Farm Animal Welfare Fund

Farm Animal Welfare Fund is sponsored by Coefficient Giving. Aims to improve the lives of farmed animals, with grants totaling over $3 billion to date.

Animal Welfare Fund | Effective Altruism Funds Funding the most effective interventions for animals We find and fund the most impactful efforts to end factory farming, improve farmed animal welfare, and tackle neglected causes of animal suffering worldwide. Donate on every. org Recommended for donors outside the UK or Netherlands Donate on Giving What We Can Recommended for donors in the UK or Netherlands Considering a major gift?

Talk to our team Donate on every. org Recommended for donors outside the UK or Netherlands Donate on Giving What We Can Recommended for donors in the UK or Netherlands Considering a major gift? Talk to our team We find and fund the most impactful efforts to end factory farming, improve farmed animal welfare, and tackle neglected causes of animal suffering worldwide.

Rigorous grantmaking for the world's most neglected animals Every year, tens of billions of land animals and trillions of aquatic animals and invertebrates endure extreme suffering on factory farms — yet animal welfare receives only a tiny fraction of philanthropic funding. The gap between the scale of the problem and the resources dedicated to solving it is enormous.

We close that gap by finding the most cost-effective and neglected opportunities — from corporate welfare campaigns helping chickens in the Global South to pioneering work on invertebrate welfare. Every grant is backed by rigorous evaluation so your funding goes where it will help the most animals. AWF operates as a pooled fund.

Every contribution is combined to unlock opportunities that no single donor could fund alone — giving you access to an expertly curated portfolio of the highest-impact animal welfare work worldwide. 3-year grantmaking strategy Where your funding goes 2026–2028 Ending cage confinement globally Corporate campaigns and policy advocacy in the Global South, where hundreds of millions of hens remain caged with no welfare oversight.

R&D and on-farm improvements for farmed shrimp and fish across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Humane slaughter as the default Global corporate and producer outreach to end the most painful forms of slaughter for shrimp. Protecting neglected species Acting before invertebrate farming scales to prevent suffering rather than fight entrenched systems later.

Researching and piloting cost-effective interventions in urban and agricultural settings. Building the Global South ecosystem Core funding and movement coordination for advocates in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Read the full grantmaking strategy “The EA Animal Welfare Fund's rigorous, evidence-based approach consistently identifies high-impact opportunities that traditional funders overlook — especially in the most neglected regions and for the most numerous and neglected species.

” Farm Animal Welfare Managing Director at Coefficient Giving The Animal Welfare Fund has recommended over 30 million dollars' worth of grants that supported our grantees’ work and their successes, including: Establishing the field of shrimp welfare and reducing the suffering of billions Driving cage-free adoption in neglected, high-producing countries Driving policy change and legal protection for the most numerous farmed animals How we find and fund the best opportunities We actively solicit applications from organizations and individuals worldwide, ensuring a diverse range of high-impact projects for consideration.

Our team conducts thorough assessments of project proposals to identify and select the most effective interventions. We aim to systematically evaluate the impact of our grants and adapt our grantmaking strategies to maximize our positive influence. We partner with leading animal welfare organizations, researchers, and advocates to leverage collective expertise.

We aggregate donations to create a shared fund that significantly exceeds individual donor capacity, enabling support for both smaller- and larger-scale initiatives. Transparency and accountability We are committed to openness in our resource allocation processes, ensuring responsible stewardship of donor funds in advancing animal welfare.

Director · EA Animal Welfare Fund Senior Program Officer · EA Animal Welfare Fund Fund Manager · EA Animal Welfare Fund Senior Program Officer · EA Animal Welfare Fund Fund Manager · EA Animal Welfare Fund Fund Advisor · Coefficient Giving Fund Advisor · Centre for Effective Altruism Fund Advisor · The Humane League Fund Advisor · Rethink Priorities Grants distribution in 2025 Featured grants in detail People for Animals Uttarakhand and Cage Free Free Range Poultry Producers Association Training of Trainers (5-day) in India to equip key stakeholders with best practices in cage-free egg farming The Center for Responsible Seafood Research & pilot program on humane chill-killing at Indian shrimp farms to inform global certification standards A budget to support cage-free policy work in Ghana and recruiting cage-free farms in South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal Project and staff expenses to work on corporate welfare washing in cage-free accountability in Brazil The Animal Welfare Fund holds a unique position to identify and support the most effective opportunities to help animals globally.

The scale of animal suffering is immense 85 billion chickens, 100 billion farmed fish, 440 billion farmed shrimp are raised each year — most in systems where welfare is an afterthought. The problem is vast and underfunded relative to its scale.

Funding to address this remains critically limited Despite the magnitude of this problem, animal advocacy receives only a small fraction of charitable donations — most of it going to companion animals in shelters. This leaves billions of farmed animals highly neglected relative to their numbers.

Our fund maximizes the impact of your contribution We deploy a rigorous evaluation process — assessing theory of change, counterfactual impact, cost-effectiveness, and likelihood of success. Every grant undergoes systematic review. We track outcomes and continuously improve.

Why you might choose not to donate This fund isn't the right fit for everyone. Two reasons to look elsewhere: You don't support incremental welfare improvements Much of our grantmaking supports work on reducing farmed animal suffering through positive but incremental changes — corporate campaigns, cage-free transitions, welfare standards.

We also support systemic interventions like policy advocacy, but if you believe incremental welfare improvements are wrong to fund, some of our grants may not align with your worldview. You have a preference for specific interventions or species We build a diversified portfolio across species, regions, and intervention types.

If you want certainty that your donation goes to a specific cause area — for example, only wild animal welfare or only alternative proteins — a more targeted fund may be a better fit. Writing by the fund managers The fund publishes payout reports, strategy updates, and research on the EA Forum.

EA Animal Welfare Fund: Request for Proposals for Cage-Free Laying Hen Welfare Eleanor McAree 🔸 , Zoë Sigle 🔹 The animal welfare movement could scale fast. Have you made a plan? The $120 Million Question: How will it help animals?

Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from July to December 2025 Neil_Dullaghan🔹 , KarolinaSarek🔸 , Renata_Scarellis , Ula Zarosa , Zoë Sigle 🔹 AWF’s Plan to Deploy $20M+ to Scale Impact for Billions of Animals and How You Can Help Frequently asked questions How do I make a donation to an EA Fund? What is the risk profile of the Animal Welfare Fund? How often does the Animal Welfare Fund make grants?

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