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3 | Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) | ACE Movement Grants (formerly Effective Animal Advocacy Fund) | online application available during open application periods | Groups/organizations anywhere in the world (sanctions restrictions apply) Research | Less likely to fund companion animals, lab or entertainment animals, rescue or rehabilitation, sanctuaries, species or ecosystem conservation, groups working in countries with relatively established farmed animal advocacy movement, projects that are high-risk due to COVID-19. | 50,000 USD (more detailed review above 20.000) | Márc 17 2024 | Annual | Building and strengthening the global animal advocacy movement, especially groups that are underfunded, target large numbers of animals, and are in regions with a relatively small animal advocacy movement. More likely to fund: farmed animals (esp. chickens, fishes, or invertebrates); wild animal welfare; regions outside of North America and Western Europe; movement-building; institutional change; newer/smaller groups; groups that offer remote work and safety precautions for COVID-19. Guidelines | Scroll to Past ACE Movement Grants Recipients | Jamie Spurgeon, ACE Movement Grants Program Manager | |||||||||||||||
4 | A Well-Fed World | Sustainable Keys Global Grants program | Online form | Focus is local, grassroots organizations | $500 for individuals, $1000 for organizations | Apply anytime | Grants are made every 3 months | Fully plant-based feeding and farming programs, advocacy, and community-building that promote the benefits of plant-based food choices and policies. Support feeding programs for hunger relief and racial/social justice advocacy. | Recipient countries | grants@awfw.org | ||||||||||||||||
5 | The Awesome Foundation | Vegan chapter | Online form available in 7 languages (scroll to bottom to choose) | Anyone: individuals, groups, and organizations Must be able to receive currency via Venmo, PayPal, and cryptocurrency. | "For the rest of 2021, we are not supporting projects that promote gatherings of people. We will re-evaluate this policy when the COVID-19 crisis is over." | All grants are $1000 | Apply anytime. Apply by first Tuesday of the month; decisions made the following Sunday. | Vegan chapter makes 1 grant every 2 months | Priority is for carefully-planned individual or collaborative projects with clear goals that: reduce (or promote the reduction of) any form of exploitation of, or cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. FAQ | Grantees are highlighted at the top of the chapter page | Vegan chapter: steve@sfvtech.org | |||||||||||||||
6 | Effective Altruism Funds | Animal Welfare Fund | online RFP - EA AWF RFP - neglected yet large-scale animal populations | - Individuals - Non-profit organizations - Academic institutions - Other entities Does not need to be based in the US or UK | Direct animal care, including sanctuaries, shelters, or working animal care. Work focused primarily on pets, habitat preservation, or other more traditional animal welfare or environmental causes. | Most Animal Welfare Fund grants are $50K or less. EA Funds are typically $5K - $200K; occasionally smaller ($1K) or larger (>$500K) | 3 deadlines per year, but can apply anytime. 2022 deadlines: Feb 6, June 5, Oct 2 Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. | 3x per year (decisions in Mar, July, Nov) | Projects that primarily address farmed animals, as well as projects that could affect other large populations of nonhuman animals. Relatively neglected geographic regions (e.g. China, India) or groups of animals (e.g. farmed fish and wild animals); promising research into animal advocacy or animal well-being; activities to make it easier to help animals in the future; otherwise best-in-class opportunities. | See fund payout reports | funds@effectivealtruism.org | |||||||||||||||
7 | GlassWall Syndicate | Non-profit pitch application | Orgs that promote animal rights, animal protection, animal welfare, veganism, and/or environmental protections. Also support entrepreneurs. Must either be a US 501c3 (or international equivalent) or have an appropriate tax-exempt fiscal sponsor. | None stated | None stated | None stated | Program or general support. Priorities include: young/new orgs with clearly identified goals for whom new/incremental funding will make significant difference; grassroots orgs; new programming at established orgs with diverse leadership teams. | Select investments | info@glasswallsyndicate.org or via online contact form | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Joanna Toole Foundation | Download app form and submit by email. Directions here. | Registered charities, groups, or individuals that are aligned with the Foundation's objectives. No geographical restrictions. | Salaries and general operating costs. | Typically £1,000 - 10,000 per project per year; up to £15,000 'for exceptional projects.' | March 21, 2022 was most recent deadline | Board and Trustees meet 3x/year. | To advance the welfare of animals, particularly marine fauna, through practical action and training, education on anthropogenic threats, and scientific research (applied only). See guidelines for detail; some grant rounds are restricted to specific animals (e.g. endangered species). | info@joannatoolefoundation.org | |||||||||||||||||
