There is also the interesting thing that, as far as I can tell, New Harvest, founded in 2004, basically failed, and we had to wait until the Good Food Institute came to push things along in 2016.
(as a point of comparison, New Harvest claims to have raised ~$7.5M in its frontpage (presumably during the whole of its existence), whereas the GFI spent$8.9M in 2019 alone)
2016: GFI is founded. Open Phil made its first animal welfare grants. GFI received its first grant from Open Phil, of $1M. GFI become an ACE top charity at the end of the year.
2017: Open Phil made another grant to GFI, of $1.5M. New Harvest was no longer recommended by ACE at the end of the year.
2019: Open Phil made another grant to GFI, of $4M.
New Harvest never received any grants from Open Phil.
Basically, it’s possible New Harvest failed because it was never really given much of a chance.
That being said, that doesn’t mean there weren’t reasons to support GFI over New Harvest in the first place. Some are discussed here.
There is also the interesting thing that, as far as I can tell, New Harvest, founded in 2004, basically failed, and we had to wait until the Good Food Institute came to push things along in 2016.
(as a point of comparison, New Harvest claims to have raised ~$7.5M in its frontpage (presumably during the whole of its existence), whereas the GFI spent $8.9M in 2019 alone)
This could be in part because GFI got more financial support from the EA community, both from Open Phil and due to ACE.
2012: ACE was founded.
2014: ACE did an exploratory review of New Harvest.
2015: Lewis Bollard joined Open Phil in September to start its grantmaking in animal welfare. New Harvest was named a standout charity by ACE at the end of 2015.
2016: GFI is founded. Open Phil made its first animal welfare grants. GFI received its first grant from Open Phil, of $1M. GFI become an ACE top charity at the end of the year.
2017: Open Phil made another grant to GFI, of $1.5M. New Harvest was no longer recommended by ACE at the end of the year.
2019: Open Phil made another grant to GFI, of $4M.
New Harvest never received any grants from Open Phil.
Basically, it’s possible New Harvest failed because it was never really given much of a chance.
That being said, that doesn’t mean there weren’t reasons to support GFI over New Harvest in the first place. Some are discussed here.