In the evaluation process leading to our recent recommendations update, we considered 100 animal charities in total. If you want to delve deeper into the work that led to our recommendations, our List of Organizations page is a great place to start. … Read more
Recommendations
Recommendations Update: May 2014
In February 2014, ACE composed a new and detailed process for updating our recommendations. This effort included creating a set of rigorous criteria for evaluation, which we then used to review animal organizations and come to conclusions on new recommendations. We are proud to recommend Mercy For Animals and The Humane League as our top charities. … Read more
Update on the Review Process
ACE will release updated recommendations on May 14. We have been working on the process since January; this post will cover some general observations that we have made, along with things that we have learned. We are unable to mention specifics at this time, as we are currently requesting permission to publish various materials from organizations that made it to our medium review round. However, we can provide some more generalized information about what we have found thus far. … Read more
Upcoming Recommendation Changes
While ACE plans on updating our recommendations annually on December 1, this year we’ve additionally chosen to revise our recommendations on May 14. As we haven’t updated since our original top charity selections, we didn’t want to wait another full year before revising our top charities using our new criteria. … Read more
Shallow Evaluations Process Update
We are currently in the process of conducting our first round of organization evaluations as Animal Charity Evaluators. While the details of our evaluations of particular organizations will remain confidential until we are ready to publish our recommendations, we’re going to share reports of our process as we progress through the different evaluation stages. Right now, we’re putting the final touches on the shallow review process. Here’s what we’ve done so far. … Read more