Public research ledger

Follow a claim from its source wording through recorded changes and review.

Current published edition

What is recorded, and what remains unreviewed

As recorded by 2026-11-07T23:20:18.679Z. This is a dated public record of drafts, changes, sources and review declarations. A page, checksum or merged pull request does not establish a scientific result or independent review.

Edition: edition:2026-11-07-encyclopedia
Edition checksum: e146b1666792c4b20504af099ca65663d0f70fea584397f38cb5eda241137bde
Projection checksum: a017dac8fb17a969a8d72ae660365d8c9a3840125e29cb258e797f50a27552ed
Period: 2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z inclusive to 2026-11-07T23:20:18.679Z exclusive.
Starting baseline: Unknown before the recorded capture. Present states are not backdated to January.

JSON retains the complete pinned edition. CSV covers every recorded event in this edition; view filters do not change either download.

Recorded activity and qualification

69Stable records
71Subject versions
69Recorded events
0Review declarations
0Subjects with qualifying source review
0Peer-reviewed manuscripts
0Qualifying research results
1Editorial correction artifacts
2Changed claim subjects
23Open problems
0Partially resolved problems
0Solved problems
0Problems under review
0Unresolved challenges

Qualification follows the exact recorded public declarations. The ledger cannot establish identity, independence, source reading or truth by itself. Editorial corrections, proposed methods and software checks are separate from qualifying research results.

Coverage and limits

66 source entries are covered by this edition. Claim-level records cover only their selected wording and context; they do not qualify a whole manuscript. Source-derived case labels describe the published summaries, not Charitology fieldwork or charity ratings.

This initial capture establishes current draft coverage, not a known January baseline or an earlier status history.
The one PR-backed artifact is an editorial correction to two claim subjects; it is not a scientific result, independent review or problem resolution.
Source-derived case descriptions and manuscript bylines do not establish performed Charitology fieldwork or documented complete human authorship.
Public GitHub observations describe only the named objects at their recorded inspection time. An empty returned review list is not proof about reviews elsewhere.
The encyclopedia extension records exact draft wording at its separate capture. It supplies no independent source review, documented complete human authorship or earlier history.

Entry links open the present site. The separate pinned source text retains this edition’s exact archived bytes.

Records in this edition

Records 1–20 of 69

Record	Type and state	Review qualification
PR #3: bounded knowledge claim and founding-poem context `artifact:pr-3-editorial-framing` · version 1	Artifact Editorial correction	Source review: draft
Carnegie’s public libraries `case:carnegie-libraries` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
D.A.R.E.’s original curriculum `case:dare` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The Green Revolution `case:green-revolution` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
Rebuilding Haiti after the 2010 earthquake `case:haiti-earthquake-reconstruction` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The hookworm campaign in the American South `case:hookworm-campaign` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge `case:ice-bucket-challenge` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
One Laptop per Child `case:one-laptop-per-child` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
How oral rehydration therapy spread `case:oral-rehydration-therapy-spread` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
PlayPumps `case:playpumps` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The campaign to eradicate polio `case:polio-eradication` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The Rosenwald schools `case:rosenwald-schools` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
Scared Straight `case:scared-straight` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
The eradication of smallpox `case:smallpox-eradication` · version 1	Source-derived case	Source review: draft
Scope of the Depth Census knowledge claim `claim:depth-census-knowledge` · version 2	Bounded claim	Source review: draft
Framing of the founding poem `claim:ten-dollars-framing` · version 2	Bounded claim	Source review: draft
Beneficiary feedback `concept:beneficiary-feedback` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Charity as a system `concept:charity-as-a-system` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Cost-effectiveness analysis `concept:cost-effectiveness-analysis` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Counterfactual impact `concept:counterfactual-impact` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft

Records 21–40 of 69

Record	Type and state	Review qualification
Discounting `concept:discounting` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Donor-advised funds `concept:donor-advised-funds` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Effective altruism `concept:effective-altruism` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Expected value `concept:expected-value` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Identifiable victim effect `concept:identifiable-victim-effect` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Impact investing `concept:impact-investing` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Moral uncertainty `concept:moral-uncertainty` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Mutual aid `concept:mutual-aid` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Neglectedness `concept:neglectedness` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Outputs and outcomes `concept:outputs-and-outcomes` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Overhead ratio `concept:overhead-ratio` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Participatory grantmaking `concept:participatory-grantmaking` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Private foundations `concept:private-foundations` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Psychic numbing `concept:psychic-numbing` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Randomized controlled trials `concept:randomized-controlled-trials` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Restricted and unrestricted funding `concept:restricted-and-unrestricted-funding` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Scale, neglectedness and tractability `concept:scale-neglectedness-tractability` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Source depth `concept:source-depth` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Symptoms and sources `concept:symptoms-and-sources` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Systemic change `concept:systemic-change` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft

Records 41–60 of 69

Record	Type and state	Review qualification
Theory of change `concept:theory-of-change` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Warm-glow giving `concept:warm-glow-giving` · version 1	Encyclopedia entry	Source review: draft
Depth without a ladder: a protocol for describing where work acts `manuscript:depth-without-a-ladder` · version 1	Manuscript	Source review: draft Peer review: not-peer-reviewed
Ten Dollars `manuscript:ten-dollars` · version 1	Manuscript	Source review: draft Peer review: not-peer-reviewed
The feedback contract: designing a giving decision people can correct `manuscript:the-feedback-contract` · version 1	Manuscript	Source review: draft Peer review: not-peer-reviewed
Methodology Handbook `method:methodology` · version 1	Method	Source review: draft
Closing the Feedback Loop `problem:closing-the-feedback-loop` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
Discounting the Future `problem:discounting-the-future` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
Measuring the Source `problem:measuring-the-source` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
Moral Parliament in Practice `problem:moral-parliament-in-practice` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
Proximity and Obligation `problem:proximity-and-obligation` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
Story Without Bias `problem:story-without-bias` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Agency Premium `problem:the-agency-premium` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Counterfactual Problem `problem:the-counterfactual-problem` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Depth Census `problem:the-depth-census` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Enough Question `problem:the-enough-question` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Exchange Rate Problem `problem:the-exchange-rate-problem` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Failure Commons `problem:the-failure-commons` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Fragmentation Question `problem:the-fragmentation-question` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Government Question `problem:the-government-question` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft

Records 61–69 of 69

Record	Type and state	Review qualification
The Money-Time Exchange `problem:the-money-time-exchange` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Optimal Restriction `problem:the-optimal-restriction` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Overhead Replacement `problem:the-overhead-replacement` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Payout Question `problem:the-payout-question` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Profession Question `problem:the-profession-question` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Question of Questions `problem:the-question-of-questions` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Replication Rate `problem:the-replication-rate` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
The Status Flip `problem:the-status-flip` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft
When Charity Harms `problem:when-charity-harms` · version 1	Research problem Effective problem state: open	Source review: draft

Dated public metadata observations

These observations record only the displayed metadata at inspection. A merge, closed issue or empty review list does not establish research or independent review.

github-pull-request · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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github-pull-request · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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github-review-list · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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github-issue · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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