9 | The Humane League | Open Wing Alliance grant program | Available year-round on portal accessible only to OWA members | OWA member (organization) | - Individuals - Legislative work | Up to $50K for groups that have never received a program grant; up to $100K for groups that have previously received a grant | November 3 | Annual | Institutional cage-free and broiler welfare advocacy and campaigns, and related expenses. Does not fund legislative work. Most grants fund staff positions (i.e. salary). Renewal grants are eligible for general support. Guidelines here. | Summary of each grant is on OWA website. | Hannah Murray, OWA Grant Specialist | |||||||||||||||
10 | Lush | Charity Pot grants | Online application form PDF of questions (for reference) | Small, grassroots groups (annual budget <£250,000) - don't need to be registered charity Underfunded groups run entirely or predominantly by volunteers UK or international (if project is overseas, should be run by local individuals) | Individuals Religious or military orgs Salary, schools, councils, volunteer-tourism projects, academic studies, sponsored activities (e.g. walks, runs, challenges etc), fundraising initiatives, events. max 50% to salaries. honorariums, stipends, facilitator or contract work for project management can be considered for funding. | Typically £2,000 - 4,000 per project. Range is £100 - 10,000. | Apply anytime | Decisions can take up to 3 months | Animal protection, environment, human rights, with a focus on long-term change. Funds non-violent direct action, aid and support to refugees and animal shelters, animal rights campaigning, sanctuaries, etc. Most recipients have annual budgets of less than £250,000 and are run entirely or predominantly by volunteers. Detailed guidelines and FAQ here. | charitypot@lush.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||
11 | The Pollination Project | Global Animal Advocacy Program (seed grants) | online pre-screen quiz and application | Grassroots activists working to end factory farming, esp. in India, Mexico, Brazil. Individuals, community groups, NGOs. | Eligibility | up to $1K for initial grants; opportunities for larger, follow up grants for farmed animal advocacy work | Apply anytime | Ongoing | Vegan advocacy, farmed animal welfare campaigns, public awareness, meat-free challenges. Seed funding, and capacity building and networking opportunities with a focus on India, Mexico, Brazil. See guidelines for detail. | Grantee profiles | tgraham@thepollinationproject.org | |||||||||||||||
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13 | Daily Grants (micro grants) | online pre-screen quiz and application | Individuals or groups anywhere in the world working on an any animal rights, welfare, or protection project. Org budget <$50K; project budget <$40K. | up to $1k seed grants | Any animal rights, welfare, or protection project. | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | ProVeg Grants Program | ProVeg Grants Program | online | Individuals and orgs based outside of US. More details in eligible proposal categories. | Welfare reforms, welfare campaigns. US-based orgs or international branches of US orgs. Grants to individuals are rare. Longer list under eligible proposal categories. | $10K - $30K | Mar 1, Jun 1, Sept 1, Dec 1 Applications due by 1 a.m. Pacific time | Quarterly | Corporate engagement & institutional outreach, large-scale awareness campaigns, events, research or public policy, general support, unmet regional niches or other effective advocacy. Priority for projects outside the UK, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, South Africa, US. | Grant recipients | Jessika Ava, Grants Program Director | |||||||||||||||
