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| Title (URL linked) | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected donors | Affected donees | Affected influencers | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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| Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal | 2018-01-18 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | The blog post, cross-posted from a newsletter published by the author, makes the case that fish welfare is neglected within the domain of factory farming, and provides suggestions for how to address that problem, including suggestions that the Open Philanthropy Project (where Bollard is the Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare) is acting upon. | ||
| Grants to Support Farm Animal Welfare Work in China | 2017-08-09 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming WildAid World Animal Protection Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Humane Slaughter Association Jeanne Marchig Centre Animal Welfare Standards Project Green Monday Griffith University Brighter Green | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | The document describes the strategy of the Open Philanthropy Project to focus on farm animal welfare advocacy in China, and lists ten grants that are part of this strategy. It is announced 2017-08-09 at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg on the mailing list; this comes 9.5 months after the strategy was unofficially announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) on Facebook. | |
| Why Are the US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding? | 2017-04-11 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | The Humane League Mercy For Animals The Humane Society of the United States Compassion in World Farming USA | Review of current state of cause area | Animal welfare/factory farming/cage-free campaign | Lewis Bollard, Open Philanthropy Project Program Officer for Animal Welfare, who brought passion about cage-free campaigns to the organization when he joined, provides a timeline of cage-free campaigns and an assessment of the success of these campaigns, and the role of the Open Philanthropy Project as a funder. | |
| The Open Philanthropy Project just announced our latest grant to WildAid in China | 2016-10-25 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | Green Monday World Animal Protection Brighter Green WildAid | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | Announcement of strategy on Facebook; official document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). | |
| Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms | 2016-03-31 | Lewis Bollard | Open Philanthropy | Open Philanthropy | The Humane League Mercy For Animals The Humane Society of the United States | Broad donor strategy | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international | Written to explain a bunch of grants already made in 2016-02 to support cage-free reforms in the United States for egg-laying chicken. The blog post had a heated comment section, potentially influencing future Open Phil communication on the subject. |
| Donor | Donee | Amount (current USD) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Notes |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education | 267,723.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-awareness-research-and-education-pig-welfare-reforms | Donation process: The grant page says: "AWARE identified pig welfare as a promising policy reform opportunity following our October 2020 support." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work on pig welfare reforms in South Korea. [...] This funding is intended to support the implementation of a sow stall ban and the creation of a welfare standard assessment for pigs." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 318,000,000.00 KRW (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: South Korea. |
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| Open Philanthropy | theguardian.org | 450,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming-animal-cruelty-2021 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled, and Open Philanthropy will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount per year for this grant ($450,000 / year) is the same as for the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming-animal-cruelty-2020 ($900,000 over two years). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made right after the end of the two-year timeframe of the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming-animal-cruelty-2020 (2020-01). Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: This is an exit grant, so Open Philanthropy has no plans to make followup grants. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Good Food Institute | 10,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support-2021 | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "for general support, including its work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal products." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Farm Animal Welfare team has been particularly impressed with GFI’s public policy work relating to plant-based products." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made is made right after the end of the two-year timeframe of the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-international-work (2019-12). Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 |
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| Open Philanthropy | Reducetarian Foundation | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/reducetarian-fellowship | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a new fellowship program for undergraduate students in the United States. Fellows will work with mentors, participate in seminars and networking opportunities, and be placed in internships at participating organizations and startups working to reduce societal consumption of animal products." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 3,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/cage-fre/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-campaigns-2021 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate engagement on animal welfare. MFA plans to use this funding to continue its cage-free and broiler welfare corporate campaigns in Latin America and the United States, respectively." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant follows up on several past grants for similar uses, and reasons for past grants, including strong track record, probably apply. Nothing is explicitly mentioned on the grant page. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No explicit reason is given for the amount, but the amount is about half the amount of the previous two-year grant. The smaller grant amount may reflect a shorter timeframe of this grant. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made around the end of the two-year timeframe of the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-campaigns-2019 (2019-07) that had a very similar intended use of funds. It is likely motivated by the end of the previous grant. Other notes: Affected countries: United States|Latin America. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Wild Animal Initiative | 3,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wild-animal-initiative-animal-welfare-research | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "[grant] to support research on animal welfare. This funding is intended to support academic projects relevant to the field of welfare biology." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "WAI, recently named an Animal Charity Evaluators Top Charity, has previously recommended to us a number of giving opportunities, including to the University of Missouri and the University of Glasgow." https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-missouri-animal-welfare-research and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-glasgow-animal-welfare-research are the linked grants. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Wakker Dier | 1,180,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/litigation | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wakker-dier-faw-litigation | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support farm animal welfare litigation in the Netherlands, based on violations of European Union directives transposed into Dutch law." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that successful litigation could encourage large-scale reforms to and enforcement of key European Union farm animal welfare policies." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 1,000,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 36; affected countries: Netherlands. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming USA | 550,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-general-support-2021 | Donation process: This is a followup grant to the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support-2018 (March 2018). Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "for general support. CIWF intends to use this funding to continue to seek implementation of existing cage-free reforms, pursue its meat reduction strategy and priorities, and to secure new corporate broiler welfare reforms." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made right around the expiration of the previous three-year grant, so the timing is likely determined by that expiration. Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Dao Foods | 1,100,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/dao-foods-plant-based-meat-promotion | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support work promoting plant-based meat in Asia." Other notes: The grant is via Rethink Charity. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Asia. |
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| Open Philanthropy | FAI Farms | 600,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-egg-certification-and-summit | Donation process: This grant appears to be a result of successful progress funded by a previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-egg-investigation to launch a cage-free egg certification project. Also, the grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support cage-free certification work — in partnership with the China Chain Store and Franchise Association — and a summit promoting poultry welfare and cage-free egg production. The certification project’s aim is to develop a large-scale production and certification model for cage-free eggs in China, the world’s largest egg producer." Donor reason for selecting the donee: No explicit reason is given, but the grant page hints at the scale of the problem being addressed: "The certification project’s aim is to develop a large-scale production and certification model for cage-free eggs in China, the world’s largest egg producer." Open Philanthropy has previously explained its support for cage-free campaigns at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms and in other blog posts. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Rethink Priorities | 315,500.00 | Animal welfare/moral patienthood/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rethink-priorities-moral-patienthood-moral-weight-research | Donation process: The donation process is not explicitly described, but hints are provided. One of the grant investigators is Luke Muehlhauser, who is not usually involved with animal welfare grants, but had previously produced a report https://www.openphilanthropy.org/2017-report-consciousness-and-moral-patienthood on consciousness and moral patienthood that the grant page links to. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research related to moral patienthood and moral weight." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We believe the research outputs may help us compare future opportunities within farm animal welfare, prioritize across causes, and update our assumptions informing our worldview diversification work." It links to the blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/worldview-diversification from 2016. Other notes: This is a total across two grants. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Wageningen University & Research | 519,434.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/wild-caught demersal fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wageningen-university-wild-fish | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to develop and implement a humane stunning system for wild-caught demersal fish." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 473,260.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 36. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Changing Markets Foundation | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/changing-markets-foundation-fish-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work on global investor engagement and on retailer and investor fish welfare campaigns in Spain, France, Austria, and Switzerland." Other notes: Affected countries: Spain|France|Austria|Switzerland. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Crustacean Compassion | 786,830.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/crustacean/decapod crustacean | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/crustacean-compassion-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "intended to support work to advance UK welfare reforms for decapod crustaceans, approximately 420 million of which are caught by UK vessels every year." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 575,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Crate-Free Illinois | 70,350.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/crate-free-illinois-campaigning-against-gestation-crates-2021 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support campaigning against the use of gestation crates for pigs. There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page hints at scale being a factor: "There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates." Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | People for Animals Uttarakhand | 85,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/people-for-animals-uttarakhand-farm-animal-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a movement-building fellowship for farm animal welfare advocates in India. The 10-month fellowship, run by People for Animals Uttarakhand and Humane Society International India, will train fellows and place them in animal welfare internships." Other notes: Grant made via the Karuna Foundation. Intended funding timeframe in months: 10; affected countries: India. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology | 237,043.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/sea bass/sea bream/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/irta-fish-welfare-standards | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the development of welfare certification standards for sea bass and sea bream farms in Spain. The standards will be adopted by Welfair(TM), Spain’s largest farm animal welfare certifier." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 193,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Spain. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mount Kenya University | 167,766.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/movement growth/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mount-kenya-university | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support the implementation of a masters degree program in farm animal welfare science, led by Professor Maina Ngotho. [...] This funding is intended to cover costs related to course resources and student research projects. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that the program will help develop farm animal welfare expertise and capacity in Kenya and across Africa." Open Philanthropy has previously made grants to support a talent pipeline, but past grants were to UK universities to support masters students in existing programs; this grant supports the creation of a new program. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Kenya. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of Glasgow | 109,552.00 | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare/bird/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-glasgow-animal-welfare-research | Donation process: The grant page says: "The project was endorsed by the Wild Animal Initiative due to its potential to expand the field of welfare biology." This suggests that this endorsement was influential to the grantmaking process. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research on animal welfare led by Davide Dominoni. This funding will support research on the effects of urbanization and artificial light on birds’ welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "The project was endorsed by the Wild Animal Initiative due to its potential to expand the field of welfare biology." This suggests that this endorsement was influential to the grantmaking process. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 81,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation). |
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| Open Philanthropy | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken/pig/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-crate-and-cage-free-campaigning-in-brazil-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work campaigning to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is likely determined by the previous two-year grant reaching its end. Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League UK | 507,900.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-humane-league-uk-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "THL-UK has secured a number of broiler welfare and cage-free commitments from major UK and international restaurant chains and food service companies. This funding is intended to enable THL-UK to fill positions focused on European and global corporate welfare campaigns." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "THL-UK has secured a number of broiler welfare and cage-free commitments from major UK and international restaurant chains and food service companies." The grant page also links to past support https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-broiler-welfare-campaigns to The Humane League (not the UK branch). |
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| Open Philanthropy | GLOBALG.A.P. | 90,554.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/globalgap-fish-welfare-standards | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the development of an animal welfare add-on module for its Aquaculture Standard, in collaboration with RSPCA Assured. GLOBALG.A.P. aims to promote more humane and sustainable aquaculture practices by setting certification standards for farmed fish." https://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/for-producers/globalg.a.p./integrated-farm-assurance-ifa/aquaculture/ is the link for the Aquaculture Standard. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 75,600.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Impact Alliance | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/impact-alliance-cage-free-program | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work to secure corporate participation in a cage-free program in Asia." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that this funding could help advance the implementation of cage-free systems across Asia." Other notes: Grant made via Textile Exchange. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Material Innovation Initiative | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/animal fashion alternatives | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/material-innovation-initiative-plant-based-fashion-alternatives | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work promoting plant-based alternatives to animal-based fashion. This funding is intended to enable MII to hire a Senior Material Scientist, who will promote alternatives to silk and fur by connecting fashion companies with promising alternatives, providing support to plant-based alternatives start-ups, and working with academic researchers." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | L214 | 1,642,046.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/L214-broiler-chicken-campaigns-2020 | Donation process: Based on the grant write-up, evaluation of L214's progress since the previous grant appears to have been part of the grantmaking process. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support fundraising, professionalization, investigations, and broiler welfare advocacy in France. [...] This funding is intended to support additional welfare campaigns, investigations, and fundraising. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Since our November 2017 support, L214 has secured broiler welfare and cage-free commitments from a number of major French supermarket chains and companies." The current grant is for continuing and expanding on similar activities. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): This is a total across two grants. The grant page initially gave a smaller total of 1,432,130 (1,228,000 EUR) for just one grant, and was updated around June 2021 to be a total of two grants, with the updated amount. The donation was given as 1,408,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Reasons for timing are not discussed; the grant happens about one year after the expiration of the previous two-year grant. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: This is a total across two grants. Affected countries: France. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of Bern | 410,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken/cage-free/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-bern-layer-hens | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to the University of Bern to support research led by Michael Toscano on breeding layer hens better adapted to cage-free environments." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant fits in with Open Philanthropy's funding of corporate campaigns pushing for cage-free systems for chicken, an effort that https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms documents. The research focus of this grant is relatively unusual for Open Phil's cage-free campaign spending, but it is similar to a previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-bern-higher-welfare-cage-free-systems to the same grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 72. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Vegan Women Summit | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/diversity, equity, and inclusion | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/vegan-women-summit-pitch-competition | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a pitch competition for female founders in the plant- and cell-based space. The Vegan Women Summit aims to use the competition to support early-stage female founders, particularly women of color, by connecting them with investors and publicizing their startups." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Welfare Awareness, Research, and Education | 64,600.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-awareness-research-and-education-farm-animal-welfare-work | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its work researching potential farm animal welfare policy reforms in South Korea." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Approximately 460 million farm animals are alive in South Korea at any given time." This suggests that the scale of factory farming in South Korea is an influencing factor. Other notes: Affected countries: South Korea. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 3,600,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to continue to support program grants and associated costs for the Open Wing Alliance. This funding will support members of the Open Wing Alliance who are working to secure corporate cage-free and broiler pledges and build an effective farm animal welfare movement in more nations." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that the Open Wing Alliance has a strong track record in identifying promising groups in new countries, training them in corporate campaigning, and coordinating them to achieve global corporate wins." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made a few months before the timeframe for the previous grant to the Open Wing Alliance was scheduled to end; that might partly explain the timing. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Net | 37,600.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-net-broiler-chicken-and-pig-welfare-guidelines | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to engage with international financial institutions, including the World Bank, on the adoption of broiler chicken and pig welfare guidelines for agribusiness projects." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-asia-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its work to advance farm animal welfare in Asia. The RSPCA intends to use this funding to build institutional support for farm animal welfare, develop and implement welfare standards, and award scholarships to researchers studying topics related to farm animal welfare." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 400,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 36. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Catalyst | 350,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/catalyst-farm-animal-welfare-in-thailand | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to advocate for farm animal welfare in Thailand. This funding is intended to enable the new organization to advocate for pig and chicken welfare, specifically by working with the government to, among other things, provide welfare training and develop humane certification standards." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Thailand. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Group Nine Media | 680,448.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/group-nine-media-factory-farming-videos-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to continue to produce videos on factory farming topics. These videos could cover farm animal welfare campaigns, the welfare of chicken, fish, and other animals, and other relevant topics." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that the videos could increase the salience of farm animal welfare issues among the public." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Dharma Voices for Animals | 150,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/dharma-voices-for-animals-farm-animal-welfare-legislation | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to Dharma Voices for Animals, a Buddhist animal welfare organization, to support its work advocating for farm animal welfare legislation in Sri Lanka." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Sri Lanka. |
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| Open Philanthropy | New York University | 95,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/nyu-work-on-fish-welfare-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research scientist Becca Franks’s work on fish welfare. These funds will support research on curiosity in fish, and will enable Professor Franks to help commission articles that promote state-of-the-art fish welfare research as guest editor of Frontiers in Veterinary Science." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research | 444,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-chickpea-and-corn-zein-research | Donation process: The grant funds proposals received in response to the request for proposals from FFAR co-funded by an April 2020 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research-2020 from Open Phil. Also worth noting: one of the grant investigators (Chris Somerville) is one of Open Phil's scientific advisors and he does not usually investigate animal welfare grants. Moreover, one portion of the grant is matched with a grant from the scientific researcch program. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support protein optimization in chickpeas, led by NuCicer, and research into improving corn zein’s functionality for plant-based meat, led by Professor Bruce Hamaker of Purdue University." The chickpea portion of this research represents a match of a similar grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/scientific-research/foundation-for-food-and-agriculture-research-plant-protein-optimization-research from the scientific research program. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is likely determined by the specifics of the proposals submitted. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant funds proposals submitted in response to a request for proposals co-funded two months ago. The timing of the grant is likely determined by the timing of the original request for proposals. Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 |
