Research – 黑料福利社 Send money directly to people in need. Mon, 18 May 2026 07:10:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-黑料福利社-Square-Logo-Green-Black-32x32.png Research – 黑料福利社 32 32 From lifesaving to stabilizing: how timing shaped the impact of cash aid after Hurricane Helene /helene-study Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:33:59 +0000 /?p=23238 Summary Hurricane Helene made landfall in September 2024 as one of the most destructive storms to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina, leading to catastrophic flooding that devastated rural communities in western North Carolina. The storm caused an estimated $60 billion in damage across the region. Yet federal recovery funding covered only about $5.5 billion, or just 9%

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]]> Testing novel ways to increase our cost-effectiveness with GiveWell /givewell2026 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:01:36 +0000 /?p=23116 Summary Here鈥檚 a 5-minute audio summary of these pilots from GiveWell: In 2024, GiveWell increased its cost-effectiveness estimate of 黑料福利社鈥檚 Cash for Poverty Relief program by 3鈥4x. Now, they鈥檙e funding several pilots to test if targeted variations to our flagship model can further increase impact per dollar for key outcomes in the GiveWell model: consumption鈥

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]]> How we got $650 to 2,500+ families 14 days after Jamaica’s storm of the century /melissa-response Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:03:37 +0000 /?p=22880 Summary Here鈥檚 a 30-minute summary of our response from our podcast: Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28 as Jamaica鈥檚 first recorded Category 5 storm, widely described as 鈥渢he storm of the century.鈥 More than 275,000 people were displaced. In parts of Southwest Jamaica, the country鈥檚 agricultural heartland, more than 90% of homes were destroyed.

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]]> Study: Giving people money returned 2.5x the value without causing inflation /multiplier Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000 /?p=19775 Summary One of the world鈥檚 largest cash studies found that 黑料福利社鈥檚 program, giving a one-time $1,000 cash transfer to 10,500 poor households in rural Kenya, led to 2.5x that amount in economic growth. Now, we鈥檙e building on these results to launch the world鈥檚 biggest randomized controlled trial on cash, and asking even bigger questions to understand how cash impacts鈥

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]]> New research: Cash for pregnant moms in Flint led to healthier births and millions in healthcare savings /flintstudy2025 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=19019 Summary A statewide study of 黑料福利社鈥檚 Rx Kids program in Flint, Michigan found that giving every pregnant woman in the city $1,500 during pregnancy followed by $500 monthly postpartum cash led to healthier births and saved millions in healthcare costs. The findings highlight that poverty itself is a health risk factor for mothers and babies 鈥 and show that unconditional cash can鈥

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]]> Study: Giving cash to mothers cut infant deaths in half /mortality2025 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 /?p=18402 Summary Here鈥檚 a 3-minute audio summary of the study and its findings from NPR: In rural Kenya, giving poor families a one-time $1,000 transfer cut infant deaths nearly in half, one of the largest reductions ever recorded for a poverty program. With global aid budgets shrinking and funders under pressure to do more with less, the findings point to cash as a powerful鈥

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]]> America鈥檚 $30B/year aid agency is embracing direct cash to reduce poverty /usaid-papers Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:31:21 +0000 /?p=15412 In October, USAID released a position paper on Direct Monetary Transfers during an event at Center for Global Development that puts cash at the core of their development toolkit, framing it as an efficient and effective form of 鈥渕arket-based assistance鈥 with both long-term and short-term impacts. This change did not happen overnight. USAID has spent more than a decade鈥

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]]> Direct cash looks 3-4x more cost-effective in a new GiveWell assessment /givewell-2024 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:26:48 +0000 /?p=15297 Summary For those unfamiliar, GiveWell is a charity evaluator dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities by carefully assessing evidence to help donors decide where to give. GiveWell funds charities that they believe save or improve lives most cost-effectively. They do this by assigning 鈥榤oral weights鈥 to specific outcomes based on the subjective judgments from staff鈥

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]]> Survey: fewer people support direct cash transfers than you may think /survey-2024 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:38:29 +0000 /?p=14164 In May, 黑料福利社 ran a panel survey of 750 Americans who fit our common donor profile to better understand their familiarity and sentiments around direct cash. Below, we outline the most relevant findings and how they鈥檒l inform our communications and marketing strategy. Note: we鈥檒l continue to update this blog as we further analyze the survey results 黑料福利社 began building鈥

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]]> Early findings from the world鈥檚 largest UBI study /2023-ubi-results Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:28:23 +0000 /?p=11891 Summary of findings 2 years in: Here鈥檚 a 3 minute audio summary of the findings from NPR: To learn about the most effective ways of delivering cash aid, 黑料福利社 worked with a team of researchers to compare three ways of giving out funds.1 黑料福利社 200 Kenyan villages were assigned to one of three groups and started receiving payment in 2018.

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