Charity Science Foundation operates as the umbrella organization under which the charities below fall. All of our charities are part of a larger team, have the ultimate goal of helping relieve as much suffering as possible, and were created following the principles of Effective Altruism.

A friendly place for critical thinkers. Read more details here! Chicago Skeptics is an entirely volunteer-run, informal group promoting critical thinking and skeptical inquiry in and around Chicago. Over 500 skeptics in our Facebook.

Peter Hurford is a data scientist working for Rise Interactive. I work at Data Robot. I work remotely from Chicago, and I use machine learning to help companies understand their data and develop insights. Previously, I worked at Avant. Using machine learning to reduce default rates and increase returns on marketing. Which makes it easier to analyze survey data; Checkr. I blog across the internet.

There are evidence-based, cost-effective interventions out there without enough quality charities working on them. The Value of Being Flexible. The fear that we could be wrong drew us to our favorite metric for evaluating ideas - flexibility. This is keep your options open applied to charity. How easily could we shut down this project and move to another project if this project turned out to not be very good? The Value of Flexibility. Flexibility is the ability to change if circumstances change.