For the past four years, Dansk Vegetarisk Forening (DVF) has been a Recommended Charity of Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). We are proud of this recognition.
This year, DVF was again selected for ACE’s in-depth evaluation, which only a small number of organisations receive. ACE has chosen to recommend other organisations this year, but its evaluation speaks highly of DVF’s work.
ACE actively recommends only ten organisations at a time. The impact of work that shifts meals from animal-based to plant-based food is also generally difficult to measure precisely. Policy work and international work – some of the programs we are most focused on – are long-term and structural, which makes their impact even harder to quantify.
ACE also notes that our international work is still at an early stage, although it already shows promising signs in several countries. We understand these to be the main reasons we did not receive an active recommendation this time.
We are encouraged by ACE’s assessment of our work. ACE’s review highlights that DVF helped secure the world’s first National Action Plan for Plant-Based Foods and a dedicated government fund. It also notes that DVF influenced $67.5 million in Danish government funding for plant-based foods in 2024–2025 and helped make the Plant-Based Food Grant permanent.
ACE writes that DVF’s “Policy Work offers exceptional leverage and the strongest track record”, and that “DVF has contributed to governments in six countries considering or proposing plant-based funds or action plans, with significant progress in at least four countries so far.”
Across the organisations ACE has recommended and evaluated, DVF appears to have the most effective policy work in advancing the shift from animal-based to plant-based food.
We also believe it is important that new organisations have the opportunity to receive a recommendation. The recommendation has meant a great deal to DVF for the past 4 years, and we are deeply grateful for it.