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Timeline of Animal Charity Evaluators

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| 2012 || Animal Charity Evaluators begins under the name Effective Animal Activism (EAA), as a division of nonprofit {{w|80,000 Hours}}. EAA is founded by Eitan Fischer with the purpose to offer a resource for those looking to give effectively to animals, as no other animal organization provided evidence-based advice focused on total impact.<ref name="OUR HISTORY"/>
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| 2013 || EAA experiences significant changes. Although its original focus is on creating discussion about tactics to help animals, this would shift towards an emphasis on creating quality educational and research content.EAA is rebranded as Animal Charity Evaluators<ref name="OUR HISTORY"/> |-| 2017 || 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.<ref name="Discussion with Animal Charity Evaluators (RSVP required)"/>
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| Present time || To date, ACE has considered over 300 animal charities for evaluation, reached over 900,000 people with its research through its website, awarded 8 grants from its Animal Advocacy Research Fund, and influenced over $11 million in funds to its recommended charities.<ref name="OUR HISTORY"/>
| 2013 || December || || EAA rebrands as Animal Charity Evaluators, in order to be more accurately aligned with its activities (which does not include actual activism).<ref name="MISTAKES">{{cite web |title=MISTAKES |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/transparency/mistakes/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2013 || Year-round || Reorganization || Effective Animal Activism undergoes significant changes. Although its original focus is on creating discussion about tactics to help animals, this would shift towards an emphasis on creating quality educational and research content. Around this year EAA is rebranded as Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE).<ref name="OUR HISTORY"/>
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| 2014 || April 4 || Interview || ACE publishes an interview with American animal activist {{w|Matt Ball}}, who co-founded and served as executive director of {{w|Vegan Outreach}} for over twenty years. In the interview, Ball expresses the thought that research will not play as significant a role in the future of animal advocacy as it could or should, because there are relatively few individuals who are truly motivated by maximum impact.<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE INTERVIEWS: MATT BALL |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/ace-interviews-matt-ball/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November || 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 || || 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.<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>
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| 2018 || February 23 || {{w|Fundraising}} || ACE announces a new fundraising cap for unrestricted donations at US$1.25 million, a 25% increase from its 2017 cap. It includes the amount ACE believes could be raised and spent efficiently as well as some additional funds to fill out a full year of reserves. Some additions made to the 2018 budget include recruiting people, providing full-year salaries, increasing salaries, increasing the size of grants, adding a number of software services, and hiring contractors during the busiest time of the year.<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE’S ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING IN 2018 |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/aces-room-for-more-funding-in-2018/ |website=animalcharityevaluators.org |accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref>
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