Animal Charity Evaluators
AbbreviationACE
Formation2012 (2012)
Registration no.EIN 364684978
Legal status501(c)(3) organization[1]
PurposeAnimal charity evaluation
Location
Region
Global
Executive Director
Stien van der Ploeg[2]
Websiteanimalcharityevaluators.org
Formerly called
Effective Animal Activism

Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE), formerly known as Effective Animal Activism (EAA), is a US-based charity evaluator and effective altruism-focused nonprofit founded in 2012. ACE evaluates animal charities and compares the effectiveness of their different campaigns and strategies. The organization makes charity recommendations to donors once a year. Its stated purpose is finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals.[3]

History

Animal Charity Evaluators was formed in 2012 as Effective Animal Activism, a division of 80,000 Hours, by the Centre for Effective Altruism.[4] It rebranded as Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) in 2013.[3] Australian philosopher Peter Singer sits on the organization's advisory board.[2]

Since its inception, ACE annually published recommendations for charities to donate to based on their impact and effectiveness, under two categories: "top" and "standout". When it published its 2023 recommendations, it moved away from these categories, instead moving to only "recommended" charities. This was intended to more fairly represent the charities present and better support the animal advocacy movement.[5]

Recommendations

ACE publishes its recommended charities once a year in November, ahead of Giving Tuesday. In 2023, ACE's recommended charities were Faunalytics, Legal Impact for Chickens, New Roots Institute (formerly known as the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition), Shrimp Welfare Project, The Humane League and Wild Animal Initiative.[5]

In 2022, ACE recommended Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği, Dansk Vegetarisk Forening, Fish Welfare Initiative, the Good Food Institute and Sinergia Animal.[5]

Reception

Marc Gunther reviewed ACE in a 2015 article for Nonprofit Chronicles, stating: "[T]he work of Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is relevant to nonprofits of all kinds. As its name suggests and, on a very modest budget, ACE evaluates animal charities. Its work could inspire those who want to evaluate charities in other sectors—education, the environment, that arts, whatever." He further noted: "The point is, Animal Charity Evaluators is asking the right questions–the kind all nonprofits should be asking themselves."[6]

Peter Singer mentions ACE's work in his 2015 book The Most Good You Can Do and in an online article for Salon. He describes their recommendations as a form of "altruistic arbitrage", picking the low-hanging fruits of animal activism, which he describes as worth supporting.[7]

In 2017, Harrison Nathan and the animal rights group SHARK criticised ACE, suggesting they were biased in favour of charities associated with one charity founder, Nick Cooney. Nathan and ACE engaged in an exchange of open letters and responses.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Animal Charity Evaluators". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. 1 2 "Meet Our Team". Animal Charity Evaluators. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. 1 2 "History". Animal Charity Evaluators.
  4. ↑ "Conversation with Jon Bockman on July 12, 2013" (PDF). GiveWell. 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  5. 1 2 3 Ormandy, Elisabeth (2023-11-08). "Announcing Our 2023 Charity Recommendations". Animal Charity Evaluators. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. ↑ Gunther, Marc (2015-04-12). "What if the "most good you can do" is to help animals?". Nonprofit Chronicles. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  7. ↑ Singer, Peter (2015-04-19). "Is it moral to save this puppy?". Salon.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ↑ Nathan, Harrison (2017-08-11). "The Problems with Animal Charity Evaluators, in Brief". Medium. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. ↑ "Response to a Recent Critique of Our Research". Animal Charity Evaluators. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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