ACE periodically surveys donors to both our organization and our Top Charities who report that their donations were influenced by our recommendation. This post discusses some key results from our 2016 donor survey, sent in October and November 2016 to donors who had made donations since our 2015 ACE and Top Charity donor surveys were conducted. … Read more
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How should major funding sources influence our charity recommendation decisions?
ACE’s charity recommendations occur in the context of thousands of other giving decisions. Some of these are fairly predictable. Individual donors acting independently will provide some funding to just about every animal charity out there, and some charities have their own development or fundraising plans which can help predict growth. … Read more
Animal Advocacy Lessons from the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Guest post by Adam Shriver
There have been many signs of progress in our society’s treatment of animals in recent years. The NIH announced it would be ending almost all research with chimpanzees. Ringling decided this past year to end its circus after years of protests. … Read more
Our New Research Review Process and Call for External Reviewers
This blog post details our new research review process. Among other changes to our process, we are planning to seek external review for all major research projects. If you’re interested in helping, please fill out the external reviewer sign-up form.
Throughout the past few years, … Read more
2017 Prospective Goals
Later this year we will update our three-year strategic plan, which currently covers 2015–2017. In this post, we briefly discuss our goals for 2017. Our approach to this task was to list everything that we would like to do at this point in time. … Read more