Doing good better
We’re a group of Cornell students who want to help others as much as we can, using evidence to figure out how.
Some charities do far more good per dollar
These five HIV/AIDS programs come from the same study. The best did about a thousand times more good per dollar than the worst.
Numbers are rounded, from Toby Ord’s 2013 essay using DCP2 data.
How we pick problems
These are the three questions we ask about any problem.
Scale
How many lives does it touch?
Neglectedness
How many people are already working on it?
Tractability
Would more effort actually make progress?
Intro Fellowship
A small weekly discussion group on how to do the most good with your time and money.
- Length
- 6 weeks
- Cohort
- 6–7 fellows
- Reading
- ~1 hr / week
Upcoming events
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Board
We also lead the fellowship discussion groups.
Get involved
Any Cornell student can join. Most of what we do is organized on Slack, so that’s the easiest place to start.