There's extensive research helping donors find cost-effective interventions in global health (GiveWell, etc). But for donors with higher risk tolerance considering hits-based giving without $1m+ to deploy, the landscape is far less mapped.

This post compiles donation opportunities and project ideas across economic growth, health, migration and meta-level infrastructure. This isn’t deep (or even shallow) evaluation, it's a selection of leads for further investigation.

I’m still open for more suggestions if you want to add a comment below.

Economic Growth

Two years ago I asked development people and economists for donation suggestions for supporting economic growth. You can read the full list in the link but I’ve listed the ones below that are more likely to have a funding gap.

• Growth Teams - Partners directly with governments to design and implement strategies for generating scalable jobs in poorer states
  • Tija - Uses AI to create personalised growth strategies for SMEs, a project of Growth Teams
• Charter Cities Institute - Advocates for the establishment of charter cities to spur economic development
• Emergent Ventures - A low-overhead fellowship and grant program that supports entrepreneurs with scalable, “zero to one” ideas for improving society
• Prosperiti - [...]

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Outline:

(00:49) Economic Growth

(03:14) Ambitious Impact

(04:34) Migration

(05:09) Health

(09:09) Funds

(13:31) Research & Evidence

(14:10) Communication & Advocacy

(15:55) Meta

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Linkpost URL:
https://gdea.substack.com/p/hits-based-giving-opportunities-2025

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