Category: Strategy
Animal Advocacy Research and Its Benefits for Animal Causes
Learn about animal advocacy research, its role in creating positive change for animals, and real-world examples of how organizations use research for advocacy. … Read more
Menu of Outcomes Series: Six Ways Charities Are Strengthening the Animal Advocacy Movement
In our Menu of Outcomes blog series, we explore different interventions for achieving animal advocacy outcomes and highlight real-world examples from charities across the movement. Here, we look at interventions aimed at strengthening the animal advocacy movement. … Read more
Menu of Outcomes Series: Five Ways Charities Are Improving Animal Welfare Standards
In our Menu of Outcomes blog series, we explore different interventions for achieving animal advocacy outcomes and highlight real-world examples from charities across the movement. Here, we look at interventions aimed at improving animal welfare. … Read more
Menu of Outcomes Series: Five Ways Charities Are Increasing the Availability of Animal-Free Products
In our Menu of Outcomes blog series, we explore different interventions for achieving animal advocacy outcomes and highlight real-world examples from charities across the movement. Here, we look at interventions to increase the availability and improve the quality of plant-based and cell-cultured products. … Read more
Menu of Outcomes Series: Seven Ways Charities Are Helping People Consume Fewer Animal Products
In our Menu of Outcomes blog series, we explore different interventions for achieving animal advocacy outcomes and highlight real-world examples from charities across the movement. Here, we look at interventions that encourage and support individuals to decrease their consumption of animal products.
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How Can We Integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into the Animal Advocacy Movement?
At Animal Charity Evaluators, our focus is on identifying the most effective ways to help animals. To follow through with this mandate, we believe it is necessary for the animal advocacy movement to engage larger portions of the population and to embrace diversity, … Read more
ACE Highlight: Cause Prioritization
We’re often asked why we focus so much of our attention on farm animal advocacy groups. In short, the reason is that we believe the general programs an organization pursues have a large effect in determining its effectiveness. Choosing to run programs with large effects and small costs can make almost any group surprisingly effective, … Read more
Divestment: An Opportunity for Effective Animal Advocacy?
In recent years, the campaign to persuade investors to divest from the fossil fuel industry has gained increasing prominence. Motivated by climate change, groups such as Reclaim the Power and 350.org have managed to persuade investing groups, big and small, to sell off their shares in companies working in the fossil fuel industry. … Read more
The Value of Sanctuaries, and How to Maximize Their Impact
ACE recommends organizations that we feel offer the greatest value for each donor dollar. So far, these charities have been farmed animal advocacy organizations that primarily focus on outreach, education, and undercover investigations. We are frequently asked about our views on the work of farm sanctuaries and shelters. … Read more
Our Thinking on Only Publishing Approved Reviews
Many people approach us with concerns about our policy of not publishing information about a charity without their permission. Doesn’t that impede our ability to be a watchdog? Does that mean that we only report on positive accomplishments? Aren’t we being partial? … Read more
Our Thinking on Charity Rating Systems
When we table at conferences, we are often asked why we don’t rate charities. Many people have one specific charity that they care about and want our opinion in a letter grade or equivalent rating. For instance, they might prefer a system in which we assigned every group we consider a rating on a scale from 1 to 10, … Read more