World is Evidence Action's deworming programme. It builds no delivery system of its own, instead giving governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Malawi the technical and financial assistance to treat schoolchildren for parasitic worms at national scale. Treatment runs through existing school systems, which keeps the cost per child very low. Randomised trials show that deworming reduces worm burden, and where treatment has run for years prevalence has fallen sharply.

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  • GiveDirectly

    GiveDirectly

    GiveDirectly sends donations straight to people living in extreme poverty, without intermediaries and with very low overhead. It selects whole villages in high-poverty regions; every adult receives a one-off sum by mobile money and decides how to use it. Follow-up calls, grievance channels and an independent audit team accompany every payout. Randomised trials show substantial gains in consumption and income, and a fall in child mortality.

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  • Against Malaria Foundation

    Against Malaria Foundation

    The Against Malaria Foundation funds insecticide-treated nets and has them distributed to households in malaria-endemic areas through national malaria programmes. The nets block and kill the night-biting mosquitoes that carry the disease, which reduces cases and deaths. Every distribution is registered and checked by independent follow-up surveys over several years. That mass distribution of nets reduces child mortality is established in randomised trials.

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  • Helen Keller Intl

    Helen Keller Intl

    Helen Keller Intl funds and supports government-run campaigns that give children aged 6 to 59 months in sub-Saharan Africa a vitamin A capsule twice a year. Vitamin A deficiency weakens the immune system and raises mortality from diarrhoea, measles and respiratory infection. Randomised trials show the dose lowers child mortality; how much it still does today is being recalculated.

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  • New Incentives

    New Incentives

    New Incentives pays caregivers in northern Nigeria small cash amounts for bringing their children to government clinics for the free routine immunisations offered there. Payment comes at every immunisation visit, with a top-up once a child completes the full schedule. In a randomised controlled trial, vaccination rates rose substantially as a result. That puts it among the few programmes against child mortality whose effect has been measured experimentally rather than estimated.

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Climate Protection

Who researches this field

In choosing its donation partners, Wealth for the World follows the recommendations of these organisations.

Founders Pledgefounderspledge.com

Research partner of the donation platform Effektiv Spenden for climate. Examines where additional money makes the biggest difference, and looks specifically for effective approaches that other donors overlook.

Giving Greengivinggreen.earth

A second, independent assessment in climate. Puts individual organisations through a multi-stage process examining how much they can achieve, how feasible that is and how urgently they need money, and publishes every assessment with its reasoning.

  • Fonds Klima schützen

    Fonds Klima schützen

    The “Klima schützen” donation fund run by Effektiv Spenden pools donations for organisations that cut greenhouse gases where a donation achieves most. Rather than individual behaviour, it targets political and technological change and the sectors that still have no mature zero-emission process: cement, steel and aviation fuel. Allocation is decided every six months, so that small and time-limited opportunities can be funded too.

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Democracy & Human Rights

Who researches this field

In choosing its donation partners, Wealth for the World follows the recommendations of these organisations.

Power for Democraciespowerfordemocracies.org

A research institute examining where democracies are under the most pressure and which countermeasures actually work. The resulting list of recommendations is public and names organisations that can put additional funding to effective use.

  • Fonds Demokratie verteidigen

    Fonds Demokratie verteidigen

    The “Defending Democracy” fund run by Effektiv Spenden finances civil society organisations that defend democratic institutions, civil rights and the rule of law. The focus is on strategic litigation, the protection of press freedom and freedom of expression, and advocacy, worldwide since August 2025 rather than in Germany alone. Selection rests on published country and organisation analyses, and every funding round is disclosed with recipients and amounts.

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Animal Welfare

Who researches this field

In choosing its donation partners, Wealth for the World follows the recommendations of these organisations.

EA Animal Welfare Fundfunds.effectivealtruism.org

Finds and funds the most effective efforts against industrial animal farming, particularly where almost nobody else is looking. Every grant is decided by a team of specialists, together with Effektiv Spenden.

Animal Charity Evaluatorsanimalcharityevaluators.org

An independent evaluator in animal welfare. Assesses organisations on how much suffering they actually prevent and how carefully they handle funds, publishes its assessments in full, and lists only the most convincing as Recommended Charities.

  • Fonds Tierleid verringern

    Fonds Tierleid verringern

    The “Improving Animal Welfare” fund, run by Effektiv Spenden, pools donations and grants them every six months to organisations that reduce the suffering of farmed animals. Allocation follows the recommendations of the EA Animal Welfare Fund. The focus is on corporate campaigns for higher welfare standards and on policy work, including at small organisations outside the platform’s top recommendations. Much of the money goes to organisations independently listed as Recommended Charities by Animal Charity Evaluators.

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Future Risks

Who researches this field

In choosing its donation partners, Wealth for the World follows the recommendations of these organisations.

Longview Philanthropylongview.org

A non-profit philanthropic advisory on global catastrophic risks. Examines which risks are most pressing and which organisations can put additional funding to effective use, and advises major donors on that basis.

  • Fonds Zukunft bewahren

    Fonds Zukunft bewahren

    The "Zukunft bewahren" donation fund run by Effektiv Spenden pools donations for organisations that reduce the probability of global catastrophes: pandemics and biological weapons, nuclear war and conflict between major powers, risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Effektiv Spenden decides afresh every six months where the money goes rather than keeping a fixed list of recipients. It funds work that no market rewards and that depends on foundations and private donations.

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2016 - Today

Disbursements Over Time

Payouts per Year
Forecast
2016 - Today

Disbursements by Partner

Total disbursements: 38.328 €

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