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| Open Philanthropy | World of Good | 10,178.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-of-good-research-on-farm-animal-welfare-legislation | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to World of Good to support research led by Michelle Sinclair on possible farm animal welfare legislation in Asia. This funding is intended to enable Sinclair and a research assistant to conduct field studies in Asia." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 14,765.00 AUD (conversion done via donor calculation); affected countries: Asia. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Food Frontier | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/food-frontier-plant-based-meat-alternatives | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to Food Frontier to support work to develop and promote plant-based meat alternatives in the Asia-Pacific region." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | CAF America | 130,670.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/caf-america-farm-animal-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support the work of Shandong University Professor Guo Peng, a leading animal protection scholar in China. Professor Peng plans to use these funds to expand the research work of the Centre for Animal Protection Studies of Shandong University and host an expanded Annual National Academic Conferences on Animal Studies." Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | We Animals Media | 517,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/we-animals-media-content-for-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to continue documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals. WAM works with filmmakers, writers, and photographers to produce open-source media content via the We Animals Archive for advocates and others to utilize in their campaigns. [...] This funding is intended to support WAM’s photography and video archive and farm animal welfare media work." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Many of our farm animal welfare grantees have used WAM’s media content in their work to secure corporate and governmental farm animal welfare commitments." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Charity Entrepreneurship | 260,000.00 | Animal welfare/movement growth/new organizations | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/charity-entrepreneurship-development-of-new-animal-welfare-charities | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This funding is intended to enable CE to incubate two additional animal welfare charities." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Outlook | 44,200.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-outlook-factory-farm-investigations-media-coverage | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to promote media coverage of its factory farm investigations. This funding is intended to enable Animal Outlook to hire two outside contractors specializing in public relations and the entertainment industry." |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Pollination Project | 75,800.00 | Animal welfare/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/pollination-project-conference | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the Farm Animal and Veg Advocacy Conference, a new annual movement-building conference hosted by farm animal welfare organizations. This funding is intended to cover costs related to hiring a conference organizer." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Humane Society International | 60,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-african-swine-fever-training-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to conduct trainings in Vietnam in response to emergency disease outbreaks of African Swine Fever and other animal diseases. This funding is intended to pay for three two-day trainings for government officials in Vietnam and related travel expenses." Other notes: Affected countries: Vietnam. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation | 488,467.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/conservative-animal-welfare-foundation-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support [grantee's] work advocating for farm animal welfare policies in the U.K. [...] These funds are intended to support work on animal welfare and not any other activities." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes that the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation is well-positioned to advance farm animal welfare policies with the parliamentary majority." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 395,200.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Reducetarian Foundation | 14,190.00 | Animal welfare/diet change/fish/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/reducetarian-foundation-fish-consumption-messaging-research | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research to analyze the impact of various messages on fish consumption, led by Gregg Sparkman and Johanna Matt-Navarro. The research will include a survey on norms and values correlated with fish consumption, an assessment of messages to reduce fish consumption, and a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of selected messages in reducing fish consumption among consumers." Donor retrospective of the donation: The later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/reducetarian-fellowship suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee, though its intended use of funds is somewhat different. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Equalia | 150,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/equalia-broiler-welfare-cage-free-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of chickens and caged hens in Spain and international investigations into welfare standards for chickens and laying hens in cages." Other notes: Affected countries: Spain. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming USA | 78,750.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-global-eggtrack-program | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the global expansion of its EggTrack program. This funding will support CIWF USA’s work tracking and reporting on multinational companies’ progress implementing cage-free egg commitments." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research-2020 | Donation process: Nothing specific is stated on the grant page, but the outcommes of two past similar grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research was made in April 2017 and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-egg-tech-challenge in December 2018 likely informed this grant. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "co-fund a request for proposals for research on optimizing plant protein for use in plant-based meat. The resulting research could eventually improve the quality and lower the costs of plant-based meat." Donor retrospective of the donation: A grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-chickpea-and-corn-zein-research made two months later (for proposals submitted as a result of this request for proposals) suggests continued endorsement by Open Phil of the reasoning behind the grant. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 425,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-broiler-chicken-welfare-outreach | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its outreach to improve the welfare of broiler chickens in the United Kingdom. RSPCA plans to use these funds to support corporate campaigns, industry events and awards, advertising, reports and materials, and other outreach expenses." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 329,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom. |
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| Open Philanthropy | fair-fish international association | 630,370.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fair-fish-international-association-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This grant is intended to help FFI develop welfare profiles for more species in its FishEthoBase database, conduct and disseminate research on new fish welfare solutions, and consult with fish farms to comply with new fish welfare standards adopted by Friend of the Sea and others." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 565,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Alianima | 130,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken/pig/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/alianima-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Alianima works to secure corporate pledges to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil." Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Brighter Green | 340,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work to host another national Good Food Hero Summit as well as several symposia, and to continue its movement-building efforts in Asia." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing matches the end of the timeframe for the previous two-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 (2018-03). Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | International Society for Applied Ethology | 229,830.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to advance welfare science in developing nations. [...] ISAE intends to use these funds to host workshops and meetings, and to provide scholarships for farm animal welfare scientists in developing nations." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Developing nations account for an increasing share of the world’s factory farmed animals, yet have relatively few farm animal welfare scientists. [...] Our farm animal welfare team believes ISAE’s work could help to both accelerate the development of farm animal welfare science in developing nations and increase the likelihood that the science focuses primarily on welfare rather than productivity." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No explicit amount calculations are provideed. The amount per year is pretty similar to the previosu two-year grant of $135,412. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made shortly before the end of the two-year timeframe for the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations (2018-04). Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 1,901,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-cage-free-and-broiler-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support cage-free and broiler welfare. Animal Equality plans to use these funds to support work in Italy, Spain, Germany, and the UK, including investigations, fundraising, and general operations." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Animal Equality has helped secure cage-free and broiler welfare wins and conducted investigations in Europe, and plans to use these funds to continue its work." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is very similar to a similar two-year grant ($2,110,460) made to the same four countries in November 2017. However, there was a separate grant made June 2018 covering two of the countries, which confuses the comparison. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing roughly coincides with the expiration of the November 2017 support. No explicit reasons for the timing are given. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: This is a total of four grants (presumably one grant per country). Affected countries: Germany|Italy|Spain|United Kingdom. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Soko Tierschutz | 297,291.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/poultry | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/soko-tierschutz-factory-farm-investigations-october-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support investigations and publicity on fish and poultry welfare in Germany and Eastern Europe." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page hints at both the scale of the problem and the grantee's track record: "Approximately 150 million farmed birds and 20 million farmed fish are alive in Germany at any time. Soko Tierschutz investigations have generated media coverage in Germany and elsewhere." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 270,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Germany|Eastern Europe. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 15,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/commonwealth-veterinary-association-farm-animal-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This grant will provide funding for a farm animal welfare workshop in February 2020, course fees for two staff members of the Veterinary College, Bangalore, to attend farm animal welfare classes at Cambridge University, and related educational materials." Other notes: Affected countries: India. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Dao Foods | 215,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/dao-foods-plant-based-startup-incubator | Donation process: The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to launch a plant-based startup incubator in China. Dao Foods is a Chinese-led impact investment firm that supports entrepreneurs who seek to develop meat alternatives." Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | FAI Farms | 105,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-egg-investigation | Donation process: The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support its work launching a cage-free egg certification project in partnership with the China Chain Store and Franchise Association. The project’s aim is to develop a large-scale production and certification model for cage-free eggs in China, the world’s largest egg producer." Donor reason for selecting the donee: No explicit reason is given, but the grant page hints at the scale of the problem being addressed: "The project’s aim is to develop a large-scale production and certification model for cage-free eggs in China, the world’s largest egg producer." Open Philanthropy has previously explained its support for cage-free campaigns at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms and in other blog posts. Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-egg-certification-and-summit for continuation and scaling up of the work suggest that Open Philanthropy would be satisfied with the outcome of the grant. Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | ACTAsia | 300,000.00 | Animal welfare/clothing change/fur | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-in-asia-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research and reporting on the fur industry, fashion forums to discuss alternatives to fur, and corporate outreach to obtain fur-free pledges from retailers." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No explicit reason is given for the amount, but it is quite similar to (though slightly less than) the $350,000 amount for the previous two-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-in-asia-2020 (2018-03). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The time of the grant is shortly before the en of the two-year timeframe of the previosu grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-in-asia-2020 (2018-03). Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of Missouri | 189,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-missouri-animal-welfare-research | Donation process: The grant page says: "The project was endorsed by the Wild Animal Initiative due to its potential to expand the field of welfare biology." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This funding will support the creation of a database of wildlife diseases and disease interventions, as well as a stress index measuring the impact of disease on wild animal welfare." Other notes: The role of Wild Animal Initiative in recommending the grant would be mentioned by Open Philanthropy in its later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wild-animal-initiative-animal-welfare-research to Wild Animal Initiative. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Essere Animali | 462,974.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/chicken/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/essere-animali-farm-animal-welfare-work-italy-2020 | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support investigations and corporate campaigns on fish, chicken, and pig welfare in Italy." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Approximately 260 million farmed land animals and 140 million farmed fish are alive in Italy at any time. Essere Animali investigations at farms where fish, pigs, and chickens are raised and slaughtered have generated media coverage in Italy and elsewhere." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 420,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Italy. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Center for Welfare Metrics | 784,586.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/center-for-welfare-metrics-impacts-of-animal-welfare-reforms-2020 | Donation process: The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Among other projects, the Center for Welfare Metrics plans to produce a report on the welfare impact of reforms for egg-laying hens, including a comparison of the prevalence, duration, and intensity of harms under various systems, including cages, enriched cages, and cage-free aviaries." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "This analysis could inform farm animal welfare grantmaking decisions and assessment." The grapnt page also links to https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/cynthia-schuck-wladimir-alonso-daly-project-2019 as a similar previous grant. Other notes: This is a total across two grants (both contracts). Intended funding timeframe in months: 36. |
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| Open Philanthropy | theguardian.org | 900,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming-animal-cruelty-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support journalism on factory farming and animal cruelty. The funds will allow The Guardian to continue to report on issues related to factory farming. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled, and Open Philanthropy will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Vegan Women Summit | 5,000.00 | Animal welfare/diversity, equity, and inclusion | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/vegan-women-summit-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant for the summit to be held in San Francisco in February 2020. "The summit aims to empower vegan women, particularly women of color, and inspire them to be leaders of the plant-based movement. A portion of the summit’s proceeds will benefit Mercy for Animals." Donor retrospective of the donation: Another grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/vegan-women-summit-pitch-competition from Open Phil to Vegan Women Summit later in the year suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 1. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Rethink Priorities | 910,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rethink-priorities-farm-animal-welfare-research-2020 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support farm animal research. This funding is intended to help Rethink Priorities continue to produce research on potential and existing interventions, including analyzing public support for various types of reform and producing survey results that inform future farm animal welfare policy proposals." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We believe more high-quality research in this area would help us and other farm animal welfare funders compare future opportunities." Donor retrospective of the donation: A later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rethink-priorities-moral-patienthood-moral-weight-research from Open Phil to Rethink Priorities suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee, though the intended use of funds of the later grant is quite different. Other notes: This is a total across two grants. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Plant Based Foods Association | 230,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat/consumer preferences | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/plant-based-foods-association-grocery-store-study | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to conduct a study in partnership with U.S. supermarket chain Kroger to determine the effects of moving plant-based meat into the meat section of grocery stores. [Grantee] hopes that retailers and the plant-based food industry will use the study’s findings to more effectively market plant-based meat." Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of California, Berkeley | 700,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/uc-berkeley-alternate-meats-lab-october-2019 | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the Alternative Meats Lab, housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "This grant may help spur new startups developing alternatives to animal products, and could help build the talent pipeline for existing companies working in this space." This is a followup to a smaller grant of $131,579 (2019-01) for a similar purpose. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Oxford University | 41,800.00 | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/oxford-university-animal-welfare-research | Donation process: Grant made as a gift Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research on animal welfare. The work will be led by Michael Bonsall, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology. This funding will support a one-day academic workshop on wild animal welfare as well as pilot research seeking to analyze existing ecological data for information about the welfare of members of various species." |
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| Open Philanthropy | FAI Farms | 132,400.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-promoting-poultry-welfare-cage-free-eggs-china | Donation process: The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support events promoting poultry welfare and cage-free egg production in China. The events include a summit for food companies and producers, a poultry welfare conference in partnership with the China Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance, and a technical seminar promoting cage-free production." Donor retrospective of the donation: Later grants such as https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-egg-investigation for similar work suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 2,169,429.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-fish-welfare-and-efforts-to-end-cages | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work on fish welfare and efforts to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in the UK and Europe. These funds will support staffing needs, marketing, social media, advocacy work, investigations, and technical and operational costs." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant amount is £1,759,701 ($2,169,429 at the time of conversion). Other notes: This is a total across two grants. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Food Partners | 3,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-food-partners-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Global Food Partners is a new organization, led by Elissa Lane, N.G. Jayasimha, and Sabina Garcia, that plans to focus primarily on helping companies implement animal welfare commitments in Asia. [...] Global Food Partners also plans to eventually use a portion of these funds to support work with companies seeking new pledges. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes this work [helping companies implement animal welfare commitments in Asia] will help ensure that corporate pledges are fulfilled. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This is a founding grant, so timing likely determined by timing of the creation of the organization Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 Other notes: Announced: 2019-09-05. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Rethink Priorities | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering/cause prioritization | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/6RriulfZ0A4OB6BpirdYe8 | Donation process: Part of the July 2019 grant round disbursing $440,000 Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "With this additional funding, they plan to research and publish on (i) ballot initiatives as an approach to help animals in the USA, (ii) finding concrete interventions in policy and invertebrate welfare with room for more funding, and (iii) wild animal welfare interventions and refining their wild animal welfare agenda." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Rethink Priorities has received grants from the Animal Welfare Fund in the last three grant rounds, and has used the funding to produce work on corporate outreach and invertebrate suffering. The grant page says: "Our decision was mainly informed by our reasoning that (a) research is relevant to funders in evaluating grant opportunities, and to organizations in prioritizing which interventions to engage in, (b) funding for animal research has grown greatly in more recent years but still makes up a relatively small % of overall animal funding, and (c) Rethink Priorities has a track record in providing high-quality research on neglected causes." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No specific reasons for amount given, but the amount is similar to amounts given in the last three grant rounds of $85,000, $75,000, and $80,000 respectively Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 22.73% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round; Rethink Priorities has received grants from the Animal Welfare Fund in each of the three previous grant rounds |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Hong Kong Veg Society | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/6RriulfZ0A4OB6BpirdYe8 | Donation process: Part of the July 2019 grant round disbursing $440,000 Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Veg outreach in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Veg Society works on a variety of programs, including their student ambassador program, online vegan challenge, and work to ensure that restaurants offer veg options." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Grant page offers these reasons: (1) Possibly the highest rate of meat and seafood consumption worldwide. (2) Potential as a gateway into China, which may be the most important country in the wold for farmed animals. (3) Local philanthropy in Hong Kong is focused elsewhere, so there is a budget gap that the Animal Welfare Fund can fill Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No reason given for precise amount, but the grant page says: "With local philanthropic spending within Hong Kong focused elsewhere, there’s a gap in the Hong Kong Veg Society’s budget to which we are happy to contribute." The amount is likely determined based on the budget gap Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.27% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round Other notes: Affected countries: Hong Kong. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Crate-Free Illinois | 94,720.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/crate-free-illinois-campaigning-against-gestation-crates | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support campaigning against the use of gestation crates for pigs. There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page hints at scale being a factor: "There are approximately 6 million sows in the United States, at least three-quarters of which are routinely confined in gestation crates." Donor retrospective of the donation: A followup grant for the same intended use https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/crate-free-illinois-campaigning-against-gestation-crates-2021 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare | 1,099,020.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/iccaw | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work to organize a major farm animal welfare conference, host animal welfare trainings for producers, translate the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s animal welfare website into Chinese, promote the “Good Product Welfare” awards that ICCAW works on with Compassion in World Farming, and support local outreach on farm animal welfare." Other notes: This is a total across two grants via Give2Asia and the China Association for the Promotion of International Agricultural Cooperation. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Protection | 557,466.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-broiler-chicken-welfare-august-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support campaigns aimed at mobilizing the food industry to improve their chicken welfare standards. WAP plans to use these funds to develop and produce campaign materials, engage with key stakeholders, and support travel, research, and salaries." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 6,638,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-campaigns-2019 | Donation process: This larger grant appears to have been under consideration at the time of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-us-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns (May 2018) that said: "We expect to evaluate the merits of a longer renewal of our support to MFA closer to the end of 2018." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate engagement on animal welfare and capacity building. MFA plans to continue its broiler chicken campaigns and cage-free egg enforcement work in the U.S. and Canada and its cage-free egg campaigns in Brazil and Mexico." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant follows up on several past grants for similar uses, and reasons for past grants, including strong track record, probably apply. Nothing is explicitly mentioned on the grant page. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No explicit reason for the amount is provided; this is a much larger grant than any past grant to MFA. The grant page says: "The grant amount was updated in February, March, and July 2020, and in March 2021." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This larger grant appears to have been under consideration at the time of https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-us-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns (May 2018) that said: "We expect to evaluate the merits of a longer renewal of our support to MFA closer to the end of 2018." The timing of the grant is likely determined by the evaluation being completed. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-campaigns-2021 (2021-06) for a very similar intended use of funds suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States|Canada|Brazil|Mexico. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Group Nine Media | 215,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/group-nine-media-videos | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is to "to produce videos on factory farming topics. These videos could cover farm animal welfare campaigns, legislation, regulations, and ballot measures; profile effective groups and political leaders working on farm animal welfare issues; investigate whether food companies are honoring pledges; and explain the mental capacity of farm animals and environmental impacts of factory farming." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Sankalpa | 22,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/sankalpa-farm-animal-welfare-workshop | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to host a workshop on cage-free egg production in Brazil. Sankalpa had a commercial-scale free-range egg company from the UK and a Brazilian cage-free model farm lead a workshop with local producers, industry representatives, NGOs, certifiers, retailers, and investors that they hope will kick off a technical assistance process for cage-free egg production in Brazil." Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Plant-based meat startups | 92,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/plant-based-meat-startups-bootcamps-in-china | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant " to a fiscal sponsor that supported Dao Foods to spur more plant-based meat startups in China. Dao Foods, a Chinese-led venture capital fund focused on plant-based and cell-based meat, plans to use these funds to organize four Next-Gen Good Food Bootcamps in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Shenzhen. Each bootcamp will identify, convene and nurture promising Chinese startups and entrepreneurs as well as connect them with international plant-based experts and local mentors." Other notes: Affected countries: China. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Sentient Media | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/sentient-media-digital-content-optimization | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to promote public awareness of factory farming and farm animal advocacy groups. Sentient Media plans to optimize digital content to make it easier for supporters to find advocacy groups working on key issues and shift public opinion in coming years." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations | 445,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cattle/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/federation-indian-animal-protection-organisations-india-farm-animal-welfare-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This funding will support work to improve the welfare of chickens at slaughter and dairy cows as well as support movement building and exploratory work on fish farming in India." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant timing is around the end of the timeframe of the previous two-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/federation-indian-animal-protection-organisations-india-animal-welfare-reform (2017-07). Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Affected countries: India. |
