Recommended Charities
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği
Turkey
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (ÇHKD), also known as Kafessiz Türkiye, is a Turkey-based organization that is primarily dedicated to improving farmed animal welfare standards—in particular, farmed chickens and fishes. They achieve this through corporate outreach, individual outreach, and media outreach. They also engage in research, education, and capacity-building initiatives to strengthen the animal advocacy movement. ÇHKD received a Movement Grant from ACE in 2021 and became a Recommended Charity in 2022.
Dansk Vegetarisk Forening
Denmark
Dansk Vegetarisk Forening (DVF) is a Denmark-based organization dedicated to increasing the availability of animal-free products, strengthening the animal advocacy movement, and reducing the consumption of animal products. DVF specifically engages in policy work on agricultural reform and the right to access plant-based food, as well as corporate and institutional outreach to food companies to make plant-based options more available. They also conduct research, run a product-labeling scheme, offer an educational program for children and youth, and lead a public outreach program promoting plant-based nutrition. DVF received Movement Grants from ACE in 2020 and 2022, and they became a Recommended Charity in 2022.
Faunalytics
United States, California
Faunalytics is a U.S.-based organization that connects animal advocates with information relevant to advocacy. Their work mainly involves conducting and publishing independent research, working directly with partner organizations on various research projects, and promoting existing research and data for animal advocates through their website’s content library. Faunalytics has been a Recommended Charity since December 2015.
Fish Welfare Initiative
India
Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI) works to improve the welfare of farmed fishes. The majority of their work takes place in India, but they also work or have worked in China and the Philippines. Their main program in India, the Alliance For Responsible Aquaculture, involves them working directly with fish farmers to implement mainly water quality improvements. FWI also heavily invests in Research and Development on the ground to identify more cost effective welfare improvements. FWI became a Recommended Charity in 2022.
Legal Impact for Chickens
United States, California
Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC) works to make factory-farm cruelty a liability in the United States. LIC files strategic lawsuits for chickens and other farmed animals, develops and refines creative methods to civilly enforce existing cruelty laws in factory farms, and sues companies that break animal welfare commitments. LIC’s first lawsuit, the shareholder derivative case against Costco’s executives for chicken neglect, was featured on TikTok and in multiple media outlets, including CNN Business, Fox Business, The Washington Post, and Meatingplace (an industry magazine for meat and poultry producers). This is the first year that Legal Impact for Chickens has become a Recommended Charity.
New Roots Institute
United States, California
New Roots Institute (formerly known as Factory Farming Awareness Coalition) is a U.S.-based organization that works to empower the next generation to end factory farming. Their educational outreach program in classrooms throughout the U.S. is designed to inspire critical thinking and spark dynamic discussions about the connections between industrial animal agriculture and important issues like animal welfare, climate change, environmental sustainability, human rights, and personal and public health. Through the organization’s Leadership Program, students interested in a deeper exploration of factory farming’s impacts and solutions can participate in a yearlong fellowship, where they receive training in communication, organizing, and other critical leadership skills. New Roots Institute received Movement Grants from ACE in 2019 and 2022. This is the first year that New Roots Institute has become a Recommended Charity.
Shrimp Welfare Project
United Kingdom
Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) is the first organization to focus exclusively on improving farmed shrimp welfare. Their efforts include corporate and producer outreach and raising awareness about the welfare of farmed shrimps. The organization collaborates with stakeholders across the supply chain, including retailers and medium-to-large producers of shrimp, to improve welfare standards. SWP also runs the Sustainable Shrimp Farmers of India, which takes a farmer-centric approach to improving welfare standards on farms in the country. SWP conducts and disseminates relevant research and participates in effective altruism, animal welfare, and shrimp farming industry conferences to increase the visibility of shrimp welfare as a neglected and tractable issue. Shrimp Welfare Project received a Movement Grant from ACE in 2022. This is the first year that Shrimp Welfare Project has become a Recommended Charity.
Sinergia Animal
Indonesia
Sinergia Animal operates in Indonesia, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. They work to improve farmed animal welfare standards, increase the availability of animal-free products, decrease the consumption of animal products, and strengthen the animal advocacy movement. Sinergia Animal engages in corporate outreach to secure animal welfare commitments from major retailers. They also engage in investor and media outreach, policy work, investigations, individual and producer outreach, institutional outreach, and research. Sinergia Animal has been a Recommended Charity since November 2018.
The Good Food Institute
United States, Washington
The Good Food Institute (GFI) currently operates in the U.S., Brazil, India, Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and Israel, where they work to increase the availability of animal-free products through supporting the development and marketing of plant-based and cell-cultured alternatives to animal products. They achieve this through corporate engagement, institutional outreach, and policy work. They also work to strengthen the capacity of the animal advocacy movement through supporting research and start-ups focused on alternative proteins. GFI was a Recommended Charity from November 2016 to November 2021. They were recommended again in 2022.
The Humane League
United States, New York
The Humane League (THL) operates in the U.S., the U.K., and Japan, where they work to help farmed animals through vegan advocacy and corporate outreach to improve farmed animal welfare standards. THL supports the growth of the global animal advocacy movement via the Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a coalition whose mission is to end the use of battery cages worldwide. THL has been one of ACE’s Recommended Charities since August 2012, when we used a different evaluation process and did not publish reviews. In 2014, THL was recommended in our first official round of ACE charity evaluations and has been renewed as a Recommended Charity ever since.
Wild Animal Initiative
United States, Minnesota
Wild Animal Initiative is a U.S.-based organization working to improve our understanding of wild animals’ lives by advancing the field of wild animal welfare science. By conducting their own research and supporting other wild animal researchers, Wild Animal Initiative aims to increase academic interest in wild animal welfare and identify evidence-based solutions to improving wild animals’ wellbeing. Wild Animal Initiative has been a Recommended Charity since 2020.
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