====== ImpactMatters ======

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**ImpactMatters** was an American charity assessment organization based in [[united_states:new_york:New York City]], [[united_states:New York]]. A practitioner of [[effective altruism]], ImpactMatters was acquired by [[Charity Navigator]] in October 2020.((//ImpactMatters Acquired.// (2020). ImpactMatters. https://web.archive.org/web/20221218042925/https://www.impactmatters.org/))

===== History =====

ImpactMatters was founded in 2015 by [[Dean Karlan]] and [[Elijah Goldberg]].((david_reinstein. (2022, January 13). //ImpactMatters was acquired by CharityNavigator; but it doesn’t seem to have been incorporated, presented, or used in a great way.// (Update/boost). Effective Altruism Forum. https://web.archive.org/web/20221218062006/https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/g7uHEoaYikc6xizys/impactmatters-was-acquired-by-charitynavigator-but-it-doesn))

On October 14, 2020, the organization announced it had been acquired by Charity Navigator.((//ImpactMatters Acquired.// (2020). ImpactMatters. https://web.archive.org/web/20221218042925/https://www.impactmatters.org/))

===== Organization =====

==== Partners ====

ImpactMatters is listed as a partner of [[The Life You Can Save]].((//Our Partners.// The Life You Can Save. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221216024512/https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/about/our-partners/))

==== Funding ====

ImpactMatters was funded by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Goldsmith Foundation]], [[Mulago Foundation]], [[StickK]] and other private donors.((Horner, S. (2019, November 25). //ImpactMatters Launches New Nonprofit Ratings Service to Help Donors Identify High-Impact Nonprofits Ahead of Giving Tuesday.// Yahoo! Finance; PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531181509/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/impactmatters-launches-nonprofit-ratings-help-123000334.html))