Doebem

What Doebem does

Doebem (legal name DOEBEM - DOACOES EFETIVAS, CNPJ 27.129.904/0001-78) is a Brazilian non-profit founded in 2017 that operates as a meta-organization applying effective altruism principles to the Brazilian philanthropic sector. It conducts cost-effectiveness research, on-site field evaluations, and due diligence on Brazilian NGOs, then publishes ranked recommendations and channels donor contributions through its website to the highest-impact organizations it identifies. The organization adapts the GiveWell evaluation framework to the Brazilian context using a DALY-based cost-effectiveness model and an Importance-Tractability-Neglectedness (ITN) framework for cause prioritization.

The platform offers donors a curated set of five recommended interventions alongside two pooled donation funds: Fundo Eficaz, a Brazil-focused pooled fund that aggregates contributions across vetted Brazilian NGOs, and Fundo Global, which directs donations to GiveWell's Top Charities Fund. The website integrates Stripe-powered payment processing and supports PIX (Brazilian instant payment) donations with preset contribution tiers ranging from R$30 to R$1,000 and recurring giving options. Doebem publishes detailed evaluation reports and continuously updates its recommendation set as new organizations are vetted or removed.

The business model is structured as a non-profit with revenue derived from three sources: a voluntary suggested contribution of 10% on donations (which donors may decline), institutional partner funding that supports operational costs, and direct donations to the organization itself. Donors are primarily individual Brazilian philanthropists, supplemented by institutional partners and board-level supporters. The organization transitioned from a volunteer-managed structure (2017-2021) to a professionalized operation in 2022, now employing approximately 4-6 staff including an Executive Director, Research Director, Researcher, Data Analyst, and Institutional Manager, governed by a renewed board.

Name

Doebem

Legal name

DOEBEM - DOACOES EFETIVAS

Website

https://doebem.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Doebem is a Brazilian non-profit founded in 2017 that conducts cost-effectiveness research and field evaluations to identify high-impact NGOs, channeling donor contributions through its website platform to recommended organizations and pooled funds in Brazil and globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropy Advisory and Effective Giving Research

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Sponsors (BPAGAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trust Funds & Multi-Donor Pooled Funds (BPADAOAE), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) & Reporting for Donor Programs (BPADAOAL), Results-Based Financing (RBF) & Performance-Based Grants (BPADAOAF)

Keywords

• Effective philanthropy
• Charity evaluation
• Donation platform
• Cost-effectiveness research
• Cause prioritization

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Optional Donation Fee: At checkout, doebem suggests an optional 10% fee on the total donation amount to support their operations. This is voluntary and not required for donations to proceed to recommended organizations.
2. Direct PIX Donations: Accepts direct donations via PIX to [email protected] for supporters who want to directly fund doebem's operations rather than specific recommended organizations.
3. Institutional Partner Funding: Partnerships with companies and institutes as institutional partners, along with support from board members, to fund operational activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Doebem is a Brazilian non-profit that researches, evaluates, and recommends the most cost-effective charitable organizations in Brazil and globally, then routes individual donor contributions through its doebem.org.br platform to those vetted partners or pooled funds (Fundo Eficaz for Brazil, Fundo Global via GiveWell). Donors choose from preset amounts (R$30–R$1,000) or custom one-time or monthly recurring gifts, with an optional 10% fee to support doebem's operations.

Product overview

Doebem is a meta-organization (not a direct implementer) that operates a donation platform connecting donors to cost-effective organizations in Brazil and globally. The core product portfolio consists of two pooled donation funds (Fundo Eficaz for Brazil-focused donations and Fundo Global for international donations via GiveWell) plus five recommended interventions: Portable Filters (Projeto Saúde & Alegria), Congenital Cataract Surgeries (Caviver), Urban Gardens (Cidades Sem Fome), Agroecological Backyards (Centro Sabiá), and Nominal Lists (ImpulsoGov). The platform also previously recommended Instituto Dara and Renovatio as past recommendations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fundo Eficaz

