GiveWell, which takes a combined broad and HNW direct fundraising approach, seems to have hit some limiting factors in 2022 after having grown rapidly for more than 10 years.
Similarly, growth of The Life You Can Save, Effektiv Spenden, Animal Charity Evaluators, and Giving What We Can (all largely broad direct fundraising organisations at the time) seems to have stagnated somewhat at around the same time, suggesting this may have had something to do with external factors (e.g. the economic downturn and/​or the FTX crisis), but there could also be other factors at play here, e.g. target groups becoming saturated.
I will take bets at relatively high odds that these external factors were the reason for the reduction in growth. Approximately anything EA-adjacent stopped growing during that period.
I will take bets at relatively high odds that these external factors were the reason for the reduction in growth. Approximately anything EA-adjacent stopped growing during that period.