This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of March 2023. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Belgium |
| Facebook page | eurogroupforanimals |
| Website | https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/ |
| Donate page | https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/donate |
| Twitter username | Act4AnimalsEU |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurogroup_for_Animals |
| Open Philanthropy Project grant review | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare |
| Launch date | 1980 |
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6 | 625,400 | 583,510 | 14,961 | 14,961 | 535,699 | 535,699 | 625,400 | 625,400 | 635,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 990,000 | 990,000 |
| Animal welfare | 6 | 625,400 | 583,510 | 14,961 | 14,961 | 535,699 | 535,699 | 625,400 | 625,400 | 635,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 990,000 | 990,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) | 3,501,060.00 | 635,000.00 | 700,000.00 | 990,000.00 | 640,361.00 | 535,699.00 |
| Total | 3,501,060.00 | 635,000.00 | 700,000.00 | 990,000.00 | 640,361.00 | 535,699.00 |
| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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| Hi, I’m Luke Muehlhauser. AMA about Open Philanthropy’s new report on consciousness and moral patienthood | 2017-06-28 | Luke Muehlhauser | Effective Altruism Forum | Open Philanthropy | Dyrevernalliansen Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries Eurogroup for Animals | Reasoning supplement | Moral patienthood/animal welfare | Luke Muehlhauser hosts an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Effective Altruism Forum about his recently published report https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood (2017-06-06). The post gets 61 comments. |
| 2017 Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood | 2017-06-06 | Luke Muehlhauser | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | Dyrevernalliansen Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries Eurogroup for Animals | Reasoning supplement | Moral patienthood/animal welfare | The writeup announced at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/new-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood provides an overview of the findings of Luke Muehlhauser on moral patienthood -- a broad subject covering what creatures are the subject of moral concern. As described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/radical-empathy Open Phil identifies with radical empathy, extending concern to beings considered of moral concern, even if they are not traditionally subjects of empathy and concern. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/effective.altruists/permalink/1426329927423360/ for a discussion of the post on the Effective Altruism Facebook group, and see http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1c3/hi_im_luke_muehlhauser_ama_about_open/ for a related AMA. The writeup influenced the Open Philanthropy Project Farm Animal Welfare Officer Lewis Bollard to investigate and donate in the domain of fish welfare; see http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1c3/hi_im_luke_muehlhauser_ama_about_open/b8o for a comment clarifying this effect. |
Graph of top 10 donors by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 6) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Philanthropy | 635,000.00 | 3 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/layer chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-eu-chicken-welfare-advocacy-2020 | Amanda Hungerford | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support EU advocacy work for layer hen and broiler chicken welfare. This funding will enable Eurogroup for Animals to carry out EU welfare campaigns, provide regrants to cage-free advocacy groups, and research layer hen and broiler chicken welfare." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 586,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: European Union. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 700,000.00 | 2 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-for-animals-european-union-trade-strategy | Amanda Hungerford | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to work on inserting farm animal welfare language into European Union trade agreements. In the event that farm animal welfare language is included in any agreements, Eurogroup for Animals plans to work with in-country groups to help ensure any provisions in the language are implemented into national regulations or export practices." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 625,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: European Union. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 990,000.00 | 1 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare-2018 | Lewis Bollard | Donation process: Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to continue and expand its fish welfare advocacy. This will allow Eurogroup for Animals to continue and expand its EU-level political advocacy, its support of its member groups’ advocacy in member states, and its support for corporate reforms and increased research funding on fish welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We consider building the field of fish welfare advocacy a priority because fish are likely the most numerous vertebrate farmed animals." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 853,415.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: European Union; announced: 2018-10-04. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 625,400.00 | 4 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-eu-chicken-welfare-advocacy | Lewis Bollard | Donation process: Grant by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support EU advocacy work for chicken welfare. Eurogroup for Animals plans to use these funds on either broiler chicken or egg-laying hen welfare campaigns, depending upon which campaign appears most tractable." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says the grant "is one of several other recent grants made to strengthen the farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-eu-chicken-welfare-advocacy-2020 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 530,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: European Union; announced: 2017-11-28. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 14,961.00 | 6 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-campaign | Lewis Bollard | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a two-day International Broiler Advocacy Meeting in Brussels in June 2017. During the meeting, participants—which included representatives from various European animal welfare advocacy groups—discussed issues and strategy related to broiler chicken welfare campaigns. Our funds covered associated organizing costs, including travel expenses for representatives of smaller advocacy groups." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "In preparation for the meeting, Eurogroup for Animals conducted an inventory of broiler welfare campaigns and an initial analysis of the relevant economic, legislative, and policy climate in Europe. Recent cage-free campaigns have been successful in Europe, and we hope a convening of this kind will facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing among various European groups as they consider launching new campaigns related to broiler chicken welfare." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is likely determined by the total of the expenses being covered. The donation was given as 13,242.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing (May 2017) is likely determined by the timing of the conference (June 2017). Intended funding timeframe in months: 1 Other notes: Affected countries: European Union; announced: 2017-08-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | 535,699.00 | 5 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare | Lewis Bollard | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support its work to improve fish welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "According to the best estimates we are aware of, fish account for about three quarters of all vertebrate farmed animals. Although conditions vary greatly by species and country, our understanding is that most fish are farmed for longer and in harsher conditions than those experienced by most other farm animals. Consequently, we find it plausible that fish farming could be the greatest cause of farm animal suffering globally. Despite this, we are not aware of any major animal welfare groups that have campaigns focused on fish welfare, and we therefore believe that it is important to start building this area of farm animal welfare advocacy." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This seems to be the time that Open Philanthropy decided to start focusing on fish, and Eurogroup for Animals appears to have been one of the few groups that was able to absorb fundsfoor fish welfare. Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants to the grantee, some for chicken and some for fish, suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: This appears to be Open Philanthropy's first grant focused on fish welfare. Currency info: donation given as 498,928.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); affected countries: European Union; announced: 2017-03-13. |