15 | Thrive Philanthropy | Thrive Grant | online | Organizations and individuals based outside USA. For vegan advocacy and meat reduction efforts or projects that aim to replace industrial animal agriculture. | USA-based organization, chapters of large international organizations, welfare reforms. | $10,000 - $50,000 USD | Mar 1, Jun 1, Sept 1, Dec 1 | Ongoing | Vegan advocacy, meat reduction, projects that aim to replace industrial animal agriculture. Proposals outside USA accepted. | Jessika Ava: info@thrivephilanthropy.org | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Seed Grant | online | Organizations and individuals based outside USA. For vegan advocacy and meat reduction efforts or projects that aim to replace industrial animal agriculture. | USA-based organization, chapters of large international organizations, welfare reforms. | Up to $5,000 USD | Mar 1, Jun 1, Sept 1, Dec 1 | Ongoing | Vegan advocacy, meat reduction, projects that aim to replace industrial animal agriculture. Proposals outside USA accepted. | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Tiny Beam Fund | Fueling Advocates Initiative | See website | NGO's and non-profit advocacy groups. Can be based outside of U.S. | Individuals | NGOs: $2-$20K Universities/Institutions: $1 - $7.5K | Between April and July | Fueling Advocates offers grants to non-profit groups to help them use academic research to bolster their work. Tiny Beam also offers grants to universities and research institutions for academic research on factory farming in low- and middle-income countries. More here. | Academic meetings, translations, specialists, events, journal issues, and more | min@tinybeamfund.org | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Vegan Hacktivists | Vegan Hacktivists Grants | Online form (scroll to bottom of page) | Priority: "individuals and grassroots groups whose primary purpose is to help reduce suffering for non-human farmed animals"; must have prior animal rights or other activism experience. | Projects that do not prioritize the reduction of farmed animal suffering; projects by individuals without prior animal rights or activism experience. | Up to $1,000 in seed funding. All grants also include SquareSpace website subscription, professional design creation (logos, social media elements, icons, etc.), professional content creation, monthly advisory calls (re: tech, marketing, strategy, etc.) | None | Ongoing | Seed funding grants for outstanding, and effective, animal rights activism! Specifically we're looking for individual or grassroots groups whose primary purpose is to help reduce suffering for non-human farmed animals.' | Via contact form or hello@veganhacktivists.org | ||||||||||||||||
19 | VEGFUND | Community Events | Grant Site (if you don't have an account, you can open one here) | Vegan advocates (individuals and non-profit organizations) around the world, primarily those focused on veganism or related issues (health, climate, food, etc.) | - For-profit entities - Fundraising for non-profits - Individuals under 18 years old - Ads or videos promoting illegal activity - Non-vegans (except in very specific circumstances) | varies: typically microgrants up to $2500, up to $1/ person for food sampling, $250 for film screening licenses, etc. | None (recommend applying at least 1 month before your event) | All year (rolling basis) | Events and interventions aimed at reaching the non-vegan public, providing some call-to-action or incentive for learning more. Guidelines and eligibility | Activist Stories | Via contact form or grants@vegfund.org | |||||||||||||||
20 | Special Projects & Online Campaigns | Grant Site (if you don't have an account, you can open one here) | varies: $1,000 to $50,000 (typically $5K-10K) | January 16, April 15, July 15, October 15 Online campaign grants have closed for 2022; next open Jan. 2023 | Quarterly | Longer-term projects, rather than one-time events, broader audience reach or project builds connections to target audience and are planned with specific implementation timelines. Guidelines and eligibility | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Womxn Funders in Animal Rights | online | Animal rights or veganism non-profit orgs w/<$500K budget & diverse leadership | Organizations with budgets over $500,000 | $1K - $10K | April 15 | Annual | Advancing women in leadership and gender equity in the animal rights movement. Newer or smaller orgs, orgs by/for communities of color or that operate in low-income communities, orgs that serve womxn/WOC/non-binary, conferences or new initiatives that focus on gender equity in the animal rights mvmt. Guidelines | Grant recipients | Via contact form | ||||||||||||||||
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23 | Humane Slaughter Association | Research, Project & Travel Grants | Form available online and send to grants@hsa.org.uk | Anyone, anywhere in the world | £750 to £10,000 | None | All year (rolling basis) | These awards can support activities which will improve the welfare of (or allow us to better understand welfare challenges to) livestock animals during marketing, transport, slaughter or emergency killing. They support work on any species which is farmed for food, this includes farmed fish and other aquatic species. For example, grants could be used to cover research costs; training; organisation of scientific or technical meetings; travel expenses to present research at scientific conferences or the costs to undertake a research or study visit. | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Parks Foundation | https://www.parksfoundation.org/ | Application form | Funding related