https://blog.givewell.org/2018/06/29/givewells-money-moved-and-web-traffic-in-2017/ https://blog.givewell.org/2018/06/29/givewells-money-moved-a... I feel like

https://blog.givewell.org/2018/06/29/givewells-money-moved-and-web-traffic-in-2017/ https://blog.givewell.org/2018/06/29/givewells-money-moved-a... I feel like that pretty comprehensively answers your question. Givewell is a[n ea affiliated] charity which empirically evaluates the effectiveness of other charities, and aims to convince charitable givers to give to those they deem most effective. They've had a lot of success in this goal. Their top charities are listed and in depth reasoning for their evaluations are available.