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| Open Philanthropy | FAI Farms | 426,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-tilapia-welfare | Donation process: The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we do not typically publish pages for contractor agreements, we chose to write about this funding because we view it as conceptually similar to an ordinary grant, despite its structure as a contract due to the recipient’s organizational form." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to develop welfare measures, best practice guidelines, and training materials to improve the welfare of farmed tilapia. FAI plans to research optimal stocking density, humane transport and slaughter methods, ways to minimize handling stress, and alternatives to mouth clipping of territorial male tilapia" Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2019-06-07. |
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| Open Philanthropy | FAI Farms | 107,200.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-cage-free-eggs-china | Donation process: Discretionary grant made via the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. The grant page says: "This project was supported through a contractor agreement. While we do not typically publish pages for contractor agreements, we chose to write about this funding because we view it as conceptually similar to an ordinary grant, despite its structure as a contract due to the recipient’s organizational form." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support Chinese farm animal welfare auditor trainings, egg farm audits, and a cage-free conference. These projects will promote cage-free production in China, the world’s largest egg producer, and aim to reduce the suffering of egg-laying hens." Donor retrospective of the donation: The later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fai-farms-promoting-poultry-welfare-cage-free-eggs-china for very similarr work, as well as more grants in the coming years, suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2019-06-07. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Anima | 367,222.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/anima-movement-building | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: According to the grant page, the grant is "to support a new project focused on building the farm animal welfare movement globally. The project will be run by Andrzej Pazgan and Laura Gough, will be initially housed at Anima International, and will launch with a focus on Eastern Europe. Early success there could lead to expansion to to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and/or Africa." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes large portions of the world still have little organized farm animal welfare advocacy, and that the only support capacity that does exist in some regions is in the form of corporate cage-free advocacy, which may not be a good fit for all countries and activists. This project, by identifying promising groups, training them, coordinating them around campaigns, and funding them, could eventually increase farm animal welfare capacity globally." Donor retrospective of the donation: The later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/anima-international-chicken-welfare-campaigns to Anima International references this grant. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 325,494.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2019-07-18. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Rethink Priorities | 80,000.00 | Animal welfare/cause prioritization | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Donation process: Part of the March 2019 grant round disbursing $445,000 Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says that the research agenda "includes projects on the impact of ballot initiatives and corporate campaigns, as well as research into improving wild animal welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "While they have a limited track record in animal advocacy research as an organization, we are taking a bet on their team and strategy. Led by Peter Hurford and Marcus A. Davis, they are now a team of 10 researchers, incorporating a broad range of experience including research into animal advocacy issues." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount similar to the amounts of previous grants: https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW ($75,000) and https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E ($85,000) Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 17.98% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round. Rethink Priorities received a similar grant in the previous two grant rounds, so the grantee was likely considered for a followup grant Donor retrospective of the donation: The grantee would receive a followup grant in the next grant round (July 2019) |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Humane League | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Donation process: Part of the March 2019 grant round disbursing $445,000 Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "We are providing funding for THL UK’s continued development of corporate campaign work globally, through two positions focused on coordinating members of the Open Wing Alliance. [...] THL UK is aiming to use these positions to ensure follow-through on all cage-free commitments that are scheduled to come into effect in 2020." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "The UK is an important location for these roles, as most OWA members are based in Europe, and the timezone allows for improved coordination between USA, Europe, and East Asia. [...] We think [ensuring follow-though on cage-free commitments] is a particularly important aspect of corporate campaigning, and may be crucial to get right early on." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount likely determined by the cost of the two positions in the UK. It is not clear how many months the two positions are being paid forr Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 22.47% Other notes: Affected countries: United Kingdom. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sinergia Animal | 85,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Sinergia Animal is a new organization founded in Brazil in October 2017 and operating in four Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina). They plan to expand their work into Asia in 2019. The group works exclusively to reduce farmed animal suffering and to decrease the consumption of animal products by learning from the successes of corporate campaigns in the US. By applying these strategies in countries with relatively young animal advocacy movements, the marginal impact of such additional work may be relatively high. Sinergia Animal has a significant reported funding gap for 2019 and this grant will help them to expand their team and to start their work in Asia. Affected countries: Brazil|Chile|Colombia|Argentina; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 19.10%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Wild Animal Initiative | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Grant for research on tractable interventions to help wild animals. Two recipients of previous grants from the Animal Welfare Fund — Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Utility Farm — have recently merged to form a new group: Wild Animal Initiative. Under the direction of Abraham Rowe, Wild Animal Initiative will focus on research prioritization, academic outreach, and research on potential near-term interventions. Over the next year, they plan to expand their research and communications staff. They are also looking into funding early-career academics to do research that is aligned with their goals. Donors think that wild animal suffering is a relatively large-scale and neglected problem, so they are happy to support one of the few organizations currently working in that space. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 11.24%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Faunalytics | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Grant to complete existing studies on effective animal advocacy research and potentially hire a new researcher. Faunalytics works to connect animal advocates with information. This mostly involves creating independent research, working directly with client organizations on various research projects, and providing resources for individual advocates through the content library they host on their website. Grantee reports a significant funding gap for 2019. Their base budget for 2019 includes funding to complete existing studies on corporate commitments to cage-free eggs, social norms for vegan/vegetarian advocacy, and effective labelling for plant-based foods, as well as "meta" topics like increasing donations to animals and supporting lapsed advocates. Beyond this, Faunalytics would use any additional resources to increase their research capacity with 1-2 new staff members, allowing them to complete up to four additional studies in 2019. These studies will focus on supporting new vegans/vegetarians/reducetarians, more work on corporate commitments to farmed animal welfare, and tentatively attitudes toward farmed animals in China or Brazil. Affected countries: China|Brazil; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 11.24%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Charles He | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Charles He, an economist and AI scientist, has created a prototype algorithm that identifies the exact location and number of animals in each Iowa egg farm based on Google Earth data. He now wants to verify the algorithm is over 90% accurate, create an online version of the Map, and share the data and code for use by others. Donor considers this a high-risk project with high upside potential. Affected countries: United States; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 9.00%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Anima International | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB | Anima International is a new organization formed in 2018 through the merging of existing animal rights organizations including Otwarte Klatki, that donor has a high opinion of. Donor thinks Eastern Europe is currently a particularly promising location for animal advocacy work, since its animal agriculture industry is relatively large and its animal advocacy movement is relatively small. Affected countries: United Kingdom|Denmark|Norway|Poland|Ukraine|Lithuania|Estonia|Belarus|Russia; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 9.00%. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 1,565,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support program grants, events, and associated costs for the Open Wing Alliance. This funding will support members of the Open Wing Alliance who are working to secure corporate cage-free pledges and build an effective farm animal welfare movement in more nations. Donor reason for selecting the donee: No explicit reasons given but likely the same as the reasons for the original support https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2017 (September 2017). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing is not explicitly discussed, but it is likely because the timeframe for the earlier grants is ending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Announced: 2019-04-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Sinergia Animal | 245,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/sinergia-animal-general-support | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to pursue corporate campaigns across Latin America." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Approximately 500 million layer hens and 2 billion broiler chickens are alive in Latin America at any time, and corporate campaigners have had some success in Latin America, securing numerous cage-free commitments in the last two years. We believe Sinergia Animal played a significant role in some of those campaigns, including some of the first wins in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/sinergia-animal-corporate-cage-free-campaigns suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Argentina|Chile|Colombia. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Soko Tierschutz | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/soko-tierschutz-factory-farm-investigations | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to conduct and publicize investigations at factory farms in Germany and Eastern Europe. This funding will enable Soko Tierschutz to hire an investigator and cover all of their costs for multiple investigations over the course of one year." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We believe these investigations will support the corporate and policy advocacy of other animal welfare groups." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/soko-tierschutz-factory-farm-investigations-october-2020 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 12; affected countries: Germany|Eastern Europe. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Claremont Graduate University | 57,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/claremont-graduate-university-leafleting-study | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "for research to measure the effect of animal advocacy leafleting on real food purchases. The project is led by CGU Economics Professor Joshua Tasoff." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "The results of the study could inform future farm animal welfare strategy." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 1,891,890.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-china-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grantee plans to use these funds to continue working with Chinese producers, food companies, and industry to raise farm animal welfare standards. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our farm animal welfare team believes Compassion’s China team has collaborated productively with industry, and benefits from dedicated senior leadership." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant of £1,430,000 ($1,891,890 at time of conversion) Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Likely determined by the end of the previous two-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china made February 2017 Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2019-06-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Humane Slaughter Association | 570,402.00 | Animal welfare/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-wild-caught-fish | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research on ways to improve the welfare of wild-caught fish. This will allow HSA to seek proposals for a peer-reviewed and published systematic review of current fish slaughter practices, potential changes to the catching process to minimize suffering, and new stunning methods that could be more humane than current practices, economically viable for wide adoption, and feasible for on-ship use." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Grant follows a similar June 2017 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-fish-welfare that was also focused on fish Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant of £1,999,137 ($2,528,678 at time of conversion) Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2019-06-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Rethink Priorities | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rethink-priorities-farm-animal-welfare-research | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "This funding is intended to help Rethink Priorities produce research on potential and existing interventions like evaluating the efficacy of corporate campaigns and analyzing public support for various types of reform." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We believe more high-quality research in this area would help us and other farm animal welfare funders compare future opportunities." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rethink-priorities-farm-animal-welfare-research-2020 and the continued endorsement on the grant page suggests that Open Phil would be satisfied with the success of the grant. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2019-07-18. |
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| Open Philanthropy | New York University | 125,840.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/nyu-becca-frank-fish-animal-welfare | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: According to the grant page, the grant is "to support research scientist Becca Franks’ work on fish welfare. These funds will support projects including systematic reviews of the literature on aquaculture (farmed fish) welfare and general fish welfare, as well as research on curiosity, play, and positive emotions in fish." Donor retrospective of the donation: A followup donation https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/nyu-work-on-fish-welfare-2020 for similar purposes in July 2020 sugggests Open Phil's continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2019-07-18. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Princeton University | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/princeton-animal-liberation | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support expenses related to updating Animal Liberation. Animal Liberation, a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer, [...] The update work will be led by Professor Singer." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "[The book] has been influential in the farm animal welfare field. The book has remained continuously in print since first publication, and the author has written new prefaces, but the basic text has not been revised since 1990 and is now dated. We believe updating the book to reflect recent developments would provide an accurate and up-to-date resource on factory farming and help recruit new leaders to the field." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): No explicit reasons for timing are given, but the grant is mmad shortly afteer another grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/princeton-university-guo-peng also involving Peter Singer, to translate animal welfare books to Chinese. |
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| Open Philanthropy | We Animals Media | 240,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/we-animals-farm-animal-welfare | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: According to the grant page, the grant is "to continue documenting the lives and experiences of farm animals. We Animals works with filmmakers, writers, and photographers to produce open-source media content that advocates and others can deploy in their campaigns. We Animals also intends to use some of the funds to support the Unbound Project, which recognizes and celebrates women at the forefront of animal advocacy." Other notes: Announced: 2019-07-18. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Essere Animali | 150,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/chicken/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/essere-animali-farm-animal-welfare-work-in-italy | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "to conduct farm investigations and scale up media outreach and corporate campaigning in Italy." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Approximately 260 million farmed land animals and 140 million farmed fish are alive in Italy at any time. Essere Animali investigations at farms where fish, pigs, and chickens are raised and slaughtered have generated media coverage in Italy and elsewhere, and we believe these investigations are useful to others working on animal welfare globally." Donor retrospective of the donation: A followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/essere-animali-farm-animal-welfare-work-in-italy in 2020-01 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Italy. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education | 368,188.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/jeanne-marchig-centre-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its work to improve farm animal welfare in China. The Centre plans to use these funds to continue hosting workshops for Chinese pig and poultry producers and to fund a promising Chinese farm animal welfare PhD to study at Edinburgh." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 277,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: China; announced: 2019-04-02. |
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| Open Philanthropy | WildAid | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-in-asia-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support campaigns to promote the reduction of meat consumption in Asia. WildAid plans to use these funds to produce another public service announcement campaign featuring celebrities in television advertisements and on billboards promoted in Beijing, Shanghai, and other major Asian cities, including Hong Kong and others." Other notes: Affected countries: China|Hong Kong. |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Protection | 1,200,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2019 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work to advance farm animal welfare in China. World Animal Protection is supporting model pig farms to demonstrate higher welfare to large pig producers, and has secured China’s first corporate crate-free pledges for pigs." "WAP plans to use these funds to continue engaging with Chinese pig producers and supermarkets, and expand outreach to large-scale chicken producers and retailers." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): No explicit amount-related reasons are provided, but this amount is over double the amount ($544,607) of the previous grant related to factory farming in China. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: China; announced: 2019-06-22. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 750,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-broiler-welfare-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Open Phil considers broiler chicken welfare a high-impact cause: "Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth." Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken The Humane League is selected for reasons outlined in earlier grants, such as the August 2018 general support https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Likely based on funding needs and the using up of funds from previous grants. No explicit reasons for timing are given Other notes: Announced: 2019-04-30. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 261,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-welfare-campaigns | Donation process: This seems like a followup grant to https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-us-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns and is likely informed by considerations affecting that and earlier grants, and also by the progress since then. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. [...] Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering." |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 215,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-broiler-welfare-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. [...] Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page hints at scale: "Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-cage-free-and-broiler-welfare (2020-02) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Princeton University | 170,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/princeton-university-guo-peng | Donation process: Discretionary grant, structured as a gift Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the work of Shandong University Professor Guo Peng, a leading animal protection scholar in China, in collaboration with Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University. This award will support the translation of books on animal ethics and farm animal welfare issues into Mandarin Chinese." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says the project "could bolster animal ethics in Chinese universities, foster more attention on these issues, and eventually influence policy discussions." Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2019-05-23. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/cynthia-schuck-wladimir-alonso-daly-project-2019 | Donation process: The grant page says the grant "was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to continue development of a model for evaluating disability-adjusted life year impacts of animal welfare reforms." |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of California, Berkeley | 131,579.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/uc-berkeley-alternate-meats-lab | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the Alternative Meats Lab, housed at The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. The lab is the outgrowth of a class on developing animal product alternatives." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "This grant may help spur new startups developing alternatives to animal products, and could help build the talent pipeline for existing startups working in this space." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/uc-berkeley-alternate-meats-lab-october-2019 for a similar purpose but much larger amount suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2019-02-21. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Rethink Priorities | 75,000.00 | Animal welfare/cause prioritization | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Donation process: Part of the December 2018 grant round disbursing $341,000. Specifically, this is part of the set of grants made in the "EAA research" category in the grant round, which totals $125,000 Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "For example, they plan to vet claims about the efficacy of corporate campaigns and assess plausibly impactful work on wild animal welfare. They have recently scaled up, hiring several new researchers, and they are in need of funding to support specific research projects as well as their general operations." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "we are taking a bet on their team and strategy. Many of their researchers have significant experience in other fields, and we believe they can bring a fresh and critical eye to new animal advocacy interventions." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount similar to the amount of the previous grant https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E ($85,000) Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 21.99% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round. Rethink Priorities received a similar grant in the previous grant round, so the grantee was likely considered for a followup grant Donor retrospective of the donation: The Animal Welfare Fund would make grants to Rethink Priorities in both the next two rounds |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Charity Entrepreneurship | 75,000.00 | Animal welfare/charity incubation | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant to support the incubation of promising new animal welfare charities. In 2019, the Charity Entrepreneurship incubation program will be focused on the broad cause area of animal welfare. They aim to connect talented individuals with high-impact charity opportunities, and provide them with the means to fulfill these opportunities. Currently, they are funded to award ~3 grants of ~$50k. They are able to give out up to $500k (5 $100k grants) in the best case but forecast giving out $300k on more realistic timelines. They claim that larger seed grants will increase the number of applicants and will also provide them with a more preferable level of stability, allowing them to focus more heavily on long-term impact and prioritise planning over fundraising. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 21.99%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Encompass | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant to build a more racially inclusive, equitable, and diverse farmed animal movement. Encompass is working to make the US farmed animal advocacy movement more reflective of the diversity of the United States, and inclusive and welcoming to everyone. Encompass is seeking funding to hire their first staff member in 2019 in order to build their mentorship program and other movement-building trainings and events. Affected countries: United States; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 14.66%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Faunalytics | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/survey research | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for effective animal advocacy research. Faunalytics conducts original research on a broad range of topics related to effective animal advocacy. They use their research to support other animal charities by connecting them with information. Faunalytics conducts independent research like impact evaluations, opinion polls, surveys, and focus groups. They also work with client organizations on various research projects and they provide resources for individual advocates through the content library they host on their website. Faunalytics has published some important work, like their study on veg recidivism, and they have several promising projects in their pipeline. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.87%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Utility Farm | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild animal welfare | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for researching tractable interventions to improve wild animal welfare. Utility Farm is a research organization that takes a practical approach, prioritizing the research of potentially tractable interventions. For example, they published a report on humane insecticides and they are currently research interventions to reduce the suffering of birds and small mammals caused by feral and free-ranging cats. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.87%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | New York University | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for incentivising academic work to end factory farming. $10,000 has been recommended for an NYU academic award(s) for student or early career work related to ending factory farming. The NYU faculty committee will take a wide approach to candidate and project eligibility for the award(s) (i.e. not restricting the award to M.A / M.S students or any particular academic field). This grant aims to expand the academic community working in this neglected space and increase the quality of the work produced. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.93%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Andrzej Skowron | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for undercover investigations and factory farm photography in Poland. Skowron, an employee of Otwarte Klatki, takes powerful photos of factory farms. The funds are to help him buy a new car and possibly hire a part time assistant to take care of publicity and research, so he can spend more time taking photos. Affected countries: Poland; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 8.80%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | One Planet | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for movement building and anti-fur advocacy in Ukraine. Ukraine has 220M land farm animals and perhaps 45M more farmed fish, but very little organized factory farming advocacy. Although the group is focused on fur, which the donors consider a lower-impact form of advocacy, they consider it important to help grow the nascent animal welfare movement in Ukraine. Affected countries: Ukraine; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.87%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Carmen Tong | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for institutional meat reduction outreach. Carmen Tong, a professor at Hong Kong University, is working with Mercy For Animals to promote meat-free Mondays in local schools. The grant is to boost animal welfare advocacy in Hong Kong, which is significant due to its connection with China, which has the world's highest meat consumption. Affected countries: Hong Kong; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.87%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Modern Agriculture Foundation | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for promoting clean and plant-based meats in Israel. The foundation is similar to The Good Food Institute, but has a much more limited track record. The grant is being viewed as a trial grant. Affected countries: Israel; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.87%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | CellAG UK | 1,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2uyvubn8KUCoqOQS6A4ayW | Grant for coordinating and connecting individuals working or interested in cellular agriculture in the UK. CellAG UK is a new and small organisation who hope to help people connect with established organisations, promising individuals, and upcoming opportunities in the cellular agriculture and clean meat space in the UK. This grant will support the organisation’s events in 2019: CellAG UK currently expect to organise roughly 3-4 higher profile speaker events, alongside some more intimate networking and discussion groups for those interested in cellular agriculture. Affected countries: United Kingdom; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 0.29%. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 22,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-latin-america-summit | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to cover the costs of a Latin America regional summit held in November 2018. The funds will be used to reimburse travel costs for Latin American groups who attended a two-day event to discuss corporate campaigns and collaboration in the region." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant "to cover the costs of a Latin America regional summit held in November 2018. The funds will be used to reimburse travel costs for Latin American groups who attended a two-day event [...]"; the amount of the grant is likely determined by the travel costs. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing likely determined by the timing of the summit, which was a month prior (2018-11). Intended funding timeframe in months: 1 Other notes: Affected countries: Latin America. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research | 3,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/chick culling | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-egg-tech-challenge | Donation process: Nothing specific is stated on the grant page, but a similar grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research was made in April 2017 so the progress with that grant likely informed this grant. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research into, and a prize for, developing a technology that can sex select male chicks at scale in ovo, eliminating the need for chick culling. This funding includes approximately $2,000,000 for FFAR to support research teams to compete for the prize, and approximately $1,000,000 for the prize itself, which will be awarded only if certain conditions are met." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Lewis Bollard, our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, believes this technology will end the acute suffering at death of ~6.5 billion chicks per year and will spare ~29 million hens per year from factory farming entirely because the aborted eggs will replace their output in the market." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant page gives this breakdown of funding: "This funding includes approximately $2,000,000 for FFAR to support research teams to compete for the prize, and approximately $1,000,000 for the prize itself, which will be awarded only if certain conditions are met." Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants in 2020 suggest continued satisfaction from Open Philanthropy in the grantee and the reasoning informing the grant. Other notes: Announced: 2019-03-20. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Animal Partnership | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-farm-animal-welfare-activities | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate outreach and certification oversight. GAP intends to use these funds to secure new corporate partners and increase the number of animals covered by its program." Other notes: Announced: 2018-12-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Chinese Animal Welfare Institute | 1,489,201.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-standards-project-chinese-animal-welfare-institute | Grant of $2,064,034 AUD (approximately $1,489,201 US at the time of conversion; this amount may be adjusted based on future exchange rates) over three years to the Animal Welfare Standards Project (AWSP) to create an animal welfare-focused institute, to be called the Sino-Australian Animal Welfare Centre, within China. Specifically, AWSP intends to use these funds to open a central hub in Beijing, in liaison with the China Agricultural University, to focus on attitudes, motivations, engagement, and outreach on animal welfare. AWSP will be collaborating with other institutes around China to build animal welfare capacities across the region and hopes these institutes will help develop Chinese animal welfare subject matter experts. The grant renews https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-standards-project-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china (December 2016 support); general discussion of the thinking behind these grants is at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china. Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-12-15. | |
| Open Philanthropy | University of Bern | 150,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-bern-higher-welfare-cage-free-systems | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to develop and implement a pilot project for U.S. egg producers, equipment installers, and USDA extension agents to learn about management of high-welfare, cage-free systems in Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, and Belgium. The funds will support Dr. Michael Toscano, Group Leader of Switzerland’s Centre for Proper Housing of Poultry and Rabbits, and colleagues to develop the educational program and deploy it with approximately 20 U.S. producers, installers, and extension agents. Due to Switzerland’s ban of battery cages in 1992, its producers and scientists have more than 25 years of experience managing cage-free systems." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant fits in with Open Philanthropy's funding of corporate campaigns pushing for cage-free systems for chicken, an effort that https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms documents. Unlike the other grants that are focused on corporate campaigns, this grant takes more of a learning/educational approach. Donor retrospective of the donation: A later grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-bern-layer-hens also for Michael Toscano and also for research related to cage-free system, suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-12-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of British Columbia | 50,186.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/pig/movement growth/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-british-columbia-research-pig-welfare-china | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to enable animal welfare science student Maria Chen to produce a Masters thesis on pig welfare in China. Her planned research could identify reform opportunities on mid-sized pig farms." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We see this grant as largely devoted to building a talent pipeline for farm animal welfare research in China." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount was likely determined by the cost of a masters degree at the University of British Columbia. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Open Philanthropy seems to have become interested in the idea of developing a "talent pipeline" around this time; another grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-british-columbia-research-pig-welfare-china would be made about a month later. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-12-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | University of Edinburgh | 102,041.00 | Animal welfare/movement growth/talent pipeline | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-edinburgh-scholarship-program-in-applied-animal-behavior-and-animal-welfare | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to provide scholarships for three African veterinarians or animal scientists to complete the Masters program in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We see this grant as largely devoted to building a talent pipeline for farm animal welfare research in Africa, which could account for a large number of new farm animals in the next 50 years." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount was likely determined by the cost of a masters degree at the University of Edinburgh. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Open Philanthropy seems to have become interested in the idea of developing a "talent pipeline" around this time; another grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/university-of-british-columbia-research-pig-welfare-china would be made about a month later. Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Other notes: Announced: 2018-11-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Food Frontier | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meat alternatives/plant-based meat | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/food-frontier-general-support | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Food Frontier is an Australian organization promoting plant-based meat alternatives, and will explore opportunities for Australia and New Zealand to supply the Asia-Pacific region with alternative proteins." Other notes: Affected countries: Australia|New Zealand; announced: 2018-11-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Otwarte Klatki | 10,350.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/otwarte-klatki-care-conference-travel-grants | Grant to make it possible for Eastern European farm animal advocates to attend the Conference on Animal Rights (CARE) in Europe in Prague in October. Follows previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/otwarte-klatki-chicken-welfare-campaigns-poland-ukraine to Otwarte Klatki. Announced: 2019-01-31. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics | 6,683.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/oxford-uehiro-centre-for-practical-ethics-animal-sentience-workshop | Discretionary grant of £5,217 ($6,683 at the time of conversion) to host a workshop on animal sentience. The one-day workshop aimed at academics and policymakers will include presentations of new science on animal sentience, including in fish and invertebrates, as well as discussions of the ethical and policy implications of those findings. Announced: 2018-10-20. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Prevent Cruelty California | 4,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/prevent-cruelty-california-prop-12 | Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund. Grantee is a coalition of veterinarians, animal shelters, farmworkers, food safety groups, and animal protection charities advocating for Proposition 12. Prop 12, which will appear on California’s general election ballot this November, would require cage-free housing and improve space requirements in California for veal calves, pigs, and egg-laying hens, and would ensure that veal, pork, and eggs sold in California come from operations meeting these standards. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-10-05. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Better Eating International | 12,690.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/better-eating-international-organizational-development | Discretionary grant for organizational development, follows February 2018 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/better-eating-international-millenial-vegan-survey. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-10-20. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Eurogroup For Animals | 990,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare-2018 | 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 | The Humane League | 10,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant renews four previous grants: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns (US corporate cage-free), https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-international-cage-free-advocacy (international cage-free), and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support (general support), https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2017 (Open Wing Alliance). THL used previous funding to secure corporate cage-free and broiler welfare pledges that, if fully implemented, will benefit approximately 150 million hens and 50 million broiler chickens alive at any time. The new fundings helps THL continue current programs and strengthen infrastructure through initiatives like increasing staff salaries and benefits to be in line with industry standards. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The reason for selecting donee is not discussed explicitly, but likely includes the same reasons as for the previous grants, and continued satisfaction with progress made through those grants. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount breakdown is not explicitly discussed, but at about $3 million per year, it is similar to grant amounts per year for the previous grants, when added up. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing is not explicitly discussed, but it is likely because the timeframe for the earlier grants is ending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 42 Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-09-28. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/layer chicken/pig/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-crate-and-cage-free-campaigning-in-brazil | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "for campaigning to reduce the use of battery cages for layer hens and gestation crates for pigs in Brazil." [Grantee] intends to use these funds to continue its corporate campaigns, to start a tracker of corporate implementation of cage-free pledges, and to host a conference with egg producers, food companies, scientists, and activists to discuss implementation." Donor reason for selecting the donee: No explicit reasons are provided, but the grant page suggests satisfaction with the grantee's progress after the previous grant, and with their intended use of the funds for this grant. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is likely determined by the previous two-year grant reaching its end. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-crate-and-cage-free-campaigning-in-brazil-2020 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil; announced: 2018-09-27. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Griffith University | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a symposium on farm animal welfare in China in 2019 to be organized by Professor Deborah Cao, an expert on Chinese animal law, and to support Professor Cao’s work on a new book, in Chinese, about farm animal welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: A positive assessment of the outcome of the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china for similar purposes seems to have played a role. The grant page says the previous grat "helped Professor Cao organize a farm animal academic conference in Beijing in 2017 attended by 60 scientists, mostly from Chinese agricultural universities and research institutes." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy (2019-11) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-08-31. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Plant Based Foods Association | 250,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives/plant-based meat/legislative change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/plant-based-foods-association-state-level-policy-advocacy-against-threats-to-the-plant-based-sector | Donation process: Discretionary grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, because of the funding being used for lobbying efforts Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "for state-level policy advocacy against threats to the plant-based food sector. [Grantee] plans to use these funds to monitor, analyze, and, when necessary, oppose attempts to create policies that undermine plant-based alternatives to animal products." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/plant-based-foods-association-state-level-policy-2019 (2019-09) suggests satisfaction with the outcome of the grant. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-08-31. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Rethink Priorities | 85,000.00 | Animal welfare/Cause prioritization | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Donation process: Part of the June 2018 grant round disbursing $1,205,000. Specifically, this is part of the set of grants made in the "Research and EA movement building" category in the grant round, which totals $760,000 Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "Peter Hurford and Marcus A. Davis want to assess current and potential animal welfare interventions as part of their trial project to generate actionable new insights across EA causes. For example, they want to vet claims about the efficacy of corporate campaigns and assess plausibly impactful work on wild animal welfare." Budget is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TYaIpc-E112CMOcFHzq9UQAdWKnsDK8QeZTS85sk1RU/edit Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "I think these projects are worthwhile, but this is more a bet on the people [Peter Hurford and Marcus A. Davis] and their method than on specific projects: I see value to two experienced EA researchers approaching existing and new animal welfare interventions with a fresh and critical eye." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount likely determined both by total funds available for granting and by budget submitted by grantee at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TYaIpc-E112CMOcFHzq9UQAdWKnsDK8QeZTS85sk1RU/edit#gid=0 This lists a main budget of $62,109 and an expansion budget of $101,309 Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 7.05% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round, as well as the fact that the Rethink Priorities project is just getting started Donor retrospective of the donation: The Animal Welfare Fund would make grants to Rethink Priorities in each of the next three grant rounds |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Charity Evaluators | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meta/charity evaluator | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Donation process: Part of the June 2018 grant round disbursing $1,205,000. Specifically, this is part of the set of grants made in the "Research and EA movement building" category in the grant round, which totals $760,000 Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant to support ACE's operations. However, Bollard expects that ACE will hit its self-imposed limit of $1.25 million in funds raised, and will therefore redirect the excess funds to its top charities, which is also something Bollard is fine with Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "I think ACE: (1) serves a critical role in the farm animal movement in promoting EA values (transparency, use of data, constant reflection on what works), (2) has room for more funding and good plans for spending additional funds, and (3) will raise more funds for its recommended charities if it can wrap up fundraising for itself earlier in the year, which it will do once it hits its self-imposed cap of $1.25M to support ACE’s operations." Also: "And I see additional benefits to giving ACE greater financial security sooner and more influence over the distribution of funds in the movement." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant page says: "This is an unusually large and conventional grant for the EA Fund. But the EA Fund raised over $2M last year — thank you for your generosity! — and I don’t want it to sit idle while I identify more small and unique funding opportunities." Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 41.49% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Hong Kong Veg Society | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Donation process: Part of the June 2018 grant round disbursing $1,205,000. More specifically, it is part of $305,000 granted within the "International grassroots groups" category Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant for "Veg outreach in Hong Kong" Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Hong Kong is a relatively small region to target (7.3M people) with few farm animals (1.7M land animals). But it has the world’s highest rate of meat and seafood consumption and, as part of China, offers an opening into the most important country in the world for the future of farm animal welfare. There are multiple groups working to promote veg eating and farm animal welfare in Hong Kong, and we plan to investigate them more thoroughly soon. In the meantime, this grant will help a group recommended by several people familiar with the Hong Kong scene to extend its grassroots activism." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The grant page says: "There are multiple groups working to promote veg eating and farm animal welfare in Hong Kong, and we plan to investigate them more thoroughly soon." This suggests the possibility that, after investigation, the Animal Welfare Fund may grant more to Hong Kong Veg Society, or may stop granting to it, supporting other groups instead Donor retrospective of the donation: The donor would make a followup $10,000 grant in July 2019 https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/6RriulfZ0A4OB6BpirdYe8 and offer similar reasoning for the followup grant Other notes: Affected countries: Hong Kong; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 1.66%. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Welfare Action Lab | 75,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meat alternatives/surveys | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant to support replication on a larger, more reliable platform two recent M-Turk surveys by Eva Vivalt and Bobbie MacDonald: https://osf.io/4dczh/ (impact of clean meat on ethical beliefs) and https://osf.io/ndtr2/ (how to overcome naturalistic resistance to clean meat). Bollard is excited because he thinks (a) we need more data on potential acceptance and impacts of clean meat, (b) the researchers have a track record of good research that follows best practices (e.g., pre-registration, open data), and (c) replication on different platforms is useful for assessing the robustness of findings. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.22%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Liberation Translation Fund | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant to support translation of Animal Liberation by Peter Singer into other languages. Singer has offered to waive royalties for any publishers interested in translating, and is in talks with publishers interested in translating the work into Hindi, Ukrainian, Romanian, Georgian, and Swahili (Animal Liberation has already been translated into more common languages like Mandarin and Spanish). This fund will cover costs of translating the work whenever Peter approves its translation — the first $2K will pay to translate the work into Icelandic. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.15%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Cellular Agriculture Society | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meat alternatives | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant to support building the field of academic research on clean meat. Bollard is impressed with the work of others like The Good Food Institute and New Harvest, but thinks there is scope for a variety of approaches. Despite some concerns, he is impressed with the team assembled by the Cellular Agriculture Society and thinks they deserve funding. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.15%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Ethics | 70,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant proposed along with two other grants related to the wild animals space; the amount of the grant was chosen based on the estimated room for more funding. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 5.81%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Utility Farm | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant proposed along with two other grants related to the wild animals space; the amount of the grant was chosen based on the estimated room for more funding. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 3.32%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Wild-Animal Suffering Research | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Grant proposed along with two other grants related to the wild animals space; the amount of the grant was chosen based on the estimated room for more funding. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 24.90%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Essere Animali | 75,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken and pig | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Bollard is impressed with the publicity the grantee (an Italian membership group with fees of ~€270/year) has got for its investigations into the abuse of pigs for parma ham and octopus fishing. He is also impressed with the work of Animal Equality in Italy, but thinks multiple groups would be good given the scale of factory farming (~260 million land farm animals, and ~150 million farmed fish). These funds would allow Essere Animali to hire corporate campaigners on fish farming and gestation crates for a year, as well as supporting campaign costs. Essere Animali proposed three more roles it wanted funded, but Bollard did not want to overcommit; he thinks the Open Philanthropy Project, where he is the Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, may be interested in funding the organization if it does well. Affected countries: Italy; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.22%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira | 60,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Bollard was recommended this organization, which was claimed to have played a role in Meatless Monday pledges that are claimed to have led to 47 million more vegetarian meanls served in 2017. The funding will cover some combination of expanding the institutional Meatless Monday campaigns and hiring a fundraiser; budget at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18H8SXLkfu7Loh2nk-i4gTXW0LyvySPdBKBajhVSmc9k/edit. Affected countries: Brazil; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.98%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Vegans of Shanghai | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Eve Samyuktha Thyagarajan launched this group to promote veganism in China’s commercial capital. She says she has worked with 30+ restaurants to replace some non-vegan items with vegan items on their menus. Although unable to directly verify, Bollard has heard positive things about Eve. He sees value in suppporting all the promising activists he can find. The funds would pay for outreach expenses and Eve’s time (she currently self-funds from her full-time job). Affected countries: China; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.15%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Bangladesh Animal Welfare Society | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Given the population of Bangladesh and the rising urban middle class, there is a huge absolute amount of, and rapid growth in, land farm animals (13th highest in world) and farmed fish (5th highest in the world). The animal welfare movement is quite nascent. Bollard is interested in funding it, in particular the Bangladesh Animal Welfare Society, which is shifting focus from street dog welfare to farmed animal welfare nad veg advocacy. Affected countries: Bangladesh; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.15%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Vege Project | 25,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | Haruko Kawano leads this effort to build a grassroots vegan advocacy movement in a country that has the world’s third-highest level of egg consumption and ninth-highest level of fish consumption per capita (though low meat consumption rates). Her group has created a VegeMap for Kyoto and is preparing one for Tokyo, has organized community events to showcase vegan food, and is trying to work with institutions and restaurants to increase vegan options. The funds would allow Haruko to hire her first paid employee to help her. Affected countries: Japan; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.07%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Obraz | 25,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E | This grassroots Czech group appears to have achieved significant traction in the last two years: successfully lobbying for a national ban on fur farming, securing national news coverage(link in Czech) for its investigations into battery cage operations, and securing cage-free pledges from major retailers. Its corporate campaigns and investigations are already funded, but it’s seeking funding to convert a volunteer organizer into a full-time organizer. The Czech Republic is not a high priority due to its size (11M people and 31M land farm animals alive at any time). Affected countries: Czech Republic; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.07%. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Charity Entrepreneurship | 265,000.00 | Animal welfare/movement growth/new organizations | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/charity-science-development-of-new-animal-welfare-charities | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Thegrant page says the grant is "to support the creation of new animal welfare charities through their Charity Entrepreneurship project. Charity Science plans to use these funds to review potential farm animal welfare interventions and incubate 3-5 new animal welfare charities, including the development of first-year plans, a training program teaching key skills, and ongoing assistance to the founders. Charity Science hopes the new groups will be able to secure ongoing funding to continue operations beyond the incubation period." Donor retrospective of the donation: A followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/charity-entrepreneurship-development-of-new-animal-welfare-charities in May 2020 to continue the program suggests satisfaction with the outcome of the grant. The page for the later grant says: "Since our July 2018 support to Charity Science, CE has incubated two promising farm animal welfare charities." Other notes: In the Open Philanthropy grant database, the grant recipient is listed as Charity Science, since the Charity Entrepreneurship program was not spin off separately at that point. The later grant would have Charity Entrepreneurship as its recipient. Announced: 2018-07-25. