Building on what Peter said, Nick Cooney in addition to Jacy said not just ACE, but charities like ACE’s top recommendations are also funding constrained. If I recall correctly, Mr. Cooney said at EA Global something like:
Building on what Jacy said earlier, I’ve heard a lot of talk this weekend about how some people are concerned their isn’t room for more funding at organizations. Well, that isn’t the case for us. Animal advocacy could definitely use more money.
Note this isn’t a paraphrase, but me attempting to directly quote Mr. Cooney as best as I can remember. This is how he started his third of the “Animal Advocacy Triple Talk”. As senior staff at both Mercy For Animals and The Farm Sanctuary, he would know, and it appears he meant to prioritize and emphasize this practical point.
Givewell has said in the past that finding the right talent is a bottleneck problem they can’t just solve by receiving more money. Animal advocacy and liberation seems to have the opposite problem, where they need tons of both. More money might help animal charities better search for and/or attract the talent, but I don’t know enough about that. I’m seeking an interview with Nick Cooney for this Forum, but I haven’t heard back from him yet. If or when I do, I will ask him about this.
Yeah, this depends greatly on views of the optimal strategy for approaching animal activism. Nick Cooney definitely favors a more money-intensive approach where you spend money to conduct ad campaigns pressuring corporations and publicizing various videos. Other activists favor a more grassroots approach where funding is far less essential (though still valuable, to be clear, and often to a greater degree than the grassroots will admit). So I think what he said indicates more about the particular needs of those organizations than the movement as a whole, but I could be wrong.
Yeah, I forgot your priority cause is animals, so you’d know better. I’m just going off of what Mr. Cooney said, so take my report with a grain of salt (which you are doing).
Building on what Peter said, Nick Cooney in addition to Jacy said not just ACE, but charities like ACE’s top recommendations are also funding constrained. If I recall correctly, Mr. Cooney said at EA Global something like:
Note this isn’t a paraphrase, but me attempting to directly quote Mr. Cooney as best as I can remember. This is how he started his third of the “Animal Advocacy Triple Talk”. As senior staff at both Mercy For Animals and The Farm Sanctuary, he would know, and it appears he meant to prioritize and emphasize this practical point.
Givewell has said in the past that finding the right talent is a bottleneck problem they can’t just solve by receiving more money. Animal advocacy and liberation seems to have the opposite problem, where they need tons of both. More money might help animal charities better search for and/or attract the talent, but I don’t know enough about that. I’m seeking an interview with Nick Cooney for this Forum, but I haven’t heard back from him yet. If or when I do, I will ask him about this.
Yeah, this depends greatly on views of the optimal strategy for approaching animal activism. Nick Cooney definitely favors a more money-intensive approach where you spend money to conduct ad campaigns pressuring corporations and publicizing various videos. Other activists favor a more grassroots approach where funding is far less essential (though still valuable, to be clear, and often to a greater degree than the grassroots will admit). So I think what he said indicates more about the particular needs of those organizations than the movement as a whole, but I could be wrong.
Yeah, I forgot your priority cause is animals, so you’d know better. I’m just going off of what Mr. Cooney said, so take my report with a grain of salt (which you are doing).