About Animal Charity Evaluators
Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) uses evidence and reason to serve people who want to help animals. We work toward a world in which all animals can flourish regardless of species by identifying where donations can best help animals and awarding grants to promising projects around the globe.
Focus Areas
Farmed animalsWild animals (small-bodied wild animals)Corporate outreachPolicy and government outreachFood system reformResearch and evidence generationNetwork building and coalition supportGrantmaking to movement organizations (Movement Grants)
Who They Fund
farm animals / animals impacted by industrial agricultureanimal advocacy organizations / movement groupsrecommended charities (grantee nonprofits)
About Animal Charity Evaluators
Animal Charity Evaluators centers its grantmaking on organizations it already recommends, and its recent awards show a steady pattern of funding the same high-priority animal advocacy groups over multiple years. The largest recent grant in the dataset is $404,808 to The Humane League, followed by six-figure support in later years as well. That recurring backing is paired with grants to groups working across farmed animal welfare, wild animal advocacy, food-system reform, research, and movement building. The foundation’s portfolio also shows how it uses mission support to reinforce established advocates. Wild Animal Initiative Inc received $307,664 in 2025 after earlier awards of $298,555 and $225,817, while Faunalytics received $250,726 in 2025 after grants of $214,076 and $228,587 in prior years. Other recurring recipients include The Good Food Institute, New Roots Institute, Legal Impact for Chickens, New Harvest, and Dharma Voices for Animals. ACE also supports media work and coalition-oriented efforts, including grants to Vox Media LLC and A Well-fed World. Across these grants, the through line is not one-off project funding but repeated support for organizations tied to ACE’s recommended-charity framework and movement-oriented grantmaking.
What Animal Charity Evaluators Funds
In farmed-animal advocacy, Animal Charity Evaluators backed The Good Food Institute with $303,279 in 2024 and $113,982 in 2023, and it supported Legal Impact for Chickens with $171,019 in 2025 and $118,617 in 2024. Those awards sit alongside grants to Mercy for Animals, Compassion in World Farming, and Dharma Voices for Animals, all of which point to an emphasis on animal-welfare and food-system reform work. The foundation also funds research and evidence generation. New Harvest received $188,557 in 2023 and $118,328 in 2024, while Faunalytics received $250,726 in 2025 and earlier support in 2024 and 2023. For movement-building, A Well-fed World received a $66,000 movement grant in 2025, showing that ACE uses at least part of its portfolio to support organizational growth and coalition-strengthening efforts. ACE’s media-related grantmaking appears as well: Vox Media LLC received $144,500 in 2024 and $120,515 in 2023 for factory-farming-related media and animal-welfare work.
How Animal Charity Evaluators Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$5.5M
Total Revenue
$7.8M
Total Expenses
$6.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $119K, with a median of $55K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$55K
75th Percentile
$119K
Geographic Reach
National15 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
VERONICA DIAZ CARRAI
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