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 2,772,430.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-corporate-animal-welfare-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support corporate cage-free and broiler welfare campaigns. Animal Equality plans to expand its corporate campaigns in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and the U.S." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is framed as a renewal of the past grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-international-cage-free-advocacy (August 2016) and also cites other past grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-india-animal-welfare-reform (2017, India) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-eu-farm-animal-welfare (2017, Europe). It is likely made for similar reasons: track record of successful investigations and confidence of Open Phil staff in Animal Equality leadership. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is made around the time that the original two-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-international-cage-free-advocacy expires, and is framed as a renewal, so its timing is likely determined by the original grant expiring. Intended funding timeframe in months: 36 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-broiler-welfare-campaigns (2019-01) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-cage-free-and-broiler-welfare (2020-02) with somem overlapping countries suggests continued endorsement of Animal Equality by Open Philanthropy. Other notes: This is a total of five grants (presumably one grant per country). Affected countries: United States|Brazil|Italy|Mexico|Spain; announced: 2018-07-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Commonwealth Veterinary Association | 31,355.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/commonwealth-veterinary-association-animal-welfare-workshop | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to provide travel for international farm animal welfare experts to attend an animal welfare workshop in March 2019 in Bangalore, India." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "As with our previous grants to support travel scholarships for animal welfare scientists, we believe it is possible to positively impact the trajectory of welfare science in developing nations." It links to https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-travel-scholarships (a grant to the International Societoy for Applied Ethology for the 51st Congress). Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount was likely determined by travel costs. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is likely influenced by thte timing of the workshop, but the grant is made nine months in advance of the workshop. Intended funding timeframe in months: 1 Other notes: Affected countries: India; announced: 2018-07-06. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 10,720.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-organizational-development | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant for organizational development. Follows October 2017 support https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/discretionary-grants Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant of £8,000 ($10,720 at the time of conversion) Other notes: Discretionary grant for organizational development. Follows the October 2017 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-end-the-cage-age-campaign. Announced: 2018-06-28. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 375,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-us-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its broiler chicken welfare corporate campaigns in the U.S." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page links the grant to two past grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns (broiler chicken welfare) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns (cage-free egg campaign). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant happens around two years after the linked previous two-year grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns (broiler chicken welfare) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns (cage-free egg campaign) suggesting that its timing is related to their expiration. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The grant page says: "We expect to evaluate the merits of a longer renewal of our support to MFA closer to the end of 2018." Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants from Open Phil to Mercy For Animals (including https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-welfare-campaigns in January 2019 with a similar scope) suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-06-14. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 231,677.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/researcch | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-broiler-breed-study | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a broiler chicken breed welfare study. The study, to be conducted by the Royal Veterinary College under RSPCA supervision, will test the welfare of two new breeds and will validate two new behavioral measures to enhance future breed tests." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer Lewis Bollard believes the research is likely to assist broiler welfare campaigns in the U.S. and Europe." Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 171,600.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); affected countries: United Kingdom; announced: 2018-06-14. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Bollard excited about expanding the farm animal advocacy movement in East Asia, and impressed by the group’s leader, Wu Hung, and heard positive things about the group from a number of people I trust. Grantee organization has made progress in securing labeling of eggs by method of production. Affected countries: Taiwan; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | ProVeg International | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Despite having a lot of cash and growing quickly, Bollard believes grantee has room for funding. Funding would help with an initiative to enter China. Affected countries: China; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sinergia Animal | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Small budget ($100K/year) outside of funding from the Open Wing Alliance and this grant. Not prioritizing Open Phil funding due to the small size of the grant. Affected countries: Argentina|Brazil|Chile|Colombia; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for corporate campaigns in Brazil. Affected countries: Brazil; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Dharma Voices for Animals | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grantee is a Buddhist animal advocacy group that engages religious leaders in promoting veganism. This grant would support its new project in Sri Lanka, where ~70% of people are Theravada Buddhists and the group seems to have impressive connections. Bollard hopes that if this project succeeds, it could be replicated in Thailand or Myanmar, where ~90% of the population is Theravada Buddhist. Affected countries: Sri Lanka; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Asociación Para el Rescate Y Bienestar Animal | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for corporate campaigns in Peru. Grantee, though traditionally focused on non-farm animal work, recently participated in Open Wing Alliance training and is eager to launch corporate campaigns in Peru. It is constrained by a small budget (~$25K/year) and the grant is as large as Bollard thinks can usefully be absorbed. Affected countries: Peru; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Rights Center of Japan | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grantee is the primary group working on factory farming in Japan. Grant amount is small because Bollard does not know much about the grantee. Affected countries: Japan; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Friends Jogja | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant made based on suggestion by Chetana Mirle, the former director of Humane Society International’s farm animal work. Grant amount is small because Bollard does not know much about the grantee. Affected countries: Indonesia; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Kingdom Foundation | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant made based on suggestion by Chetana Mirle, the former director of Humane Society International’s farm animal work. Grant amount is small because Bollard does not know much about the grantee. Affected countries: Philippines; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Nepal | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grantee is the only group of its kind in its country, and Bollard has received two positive review. Grantee felt they could achieve a lot of $10K, but Bollard is taking a chance with $20K. Affected countries: Nepal; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Bollard wants grantee (CARE) to take advantage of the window of opportunity to push for animal welfare improvements, after http://koreabizwire.com/home-improvements-for-chickens-as-govt-pushes-for-better-factory-farming-standards/108738 -- recent announcements of animal welfare standards by the South Korean government. Affected countries: South Korea; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 2.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sentient Media | 85,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for new farm animal-focused media group. This will support the formation of a new group with the goal “to create and sustain salience and urgency about animal suffering and its causes, especially factory farming,” through generating more earned media. Bollard believes in the promise, similar to the success of The Marshall Project and Inside Climate News. The group is founded by Mikko Jarvenpaa, who has previously worked with the media industry as CEO of two startups (Infogram, Vuact) and has skin in the game — he’s funding most of the initial work himself. This grant will enable Mikko to rapidly scale up this group and sustain it for nine months — enough to validate the concept. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 11.30%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Intercept | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for video stories promoting awareness of factory farming. Grantee has recently produced some video series, such as https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/consumers-are-revolting-against-animal-cruelty-so-the-poultry-industry-is-lobbying-for-laws-to-force-stores-to-sell-their-eggs/ and https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/factory-farms-fbi-missing-piglets-animal-rights-glenn-greenwald/ Co-founder Glenn Greenwald seems committed. The funding is to produce three longer, deeply reported video stories on factory farming. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Welfare Media | 25,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grantee produces ideos to promote awareness of factory farming. Bollard is impressed by Animal Welfare Media’s low cost ($12K/video) and reach (its prior farm video videos seem to have generated 500K-3M views each across platforms based on my count). Given $12K would cover printing and distributing ~40K leaflets in the most efficient programs, the viral videos could be equally cost-effective even if they were >10X less effective per view (even assuming everyone who gets a leaflet is a “view”). This grant will enable Animal Welfare Media to produce two videos focused on factory farming, likely one for Faunalytics and one for a more advocacy-focused group. I view this as a test for potential greater funding of this in future. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 3.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Wild-Animal Suffering Research | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant will provide continued support for the research of Persis Eskander, Ozy Brennan, and Georgia Ray into the subjective experiences of wild animals, and how we could improve them. Grant made for same reasons as outlined in previous writeup: https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sentience Institute | 70,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for building the EA animal movement. Bollard is impressed with grantee for: (1) generating relevant empirical data, like its survey on US opinion on factory farming and its compilation of global factory farming stats, (2) producing relevant case studies for EA animal advocates, e.g. on the British anti-slavery movement and the adoption of nuclear power, and (3) publishing thought pieces to advance ideas within EA circles, like Jacy’s recent post on prioritizing moral circle expansion over AI alignment. This sum is intended to be enough for the Sentience Institute to support one researcher for a year, though it has total discretion in how to use these funds. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 9.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Encompass | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/2ENqwtVsfWAw22eogwS4cG | Grant for building a more racially inclusive, equitable, and diverse farm animal movement. Grant made due to clear room for more funding, and to support somebody Bollard thinks highly of: Aryenish Birdie. Viewed as an exploratory grant till Bollard learns more about the area. Affected countries: United States; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Open Philanthropy | International Society for Applied Ethology | 135,412.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to advance farm animal welfare science in developing nations. [...] ISAE intends to use these funds to send 15 developing nation scientists to its annual conference, and to host workshops, regional meetings, and farm visits" Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Developing nations account for an increasing share of the world’s factory farmed animals, yet few have many farm animal welfare scientists. [...] [Activities funded by the grant] could both accelerate the development of farm animal welfare science in developing nations and increase the likelihood that the science focuses primarily on welfare rather than productivity." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): No explicit reason for timing is given, but it is likely based on having had enough time to evaluate the success of the March 2017 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-travel-scholarships and come up with a broader grant scope. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations-2020 just before the end of this grant's timeframe suggests satisfaction with the grant outcome. Other notes: Announced: 2018-05-17. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Changing Tastes | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/changing-tastes-market-insights-business-engagement-fish-welfare | Grant to conduct research on attitudes about humane production of fish and seafood among U.S. restaurant and supply chain decision-makers and consumers. Changing Tastes, a food consultancy, intends to conduct surveys to identify current marketplace recognition of humane production and disseminate the results via trade conferences and media. Legally structured as contract work, but conceptually considered similar to a grant, hence reported in the grants database. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-07-12. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Brighter Green | 430,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 | Donation process: Total across two grants, one of which was discretionary Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work to host another national China Good Food Hero Summit as well as regional summits, administer a “Good Food Incubator” for activists and social enterprises, and research the state of factory farming and advocacy in China." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This grant happens a few months after the end of the timeframe for the previous one-year grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china (2016-09). Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-2020 right at the end of the timeframe of this grant suggests satisfaction with the outcome of the grant. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2018-03-23. |
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| Open Philanthropy | ACTAsia | 350,000.00 | Animal welfare/clothing change/fur | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-2018 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work on a fur-free ad campaign, fur-free courses at design colleges, research and reporting on the fur industry, and a Sustainable Fashion Forum to discuss alternatives to fur." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/act-asia-reduce-fur-demand-in-asia-2020 with a similar amount and similar purpose, made shortly before the end of the timeframe of this grant, suggests satisfaction with the grant outcome. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: China; announced: 2018-05-30. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 13,813.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-organizational-development | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "for organizational development." Other notes: Announced: 2018-04-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | WildAid | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-china-2018 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support [WildAid's] campaign to reduce meat consumption in the Asia-Pacific region. We [Open Philanthropy] expect WildAid will use the funds to produce public service announcement campaigns featuring celebrities in television advertisements and on billboards in Beijing, Shanghai, and other major Asian cities, including Hong Kong and others." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-in-asia-2019 (2019-02) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China|Hong Kong; announced: 2018-03-23. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming USA | 1,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support-2018 | Donation process: This is a followup grant to the first grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support made April 2016. Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "for general support. CIWF USA has been one of the major contributors to the success of corporate reforms for layer hens, and intends to use these funds to seek implementation of existing cage-free reforms and to secure new corporate broiler welfare reforms." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page does not go into reasons, but suggests that the reasons are similar to https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Case_for_the_grant (reasons for the first grant). Excerpt: "We see this grant as an opportunity to expand our support for organizations working to improve the living conditions of animals on U.S. factory farms beyond our early grants on cage-free corporate campaigns." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 36; affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-25. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso | 96,130.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/cynthia-schuck-wladimir-alonso-daly-project | Donation process: The grant page says the grant "was supported through a contractor agreement. While we typically do not publish pages for contractor agreements, we occasionally opt to do so." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to develop a model for evaluating disability-adjusted life year (DALY) impacts of animal welfare reforms. This six-month pilot project will focus on the impact of various potential welfare reforms for pigs, including banning crates or mutilations and requiring indoor enrichment or outdoor access. If successful, the project could be expanded to analyze the DALY impact of other welfare reforms for other farmed species." Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 6; announced: 2018-05-17. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Farm Forward | 165,691.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-leadership-circle-2018 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to continue to seek commitments from universities, hospitals, and companies to source certified higher-welfare animal products. This continues the January 2017 support https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-broiler-chicken-welfare-advocacy Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is a renewal grant and its timing is determined by the end of the timeframe for the previous grant Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Donor retrospective of the donation: The exit grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-exit-grant made next year suggests that the results of the grant were not fully satisfactory Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-04-05. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Better Eating International | 67,110.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/better-eating-international-millenial-vegan-survey | Discretionary grant to support a market research study to "Segment U.S. millennials for Targeted Vegan Education.". Affected countries: United States; announced: 2018-03-24. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Humane League | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | Donation process: Part of the November 2017 grant round disbursing $150,000 Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page identifies two major activities of THL: "securing major corporate pledges to reduce the suffering of layer hens and broiler chickens" and "building a large grassroots movement for farm animals — especially through its international Open Wing Alliance" Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page mentions how Lewis Bollard, the fund manager, continues to be impressed by THL's performance in both areas where he expects the funds to be used Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant page says: "I’m not recommending more funding primarily because I expect Open Phil and other funders to fill most of what I perceive to be THL’s room for more funding this year." Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round Donor retrospective of the donation: Furthe grants from the Open Philanthropy Project to THL, as well as a followup grant from the Animal Welfare Fund to THL in 2019, suggest that Bollard would continue to stand by his positive impression of the grantee that motivated this grant Other notes: The grant page provides more background: "To beat this benchmark, I think I need to identify groups that are potentially as or more promising than ACE’s top charities and have greater room for more funding (but not so much room for more funding that we’ll have invested time at the Open Philanthropy Project in making a large grant to them). Typically these groups will be small, esoteric, or high risk. [...] I’m also recommending a smaller sum to two ACE top charities that may have some capacity for extra funding — I view this as basically following the benchmark with the remainder of the funds. $10K to The Humane League $10K to the Good Food Institute". |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Wild-Animal Suffering Research | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/wild-animal suffering | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | Bollard is happy with the way the April grant enabled Ozy Brennan, Persis Eskander, and Georgia Ray to launch Wild-Animal Suffering Research under the Effective Altruism Foundation. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 33.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Compassion in World Farming USA | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | Bollard is impressed with the track record of the grantee at corporate outreach, including the launch of EggTrack to push companies to fulfill cage-free pledges, and also has a high opinion of the leader, Leah Garces, and their focused approach. Open Phil already accounts for 50% of their budget, so will not fund more; moreover, its lack of an ACE recommendation and its welfarist focus mean it is unlikely to raise a lot of other money, hence the donation. Affected countries: United States; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 20.00%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | Bollard is impressed with their success in securing cage-free policies throughout Latin America, including the success with the Latin American operations of Subway and Kraft-Heinz. Open Phil already accounts for 50% of their budget, so will not fund more for now, and is unlikely to make a major grant to it soon, and its other fundraising options are more consrained given the challenging fundraising environment of Brazil. Affected countries: Brazil; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sinergia Animal | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | The grantee focuses on farm animal welfare through hard-hitting campaigns in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia. These countries are relatively neglected compared to Mexico and Brazil, but still have a huge number of farm animals. The new group is led by Carolina Macedo Galvani, whose work at the Fórum Nacional impressed Bollard, and in its first few months it helped secure a pledge from a Chilean restaurant company with 320 locations to eliminate cages and crates from its supply chain. Since it is outside the United States and relatively new, it would have trouble raising a lot of funds initially, so Bollard thinks this grant would be valuable to it. Affected countries: Chile|Argentina|Colombia; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 13.33%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Sentience Institute | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | The grantee has conducted a survey https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/animal-farming-attitudes-survey-2017 related to US attitudes toward farmed animals, that Bollard finds impressive, and it has immediate funding needs. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Good Food Institute | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3tRg1Hfwu46EQ8mskEGUOE | Bollard impressed with long-term goals of the grantee which he considers promising. Not recommending more because he expects that most of the funding gap will be filled. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 6.67%. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Humane Society Legislative Fund | 525,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/Humane-Society-Legislative-Fund-Opposing-King-Amendment | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support efforts to defeat the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment. The amendment, if enacted, would prevent states from imposing animal welfare standards on the sale of animal products produced in another state. HSLF plans to run targeted advertising, organize new grassroots support and third-party validators, and advocate against the amendment with key congressional committee members. Other notes: The grant is made via the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, because it is being used for lobbying purposes. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2019-04-29. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Family Farm Action | 153,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/legislative standards | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/family-farm-action-opposing-king-amendment | Donation process: Grant made by the Open Philanthropy Action Fund, because of the funding being used for lobbying efforts Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support efforts to defeat the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment. The amendment, if enacted, would prevent states from imposing animal welfare standards on the sale of animal products produced in another state. FFA plans to conduct grassroots outreach to affected groups, especially family farmers." Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2019-06-07. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 2,110,460.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-eu-farm-animal-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support farm animal advocacy in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom." "The funding will support corporate outreach and animal welfare campaigns, investigations, and capacity building for Animal Equality’s teams in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to continue supporting Animal Equality due to its track record of successful corporate outreach and investigations to date; his confidence in its leadership team; and the organization’s alignment with our strategy to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is a total across amounts for each of the four countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom). This comes to a cost per country a little over $500,000. This is somewhat higher than the cost for the India grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-india-animal-welfare-reform and no explicit budget information is provided. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing matches up with Open Phil's "strategy to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-corporate-animal-welfare-campaigns (two overlapping countries: Italy and Spain) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-corporate-animal-welfare-campaigns (same four countries) suggest that Open Philanthropy would be satisfied with the outcomme of the grant. The latter grant's page says: "Animal Equality has helped secure cage-free and broiler welfare wins and conducted investigations in Europe, and plans to use these funds to continue its work." Other notes: This is a total across four grants (presumably one grant per country). Affected countries: Germany|Italy|Spain|United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-28. |
