After Controversy, Charity-Evaluation Group Rethinks Its Own Operations

On a single December day two years ago, the nonprofit group GiveWell scored television and newspaper attention that would be the envy of most charity leaders.

Articles about the organization appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and its founders were interviewed on CNBC about their quest to identify the most effective charities.

But less than two weeks later, the organization was grappling with a

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