As we review more charities, we have chosen to allow our list of Standout Charities to grow indefinitely, showcasing a variety of charities that do excellent work. For those members of our audience who broadly share our values but are skeptical of some of our reasoning for recommending our Top Charities, … Read more
Things that Surprised us About the December 2016 Evaluation Process
Each time we conduct our evaluation process, we gain new insights that allow us to improve our research. We feel it’s important to share these insights with our audience in order to solicit feedback, explain potential changes in future evaluations or our general research strategy, … Read more
Our Recommendations of The Good Food Institute and New Harvest
ACE doesn’t usually publish thoughts about direct comparisons between specific charities. However, we’ve received a lot of requests for clarification about our decision to recommend The Good Food Institute (GFI) as a Top Charity this year, while New Harvest, a charity working in the same field with a longer track record of accomplishments, … Read more
Updates to Our Charity Evaluation Process
After two years and three rounds of evaluations using our charity evaluation process, we’ve decided it’s time to make some updates to our charity evaluation process, and to how we decide which ones to recommend. Here’s a brief overview of what we’ll be changing in 2016. … Read more
How Should We Evaluate Social Media Impact?
This is the fifth post of our Foundational Questions series. Learn more about this project by reading the initial post Foundational Questions in Effective Animal Advocacy.
Summary
Several of the charities we reviewed in 2015 reported accomplishments based on their social media presence. … Read more