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Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE), formerly known as Effective Animal Activism (EAA), is a US-based
charity evaluator Charity assessment is the process of analysis of the ''goodness'' of a non-profit organization in financial terms. Historically, charity evaluators have focused on the question of how much of contributed funds are used for the purpose(s) claimed b ...
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-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.


History

Animal Charity Evaluators was formed in 2012 as Effective Animal Activism, a division of 80,000 Hours, by the
Centre for Effective Altruism The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is an Oxford-based charity that builds and supports the effective altruism community. It was founded in 2012 by William MacAskill and Toby Ord, both philosophers at the University of Oxford. CEA is part ...
. It rebranded as Animal Charity Evaluators in 2013. Australian philosopher
Peter Singer Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher, currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular ...
sits on the organization's advisory board.


Recommendations

ACE publishes its recommended charities once a year in November, ahead of Giving Tuesday. In 2022, ACE's "top charities" recommended for impact and effectiveness were
The Humane League The Humane League (THL) is an international nonprofit organization that works to end the abuse of animals raised for food through institutional and individual change, including online advertising, Meatless Monday campaigns, and corporate outreac ...
(for the eleventh consecutive year),
Wild Animal Initiative Wild Animal Initiative (WAI) is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting and producing academic research on improving wild animal welfare. It is one of three "Top Charities" recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators. History WAI was fo ...
(for the third year), and Faunalytics (for the second year). They also re-listed the Good Food Institute (GFI) as a top charity, after a one-year hiatus due to reports of workplace toxicity. GFI employees had reported to ACE that they feared retaliation from openly disagreeing with GFI leaders. ACE stated that since the last review, leadership had ameliorated the situation by implementing various trainings, and that based on this information, ACE believed they were "working on addressing these situations." GFI had previously been recommended as a top charity for five years, which was every year since its foundation. In addition to the top charities, the Evaluators also recommend a longer list of "standout charities" each year.


Reception

Marc Gunther reviewed ACE in a 2015 article for ''Nonprofit Chronicles'', stating: " e 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." Peter Singer mentions ACE's work in his 2015 book ''
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'' and in an online article for ''
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''. He describes their recommendations as a form of "altruistic
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", picking the low-hanging fruits of animal activism, which he describes as worth supporting. 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,
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. Nathan and ACE engaged in an exchange of open letters and responses.


See also

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List of animal rights groups This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement. Such animal rights groups work towards their ideals, which include the viewpoint that animals should have equivalent rights to humans, such as not being "used" i ...
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List of animal welfare organizations Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctu ...


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External links

* {{Charity 2012 establishments in California 501(c)(3) organizations American review websites Animal welfare organizations based in the United States Centre for Effective Altruism Charity review websites Non-profit organizations based in California Organizations established in 2012