to specific projects; animal protection organisations and individual scholars; organisations must be registered charities | Grants will NOT be awarded to improve animal health, to provide for spay/neuter assistance, to save endangered species, to rehabilitate wildlife, to conserve/protect wild animal populations or to support political candidates | Up to $10,000 | May 1, 2022 | Yearly | Grants to support projects, research, and other activities to advance the welfare of animals; very wide range of projects funded | Past grants | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) | Small Project and Travel Awards | Word doc | Applications may be made for the purchase of equipment, for the organisation of (and, sometimes, to support attendance at) educational meetings, lectures and courses, and for publication, translation or transmission of information on animal welfare and for other small projects in support of UFAW’s objectives. | Work where the sole aim is conservation; there needs to be a connection to animal welfare affected by humans | Up to £3,500 | None | All year (rolling basis) | https://www.ufaw.org.uk/grants-and-awards/ufaw-funding-frequently-asked-questions | |||||||||||||||||
26 | Veg Trust | https://vegtrust.com/ | Online | Veg Trust supports animal advocates – including individuals, non-profit organisations and registered charities. | £200 - £5,000 | None | All year (rolling basis) | We support those whose work involves educating the public in veganism and/or promoting humane behaviour towards animals by supporting the provision of appropriate care, protection and security for animals who are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage and to educate the public in matters pertaining to animal welfare in general and the prevention of cruelty and suffering among animals | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Vegan Action/Vegan Awareness Foundation | https://vegan.org/ | No formal application process, might need to reach out to them to know more about how to apply for their microgrants | microgrant | Provides guidance, support, and micro food grants to local humane organizations and similar groups in the community to work toward incorporating a vegan policy in respect of all animals by omitting animals at food at events, fundraisers, promotions, and benefit shows | Some examples listed, e.g. Animal Equality, Richmond Vegetarian Festival, Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Vegan Grants | https://vgrants.org/ | Pre-application form | Not limited to a particular geographic area, must focus on veganism | None | All year (rolling basis) | Mission: We fund activism that reaches a mainstream and/or influential audience with a compelling vegan diet or menu change message in a cost-effective way. | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Voiceless | Voiceless Grant Programme | Expression of Interest | Open but not limited to animal advocacy organisations and sanctuaries; animal lawyers and law educators; humane educators; animal studies academics and creatives, environmental and wildlife scientists; First Nations groups; and diverse community and religious groups. If you do not fall within these groups, you may still be eligible. Preference will be given to not-for-profit organisations and animal advocates. Mostly Australia, Europe is less likely to be funded. | Animal protection issues that are small or localised – in order to see maximum impact for animals, we want to focus on large institutionalised, industrialised, national or international issues. Animal welfare: minimising suffering for animals in captivity, minimising suffering for animals that will be used by humans in some way | varies: $6,500 to $20,000 | Round 1: 30 June 2023 Round 2: 30 November 2023 | Bi-annually | Education: humane and animal protection education Law and Policy: legislative reforms and progressive policy/lobbying work Social values: Increasing animal-rights values and reducing speciesism, qualitative and quantitative (academic or grassroots) research that contributes to understanding in these fields Science and Technology: positive solutions-based alternatives to animal use and cruelty Network and coalition building: conferences, symposia, cohort programs, grassroots organizing, organisational alliances, First Nation or faith-based community organising Creativity: blue sky thinking, innovative and visionary initiatives, research, organisations, and efforts that go beyond longstanding and traditional animal advocacy work, expanding the thinking. | 2022 Grant Recipients | ||||||||||||||||