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| Open Philanthropy | L214 | 1,347,742.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/L214-broiler-chicken-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support work on broiler chicken welfare in France. Using this funding, L214 will conduct a campaign advocating for reduced chicken meat consumption as well as a corporate campaign targeting higher welfare standards for broiler chickens. Additionally, it plans to establish a new campus outreach program for movement building purposes, and will apply some funding toward capacity building such as software, training, and fundraising expenses." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Open Phil's "Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to support L214 due to its track record securing large wins to date, such as cage-free pledges from some of France’s largest retailers; his impression of its leadership team; and the organization’s strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Donor retrospective of the donation: The write-up for a followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/L214-broiler-chicken-campaigns-2020 (November 2020) indicates Open Phil's satisfaction with L214's progress since this grant. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 1,140,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: France; announced: 2017-12-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | fair-fish international association | 453,841.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fair-fish-international-fish-welfare-standards | Donation process: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming." The grant page links to a grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Fair_Fish_International_Association/Fair_Fish_International_Friends_of_the_Sea_Proposal_2017.pdf submitted July 31, 2017. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "FFI’s research team, FishEthoBase, will work jointly with fish welfare certifier Friend of the Sea (FOS) to assess fish welfare at approximately 50% of all FOS-certified farms. Findings from these assessments will then be used to create farm-specific improvement recommendations and to develop animal welfare criteria for possible inclusion in FOS standards. Additionally, FFI plans to share its findings through formal presentations at academic and industry conferences. [...] FFI intends to use these funds for expenses related to onsite consulting, standards development, project management, travel, conference participation and presentations, and media and public relations." The linked grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Fair_Fish_International_Association/Fair_Fish_International_Friends_of_the_Sea_Proposal_2017.pdf has more. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Fair_Fish_International_Association/Fair_Fish_International_Friends_of_the_Sea_Proposal_2017.pdf includes a budget estimate; the actual grant amount is close to the total per the budget estimate. The donation was given as 375,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation). Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/fair-fish-international-association-general-support suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2017-12-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | theguardian.org | 886,600.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support journalism on factory farming and farm animal cruelty. Theguardian.org has stated that it will regrant the funds to The Guardian newspaper, which will allow The Guardian to increase its reporting output on issues related to factory farming, including publishing approximately one article per week as well as the creation of multimedia content. In keeping with The Guardian’s journalistic and transparency standards, all supported content will be clearly labeled and the Open Philanthropy Project will have no editorial control over the content ultimately published." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, considers this grant both an opportunity to learn valuable lessons about the efficacy of media sponsorship, as well as an opportunity to increase the salience of farm animal welfare issues amongst influential journalists, policymakers, and business leaders." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/the-guardian-journalism-factory-farming-animal-cruelty-2020 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2017-12-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Aquaculture Stewardship Council | 533,036.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-fish-welfare-standard-development | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) to develop a fish welfare standard. ASC’s goal is to develop an objective, evidence-based standard that is applicable to all eligible ASC-certified species and recognized globally. The fish welfare standard will be linked to the ASC farm standards. ASC intends to share its approach to fish welfare with all farms engaged with the program and encourage adoption of it. [...] ASC intends to use these funds for expenses related to standard development, such as salaries, consulting, outreach and communications, overhead, market testing, and travel and administrative costs. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/aquaculture-stewardship-council-organizational-development suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 459,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2017-11-28. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Good Food Institute | 1,500,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support-2017 | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, considers GFI to be the leading nonprofit promoting alternatives to industrial farmed animal products and has been particularly impressed with its strategic support (for example, providing branding guidance, facilitating venture capital connections, conducting market research, and consulting on media rollout plans) for early-stage companies producing plant-based products, such as Good Dot and Good Catch. GFI has also achieved growing influence as a think tank and resource provider. GFI expects to use much of this new funding for programmatic expansion by hiring new staff." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing of the grant is about a year after the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support and roughly around the timeframe when that grant funding is about to run out. Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-international-work suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2018-01-05. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Otwarte Klatki | 472,864.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/otwarte-klatki-chicken-welfare-campaigns-poland-ukraine | Grant to support farm animal welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Poland and Ukraine. The funding will allow Otwarte Klatki to launch broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Poland and cage-free campaigns in Ukraine, as well as support expenses related to a planned merger with the Danish animal rights organization, Anima. Affected countries: Poland|Ukraine; announced: 2017-11-21. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 374,631.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-broiler-chicken-welfare-campaign-UK | Donation process: RSPCA's budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/RSPCA/RSPCA_Budget_2018_2019.pdf was prepared as part of the grantmaking process. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a corporate chicken welfare campaign in the United Kingdom. Using this funding, RSPCA will launch a campaign encouraging retailers and food companies to adopt higher welfare broiler chicken practices." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/RSPCA/RSPCA_Budget_2018_2019.pdf has a full budget. The donation was given as 282,000.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation). Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants from Open Phil to RSPCA suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Harvard University | 21,200.00 | Animal welfare/legislative change/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/harvard-university-animal-law-and-policy-program | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the Animal Law & Policy program at Harvard Law School. The program plans to use these funds to research the policy consequences of the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, also known as the King Amendment, in key states and jurisdictions." Other notes: Affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Net | 50,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-net-co-organizing-workshops-world-bank | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant " to support its engagement with the World Bank to co-organize farm animal welfare workshops. The funding is intended to allow WAN to contribute to the preparatory work and costs of the workshops; invite farm animal welfare experts/scientists who could potentially advocate for animal welfare reforms to the workshops; support research, analysis, and coordination of advocacy strategy in advance of the workshops; and conduct post-workshop follow-up and dissemination activities." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, believes influencing multilateral institutions’ policies through conference participation and activities is a potentially high-leverage route to improving farm animal welfare, particularly in emerging economies." Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-net-broiler-chicken-and-pig-welfare-guidelines suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee, though the follup grant is for a different purpose. Other notes: Announced: 2017-11-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Anima | 683,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/anima-corporate-campaigns-merger-support | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support Anima’s corporate chicken welfare campaigns and organizational capacity building in Scandinavia. The funding will allow Anima to launch hen and broiler chicken welfare campaigns over the next two years, as well as support expenses related to a planned merger with the Polish animal rights organization, Otwarte Klatki." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to support Anima due to its track record securing Danish animal welfare reforms to date; his impression of its leadership team; and the organization’s strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Other notes: This is a total across two grants. Affected countries: Scandinavia; announced: 2017-11-21. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-end-the-cage-age-campaign | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support [the] “End the Cage Age” campaign in the UK and Europe. The campaign will seek to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animal species in the UK and Europe through advocacy and outreach, including an EU-wide citizens’ ballot measure. [The] funds will support staffing needs related to the campaign in six regional EU offices as well as its headquarters in the United Kingdom; marketing, social media, and exhibition activities; advocacy work; investigations; as well as technical and operational costs over the next two years." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Budget available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/CIWF/CIWF_End_the_Cage_Age_Campaign_2017.pdf Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United Kingdom; announced: 2017-11-14. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 2,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-open-wing-alliance-2017 | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support the Open Wing Alliance to expand corporate campaigns in Europe. The Alliance, started by The Humane League, supports global efforts to eliminate battery cages. The new grant will bolster these campaigns in Europe and allow Alliance members to expand into campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler (meat) chickens. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Grant investigator Lewis Bollard, is excited to continue supporting the Open Wing Alliance (which grew out of a previous Open Phil grant to The Humane League) due to the coalition’s strong track record of securing corporate cage-free pledges; his confidence in its leadership team; and the project’s strategic fit with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Likely determined by the development timeline of the Open Wing Alliance, which grew out of an earlier grant about a year earlier, in February 2016: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The general support grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 in 2018 renews this grant among others. Other notes: This and other grants from Open Philanthropy Project to The Humane League are discussed in https://ssir.org/articles/entry/giving_in_the_light_of_reason as part of an overview of the Open Philanthropy Project grantmaking strategy. Announced: 2017-10-09. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Eurogroup for Animals | 625,400.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-eu-chicken-welfare-advocacy | 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 | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/turkey/pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-general-support-2017 | Donation process: The grant page suggests that evaluation of results of previous grants played a role in deciding to make this grant. Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "The funding will allow the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to significantly expand their corporate outreach on broiler chicken welfare, increase their fundraising capacity, and hire a law firm to pursue litigation related to turkey and pig welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, is excited to increase our support due to the organization’s track record securing cage-free pledges from major German retailers; his confidence in its leadership team; and the organization’s strategic alignment with our goal to build a stronger farm animal welfare movement in Europe." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing likely determined based on Open Philanthropy having had enough time to evaluate the outcome of the previous grants and the grantee's overall track record. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-general-support-2019 (2019-08) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Germany; announced: 2017-10-25. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Animal Partnership | 285,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-fish-welfare-standards | Donation process: The grant page says: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to develop welfare standards for farmed fish species. GAP will seek to develop standards for 4-6 farmed fish species (beginning with salmon) by establishing a partnership with an existing aquaculture certification program and developing a multi-step framework for farmed fish based on land animal models. GAP also intends to develop a strategy for raising consumer awareness of farmed fish welfare, and to run a promotional campaign for the launch of their initial salmon certification program. [...] GAP intends to use these funds for the hiring of a fish welfare expert to lead the development of the standards, travel for visits to international fish farms, field testing of standards and consultations with experts, and marketing support." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "[Lewis Bollard] believes established fish welfare standards could eventually form the basis for welfare requests in corporate or institutional campaigns, and thinks GAP is well-positioned to lead this effort due to the credibility of its US land animal welfare certification program." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is likely deteermined based on the intended use of funds. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant appears to be based on searching by Open Philanthropy for this kind of grant oppoortunity: "Our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard, began looking into funding opportunities related to farmed fish welfare last year, due to the number of animals affected by fish farming." Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants from Open Philanthropy to Global Animal Partnership indicate continued satisfaction of Open Philanthropy in the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2017-11-14. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Aquaculture Alliance | 435,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-aquaculture-alliance-fish-welfare-best-practices | Grant over two years via the Responsible Aquaculture Foundation to develop best practices and proposed animal welfare standards for three farmed fish species. Announced: 2017-12-01. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations | 332,944.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cattle | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/federation-indian-animal-protection-organisations-india-animal-welfare-reform | Donation process: Grantee submitted a budget at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/FIAPO/FIAPO_Budget.pdf Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "The grant will provide funding to support reform of poultry slaughter and dairy industry practices; grassroots advocacy including capacity building for farm animal welfare; and a pilot corporate/institution campaign to reduce animal product usage." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about the grant primarily because of FIAPO’s broad network of grassroots members across India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in FIAPO’s relevant leadership; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount in Indian rupees is consistent with the budget in https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/FIAPO/FIAPO_Budget.pdf submitted by the grantee. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This is one of five grants made to animal welfare groups in India at around the same time. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/federation-indian-animal-protection-organisations-india-farm-animal-welfare-2019 (2019-06) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-21. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Humane Slaughter Association | 419,236.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support "work to improve farm animal welfare in China. HSA plans to use this grant to translate its guides on humane handling, transport, stunning, and slaughter into Mandarin Chinese and publicize the translated publications in Chinese agriculture industry magazines. It also plans to pay for HSA staff to travel to China to lecture at veterinary universities and train staff at slaughterhouses and livestock markets, and invite Chinese officials for an expenses-paid study tour of slaughterhouses and livestock markets in the United Kingdom." Project proposal at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/HSA/Revised_HSA_Project_Proposal_190916.pdf Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about this project’s potential to reduce suffering and institutionalize farm animal welfare values." Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09) Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant of grant of £331,458 ($419,236 at time of conversion). Budget breakdown in the project proposal at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/HSA/Revised_HSA_Project_Proposal_190916.pdf Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-07-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Welfare Action Lab | 79,100.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/survey research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-action-lab-meat-reduction-survey | Discretionary grant via the Reducetarian Foundation to fund a study to replicate and improve upon an earlier multi-wave study by grantee (AWAL). Improvements include a larger, more representative sample via YouGov, and the potential to fund a third-wave component analyzing whether any effect endures after two months. Funds primarily cover spending on YouGov. The initial amount of $58,550 was topped up by $20,550 in July 2018, for a total of $79,100. Announced: 2017-08-21. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Humane Slaughter Association | 2,528,678.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-slaughter-association-fish-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid)." The grant page says: "This funding will allow HSA to seek proposals for research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid), and to translate related HSA publications. This work may take several years depending on the nature of the research applications received." 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 alive at any time.1 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 and research. Over the past year, we recommended three previous grants in the area of fish welfare: one to Eurogroup for Animals, one to Dyrevernalliansen, and one to the Albert Schweitzer Foundation." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Grant of £1,999,137 ($2,528,678 at time of conversion) Other notes: Grant to support research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid). Grant made in light of perceived lack of fish welfare efforts relative to importance of the issue. The funding will allow HSA to seek proposals for research to improve the welfare of farmed fish, decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), and/or coleoid cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus, squid), and to translate related HSA publications. This work may take several years depending on the nature of the research applications received. Announced: 2017-11-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | People for Animals | 120,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/people-for-animals-india-animal-welfare-reform | Grant to support farm animal welfare work in India over two years, as part of the potential/promise for the nascent field of farm animal welfare in India. Grant one of five grants made to animal welfare groups in India. Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-india-animal-welfare-reform | Donation process: The grant is one of five grants made around the same time supporting farm animal welfare work in India. A budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/Mercy_For_Animals_India_Farmed_Animal_Advocacy_Budget.pdf is included. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support new farm animal welfare work in India. The grant will help support undercover investigations, corporate campaigns, research, and policy-related campaign activities over the next two years." The budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/Mercy_For_Animals_India_Farmed_Animal_Advocacy_Budget.pdf has a breakdown per year is: $135,000 for investigation costs, $40,000 for investigations-related research costs, $50,000 for compensation for two corporate campaign staffers, $25,000 for compensation for one policy advocate staffer/lobbyist. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about the grant primarily because of Mercy For Animals’ track record of successful undercover investigations in the U.S.; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in Mercy For Animals’ relevant leadership staff; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/Mercy_For_Animals_India_Farmed_Animal_Advocacy_Budget.pdf has a breakdown per year is: $135,000 for investigation costs, $40,000 for investigations-related research costs, $50,000 for copmensation for two corporate campaign staffers, $25,000 for compensation for one policy advocate staffer/lobbyist. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is one of five grants made around the same time supporting farm animal welfare work in India. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants from Open Phil to Mercy For Animals suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 292,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/chick culling|Animal welfare/diet change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-india-animal-welfare-reform | Donation process: The grant is one of five grants made around the same time supporting farm animal welfare work in India. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support farm animal welfare work in India." The grant "will help support a pro-vegetarian messaging campaign, a corporate and/or institution-directed campaign encouraging animal product alternatives, organization capacity building, and advocacy related to in-ovo sex selection technology and other chicken welfare reforms." https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Equality/Animal_Equality_India_Animal_Welfare_Reform_Budget.pdf has the budget proposal (with red background for unfunded items). Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about the grant primarily because of Animal Equality’s track record of successful undercover investigations and subsequent media coverage in India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in Animal Equality’s relevant leadership staff; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Equality/Animal_Equality_India_Animal_Welfare_Reform_Budget.pdf has the budget proposal (with red background for unfunded items). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is one of five grants recommended around the same time for farm animal welfare work in India, so the timing is likely determined by the timing of the decision to make this batch of grants. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Other notes: Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-07-27. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Eurogroup for Animals | 14,961.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-campaign | 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 | Humane Society International India | 1,100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-india-animal-welfare-reform | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "The grant will provide funding to commission studies on the impact of factory farming in India and potential policy solutions; staff expansion primarily in the areas of outreach and coalition-building, litigation, and policy; operational costs; and re-grants to grassroots animal welfare groups across India." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about the grant primarily because of HSI/India’s track record of promising litigation activities and network-building in India; our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, Lewis Bollard’s, confidence in HSI/India’s Executive Director; and the potential opportunity we see in India—one of the world’s largest producers of eggs, fish, and chicken—to encourage farm animal welfare reforms and advocacy." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant page says: "This grant was one of five recent grants recommended to various organizations supporting farm animal welfare activities in India." Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-india-animal-welfare-reform-2019 suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: India; announced: 2017-08-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming USA | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/Latin America | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-latin-america-broiler-chicken-welfare-research | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research into opportunities for broiler chicken welfare campaigns in Latin America." https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/CIWF/CIWF_Market_Research_Proposal_in_Latin_America_2017.pdf has the market research proposal from the grantee. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants from Open Philanthropy to Compassion in World Farming USA, despite no specific plans to follow up, suggest continued satisfaction from Open Philanthropy in the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Argentina|Brazil|Columbia|Chile|Mexico; announced: 2017-07-27. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Equality | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Bollard notes that grantee does grassroots activism, corporate campaigning, and undercover investigations across Europe, the Americas, and India. Bollard is impressed based on constant updating on evidence: moving from farm animal welfare work to a focus on corporate campaigns. Also impressed with co-founders. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 16.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | New Harvest | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grantee is a clean meat research group. Unlike The Good Food Institute, it may not attract enough in funding from big donors like Open Phil. Grant partly because Bollard believes that the funds invested right now will determine the pace of progress in the next 20-50 years. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 16.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Effective Altruism Foundation | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grant will fund research on the welfare of wild animals done by researchers Ozy Brennan and Persis Eskander, which internal changes at EAF have resulted in a loss of funding for. Bollard is impressed with their recent research, which focuses on foundational questions like the best scientific methods for measuring the wellbeing of wild animals, and relatively non-controversial potential interventions, like more humane methods of pest control. Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 16.67%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 20,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grantee is Brazil’s largest animal protection network with 120+ affiliated NGOs (mainly companion animal groups). Open Phil accounts for 50% of funding, so Open Phil may choose to not donate more due to dependence concerns. Affected countries: Brazil; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 11.11%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Compassion in World Farming USA | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grantee has played a role in recent US corporate campaigns for chicken welfare. Open Phil accounts for 50% of funding, so Open Phil may choose to not donate more due to dependence concerns. Affected countries: United States; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.60%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Albert Schweitzer Foundation for Our Contemporaries | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grantee has played a role in corporate campaigns in Germany. Grantee has medium-term funding needs. Affected countries: Germany; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.60%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Otwarte Klatki | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare | http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ | Grantee achieved corporate reforms in tough political environment on small budget. Has medium-term funding needs. Affected countries: Poland; Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.60%. | |
| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | The Humane League | 30,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/tI97LtH5AsIkgUa2IMCKi | Donation process: Part of the April 2017 grant round disbursing $180,000 Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "THL is one of two key campaigning groups responsible for the major recent US corporate wins for layer hens and broiler chickens. [...] THL has also played a critical role in the global corporate campaign wins for layer hens, via the Open Wing Alliance, a grouping of 33 campaign groups that it organized." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "I’ve been consistently impressed by THL’s management, focus on staff and activist development, and wise use of funds across program areas. Open Phil already accounts for roughly half of THL’s budget, so dependence concerns may constrain our ability to fill its funding needs in future." Also: "The other is Mercy for Animals, which I’m not supporting via this Fund because I’m confident that major donors, including Open Phil, will fill its funding needs for now" Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round, and also by The Humane League's progress with its corporate campaigns Donor retrospective of the donation: The Animal Welfare Fund would make grants to The Humane League in two later grant rounds. Also, the Open Philanthropy Project would continue to make grants to THL on the recommendation of Lewis Bollard, so it seems that Bollard would consider the grant a success Other notes: Explaining the general decisionmaking process behind the grant round, Bollard writes: "I want to signal to donors the sort of things I’m likely to recommend via this fund, and signal groups that I think have (a) additional room for more funding by individual donors and (b) Open Phil can’t fully fund because we already account for much of their budgets, e.g. The Humane League and Compassion in World Farming USA.". Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 16.67%. |
