In July, thanks to the generous donor support of ACE’s Recommended Charity Fund, we awarded $523,083 to our 2023 Recommended Charities. Those 11 organizations have updated us on how they’ve utilized their grants to make a positive impact on animals, and we’re thrilled to share their achievements with you.

Donating to our Recommended Charity Fund supports impactful charities around the world, easing animal suffering. Much of the inspiring work outlined below depends on grants from this fund. Thank you!

Recommended Charity Updates

Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği

$37,711 grant

Five restaurant chains in Türkiye, including Big Chefs (109 locations) and Cookshop (38 locations), have announced new cage-free commitments affecting over 200 eateries. Some of these commitments are already in effect.
Kılıç, Türkiye’s largest fish producer, published its first sustainability report outlining specific welfare policies. These include a maximum stocking density requirement of 10 kg/m³ and increased use of electrical stunning.
Two major fish producers, Luckyfish and İlknak, formally signed the fish welfare commitment of Future For Fish, ÇHKD’s fish welfare program. Future For Fish aims to help establish higher welfare practices as industry norms and demonstrate the feasibility of their standards at scale to relevant stakeholders through these commitments.
In the hospitality and restaurant sector, ÇHKD secured fish welfare commitments from Divan (35 restaurants, 17 hotels) and NG Hotels (five hotels), covering an estimated 400,000 fishes annually through improved welfare standards.
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği successfully launched an educational initiative focused on fish welfare, providing fish welfare training for 25 third and fourth-year aquaculture students. The program featured speakers from major producers including Abalıoğlu, Kılıç, Noordzee, and Sürsan. Participants showed significant improvement in their fish welfare knowledge after the training, according to test results. They also demonstrated a significant willingness to promote fish welfare according to survey results and behavioral measures.

Dansk Vegetarisk Forening

$49,875 grant

Dansk Vegetarisk Forening (DVF) has successfully advocated for increased funding for Denmark’s Plant-Based Food Grant, with the government allocating an additional 420 million DKK (approximately 58.5 million USD) for the period from 20

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