This is somewhat offtopic, but getting GHD donors to give to GWWC and other GHD-focused effective giving orgs that also fundraise for AW, is effectively turning GHD dollars (from people who are emotionally uninvested in AW) into AW dollars for ACE et al.
And through this method, no appeal to animals is needed.
If you’re talking about getting GHD donors to give to GWWC et al themselves, then I agree that this converts some (<10%) of these donors’ donations to animal welfare. But GWWC at al. are mostly funded by grants as far as I’m aware. Is your suggestion that they fundraise more from individual donors, on the margin?
If you’re talking about getting GHD donors to give through GWWC et al, then I’m doubtful any significant amount will go to animal welfare, as they’ll presumably pick GHD charities and funds on GWWC et al’s platforms.
The point isn’t specific to GWWC though—rather, I think it’s potentially promising that cause-neutral effective giving organizations have the potential to effectively launder GHD dollars into AW dollars, by persuading GHD donors to support GHD effective giving (rather than persuading them to support animals, which is presumably harder).
That’s fair. I think we should try both. I also think we particularly need to test ways of motivating non “animal people” to donate to farm animal welfare, as otherwise orgs like GWWC will only be able to capture latent willingness to donate to AW. We need increased willingness to get where we need to be on funding
This is somewhat offtopic, but getting GHD donors to give to GWWC and other GHD-focused effective giving orgs that also fundraise for AW, is effectively turning GHD dollars (from people who are emotionally uninvested in AW) into AW dollars for ACE et al.
And through this method, no appeal to animals is needed.
Hey hey!
If you’re talking about getting GHD donors to give to GWWC et al themselves, then I agree that this converts some (<10%) of these donors’ donations to animal welfare. But GWWC at al. are mostly funded by grants as far as I’m aware. Is your suggestion that they fundraise more from individual donors, on the margin?
If you’re talking about getting GHD donors to give through GWWC et al, then I’m doubtful any significant amount will go to animal welfare, as they’ll presumably pick GHD charities and funds on GWWC et al’s platforms.
Yep, the idea is more the former. And While GWWC is mainly OP funded, that’s not entirely the case (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/a8wijyw45SjwmeLY6/gwwc-is-funding-constrained-and-prefers-broad-base-support), and could expand on the margin with individual donor contributions.
The point isn’t specific to GWWC though—rather, I think it’s potentially promising that cause-neutral effective giving organizations have the potential to effectively launder GHD dollars into AW dollars, by persuading GHD donors to support GHD effective giving (rather than persuading them to support animals, which is presumably harder).
That’s fair. I think we should try both. I also think we particularly need to test ways of motivating non “animal people” to donate to farm animal welfare, as otherwise orgs like GWWC will only be able to capture latent willingness to donate to AW. We need increased willingness to get where we need to be on funding