Movement Grants Matching Challenge

‎ Movement Grants Matching Challenge

The suffering of billions of farmed and wild animals remains largely unseen. Hidden by distance and by design.

ACE’s Movement Grants funds organizations and projects that prioritize novel interventions, help large numbers of animals, and work in regions underrepresented in animal advocacy.

Make your move for animals. Help fund advocates creating change around the world, with every donation doubled for a limited time.

The Problem

Billions of animals suffer each year, out of sight and out of mind. Some are born into industrial systems built for profit. Others live in the wild, yet still bear the consequences of human activity, from habitat destruction to inhumane pest control. In both cases, the suffering is vast, the visibility is low, and the funding to address it is scarce.

Asia accounts for over 90% of global aquaculture production. Around 440 billion farmed shrimp are slaughtered globally every year. Hundreds of millions of rodents are killed annually using anticoagulant rodenticides, which can cause prolonged internal bleeding over several days.

These are the forgotten animals, living in systems hidden from our view, and where suffering is high but support is scarce. If we truly want to reduce animal suffering on a large scale, we must fund work in these overlooked regions. And that’s exactly what ACE’s Movement Grants are designed to do.

Why Support Movement Grants?

Movement Grants is ACE’s strategic grantmaking program that helps build and strengthen the global animal advocacy movement. Advocates and organizations around the world are fighting for change. They are often under-resourced, without recognition, and largely invisible to the public. Their work is urgent, strategic, and effective. And yet, it is chronically underfunded. Movement Grants exists to find and fund them.

$8.6M

To date, we have awarded $8.6M in grants.

292

We have given 292 grants to promising projects.

58

We have supported grants in 57 countries, spreading across six continents.

Matching Challenge

Until July 3, your donation to our Movement Grants program will be DOUBLED, up to $300,000 USD. Each grant cycle, our team reviews applications from advocates working on behalf of animals. We look for the work that is most impactful and most in need of support. his is the kind of work that can change the industrial farming system. Your donation helps make that possible. Right now, every gift will be matched to help support the next wave of advocacy for animals. Reaching our goal will unlock a $300k matching gift from a generous legacy donor.

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Read what our grantees are making possible

Learn more about what our Movement Grants have achieved for animals in the Movement Grantee updates.

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View our past grantees

For our last round of grants, we awarded $1,315,279 to 25 promising projects around the globe. Learn more about our past recipients.

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I support ACE's Movement Grants because it fosters ambitious, innovative initiatives and advocates not only to create surface-level impact through its grants, but also to grow the larger community geographically, culturally, and strategically. Building a world where all animals can flourish requires a long-run view, and I deeply appreciate ACE for the opportunity to invest in new ideas and encourage bold action in pursuit of a brighter future.

Matt Fay

Movement Grants Donor

As passionate animal lovers, we are dedicated to advancing animal rights, rescue, and education by providing annual grants to organizations with the greatest potential for transformative impact. The ACE Recommended Charity Fund serves as a cornerstone of our giving strategy, helping us identify and support high-impact organizations that deliver meaningful results. We are equally inspired by the Movement Grants program, which bolsters the global animal advocacy movement through strategic, targeted funding. Together, these initiatives provide us with confidence that our contributions are being allocated to areas with the greatest impact.

All Creatures Great and Small

Movement Grants Donor

Many people wanting to help animals ask me for advice about the organizations to which they should donate. My standard answer is to refer them to Animal Charity Evaluators. If we want to bring about the biggest reduction in animal suffering for each dollar we donate, the research ACE does is our best guide.

Peter Singer

Philosopher

Movement Grants is recommended by Giving What We Can as a great choice for donors wishing to maximize the impact of their donations in the animal advocacy space.

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