ACE releases annual recommendations on December 1. We evaluate groups based on our evaluation criteria and publish as many reviews as we can. We then decide which top performing charities will receive our recommendation.
December 2014 Recommendations
After considering 155 charities from around the world, … Read more
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Our Thinking About the Process Leading to Our December 2014 Recommendations
This post describes some of the specifics of the evaluation process leading to our December 2014 recommendation update, and what we learned from the process. For more general thoughts about our recommendation process, see this page.
General Preparation
We began preparing for this recommendation update almost immediately after we posted our previous recommendations in mid-May. … Read more
Our Thinking on Upcoming Recommendations
For our first round of recommendations that involved utilizing our evaluation template, we ended up recommending two organizations as our “top charities,” and two organizations as “standout charities.” Our initial thinking going into that round of reviews was that we would have 2 or 3 top charities, … Read more
ACE Interviews: Hal Herzog
Hal Herzog is a professor at Western Carolina University, which is in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He’s a psychologist who has been studying human-animal interactions for the last thirty years. He’s the author of the book Some We Love, … Read more
Matching Drive – Double Your Impact!
Every donation to ACE through November 19 will be doubled up to $25,000. If you want to maximize your donation, now is the perfect time to support our work! … Read more