The Atlas maps Charitology’s cause areas, links them to the sourced Intervention Database and makes the editorial dimensions and source hypotheses inspectable. It does not turn those dimensions into impact scores.
The source map below preserves the six proposed sources and eighteen problems in Humanity’s Checklist. Its links are hypotheses for investigation, not an established causal graph.
Cause areas
Positions on each dimension run from left to right and are editorial
judgments (src/data/causes.json).
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Global health
Preventing and treating disease where health systems are weakest.
9 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Community health workers · moderate evidence
- Mass deworming · mixed evidence
- Insecticide-treated bed nets · strong evidence
- Lead exposure elimination · moderate evidence
- Oral rehydration therapy · strong evidence
- Tobacco taxation advocacy · moderate evidence
- Vitamin A supplementation · moderate evidence
- Seasonal malaria chemoprevention · strong evidence
- Incentives for childhood vaccination · moderate evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Disease
Extreme poverty
Raising the incomes and security of people living on the least.
2 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Unconditional cash transfers · strong evidence
- Microcredit · strong evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Poverty, Inequality, Hunger
Hunger and food security
Making sure people have enough to eat, today and through bad years.
1 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Food banks and food pantries · moderate evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Hunger
Climate change
Cutting emissions and helping people adapt to a warming world.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Climate change, Pollution
Nature and biodiversity
Protecting species, ecosystems, water and land.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Biodiversity loss, Water scarcity, Pollution
Animal welfare
Reducing the suffering of animals, wild and farmed.
1 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Corporate animal welfare campaigns · weak evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Education
Helping people learn, from early childhood to adult skills.
2 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Mass deworming · mixed evidence
- Teaching at the Right Level · strong evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Education gaps, Inequality
Mental health
Treating and preventing mental illness, loneliness and addiction.
1 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Housing First · strong evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Mental health, Loneliness, Addiction
Housing and homelessness
Keeping people housed and making homes affordable.
1 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Housing First · strong evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Housing, Poverty
Democracy and good government
Fair elections, honest institutions, a healthy information ecosystem.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Corruption, Polarization, Distrust, Misinformation
Peace and security
Preventing war and violence and helping people recover from them.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: War
Catastrophic risks
Reducing the chance of pandemics, nuclear war and other disasters that could set civilization back.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: War, Disease
Science and knowledge
Research, open data and the public understanding of what is true.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Misinformation, Disease, Education gaps
Local community
The neighborhood institutions that make a place work.
1 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Food banks and food pantries · moderate evidence
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Loneliness, Distrust
Arts and culture
The stories, art and shared culture a society uses to understand itself.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Loneliness, Distrust
Faith and spiritual life
Religious communities and the care they provide.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: Loneliness
The charity system itself
Research, infrastructure and incentives that change where all the other money goes.
0 recorded interventions · worldwide funding and unmet need not estimated here.
- Who should your giving protect?
- People alive now People not yet born
- Whose suffering counts?
- Humans first All living things
- Where should your giving go?
- My community Wherever it goes furthest
- How much uncertainty can you live with?
- Proven, measurable results Long shots with huge upside
- Where on the chain should you act?
- Relieve suffering today Change the systems behind it
Problems it touches: every problem downstream
The source map
Which sources Humanity’s Checklist links to which world problems. A filled dot means the checklist says that source feeds that problem. Charitology treats this map as a hypothesis to test.
| Problem | Story | Coordination | Vision | Attention | Status | Gatekeepers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change | ●yes | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | · |
| War | ●yes | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | · |
| Poverty | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | ●yes |
| Hunger | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · |
| Disease | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · |
| Water scarcity | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · |
| Pollution | ●yes | · | ●yes | · | · | · |
| Biodiversity loss | ●yes | · | ●yes | · | · | · |
| Housing | ●yes | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | · |
| Education gaps | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | ●yes |
| Inequality | ●yes | · | · | · | ●yes | ●yes |
| Corruption | ●yes | ●yes | · | · | · | ●yes |
| Distrust | ●yes | · | ●yes | ●yes | · | ●yes |
| Polarization | ●yes | · | ●yes | ●yes | · | · |
| Misinformation | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · | ●yes |
| Loneliness | ●yes | ●yes | · | ●yes | · | · |
| Mental health | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · | · |
| Addiction | ●yes | · | · | ●yes | · | · |
Find the causes that fit your values with the Values Compass.