Similar to how Givewell (with caveats) says that a donation of around $5000 can save a human life. Has anyone done this with any animal?
I scanned Animal Charity Evaluators site quickly and couldn’t find any quantification like this—maybe it’s too hard to quantify because mostly these orgs do advocacy?
Hi Luke,
Saulius estimated broiler welfare campaigns improve 15 chicken-year/$, and cage-free campaigns improve 54 chicken-year/$. Relatedly, based on the 1st of these numbers, I estimated corporate campaigns for broiler welfare are 1.71 k times as cost-effective as GiveWell’s top charities.
I found that ACE estimates that the Humane League an estimate of between −6 and 13 farmed animals spared per dollar donated. If anyone has other sources or perspectives to share on this, I’d greatly appreciate it.