GiveBetter x SF

GiveBetter x SF Research

Estimated $ / DALY in the San Francisco Bay Area. DALY is our one-year comparison unit. QALY-based health gains and income-welfare equivalents retain their original assumptions; they are not measured clinical DALYs.

Sorted by modeled cost, not recommendation strength. These are uncertain research estimates, not verified donation offers. Cost boundaries differ; see each report before comparing.

Our giving shortlist · What we learned across all reports

91 Bay Area reviews, ordered by estimated $ / DALY. Only benefits quantified in each report are credited; unmodeled regional spillovers are excluded.
Organization$ per DALYAnnual budget
The ReCARES NetworkMedical equipment and supply reuse$26K$89K
Self-Help for the ElderlyProspective therapeutic tai chi course$64K~$3.3M
HOPE PacificaCommunity naloxone access and support$93K~$40K
Project Homeless ConnectWhole unrestricted project gift$150K~$1.5M
Hearing and Speech Center of Northern CaliforniaConditional supported adult hearing access$151K$2.5M
Code TenderloinPaid peer outreach and employment support$172KNot available
San Francisco AIDS FoundationWhole unrestricted gift$193K$46.7M
San Francisco Free ClinicProposed shingles-vaccine access$195K$2.7M
San Francisco Community Health CenterProposed integrated hepatitis C access expansion$200K$19.0M
Berkeley NEEDCommunity harm reduction and outreach$208K$354K
National Harm Reduction CoalitionDOPE tenant-responder site-year$243K$10.2M
Dentists on WheelsWhole dental-clinic cost; finite symptomatic relief$256K$82K
Hamilton FamiliesHomelessness prevention$261K$21.6M
Compass Family ServicesC-Rent homelessness prevention$283K$33.0M
RotaCare Bay AreaBlood-pressure care quantified$340K$1.3M
Roots Community HealthHigh-risk blood-pressure care quantified$356K$27.1M
Face to Face — Sonoma County AIDS NetworkWhole HIV-support cost; finite overdose-survival component$360K$1.9M
Brightline DefenseConditional SRO air filtration$360K$1.6M
MELP/AbleClosetAdult and pediatric equipment lending$364KNot available
Healthier Kids FoundationChild vision, dental and hearing access$376K$6.0M
RAMSModeled depression-counseling course$421K$28.0M
Huckleberry Youth ProgramsModeled adolescent anxiety counseling$422K$8.7M
Lyon-MartinEarlier adult testosterone initiation$457K$5.9M
Walk San FranciscoStreet-safety portfolio$458K$922K
Homeless Youth AllianceSupported buprenorphine access$469KNot available
Micah’s HugsNaloxone access and recovery support$475KNot available
Five Keys Schools and ProgramsIndependence High School credential pathway$490K$119.8M
Rebuilding Together San FranciscoConditional fall-hazard modifications$500K$1.4M
Berkeley Free ClinicFree medical care and community health$531K$393K
OpenhouseSix-month Friendly Visitor match$533K$5.4M
Harm Reduction Therapy CenterModeled alcohol-focused mobile therapy$555K$2.7M
Greenlight ClinicYouth psychotherapy and clinician supervision$595K$317K
Friends of the Urban ForestStreet-tree planting and care$660K$5.2M
Operation AccessSpecialty-care portfolio$763K$2.5M
Pacific Hearing ConnectionWhole accounting cost; hearing-health component$972K$132K
St. Anthony FoundationConditional diabetes reconnection$1.1MNot available
Breathe CaliforniaRespiratory care, equipment access and clean-air work$1.1MNot available
On-Site Dental Care FoundationWhole mobile dental cost; finite symptomatic relief$1.1M$1.3M
YMCA of Greater San FranciscoCommunity health and family services$1.3M$111.5M
SPURPolicy portfolio$1.3M$7.8M
Pacific Vision FoundationFirst-eye health component$1.4M$2.5M
Youth ALIVE!Violence prevention and healing$1.4M$6.4M
GLIDE FoundationPartial clinical and housing health$1.4M$30.2M
Institute on AgingFriendship Line proactive calls$1.5M$87.8M
HEPPACOverdose prevention, supplies and connections to care$1.5M$3.5M
