A summary of our work in 2019 (GW, IR) | 2019-12-31 | | Animal Ethics | | Animal Ethics | | Donee periodic update | Animal welfare | This document is a summary of the work by Animal Ethics in 2019, and is also available as a PDF at https://www.animal-ethics.org/wp-content/uploads/AnimalEthics-2019.pdf The work done is broken into these sections, each section linking to individual pieces of work on the Animal Ethics website where applicable: research in wild animal welfare and welfare biology, capacity building in work on wild animal suffering, more work online, and international expansion (Brazil, India, China, and other countries) |
How frequently do ACE and Open Phil agree about animal charities? (GW, IR) | 2019-12-17 | Ben West | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Charity Evaluators Compassion in World Farming International Animal Ethics Faunalytics Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira | | Miscellaneous commentary | Animal welfare | Ben West compares the grantees of the Open Philanthropy Project (Open Phil) in its focus area of farm animal welfare against the charities recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). He finds a substantial overlap: Open Phil has made grants to all charities that ACE has ever given top charity status, about half of the charities ACE has ever given standout charity status, and only one charity that ACE reviewed but did not recommend. Also, "5% of the charities ACE did an "exploratory" review of received a grant, as did 3% of the ones they "considered" but did not review." A spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NRSVnSgg33vtOByfYwCFhB6VrytZGYeJ/edit with the data is linked. The post also notes: "Three charities which were named “Standout Charities” by ACE but did not receive Open Phil grants did receive grants from the Centre for Effective Altruism’s Animal Welfare Fund (Animal Ethics, Faunalytics, and Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira)." |
Reducing Wild Animal Suffering Ecosystem & Directory (GW, IR) | 2018-10-31 | Evan Gaensbauer | Effective Altruism Forum | | Effective Altruism Foundation Wild-Animal Suffering Research Animal Ethics Utility Farm Rethink Priorities The Hedonistic Imperative The Abolitionist Project Qualia Research Institute Sentience Politics Sentience Institute Animal Charity Evaluators | | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare | The post covers the current state of the ecosystem of efforts to reduce wild-animal suffiering. It includes a diagram depicting the relations between organizations mentioned in the post |
Updated Recommendations: December 2015 | 2015-12-01 | Jon Bockman | Animal Charity Evaluators | | Animal Equality Mercy For Animals The Humane League Animal Ethics Animals Australia Faunalytics New Harvest Nonhuman Rights Project Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries The Humane Society of the United States Vegan Outreach | | Evaluator consolidated recommendation list | Animal welfare | 2015 recommendations list; top charities are Animal Equality,Mercy For Animals, and The Humane League; five new standout charities added to existing four |
My Cause Selection: Michael Dickens | 2015-09-15 | Michael Dickens | Effective Altruism Forum | Michael Dickens | Machine Intelligence Research Institute Future of Humanity Institute Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Future of Life Institute Open Philanthropy Animal Charity Evaluators Animal Ethics Foundational Research Institute Giving What We Can Charity Science Raising for Effective Giving | | Single donation documentation | Animal welfare,AI risk,Effective altruism | Explanation by Dickens of giving choice for 2015. After some consideration, narrows choice to three orgs: MIRI, ACE, and REG. Finally chooses REG due to weighted donation multiplier |