If Elie had given the money elsewhere, that would have been strong evidence that the other thing was valuable and underfunded relative to GW top charities.
Only if GiveWell and the EA Fund are both supposed to be perfect expressions of Elie’s values. GiveWell has a fairly specific mission which includes not just high expected value but high certainty (compared to the rest of the field, which is a low bar). EA Funds was explicitly supposed to be more experimental. Like you say below, if organizers don’t think you can beat GiveWell, encourage donating to GiveWell.
Only if GiveWell and the EA Fund are both supposed to be perfect expressions of Elie’s values. GiveWell has a fairly specific mission which includes not just high expected value but high certainty (compared to the rest of the field, which is a low bar). EA Funds was explicitly supposed to be more experimental. Like you say below, if organizers don’t think you can beat GiveWell, encourage donating to GiveWell.