Call for Applications: Animal Welfare Fund Grant Program

Donor Name: Effective Altruism Funds

Reference URL:https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/apply-for-funding

The Animal Welfare Fund provides grants to support effective interventions and research that improve the well-being of nonhuman animals, with a focus on neglected regions, species, and advocacy strategies.

The Animal Welfare Fund (AWF) was established to address the vast gap between the scale of animal suffering and the limited philanthropic resources dedicated to alleviating it, particularly for the world’s most neglected animals. AWF operates as a pooled fund, combining contributions to support high-impact animal welfare initiatives that individual donors could not fund alone, with a rigorous evaluation process ensuring that grants are directed to the most cost-effective and neglected opportunities globally.

Historically, grants have ranged from $5,000 to $200,000, with the average grant size expected to increase to $500,000 in 2026–2027, and applications for $1 million or more are accepted.

The fund prioritizes ending cage confinement through corporate campaigns and policy advocacy in the Global South, advancing aquatic animal welfare via research and on-farm improvements for farmed shrimp and fish in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and promoting humane slaughter practices for aquatic species. Additional priorities include protecting neglected species such as invertebrates before industrial farming scales, researching interventions to reduce wild animal suffering, and building the animal advocacy ecosystem in the Global South through core funding and movement coordination.

For more information, visit EA Funds.

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