30 | Welttierschutzstiftung (WTS) / Welttierschutzgesellschaft (WTG) | Funding | Funding guidelines in German | Animal protection orgs and academic institutions globally | Short-term needs, travel expenses, events, commercial enterprises | None, but grants only given once per year (Sep 30) | yearly | 1. Veterinary academic education and continuous professional development abroad. (At the moment this priority area is being fully covered by WTS‘ own programmes.) Scientific research to support animal welfare. Anchoring animal welfare in society. Solution based approaches for a global animal-friendly future | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | Craigslist Charitable Fund | https://www.craigslistfund.org/ | https://granti.craigslistfund.org/invitations/overview/fe803b66c42ae1acc027f43e5b6240/show | 30% of budget | December | yearly | The craigslist Charitable Fund (CCF) supports organizations working to improve planetary health and well-being for all of earth’s inhabitants including humans — by ending factory farming and all other forms of animal exploitation. | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | The Navigation Fund | A very new funder, not currently accepting applications but planning to starting in May 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Roddenberry Foundation | Catalyst Fund | Online | Individuals, for-profits, B-corps, or non-profits | Projects that are small in scope, limited in scale, or are not innovative in some way are unlikely to be funded. If the problem you’re trying to address is too narrowly defined or if it’s not clear how your solution will lead to measurable change we’re going to pass. Movie scripts, TV shows, video projects, webisodes, or podcasts are not likely to be considered. Projects that are well on their way to completion are also not a good fit. | $2,500 - $15,000 | None | All year (rolling basis) | Small grants for early-stage, innovative, and unconventional ideas that address serious global challenges. Looking for big, bold ideas: Bold ideas depart from the status-quo and require us to look at a problem and its solution in a new light. Big ideas have a high potential for large-scale impact and sustainable change. Combined, ideas that are big and bold hold the promise of substantively improving the conditions for those in need in new and unheralded ways. | Map with all grants at bottom of this page | ||||||||||||||||
34 | Greenpeace | Climate and Nature Emergency Fund | form. | We support climate and nature protection; formal and informal groups that take actions to maximize the protection of human and non-human life from the climate and nature catastrophe. We want to empower brave activists and groups and your plans that have a potential to become loud and speak about the climate and nature crisis together as a major and urgent civilization and political challenge of our times. You are eligible to apply for the fund if you are based in one (or more) of the following countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia. | We fund a wide range of activities that have the potential to mobilize people to directly intervene with ecological injustices E.g. buying or renting of materials (stage, sound equipment, venue, etc) legal support producing of promotion content online and offline | |||||||||||||||||||||
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40 | Farmed Animal Funders | N/A | Decentralized funding collaborative and learning community of individuals and foundations dedicated to ending factory farming. Conducts research to help funders find promising giving opportunities. Each member maintains full autonomy over their own philanthropy. | info@farmedanimalfunders.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | The Greenbaum Foundation | Animal Advocacy & Plant-Based Diets | N/A | Pre-selected only | Unsolicited | N/A | Moving the world to whole foods plant based diets and ending factory farming, plus projects that increase the awareness, protection and improvement of the lives of all animals. Does not fund sanctuaries. Has a smaller portfolio focused on human rights as well. | Grantees | info@greenbaumfoundation.org | |||||||||||||||||
42 | Mobius | None, but applicants can share materials and proposals (including those submitted to other funders) with adarer@mobius.life at any time. | Individuals or groups that have spoken with Mobius about their work | Individuals or groups that have not yet spoken with Mobius about their work. | N/A | Compassion for the least fortunate. Reducing the quantity and quality of suffering for animals raised for food through building awareness of industrialized factory farming, developing alternatives and supporting systems shift. | Via contact form or adarer@mobius.life | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | Open Philanthropy | Farm Animal Welfare focus area | guidelines | Rarely fund unsolicited proposals | varies greatly, normally greater than $200K | By invitation | Monthly | Tractable suffering-reduction work (e.g. welfare reforms, alt-proteins) & work on neglected species (e.g. fish) & nations (e.g. China) | Grants Database (searchable) | info@openphilanthropy.org | ||||||||||||||||
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