Quantifiable outcome

• Portable water filters cost R$213 per family (5 people) for 1 year of safe water, R$1,500 avoids 1 year of healthy life lost to water insecurity
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GiveWellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGiveWell is the global reference organization for effective philanthropy evaluation. Doebem is inspired by and collaborates with GiveWell, directing Fundo Global donations to GiveWell's Top Charities Fund. GiveWell has directed over R$10 billion (US$2 billion) to high-impact organizations since 2007, saving approximately 200,000 lives.
• Altruísmo Eficaz Brasil CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the Brazilian Effective Altruism community for cause prioritization, including 16 specialists participating in research studies, volunteers contributing to evaluation work, and community members involved in organizational assessment processes.
• Toby Ord and William MacAskill (University of Oxford)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhilosophers from Oxford University who pioneered effective giving research in 2009, establishing the theoretical foundation for cost-effectiveness comparison across interventions that inspired Doebem's methodology.
• Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReference organization whose Pesquisa Doação Brasil 2022 study Doebem cites for market data showing Brazilian individual donations reached R$12.8 billion in 2022 with 24% growth.
• ImpulsoGovcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing the Impulso Previne platform with nominal lists for chronic disease monitoring in SUS. ImpulsoGov is headquartered in São Paulo and operates in 23 Brazilian states supporting over 300 municipalities since 2019.
• Projeto Saúde & Alegria (PSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization distributing portable micromembrane water filters to traditional communities in Pará state since 1983. PSA serves approximately 30,000 rural residents in Santarém, Belterra, Aveiro and Juruti municipalities.
• CavivercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing congenital cataract surgeries for children in extreme social vulnerability in Ceará and neighboring states. Founded in 2006, led by Dr. Islane Verçosa, national reference in pediatric ophthalmology.
• Organização Cidades Sem FomecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing urban gardens in South, Southeast and Northeast Brazil. Founded in 2004 by Hans Dieter Temp, recognized internationally by UN, Ashoka, UBS, Trip Transformadores and Cargill Foundation.
• Centro de Desenvolvimento Agroecológico SabiácoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization implementing agroecological backyards in Pernambuco's Semi-arid region. Founded in 1993, the organization promotes family farming and has worked in over 50 municipalities of Pernambuco.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing infrastructure for donation transactions on the doebem platform. Only external fee deducted from donations (not retained by doebem). Donor portal access via Stripe billing.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Giving What We Can: Giving What We Can is an effective giving pledge community founded by Toby Ord that promotes donating a meaningful share of income to high-impact causes. It shares doebem's effective altruism foundation, board member Alexandre Teixeira's 10% income pledge, and underlying cost-effectiveness rationale.
• The Life You Can Save: The Life You Can Save is an effective giving nonprofit co-founded by Peter Singer that curates and recommends high-impact charities, similar to doebem's recommended portfolio. Both organizations operate on cost-effectiveness-driven selection and target donors seeking maximum impact per dollar.
• GiveWell: GiveWell is the global reference for cost-effectiveness-based charity evaluation and the direct inspiration for doebem. doebem channels Fundo Global donations to GiveWell's Top Charities Fund, making GiveWell both a methodology benchmark and a downstream capital partner.
• Centre for Effective Altruism: CEA is the global hub of the effective altruism movement that organizes EA Global conferences and supports EA community building. doebem participated in EA Global 2024 and collaborates with the Brazilian EA community through Altruísmo Eficaz Brasil.

Emerging players

• Founders Pledge: Founders Pledge encourages founders to commit a portion of proceeds to effective charities and provides curated impact assessments. It overlaps with doebem in evidence-based giving but is aimed at high-wealth tech founders globally rather than Brazilian individual donors.
• GiveDirectly: GiveDirectly is a top-rated effective altruism charity that delivers cash transfers directly to extremely poor households. It is a GiveWell Top Charity and operates one of the interventions funded through doebem's Fundo Global pass-through.

Broad incumbents

• Charity Navigator: Charity Navigator is the largest US charity evaluation platform, rating nonprofits on financial efficiency and accountability. It is comparable as a charity evaluator, but uses traditional financial metrics rather than doebem's DALY-based outcome methodology.
• Open Philanthropy: Open Philanthropy is a large effective altruism-affiliated grantmaking organization that funds high-impact interventions based on cause prioritization research. It operates doebem's methodology at much larger scale and shares the ITN-style prioritization philosophy.

Regional players

• BrazilFoundation: BrazilFoundation is a New York-based nonprofit that mobilizes resources for Brazilian civil society organizations. It shares doebem's Brazil focus and nonprofit intermediation model but emphasizes traditional philanthropy rather than DALY-based cost-effectiveness rankings.
• Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social (IDIS): IDIS is the leading Brazilian reference organization for social investment research and published the Pesquisa Doação Brasil 2022 study doebem cites for market sizing. It focuses on corporate and family philanthropy strategy rather than individual donor cost-effectiveness recommendations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/plataformadoebem

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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