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Timeline of Animal Charity Evaluators

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| 2012 || || Early development || Animal Charity Evaluators begins under the name Effective Animal Activism (EAA), as a division of the United Kingdom–based charity 80,000 Hours—a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing career advice to people who want to be highly impactful in their work.<ref name="OUR HISTORY">{{cite web |title=OUR HISTORY |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/about/background/our-history/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=2 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2012 || November 10 || Interview || EAA publishes an interview with Brian Tomasik, who spent several years writing essays about how to most effectively reduce suffering in the world. Tomasik recommends donating to {{w|Vegan Outreach}} and/or {{w|The Humane League}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN TOMASIK |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/interview-with-brian-tomasik/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
| 2014 || || Program launch || ACE begins to pilot a long-term social movement analysis project, with the goal to supplement its animal advocacy research by compiling information about other social movements.<ref name="">{{cite web |title=WE ARE DISCONTINUING OUR SOCIAL MOVEMENT PROJECT |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/we-are-discontinuing-our-social-movement-project/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2014 || December || Review Charity review || ACE publishes its first review on New Harvest, a {{w|501(c) organization}} which funds academic research in {{w|cellular agriculture}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEW HARVEST |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/new-harvest/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || || {{w|Donation}} || Simon and Linda Knutsson are rated at the first position among top donors.<ref name="TOP DONORS">{{cite web |title=TOP DONORS |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/about/contributors/top-donors/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref>
| 2016 || November 12–13 || Advocacy || ACE, along with the Princeton University Center for Human Values, and the Princeton Animal Welfare Society, organize and co-sponsor the 2016 Effective Animal Advocacy Research Symposium, held at {{w|Princeton University}}. Researchers, professors and graduate students across various disciplines present projects with practical application to the animal advocacy movement, with particular emphasis on the social sciences. Presentations reveal cutting edge research as well as avenues for further research, highlighting areas of greatest research need. The event also provided an overview of effective altruism as it applies to animal advocacy, in addition to providing information on the state of the advocacy movement.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN EFFECTIVE ANIMAL ADVOCACY |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/about/events/2016-symposium/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November || Review Charity review || ACE publishes its first review on a number of charities, including Top Charity-ranked {{w|The Good Food Institute}}, a nonprofit working to transform the animal agriculture industry by promoting the development of competitive alternatives to animal-based meat, dairy, and eggs. ACE recommends GFI for being one of the few charities that intervene by developing and promoting attractive alternatives to animal products.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/the-good-food-institute/2016-nov/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref> ACE also publishes its first review on Standout Charity-ranked ProVeg International, citing its focus on effectiveness, and ability to work with many different partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=PROVEG INTERNATIONAL |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/proveg/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2016 || November || Website launch || ACE launches a completely redesigned website, modernizing it with a new template that improves user experience.<ref name="LOOKING BACK AT 2016 PROSPECTIVE GOALS">{{cite web |title=LOOKING BACK AT 2016 PROSPECTIVE GOALS |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/looking-back-at-2016-prospective-goals/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
| 2016 || December 21 || Publication || ACE's Jon Bockman publishes a blog post addressing selected critiques toward ACE's management, including use of old, less rigorous data, usefulness of cost-effectiveness calculations, lack of diversity in ACE's recommendations, and diverting resources from other groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=RESPONSES TO COMMON CRITIQUES |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/responses-to-common-critiques/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref>
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| 2016 || December || Review Charity review || ACE publishes its first review on Danish charity Anima International, which advocates primarily for animals in factory farms and the fur industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANIMA (NOW ANIMA INTERNATIONAL) |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/anima/2016-dec/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref> ACE also publishes its forst review on The Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund, which aims to promote public awareness of animal cruelty by funding television commercials through mainstream media.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANIMAL CRUELTY EXPOSURE FUND |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/animal-cruelty-exposure-fund/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || || Program launch || ACE launches the privately-funded Animal Advocacy Research Fund, with the purpose of supporting research that contributes to an understanding of effective animal advocacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Animal Advocacy Research Fund |url=https://researchfund.animalcharityevaluators.org/ |website=researchfund.animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
