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
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Which Key Ideas Should We Be Spreading with Marginal Resources?
What is the difference in impact between spreading different animal advocacy ideas, e.g. the cruelty of animal agriculture, dietary change, antispeciesism, and wild animal suffering?
This year, we evaluated Animal Ethics, an organization with a core aim of filling perceived gaps in the animal advocacy community. … Read more
ACE Interviews: Will Potter
Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He specializes in dissident politics and culture, the policing of dissent, and civil liberties post-9/11. His work has appeared in the world’s top media outlets, including the Washington Post, … Read more
Make Helping Animals Your Legacy
When you support Animal Charity Evaluators and our recommended charities, you’re helping the most animals you can with each donation. Considering the billions of animals living in horrific conditions (many on factory farms), this is incredibly important work. The good news is, … Read more
Some Thoughts on Our Cost-effectiveness Estimates
Summary
In this post, we elaborate on our thinking about quantitative cost-effectiveness estimates (CEEs). They’ve been a part of our review process since we began reviewing charities, and they are particularly controversial and challenging. First, we summarize the benefits and challenges of CEEs in effective animal advocacy. … Read more