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| Effective Altruism Funds: Animal Welfare Fund | Animal Charity Evaluators | 10,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meta/charity evaluator | https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/tI97LtH5AsIkgUa2IMCKi | Donation process: Part of the April 2017 grant round disbursing $180,000 Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says that ACE works to "build a more effective farm animal movement through research, charity recommendations, and outreach to donors, researchers, and advocates." Donor reason for selecting the donee: On the grrant page, Bollard says that he likes the work ACE does to "build a more effective farm animal movement through research, charity recommendations, and outreach to donors, researchers, and advocates." Moreover, at the time of making the grant recommendation, he was concerned that ACE will not fill its room for more funding this year Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount likely determined based on funds available, competing needs of other grrantees, and room for more funding of the grantee Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 55.60% Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round, as well as funding situation of the grantee Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The grant page says: "I’m now more confident that funding gap will be filled by large funders, so it’s unlikely that I’ll direct more funds to ACE this year." This confidence is likely linked to a $500,000 grant from the Open Philanthropy Project (investigated by Bollard) that happens around the same time: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support Donor retrospective of the donation: Bollard would recommend a $500,000 grant from the Open Philanthropy Project at around the same time: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support The Animal Welfare Fund would also make a $500,000 grant to ACE in 2018: https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/4Bianu30diUQeWGU2Oiq8E This suggests that Bollard would continue to stand by his positive assessment of ACE that motivated the grant |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Greenfield Project | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/greenfield-project-general-support | Donation process: Grantee submitted a budget at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/The_Greenfield_Project/Greenfield_Project_Budget.png Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant for "a new group created by Liz Hallinan and Ashley Carr, to push for federal reforms to improve farm animal welfare. The Greenfield Project plans to use this grant to conduct research, build relationships with government officials, build coalitions, and use legal and public relations advocacy to advance farm animal welfare reforms." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/The_Greenfield_Project/Greenfield_Project_Budget.png submitted by the grantee had a total estimated annual cost of $250,000. The funding of $500,000 seems to be for two years. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The organization seems to just be getting started and the grant is intended to provide general support for its initial years. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/greenfield-project-general-support-2019 (2019-05) is an exit grant, suggesting some satisfaction with the grantee but not enough. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-07-21. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Charity Evaluators | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/meta/charity evaluator | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support | Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page section https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support#Proposed_activities lists these proposed activities: increasing compensation (by $2,000 to $4,000 per year), adding staff time, hiring for two research positions, making small grants to evaluated charities (in the range of $500 to $1,000 per charity), intern stipends, and fundraising. The grant will increase ACE's expected revenue for 2017 from around $635,000 to $885,000. See also budget without Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_2017_Budget_not_including_OP_grant.pdf budget with Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_2017_Budget_including_OP_grant.pdf and plans for Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_Plans_for_OP_grant_funding.pdf Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support#Case_for_the_grant gives these reasons: (1) Open Phil's version for the farm animal welfare movement in the next decade or two includes "an important role for an institution similar to a scaled-up version of ACE" (2) Open Phil expects that "the improvements ACE plans to make with this grant will allow it to direct more money to animal welfare groups that we consider highly effective, so we consider it fairly likely that this grant will achieve a roughly one-to-one return on investment in the near-term" (3) Open Phil hopes that the grant will help ACE address "what we view as some current shortcomings, including unsustainably low salaries, reliance on low-quality research, and undervaluing of long-term gainsx". Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Amount likely determined based on budgets submitted by ACE and intended use of funds; see budget without Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_2017_Budget_not_including_OP_grant.pdf budget with Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_2017_Budget_including_OP_grant.pdf and plans for Open Phil funding https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Animal_Charity_Evaluators/ACE_Plans_for_OP_grant_funding.pdf Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-charity-evaluators-general-support-2020 and the continued endorsement on the grant page suggests that Open Phil would be satisfied with the success of the grant. Other notes: See also https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/on-receiving-a-grant-from-the-open-philanthropy-project/ on the ACE blog. It says "We feel that this grant is a reaffirmation of the value and impact of ACE’s work, and we are incredibly honored to have been selected." It says: "To those who may wonder if ACE will still be able to efficiently use additional donations, at this stage the answer is an emphatic yes." It links to https://animalcharityevaluators.org/about/background/goals-and-strategy/ fo the goals for 2017, and to https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/ace-fundraising-restrictions/ for its 2017 fundraising. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2017-06-09. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken and pig | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/foundation-food-and-agriculture-research-farm-animal-welfare-research | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to co-fund requests for applications (RFAs) for research on solutions to what we see as two major problems in farm animal welfare: bone fractures in cage-free hens and the painful castration of male piglets. It is our impression that both of these problems are scientifically tractable. FFAR plans to use this grant and at least $1 million of its own funding to fund scientific projects focused on solving these problems." The request for applications https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/FFAR/FFAR_Accelerating_Advances_in_Animal_Welfare_Final.pdf is linked. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We are excited about this grant because a) we believe that it is an efficient way to fund research on farm animal welfare, since FFAR is co-funding the research and plans to handle the logistics of the RFAs and distribute the results of its research among industry, b) it is an opportunity for us to learn about co-funding with a Congressionally created and funded 501(c)(3) organization, which we believe could be a useful avenue for funding research to solve other problems in farm animal welfare, and c) it may increase FFAR’s interest in co-funding other animal welfare projects." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount seems to be chosen to target a 1:1 match with what FFAR was willing to fund with other funds. Donor retrospective of the donation: Further grants from Open Phil to FFAR for similar purposes suggest continued endorsement of the thinking behind the grant. Other notes: Announced: 2017-05-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Institute for Advancement of Animal Welfare Science | 80,400.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/colorado-state-university-planning-gift | Grant goes for Colorado State University research on broiler chicken welfare. Discretionary grant. Amount increased from original value of $25,300 to $80,400 on 2018-02-16. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Announced: 2017-06-26. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Wageningen University & Research | 88,345.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/research | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wageningen-ur-broiler-welfare-review | Donation process: The grant page says: "We initially decided to recommend this grant in April 2016. At that time, we anticipated that the results of this research would help to guide our decision-making around grants to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of the approximately 9 billion broiler chickens raised each year in the U.S. However, due to difficulties and delays in finalizing the details of the grant, funds were only transferred in March 2017, after we had already begun to make grants to support broiler chicken welfare reforms." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to create a systematic assessment of broiler chicken welfare. [...] Dr. Bracke will assess the relative importance of the various attributes that together define broiler chicken welfare. Welfare attributes are factors such as stocking density, litter quality, breed, and lighting. Depending on the results of an initial investigation, he will produce either a basic broiler chicken welfare model or a review of expert opinion." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We initially decided to recommend this grant in April 2016. At that time, we anticipated that the results of this research would help to guide our decision-making around grants to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of the approximately 9 billion broiler chickens raised each year in the U.S." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant page says: "We initially decided to recommend this grant in April 2016. [...] However, due to difficulties and delays in finalizing the details of the grant, funds were only transferred in March 2017, after we had already begun to make grants to support broiler chicken welfare reforms." Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Other notes: The grant is made via the King Baudouin Foundation. Currency info: donation given as 82,105.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation); announced: 2017-05-08. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Humane Society International | 1,364,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-east-asian-and-oie-projects | Donation process: The grantee submitted a grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Humane_Society_International/HSI_East_Asia_and_OIE_outreach_budget.pdf Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support five projects to improve farm animal welfare, primarily in East Asia: (1) Re-granting to local East Asian groups that HSI has worked with on farm animal welfare campaigns, particularly in Indonesia, (2) Hiring supply chain consultants to work within major Asian food companies and a government agency to improve farm animal welfare, (3) Funding Asia Research & Engagement to support Ben McCarron, an expert in investor engagement, to work with institutional investors and banks to promote farm animal welfare in Asia, (4) Funding corporate outreach on cage-free egg and crate-free pork production in Japan and South Korea, (5) Funding travel and part-time consultants to engage with decision-makers at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to improve global animal welfare standards." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We hope that this grant will lay the groundwork for future successful corporate advocacy on farm animal welfare in East Asia, where most of the world’s farm animals live, and potentially influence the only global animal welfare standards." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount seems to be influenced by the budget proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Humane_Society_International/HSI_East_Asia_and_OIE_outreach_budget.pdf though it is a little higher than the amount $1,240,000 specified in the budget proposal. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Indonesia|Japan|South Korea; announced: 2017-04-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | International Society for Applied Ethology | 40,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-travel-scholarships | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support travel scholarships for 14 animal welfare scientists from developing nations to attend ISAE’s 2017 [51st] International Congress on applied animal behavior and welfare." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "We view this as a learning grant; we may consider recommending similar grants in the future if there is significant interest and evidence of positive results." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is likely determined by the total of travel costs being funded. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is likely determined by the timing of the conference; per https://www.applied-ethology.org/res/Abstract%20book%20ISAE2017.pdf the conference would happen on August 7 to 10 in Aarhus, Denmark. Intended funding timeframe in months: 1 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: The grant page says: "we may consider recommending similar grants in the future if there is significant interest and evidence of positive results." Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/international-society-applied-ethology-advance-farm-animal-welfare-science-in-developing-nations-2020 with similar purpose suggest satisfaction with the outcome of the grant. Other notes: Announced: 2017-06-16. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education | 255,816.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/jeanne-marchig-centre-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its work to improve farm animal welfare in China. The Centre plans to use this grant primarily to fund the staff and travel costs to send international farm animal welfare experts to China to work collaboratively with large-scale producers, veterinarians, small-scale rural producers, and technical staff to identify and solve animal welfare challenges. It also plans to fund a complete PhD focused on evaluating whether the program improves outcomes for animals." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/jeanne-marchig-centre-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2019 (2019-02) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Currency info: donation given as 201,594.00 GBP (conversion done via donor calculation); affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Protection | 517,588.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-broiler-chicken-welfare | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant for campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Activities: (1) Producing and promoting campaign materials to raise awareness of broiler chicken suffering (2) Developing and launching a corporate chicken welfare scorecard (3) Building evidence of the suffering endured by broiler chickens in factory farming operations (4) Staff time, creative development, and travel (5) Indirect costs such as occupancy, technical support, and administrative support. Donor reason for selecting the donee: For more background on Open Phil grants related to broiler chicken, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Donee's budget proposal is at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/World_Animal_Protection/Revised_WAP_Chicken_Campaign_Proposal_REDACTED.xlsx Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; announced: 2017-06-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 453,440.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support its work to advance farm animal welfare in China. The RSPCA plans to use this grant to develop and launch the country’s first higher farm animal welfare standards. Part of the award will allow the hiring of a China-based consultant to facilitate close collaboration with the official International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare, a key institution involved in bringing together Chinese stakeholders in the livestock and agriculture sectors." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is determined by the China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: Several further grants from Open Phil to RSPCA, including the grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/rspca-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-asia-2020 for continued animal welfare work in Asia, suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-04. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 765,112.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support work to improve farm animal welfare in China. Compassion plans to use this grant to augment the capacity of its dedicated China team, increase technical and operational support, expand its Good Pig Production Awards, roll out its recently-launched Good Chicken and Good Egg Production Awards, and extend work and deepen engagement with its in-country partner, the International Cooperation Committee on Animal Welfare. This grant will triple the scale of Compassion’s corporate and producer engagement in China. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09) Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Budget available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/CIWF/CIWF_China_Programme_Budget_2015-16_to_2020-21.pdf Grant made in UK sterling, value 598,500, dollar amount of 765,112 at time of conversion Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-04-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Dyrevernalliansen | 378,000.00 | Animal welfare/fish welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/dyrevernalliansen-fish-welfare | Grantee is the Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance. Goal of grant is to enable grantee to expand its animal welfare engagement with the Norwegian fish farming industry as part of a larger effort to build the field of farmed fish welfare advocacy. Affected countries: Norway; announced: 2017-03-20. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Global Animal Partnership | 200,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support-2017 | Donation process: Discretionary grant Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "GAP plans to use this grant to hire a senior staff member to assist the executive director, which we believe will enable GAP to work more effectively on farm animal welfare projects such as its certifier accreditation program and standards development and management." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount is likely determined by the amount needed for what's being funded: "hire a senior staff member to assist the executive director". Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants from Open Philanthropy to Global Animal Partnership indicate continued satisfaction of Open Philanthropy in the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-09-07. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Animal Partnership | 515,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-broiler-chicken-welfare-research | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support research into broiler chicken welfare at the University of Guelph." The study is expected to "help to identify which breeds of broiler chicken have the best welfare outcomes." Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants from Open Philanthropy to Global Animal Partnership indicate continued satisfaction of Open Philanthropy in the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2018-10-05. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 317,060.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish/certification | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-fish-welfare | Donation process: Granteee submitted a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Albert_Schweitzer/Albert_Schweitzer_revised_budget_for_setting_welfare_standards_in_aquaculture.pdf with its 2017 and 2018 budgets. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support grantee's "work to develop and implement a fish welfare standard for German retailers. The Albert Schweitzer Foundation plans to use this grant to 1) conduct a study on ways to reduce fish suffering and to analyze the costs of various enhancements of fish welfare, and 2) build relationships with retailers and universities in the aquaculture industry. It plans to use the study to determine which welfare improvements to advocate for." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "This is one of a series of grants to organizations working to improve the conditions of the approximately 1.7 billion fish farmed in the EU and Norway." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amout granted in euros matches the total in https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Albert_Schweitzer/Albert_Schweitzer_revised_budget_for_setting_welfare_standards_in_aquaculture.pdf of the 2017 and 2018 budgets for this project. The donation was given as 299,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation). Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Germany; announced: 2017-03-21. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Albert Schweitzer Foundation | 111,986.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-international-cage-free-advocacy | Donation process: Grantee submitted a budget proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Albert_Schweitzer/Albert_Schweitzer_Expansion_Budget_Poland.xlsx that included total expenses and a breakdown between what would be covered by the grant versus by the grantee's own resources. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support [grantee's] work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The linked blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms lists several reasons for the general focus on cage-free reforms, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d describes the reasons for the internationalization phase. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The amount granted in euros matches the total in https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Albert_Schweitzer/Albert_Schweitzer_Expansion_Budget_Poland.xlsx that should be covered by the grant. The donation was given as 102,000.00 EUR (conversion done via donor calculation). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing matches the timing of other grants in this second phase (internationalization) of corporate cage-free campaign spending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup general support grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-general-support-2017 (2017-09) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/albert-schweitzer-foundation-general-support-2019 (2019-08) include support for work similar to this grant. The grant page for the first of these explicitly refers to Open Philanthropy's satisfaction with this grant's outcome. Other notes: Affected countries: Poland; announced: 2017-03-21. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Farm Forward | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-broiler-chicken-welfare-advocacy | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support work to secure pledges from institutions including universities, technology companies, and religious organizations to source higher-welfare animal products through The Leadership Circle. While Farm Forward typically works with institutions that purchase fewer animal products than the large food companies that other advocacy groups work with, it also seeks stronger welfare commitments, such as sourcing 100% of chicken from farms that are certified to at least Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step 2 within two years. The Leadership Circle also asks institutions to commit to continuous improvement and investments in highest-welfare farms and ranches. Project description available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Farm_Forward/The_Leadership_Circle_Project_Description.pdf Donor reason for selecting the donee: Open Phil writes: "It seems plausible to us that the institutions that Farm Forward works with may exert cultural influence that may influence much larger food companies." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grantee submitted a budget, available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Farm_Forward/The_Leadership_Circle_Budget_Public.xlsx that gives a total of $100,000 from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 Donor retrospective of the donation: The February 2018 renewal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/farm-forward-leadership-circle-2018 suggests that the grant was considered at least somewhat successful. The renewal writeup says that the grantee says that the grant "helped enable its work with the University of California system, Dr. Bronner’s, Airbnb, Duke University, Villanova University, Johns Hopkins University, and others to commit to source some of their animal products from farms certified to higher-welfare standards." Other notes: Recipient works with institutions that purchase animal food products, and pushes them to raise the standards of treatment of animals for the food they purchased, through the Leadership Circle. Example: sourcing 100% of chicken from farms that are certified to at least Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step two in two years. Intended funding timeframe in months: 12; announced: 2017-03-30. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming | 1,026,253.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-world-farming-fish-welfare | Donation process: One of the two grants is being made via the Open Philanthropy Action Fund Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grantee "plans to build a dedicated fish welfare team focused on engaging with food retailers and corporations; launch a new online information hub featuring resources on fish welfare such as white papers, technical reports, and case studies; conduct and commission new research and evidence-gathering on topics related to intensive fish farming, higher welfare systems, and to improve understanding of the welfare needs of fish. Compassion will also produce and promote public-facing materials designed to achieve a cultural and attitudinal shift toward fish in the longer-term. They will also conduct advocacy work in the EU and United Kingdom focused on securing enforcement of existing animal welfare laws which apply to farmed fish while also promoting species-specific protections." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): Budget available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/CIWF/Compassion%20in%20World%20farming_Fish%20Welfare_Budget_December%202017.pdf Other notes: Two grants totaling £805,000 ($1,026,253 at the time of conversion). Announced: 2018-01-19. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Outlook | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/research/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/compassion-over-killing-us-broiler-welfare-campaigns | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support broiler chicken welfare research and costs of United States corporate campaigns against the abuse of broiler chickens." Other notes: The grantee name at the time, and listed in the grant, is Compassion Over Killing. Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-02-16. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Pollination Project | 233,000.00 | Animal welfare/movement growth | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/pollination-project-global-animal-advocacy-movement | Donation process: A grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Pollination_Project/The_Pollination_Project_Animal_Advocacy_Program_2017.pdf was submitted by the grantee. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support a new pilot project focused on building the grassroots farm animal welfare movement globally. The Pollination Project will work with existing activists and groups to identify and fund grassroots projects around the world, and then evaluate their impact and potential for further funding." https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Pollination_Project/The_Pollination_Project_Animal_Advocacy_Program_2017.pdf has the grant proposal. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Pollination_Project/The_Pollination_Project_Animal_Advocacy_Program_2017.pdf provides a budget breakdown of the amount. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/pollination-project-global-animal-advocacy-movement-2019 and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/pollination-project-conference suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 18; announced: 2017-02-16. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Eurogroup for Animals | 535,699.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/fish | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/eurogroup-animals-fish-welfare | 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. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Griffith University | 120,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Donation process: Profesor Deborah Cao submitted a grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Deborah_Cao/Deborah_Cao_Grant_Proposal_08-29-16.pdf (2016-08-29). Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support the work of Professor Deborah Cao, an expert on Chinese animal law, on advancing farm animal welfare in China. Professor Cao plans to use this grant to fund her collaboration with several Chinese animal studies academics to write papers on farm animal welfare and vegetarianism in China; to host a Farm Animal Welfare in China Symposium in Beijing in 2017; and to edit and publish a book on farm animal welfare." It links to a grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Deborah_Cao/Deborah_Cao_Grant_Proposal_08-29-16.pdf (2016-08-29). Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is determined by the China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 (2018-08) and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/griffith-university-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy (2019-11) suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. The first followup grant write-up says that this grant "helped Professor Cao organize a farm animal academic conference in Beijing in 2017 attended by 60 scientists, mostly from Chinese agricultural universities and research institutes." Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-05-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Welfare Standards Project | 238,212.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China and Southeast Asia | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-welfare-standards-project-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Grant to expand work on farm animal welfare in China and Southeast Asia. Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: China; announced: 2017-03-20. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane Society of the United States | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-united-states-new-broiler-welfare-corporate-campaigns | Part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-15. | |