| 2017 || November 27 || Recognition || ACE updates its charity recommendations, and announces that its newest Top Charities are Animal Equality, The Good Food Institute, and The Humane League, with GFI and THL retaining their top positions from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |title=UPDATED CHARITY RECOMMENDATIONS: DECEMBER 2017 |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/updated-charity-recommendations-december-2017/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November || Review Charity review || ACE writes review on AnimaNaturalis International, an organization working to reduce the suffering of animals in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANIMANATURALIS INTERNACIONAL |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/animanaturalis/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref> It also writes its first review on L214, which works to reduce the suffering of farmed animals in {{w|France}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=L214 |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/l214-ethique-et-animaux/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || Year round || {{w|Donation}} || ACE influences US$6 million in donations to effective animal charities, and receives grants from both the Open Philanthropy Project and the EA Animal Welfare Fund, among others.<ref name="Discussion with Animal Charity Evaluators (RSVP required)">{{cite web |title=Discussion with Animal Charity Evaluators (RSVP required) |url=https://www.meetup.com/Effective-Altruism-NYC/events/254601403/ |website=meetup.com |accessdate=8 December 2019}}</ref>
| 2018 || September 7 || Criticism || A blog post criticizing ACE's research is published at <code>effective-altruism.com</code>, stating that some of ACE’s older research is of low quality. The post also emphasizes that ACE’s research on the impact of corporate campaigns is flawed, and consequently ACE’s research does not provide much reason to believe that its recommended charities actually improve animal welfare.<ref>{{cite web |title=Concerns with ACE research |url=http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1so/concerns_with_ace_research/ |website=effective-altruism.com |accessdate=11 September 2018}}</ref> On the same date, ACE's new director of research publishes a post as a response, explaining ACE's position on its older intervention research, clarifying several points, and outlining some of ACE's research priorities for the coming year.<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE's Response to John Halstead |url=http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1sq/response_to_john_halstead/ |website=effective-altruism.com |accessdate=11 September 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November || Review Charity review || ACE publishes its first review on a number of organizations, including the Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira (rated Standout Charity: Special Interest)<ref>{{cite web |title=SOCIEDADE VEGETARIANA BRASILEIRA |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/sociedade-vegetariana-brasileira-svb/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>, Sinergia Animal, a Brazilian organization operating in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina<ref>{{cite web |title=SINERGIA ANIMAL |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/sinergia-animal/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>, The Humane Society of the United States<ref>{{cite web |title=HSUS FARM ANIMAL PROTECTION CAMPAIGN |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/hsus-farm-animal-protection-campaign/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>, The Save Movement<ref>{{cite web |title=THE SAVE MOVEMENT |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/the-save-movement/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>, and the Cellular Agriculture Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=CELLULAR AGRICULTURE SOCIETY |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/cellular-agriculture-society/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || || {{w|Donation}} || Animal Welfare Fund (Centre for Effective Altruism’s EA Funds), the {{w|Open Philanthropy Project}}, Ariel Nessel, Jorge Lugo, craigslist Charitable Fund, Morgan & Michael C. Hall, Eivind and Kristin Vesterkjaer, and Martin Crowley are rated at the first position among ACE's Top Donors.<ref name="TOP DONORS"/>
| 2019 || December 2 || Charity ranking || ACE updates its list of Top Charities and lists four in this category: {{w|Albert Schweitzer Foundation}}, Anima International, {{w|The Good Food Institute}}, and {{w|The Humane League}}. Five charities are listed under the Standout Charities category: Compassion In World Farming USA (Compassion USA), Faunalytics, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), Sinergia Animal, and Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira.<ref name="ALL CHARITY REVIEWS">{{cite web |title=ALL CHARITY REVIEWS |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-reviews/all-charity-reviews/#filter=.top-charity |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=5 December 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || December || Review Charity review || ACE publishes its first review on Animals Now, a charity working to reduce the suffering of farmed animals, mainly in Israel.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANIMALS NOW |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/animals-now/#overview |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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