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  • March 2018
  • Case

GiveDirectly

By: John Beshears, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang and Brian J. Hall
How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofits; Charity; Effective Altruism; International Aid; Compensation; Goals; Bonuses; Incentives; GiveDirectly; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Recruitment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • March 2018 (Revised March 2022)
  • Teaching Note

GiveDirectly

By: John Beshears and Joshua Schwartzstein
Teaching Note for HBS No. 918-036. View Details
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  • March 2025
  • Case

GiveDirectly: Can Direct Cash Transfers End Extreme Poverty?

By: Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, Sarah Mehta and John Schultz
Founded in 2008, GiveDirectly was a nonprofit organization that used direct cash transfers—giving people cash via mobile money—to combat poverty worldwide. By August 2024, the organization had transferred over $800 million to poor people in targeted communities and... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Ethics; Growth and Development; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Research; Social Enterprise; Society; Africa; Asia; Latin America; North and Central America; United States
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  • 03 Apr 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52552 Harvard Business School Case 918-036 GiveDirectly How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Africa - Global

Poverty? By: Natalia Rigol , Benjamin N. Roth , Sarah Mehta and John Schultz Founded in 2008, GiveDirectly was a nonprofit organization that used direct cash transfers—giving people cash via mobile money—to combat poverty worldwide. By... View Details
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Latin America - Global

exemplifies how women are driving innovation and prosperity across the region. New Research on the Region March 2025 Case GiveDirectly: Can Direct Cash Transfers End Extreme Poverty? By: Natalia Rigol , Benjamin N. Roth , Sarah Mehta and John Schultz Founded in 2008,... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

2025 | Case | Faculty Research Founded in 2008, GiveDirectly was a nonprofit organization that used direct cash transfers—giving people cash via mobile money—to combat poverty worldwide. By August 2024, the organization had transferred... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Behind (A)." Harvard Business School Case 325-007, March 2025. GiveDirectly: Can Direct Cash Transfers End Extreme Poverty? By: Natalia Rigol , Benjamin N. Roth , Sarah Mehta and John Schultz March 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Founded in 2008, View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was... View Details
Keywords: April White