HH seems like an organisation that is counterfactually funding constrained and meets your criteria (underfunded, focused on measurable chicken welfare, no veganism promotion, potentially highly impactful).
This kind of case and my own donating experience leads me to expect there are some often good “less popular targets” to donate to, especially outside of HICs. I expect the “less popular targets” strategy might be a good way to go.
Thanks! That’s good to know. When I looked through the Animal Welfare Fund grantees recently, Healthier Hens was one that I picked out as a possible candidate for donating to. I’m more concerned about extreme than chronic pain, but I guess HH says that bone fractures cause some intense pain as well as chronic (and of course I care about chronic pain somewhat too).
Is there info about why grantors didn’t give more funding to HH? I wonder if there’s something they know that I don’t. (In general, that’s a main downside of trying to donate off the beaten path.)
Is there info about why grantors didn’t give more funding to HH?
I don’t have this info. I think it is possible that funders are not interested in Africa (HH was working in Kenya) or that funders don’t value this kind of work as they see it as incremental welfare improvements that they don’t lead to long run change, but I’m mostly honestly speculating …
Hi,
You might be interested that Healthier Hens recently said “Healthier Hens (HH) has scaled down due to not being able to secure enough funding to provide a sufficient runway to pilot dietary interventions effectively.” https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6eaY7MEDWnK39sCEi/healthier-hens-y1-5-update-and-scaledown-assessment
HH seems like an organisation that is counterfactually funding constrained and meets your criteria (underfunded, focused on measurable chicken welfare, no veganism promotion, potentially highly impactful).
This kind of case and my own donating experience leads me to expect there are some often good “less popular targets” to donate to, especially outside of HICs. I expect the “less popular targets” strategy might be a good way to go.
(COI note: I work for CE and HH was a CE charity)
Thanks! That’s good to know. When I looked through the Animal Welfare Fund grantees recently, Healthier Hens was one that I picked out as a possible candidate for donating to. I’m more concerned about extreme than chronic pain, but I guess HH says that bone fractures cause some intense pain as well as chronic (and of course I care about chronic pain somewhat too).
Is there info about why grantors didn’t give more funding to HH? I wonder if there’s something they know that I don’t. (In general, that’s a main downside of trying to donate off the beaten path.)
I don’t have this info. I think it is possible that funders are not interested in Africa (HH was working in Kenya) or that funders don’t value this kind of work as they see it as incremental welfare improvements that they don’t lead to long run change, but I’m mostly honestly speculating …
Thanks. :) No worries.