--- description: Find out why Nick Allardice is on the TIME100 Health 2026 list. title: TIME100 Health: Nick Allardice image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt023763344a1cebe1/6998ce51d32e938fd5cd7d0e/T100-Health-2026-Allardice.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Feb 11, 2026 # Nick Allardice Offering a financial lifeline by [Angela Haupt](/author/angela-haupt/) ## Angela Haupt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy of GiveDirectly Last year, a [decade-long study](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34152 "undefined") published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that when poor families in Kenya received $1,000, infant mortality rates fell by a striking 48%. The nonprofit GiveDirectly, helmed by Nick Allardice, has applied the same model around the world, including in the U.S.: In 2025, the organization sent emergency cash to [238,153 American families](https://www.givedirectly.org/snap-response/ "undefined") in just under two weeks to subsidize a potentially devastating pause in SNAP grocery benefits. Over the past year, GiveDirectly sent more than [$145 million](https://www.givedirectly.org/about/ "undefined") to over 443,000 of the world’s poorest households. Unlike many aid models, the money—from philanthropists, foundations, individuals, and institutional partners—is not designated for specific purposes. Recipients decide for themselves how to use it to improve their lives. “When you trust people with the resources that they need to make their own decisions,” says Allardice, “they use that money and those resources far more effectively than anyone else could.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362580/nick-allardice-health/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362580/nick-allardice-health/"},"headline":"Nick Allardice","datePublished":"2026-02-11T13:01:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:18:21.469Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362580/nick-allardice-health/","keywords":["TIME100 Health 2026","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt023763344a1cebe1/6998ce51d32e938fd5cd7d0e/T100-Health-2026-Allardice.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Angela Haupt","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/angela-haupt/"}],"creator":"Angela Haupt","articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt023763344a1cebe1/6998ce51d32e938fd5cd7d0e/T100-Health-2026-Allardice.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-health-2026/","name":"TIME100 Health 2026"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362580/nick-allardice-health/","name":"Nick Allardice"}}]}] ```