Via Heart ProjectAED placement and maintenance$1.6M$1.5M
Clinic by the BayMedical, dental and mental-health care$1.7M$1.3M
San Francisco Public Health FoundationPublic-health intermediary portfolio$1.8M$14.5M
Alameda Health ConsortiumCoverage access, behavioral-care coordination and workforce support$2.2M$7.2M
Bay Area Mountain Rescue UnitWilderness rescue readiness$2.5MNot available
San Francisco Community Clinic ConsortiumConditional sustained venous-ulcer care$2.5M$14.9M
JCYCMYEEP summer paid-work placements$2.5M$21.3M
HealthRIGHT 360Proposed additional nurse-led medication access$2.6M$172.4M
United PlayazProposed intensive mentorship year$2.7M$9.1M
Homeless Prenatal ProgramFamily and maternal-health portfolio$2.7M$20.6M
Marin Treatment CenterConditional opioid treatment access$2.7M$3.4M
Curry Senior CenterSenior Vitality$3.0M$8.3M
Felton InstituteMental-health and social-services portfolio$3.1M$65.3M
La Casa de las MadresAdult advocacy health quantified$3.2M$4.4M
Bay Area Legal AidCivil legal aid; partial health pathways$3.5M$28.1M
Season of Sharing FundHousing-health component; food health unquantified$3.6M$15.2M
Sonrisas Dental HealthSafety-net dental care$3.7M$5.8M
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa CountyFinite psychotherapy access within a broad LGBTQ community organization$3.9M$1.7M
Mission Neighborhood CentersProposed targeted child dental prevention$3.9M$39.6M
Larkin Street Youth ServicesProposed TYI-dose cash-plus replication$4.0M$36.3M
Farming HopePaid culinary apprenticeship$4.2M$2.9M
Tenderloin Housing ClinicProposed supplemental turnover crew$4.7M$68.0M
San Francisco–Marin Food BankCommunity Markets$6.0M$170.8M
Legal LinkLegal navigation; partial training-to-health scope$7.4M$635K
SisterWeb Community Doula NetworkWhole-project prenatal and postpartum support$9.6MNot available
Berkeley Addiction Treatment ServicesOpioid-treatment access; mortality pathway$9.8M$1.1M
Bike East BayRoad safety and cycling activity; partial-health estimate$10.4M$1.7M
Eviction Defense CollaborativeFull-scope eviction defense$12.6M$23.4M
Project Open HandPost-discharge medically tailored meals$13.3M$18.7M
Eviction Defense Center — OaklandWhole legal-services cost; finite housing-health component$13.7M$1.8M
SF LGBT CenterEmployment Services$16.8M$6.7M
Bayview Hunters Point FoundationBehavioral health and community services$19.8M$18.5M
Housing Action CoalitionHousing assistance and policy implementation$23.9M$1.2M
Silicon Valley Bicycle CoalitionProspective safer-corridor design and timing within the whole cycling portfolio$24.0M$1.9M
Housing Industry FoundationWhole cost; prevention health only, other housing benefits unquantified$34.0M$3.4M
Acknowledge AllianceFinite counseling health within school resilience and educator support$34.0M$2.1M
Progress FoundationAvenues acute diversion episode$39.1M$31.2M
Marin County Bicycle CoalitionFinite road-injury prevention and youth physical activity within a broader cycling organization$45.8M$1.4M
Oakland LGBTQ Community CenterFinite HIV prevention, earlier ART care and short STI morbidity within a broad community center$48.7M$4.1M
Easy Does It Emergency ServicesEmergency attendant continuity and wheelchair repair within a broader disability-support organization$51.8M$2.0M
Safe & SoundChild and family support$132.9M$12.8M
Community Forward SFConditional medical respite access$141.3M$16.3M
Ceres Community ProjectMedically tailored meal support$412.8M$5.2M
Sogorea Te Land TrustEmergency-readiness only; most mission benefits unquantified$6B$2.3M
New Door VenturesPaid youth employment, education and career support-$1.5MModeled harm$5.9M
North East Medical ServicesClinical care and conditional hepatitis B navigation$120K$448K

Expenses include programs, administration and fundraising. Fiscal years, sources and accounting scope are listed in each report.