| Open Philanthropy | Green Monday | 226,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/China | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/green-monday-promoting-work-china | Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Affected countries: United States; announced: 2017-01-10. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support | Donation process: No details are provided for this grant, but it likely builds on past vetting of the organization for the earlier cage-free campaign grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-international-cage-free-advocacy Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grantee plans to use the money to expand and invest in its staff and to increase its buffer of unrestricted funding. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page does not discuss reasons, but reasons are likely similar to those for the earlier cage-free campaign grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-international-cage-free-advocacy Donor retrospective of the donation: The general support grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 in 2018 renews this grant among others. Other notes: This and other grants from Open Philanthropy Project to The Humane League are discussed in https://ssir.org/articles/entry/giving_in_the_light_of_reason as part of an overview of the Open Philanthropy Project grantmaking strategy. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-12-15. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/broiler chicken/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-broiler-chicken-welfare-corporate-campaigns | Donation process: A budget proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/Final_MFA_Broiler_Welfare_Campaign_Proposal_for_the_Open_Philanthropy_Project.pdf was sought. The grant page lacks further detail. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support corporate campaigns to promote the welfare of broiler chickens." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken for more. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The budget proposal gives total annual campaign costs of $500,000 / year for two years. The breakdown is as follows: six broiler welfare corporate outreach staff positions ($300,000), broiler welfare corporate campaign expenses ($150,000), public relations to secure media coverage on broiler welfare issues and campaigns ($25,000), and campaign volunteer recruitment to increase number of active broiler welfare campaign volunteers ($25,000). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is part of a strategy focus on broiler chicken welfare in late 2016, though no overarching document on this has been posted. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/search/?query=broiler%20chicken for more. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants from Open Phil to Mercy For Animals suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States|Canada; announced: 2017-01-10. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal | 100,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-international-cage-free-advocacy | Donation process: The grantee submitted a grant proposal, available at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/FNDPA/FNPDA_Grant_proposal_edited_Jul_16.pdf Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: The grant page says the grant is "to support [grantee's] work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages." The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/FNDPA/FNPDA_Grant_proposal_edited_Jul_16.pdf says: "In 2016, we plan to launch various campaigns targeting – one by one – the largest food retailers in Brazil. We will carry out investigations and these campaigns will have online petitions, ongoing efforts to get media attention, direct outreach to the senior leadership and a direct action in front of one of their stores, creating a good photo opportunity for media attention." Donor reason for selecting the donee: No reasons specific to the grantee are listed, but https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms lists several reasons for the general focus on cage-free reforms, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d describes the reasons for the internationalization phase. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing matches the timing of other grants in this second phase (internationalization) of corporate cage-free campaign spending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-crate-and-cage-free-campaigning-in-brazil and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/forum-nacional-de-protecao-e-defesa-animal-crate-and-cage-free-campaigning-in-brazil-2020 suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. The first of these says of the grantee's progress: "FNPDA has played a role in securing crate-free pledges from Brazil’s four largest pork producers and cage-free pledges from 26 Brazilian food companies" Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil; announced: 2016-11-07. |
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| Open Philanthropy | World Animal Protection | 544,607.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support work on farm animal welfare advocacy in China. Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup February 2019 grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/world-animal-protection-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2019 suggests that this grant would be considered a success. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-26. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Brighter Green | 99,360.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china | Donation process: The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Brighter_Green/OPP_Brighter_Green_China_grassroots__budget_proposal_Sept116.pdf was submitted 2016-07-25 and revised 2016-09-01. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "support a roadtrip, workshops, and trainings about factory farming, and sustainable, equitable, and humane food and food systems in China." The grant proposal https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Brighter_Green/OPP_Brighter_Green_China_grassroots__budget_proposal_Sept116.pdf has more details. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant is part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The timing is determined by the China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Intended funding timeframe in months: 12 Donor retrospective of the donation: Further grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-china-2018 and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/brighter-green-farm-animal-welfare-advocacy-2020 from Open Philanthropy to Brighter Green suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-11. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Good Food Institute | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/meat alternatives | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support | Donation process: The Good Food Institute submitted three proposals: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Corporate_Engagement_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (corporate engagement), https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Innovation_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (innovation), and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Science_%26_Tech_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (science and technology). Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: The grant page says: "The Good Food Institute plans to use this grant to expand its work promoting alternatives to animal products. It may also hire additional staff and create an operating reserve." It also links to three proposals: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Corporate_Engagement_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (corporate engagement), https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Innovation_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (innovation), and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Good_Food_Institute/GFI_Science_%26_Tech_Proposal_9-9-16.pdf (science and technology). Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant proposals include requests for the following amounts annually: $210,000 for corporate engagement, $200,000 for innovation, and $325,000 for science and technology. The total amount of $1,000,000 covers expenses for about 1.5 years at these rates. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup grants https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-general-support-2017 and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/good-food-institute-international-work suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Announced: 2016-10-25. |
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| Open Philanthropy | WildAid | 700,000.00 | Animal welfare/diet change | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-china | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support [WildAid's] campaign to support government efforts to reduce meat consumption in China. WildAid plans to expand its public service announcement (PSA) campaigns aimed at slowing the growth of meat consumption to four new major Chinese cities." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Part of a China focus strategy announced by Lewis Bollard at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EffectiveAnimalActivism/permalink/656583861179155/ (2016-10-25) and explained in depth in a document https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/grants-support-farm-animal-welfare-work-china announced at https://groups.google.com/a/openphilanthropy.org/forum/#!topic/newly.published/ngrjni1iKLg (2017-08-09). Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/wildaid-reducing-meat-consumption-china-2018 (2018-03) references this grant and suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: China; announced: 2016-10-25. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-international-cage-free-advocacy | Donation process: The donation is part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more background. For this specific grant, a budget https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/MFA_Budget_International_Cage-Free_Campaigns_Expansion_8-1-16.pdf was obtained from the grantee. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to "end the confinement of hens in battery cages. [...] [The grant will] support Mercy For Animals’ work in Latin America and Asia." A simplified budget ($500,000/year) is at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Mercy_For_Animals/MFA_Budget_International_Cage-Free_Campaigns_Expansion_8-1-16.pdf with breakdown of $212,500 for Brazil, $192,500 for Mexico, $40,000 for Asia, and $55,000 for international campaign coordination from the United States. Donor reason for selecting the donee: No reasons specific to the grantee are listed, but https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms lists several reasons for the general focus on cage-free reforms, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d describes the reasons for the internationalization phase. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing matches the timing of other grants in this second phase (internationalization) of corporate cage-free campaign spending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Several further grants from Open Philanthropy to Mercy For Animals suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: Brazil|Mexico; announced: 2016-10-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Animal Equality | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/animal-equality-international-cage-free-advocacy | Donation process: The donation is part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more background. Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support international advocacy to end the confinement of hens in battery cages." "The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Animal Equality’s work in Latin America, Europe, and Asia." Donor reason for selecting the donee: No reasons specific to the grantee are listed, but https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms lists several reasons for the general focus on cage-free reforms, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d describes the reasons for the internationalization phase. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing matches the timing of other grants in this second phase (internationalization) of corporate cage-free campaign spending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Several further grants from Open Philanthropy to Animal Equality, with continued endorsement of the work, suggest satisfaction by Open Philanthropy with the grant. Other notes: Announced: 2016-10-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Humane Society International | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-international-international-cage-free-outreach | Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant "to support [grantee's] work to end the confinement of hens in battery cages. [..] The present funding, part of a new series of grants focusing on international cage-free advocacy, will support Humane Society International’s work in Latin America and Asia." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The linked blog post https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms lists several reasons for the general focus on cage-free reforms, and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d describes the reasons for the internationalization phase. Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing matches the timing of other grants in this second phase (internationalization) of corporate cage-free campaign spending. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor retrospective of the donation: Further grants to the grantee suggest continued satisfactioon with the outcome of this grant. Other notes: Affected countries: Latin America|Asia; announced: 2016-10-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | People for Animals | 89,392.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/international/India | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/people-animals-international-cage-free-advocacy | Second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. Followup conversation with Gauri Mulekhi of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Gauri_Maulekhi_02-06-17_%28public%29.pdf on 2017-02-06. Affected countries: India; announced: 2016-10-03. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-international-cage-free-advocacy | Donation process: No details are provided for this grant, but it likely builds on past vetting of the organization for the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns and general interest in cage-free campaigns described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support international advocacy to end the confinement of hens in battery cages, complementing a similar grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns focused on the United States. Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page does not discuss reasons, but reasons are likely similar to those for the previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns (both for the donee as an organization and for cage-free campaigns). Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): No timing-related reasons are discussed, but the timing is likely a result of the Open Philanthropy Project's general push for cage-free campaigning, and promise shown by the first round of cage-free campaign grants made earlier in the year. Donor retrospective of the donation: The general support grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 in 2018 renews this grant among others. Other notes: Part of a second phase (focused on internationalization) of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for description of overall cage-free effort and see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chickens-animal-abuse-video_us_57fac5c5e4b0e655eab5485d for description of internationalization phase. This and other grants from Open Philanthropy Project to The Humane League are discussed in https://ssir.org/articles/entry/giving_in_the_light_of_reason as part of an overview of Open Philanthropy's grantmaking strategy. Announced: 2016-10-03. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Compassion in World Farming USA | 550,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/welfarism/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support | Donation process: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Our_process says: "We previously considered making a grant to CIWF USA for work on cage-free campaigns. We decided not to make that grant because CIWF USA’s work did not neatly fit into the specific framework of cage-free campaigns, and because we were concerned about its history of also working on less cost-effective campaigns. A few months later, we re-considered CIWF USA for a one-off general support grant. Based on conversations with Ms. Garces and a number of animal advocates, we decided to move forward." Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Proposed_activities says: "CIWF USA’s proposed budget calls for hiring two additional corporate engagement managers, an operational support staffer, and a public engagement manager. The need for a larger staff is primarily a result of CIWF USA’s approach to corporate outreach, which is more labor-intensive than that of other farm animal welfare groups with which we are familiar. CIWF USA is focused both on cage-free egg campaigns and broiler chicken welfare. It plans to run campaigns focusing on both producers and retailers. Campaigns with retailers will seek to persuade target companies to commit to sourcing their chicken from producers raising breeds with higher welfare traits in less cruel conditions." Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Case_for_the_grant says: "We see this grant as an opportunity to expand our support for organizations working to improve the living conditions of animals on U.S. factory farms beyond our early grants on cage-free corporate campaigns. CIWF USA broadly shares our approach to farm animal welfare and is in the early stages of expanding the scope of its work to include broiler chickens, which we (and as far as we know, the vast majority of animal advocates) consider an underserved population of farm animals. We are reasonably confident in CIWF USA’s track record and ability to implement its model at scale." Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant page says: "CIWF USA has an annual budget of roughly $450,000, while CIWF UK has an annual budget of £6,477,213 (about $9.4 million). [...] CIWF USA plans on using the $275,000 per year provided by this grant to hire two new corporate engagement staff, one operations staff member, and a public engagement manager. Absent our funding, we are reasonably confident that CIWF USA would not expand significantly in the near future. CIWF USA has a history of steady but slow revenue growth and few obvious alternative funding sources." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Our_process gives a hint as to timing: "A few months later, we re-considered CIWF USA for a one-off general support grant. Based on conversations with Ms. Garces and a number of animal advocates, we decided to move forward." Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Plans_for_learning_and_follow-up lists some goals, expectations, and internal forecasts but does not talk about a followup grant. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Our_process suggests that this grant is a "one-off general support grant" with no specific renewal plans. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup conversation with Leah Garces (Executive Director) and Dawn Rotheram (Development Director) at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Leah_Garces_Dawn_Rotheram_11-08-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-11-08. Followup grants from Open Philanthropy to Compassion in World Farming USA, despite no specific plans to follow up, suggest continued satisfaction from Open Philanthropy in the grantee. Other notes: The grant page has a number of sources https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/CIWF-USA-general-support#Sources mostly documents from mthe grantee. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-07-06. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Global Animal Partnership | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/welfarism/rating system/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support | Donation process: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support#Our_process says: "A philanthropist whom we respect, who has ties to GAP, first recommended to us that we make a grant to GAP. We considered GAP as one of three one-time general support grants. Lewis Bollard, our Program Officer for Farm Animal Welfare, investigated the grant through online research and conversations with Anne Malleau, Suzanne McMillan, GAP board members Wayne Pacelle and Leah Garces, and two other advocates. We then asked Malleau for budget proposals of different sizes to help us determine how large a grant to recommend." Intended use of funds (category): Organizational general support Intended use of funds: Grant "to support the improvement and expansion of its 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating program (used by Whole Foods)." The budget includes $235,000 for business development, including going beyond Whole Foods, $137,000 for product resources, benchmarking, and improved oversight, and $128,000 for standards development and launch, and scientific advisory board. Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support#Case_for_the_grant lists three ways Open Phil considers GAP to stand out among certification schemes: large scale (achieved through contracts with Tyson and Perdue Farms and Whole Foods Market), focus on continuous improvement (through a 5-step scale with standards being revised upward, rather than a binary classification), and strong leadership (Anne Malleau). Other certification schemes compared to GAP include American Humane Certified, American Welfare Approved, and Certified Humane. Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support#Proposed_activities says: "After several initial conversations with GAP, we asked Anne Malleau, GAP’s Executive Director, to prepare budget proposals outlining how GAP would use an additional $300,000, $500,000, or $1 million over two years. After reviewing these proposals, we decided that the $500,000 budget made the most sense to us overall, but that it included a few line items for tasks that appeared to us unlikely to be high-impact." This led to a revised budget that Open Phil approved. Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/global-animal-partnership-general-support#Follow-up_expectations says: "We expect to have a conversation with Anne Malleau and staff every 3-6 months for the next two years, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. Toward the end of the grant, we plan to attempt a more holistic and detailed evaluation of the grant’s performance." Donor retrospective of the donation: Several followup grants suggest continued satisfaction by Open Philanthropy in Global Animal Partnership. Other notes: Unlike most Open Phil grants at the time, the grant would not be announced on the mailing list. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: United States. |
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| Open Philanthropy | The Humane Society of the United States | 500,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free campaign/United States | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-society-united-states-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. Followup conversation with Paul Shapiro of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Paul_Shapiro_07-20-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-07-20. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-10. | |
| Open Philanthropy | The Humane League | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Donation process: The donation is part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more background. The specific process for The Humane League is not discussed in detail; see https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Our_process Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: Grant to support corporate cage-free campaigns. The grant page says: "THL plans to use this grant to roughly triple the size of its corporate campaign team by hiring eight new staff, including: three campaign coordinators, a corporate outreach specialist, a lawyer, an in-house designer, a website developer, and a media specialist. THL plans to use this extra capacity to launch more and larger campaigns, especially targeting the grocery sector (which has so far largely resisted pressure to go cage-free). THL has shared its plans with us for reaching out to the nation’s 400 largest food buyers (ranging from fast food restaurants to regional grocery chains) and launching campaigns against them if necessary." Donor reason for selecting the donee: The donor's positive assessment of the donee as a corporate campaigner is described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#The_organization The donor's positive assessment of cage-free campaigns is described at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#The_cause and https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms The donor believes the donee's effectiveness will increase with scale; this is part of the reason for the grant, explained more at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Case_for_the_grant Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): From https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Budget_and_room_for_more_funding (Section 2.2): "THL shared two potential two-year budgets for its corporate campaign expansion with us: for an additional $250,000/year, or $500,000/year. We have decided to fund THL’s full corporate campaign expansion budget of $500,000/year for the next two years." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): The grant is part of a push by the Open Philanthropy Project to fund corporate cage-free campaigning, explained in more detail at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms The timing is therefore controlled by the timing of that push. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: Next donation is not directly discussed, but follow-up plans are described in Section 2.4 "Follow-up expectations": a followup with THL staff every 3-6 months, an update at the one-year mark, and a holistic evaluation at the end of the grant period. Donor retrospective of the donation: Followup conversation at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/The_Humane_League_08-22-16_%28public%29.pdf on 2016-08-22. There are many followup grants for international expansion and general support, suggesting that the grant is considered a success. A renewal and expansion grant is made in August 2018: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/humane-league-general-support-2018 Other notes: This and other grants from Open Philanthropy to The Humane League are discussed in https://ssir.org/articles/entry/giving_in_the_light_of_reason as part of an overview of Open Philanthropy's grantmaking strategy. Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-02-24. |
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| Open Philanthropy | Mercy For Animals | 1,000,000.00 | Animal welfare/factory farming/chicken/cage-free/corporate campaign | https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns | Donation process: This donation is part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. The grant page https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Our_process says: "As MFA is one of the main organizations running corporate animal welfare campaigns, we contacted MFA to discuss the possibility of funding the organization for corporate cage-free campaigns." Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses Intended use of funds: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Proposed_activities says: "MFA will use this grant to build a corporate cage-free egg campaigning team. Now that advocates have gotten almost all major fast food and food service chains to go cage-free, MFA’s goal is to get the rest of the grocery industry to go cage-free as well." Donor reason for selecting the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Case_for_the_grant says: "We believe corporate cage-free egg campaigns are a particularly cost-effective approach for reducing farm animal suffering [...] [MFA] seems well-positioned to campaign for corporate cage-free reforms, particularly given its past experience with campaigns in the grocery sector. [...] more than two million Facebook followers, 200,000+ member email list, celebrity contacts, network news connections, top investigations unit, and grassroots network [...] We believe the most likely outcome [...] slightly worse than the estimate of 120 hens spared per dollar that we gave previously. [...] Even if returns are sublinear, we believe cage-free egg campaigns would still be relatively cost-effective; if, for example, our $1 million grant to MFA only generates one major grocer victory over two years [...] 25 hens spared per dollar." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): This donation is part of a bunch of corporate cage-free campaign spending. See https://www.openphilanthropy.org/blog/initial-grants-support-corporate-cage-free-reforms for more. Intended funding timeframe in months: 24 Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/farm-animal-welfare/mercy-animals-corporate-cage-free-campaigns#Follow-up_expectations says: "We expect to have a conversation with MFA staff every 3-6 months for the next two years, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. At the one-year mark, we expect to provide an update on this grant, either by publishing public notes or by producing a brief write-up. Towards the end of the grant, we plan to attempt a more holistic and detailed evaluation of the grant’s performance." Donor retrospective of the donation: A followup conversation with Nick Cooney of grantee organization at https://www.openphilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/Nick_Cooney_08-01-16_%28public%29.pdf would happen on 2016-08-01. Several followup grants from Open Phil to MFA suggest continued satisfaction with the grantee. Other notes: Affected countries: United States; announced: 2016-03-10. |
Graph of spending by donee and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by donee and year (cumulative)
