One is that some of the charities you mention are offshoots/sister charities of each other—GWWC and 80k, Charity Science Health and Fortify Health. This suggests to me it might be easier to found a second charity than a first one. OPP and GiveWell also fit this mold.
It’s also worth noting that Animal Charity Evaluators startedasan 80,000 Hours project and that the Good Food Institute was the brainchild of the Mercy for Animals leadership team.
Animal Charity Evaluators started as an 80,000 Hours project
More precisely, it was started by a student who came to volunteer in Oxford one summer, had the idea and then created it over that summer and afterwards as his brainchild, fundraising to start it as a staffed-up charity, etc. CEA hosted a number of students who came to do volunteer work over summers and other free periods. So while it was labelled an 80,000 Hours project, it’s appropriate to use it as an example of someone with little relevant experience starting a charity.
It’s also worth noting that Animal Charity Evaluators started as an 80,000 Hours project and that the Good Food Institute was the brainchild of the Mercy for Animals leadership team.
More precisely, it was started by a student who came to volunteer in Oxford one summer, had the idea and then created it over that summer and afterwards as his brainchild, fundraising to start it as a staffed-up charity, etc. CEA hosted a number of students who came to do volunteer work over summers and other free periods. So while it was labelled an 80,000 Hours project, it’s appropriate to use it as an example of someone with little relevant experience starting a charity.