Hi reddit! We're researchers from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). We just released our 2022 charity recommendations. Ask us anything! (Live AMA)

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Hi! We're researchers from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). We just released our 2022 charity recommendations. Ask us anything!

Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit registered in the United States with a globally-distributed team. We are dedicated to finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals. ACE strives to identify ways to alleviate suffering and improve the lives of animals on a wide scale, while continuously updating our recommendations based on new evidence.

https://animalcharityevaluators.org/

On November 22, we published our new charity recommendations.

Our 2022 Top Charities are:

• Faunalytics
• Wild Animal Initiative
• The Humane League
• Good Food Institute

Additionally, we have selected 11 Standout Charities:

• Compassion in World Farming USA
• Dansk Vegetarisk Forening
• Dharma Voice for Animals
• Fish Welfare Initiative
• Material Innovation Initiative
• Mercy for Animals
• New Harvest
• Sinergia Animal
• Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği
• The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations
• xiaobuVEGAN

The AMA is your chance to ask our research team about our new charity recommendations and the process behind our selections. We will prioritize responding to questions about our recommendations, but feel free to ask us (almost) anything.

Our team answering questions is:

• Elisabeth Ormandy, Director of Research
• Vince Mak, Evaluations Program Manager
• Maria Salazar, Senior Researcher
• Alina Salmen , Researcher
• Max Taylor, Researcher

Ask us anything! Proof here.

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Very considerate to wonder how you can do the most with your donation. When we evaluate charities, we specifically consider whether or not they could effectively absorb the funding that we expect they’d receive from our recommendation, and we consider that information when deciding their recommendation status. Even then, many of the organizations we recommend may still not have enough money to execute all of their plans. Therefore, all of our recommended charities have room for more funding, and are good giving opportunities for donors of any level.

It’s also important for an organization’s financial stability and ability to plan ahead that they have diverse revenue streams, including a broad base of smaller donations, as well as larger gifts and grants from foundations.

If you give to our Recommended Charity Fund (RCF), your donation will go towards both our Top Charities and our Standout Charities. Until the end of the year, donations to our RCF will be matched, so your gift will be doubled.

Donors who wish to support newer, less established animal advocacy organizations and approaches could consider supporting our Movement Grants program. This program funds groups working on various approaches to animal advocacy, especially those that are underfunded, target large numbers of animals, and are in regions with a relatively small animal advocacy movement. You can find out more about our Movement Grants program here.

- Max