I suspect there is a confusion of terminology here, and also perhaps some loss of institutional knowledge. Givewell did post-hoc analyses starting in 2011 of their 2009 and 2010 recommendations to donate to VillageReach, but these were not technically “grants”, but rather “charity recommendations”, so I guess wouldn’t be considered a “grant lookback”.
In recent years GiveWell shifted from a charity recommendation model to a more direct grantmaking model, so this could be the first reviews of grants under that new model.
I suspect there is a confusion of terminology here, and also perhaps some loss of institutional knowledge. Givewell did post-hoc analyses starting in 2011 of their 2009 and 2010 recommendations to donate to VillageReach, but these were not technically “grants”, but rather “charity recommendations”, so I guess wouldn’t be considered a “grant lookback”.
In recent years GiveWell shifted from a charity recommendation model to a more direct grantmaking model, so this could be the first reviews of grants under that new model.