2018 was a year of transition for ACE. We had a number of changes in key staff and carried out an extensive and thoughtful Executive Director selection process. One of our primary goals for 2019 is to focus on navigating these changes, … Read more
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Effective Animal Advocacy Fund Grants
Introduction
We are happy to announce our first round of grants from our Effective Animal Advocacy Fund (EAA Fund)1. In late 2018, we ran a matching challenge for the Fund with the support of a very generous anonymous donor. … Read more
2018 Donor Survey Analysis
We conduct a survey of donors to ACE and our Top Charities annually to help us understand who is donating to ACE and who is using our recommendations when donating to our Top Charities. It also contributes to our understanding of how much money we are influencing and how it may have been spent otherwise. … Read more
Response to a Recent Critique of Our Research
In this blog post we respond to a persistent critic of ACE’s research and charity evaluations. Mr. Harrison Nathan has repeatedly expressed concerns about our research and communications—in a recent online post he criticized our focus on effectiveness, our intervention evaluations, and our analysis of corporate outreach. We’ll focus on those three topics here. … Read more