What are ACE's recommended charities?

ACE publishes its recommended charities once a year in November, ahead of Giving Tuesday. In 2023, ACE's recommended charities were Faunalytics, Legal Impact for Chickens, New Roots Institute (formerly known as the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition), Shrimp Welfare Project, The Humane League and Wild Animal Initiative.

How does Ace evaluate animal charities?

ACE evaluates animal charities and compares the effectiveness of their different campaigns and strategies. The organization makes charity recommendations to donors once a year. Its stated purpose is finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals.

What is the Ace Act?

A bipartisan organization, The Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving (IACG) supports the academic research of Ray D. Madoff and Roger Colinvaux, law professors at Boston College and Columbus School of Law (The Catholic University of America), respectively.

How will the Ace Act affect private foundations?

The ACE Act would also encourage “spend down” PFs by eliminating the tax on net investment income for a PF with a maximum duration of 25 years, as specified in its governing instrument, and that makes no distributions to “disqualified private foundations”.