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Last Updated: November, 2020

About this list

This list represents charities that we examined in some way during our recommendation process. We have categorized each charity by their type of work and status. In addition to the charities listed below, three charities that we considered asked not to be listed.

It is important to note that the small number of highly recommended organizations below is the result of a deliberate decision to provide clear and actionable recommendations to donors who are seeking to find the highest impact uses for their donations. We believe that many more of the animal organizations listed below also do excellent work on behalf of animals.

Learn more about our sort categories:

Review Status (Top Charity, Standout Charity: General Interest, Standout Charity: Special Interest)
Depth of Review (Comprehensive, Exploratory, Considered)
Type of Work (Industrial Agriculture, General Animal Welfare, etc.)

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Albert Schweitzer Foundation

Type of work:

Top Charity

The Good Food Institute

Type of work:

Top Charity

The Humane League

Type of work:

Top Charity

Wild Animal Initiative

Type of work:

Top Charity

Anima International

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Compassion In World Farming USA (Compassion USA)

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Essere Animali

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Faunalytics

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Good Food Fund

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Sinergia Animal

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Vegetarianos Hoy

Type of work:

Standout Charity

Animals Now

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Cellular Agriculture Society

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Compassion In World Farming International (Compassion International)

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST)

Type of work:

Comprehensive

HSUS Farm Animal Protection Campaign

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Mercy For Animals

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Modern Agriculture Foundation

Type of work:

Comprehensive

ProVeg International

Type of work:

Comprehensive

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP)

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Vegan Outreach

Type of work:

Comprehensive

Vegan Society Austria

Type of work:

Exploratory

269 Life

Type of work:

Considered

A Pawsitive Approach

Type of work:

Considered

A.D.D.A. Asociación para la Defensa de los Derechos del Animal

Type of work:

Considered

A.N.D.A. – Asociación Nacional para Defensa de los Animales

Type of work:

Considered

A.U.M. Films and Media

Type of work:

Considered

Abolitionist Approach

Type of work:

Considered

ACTAsia For Animals

Type of work:

Considered

Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais (ANDA)

Type of work:

Considered

Agir pour la Vie Animale

Type of work:

Considered

Agire Ora

Type of work:

Considered

Aktion Kirche und Tiere e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Aktion Tier – Menschen für Tiere

Type of work:

Considered

Alianima

Type of work:

Considered

Alma Animal Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Amazon Shelter

Type of work:

Considered

America For Animals

Type of work:

Considered

American Humane Association

Type of work:

Considered

American Red Lion Disaster Fund

Type of work:

Considered

Ánima

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Advocacy Careers

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Aid

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Allies

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Ethics

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Free Research UK

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Friends Jogja

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Heroes

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Justice

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Kingdom Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Libre

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Nepal

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Peace e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Protection and Rescue League

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Rebellion

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Rights Center Japan (ARCJ)

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Rights Watch

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Welfare Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)

Type of work:

Considered

Animal Welfare Media

Type of work:

Considered

Animals and Society Institute

Type of work:

Considered

ANIMALS UNITED e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Animals’ Angels

Type of work:

Considered

Animals´ Constitution (Menschen für Tierrechte-Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner e.V.)

Type of work:

Considered

AnimaNaturalis Internacional

Type of work:

Considered

Anonymous for the Voiceless

Type of work:

Considered

Aquatic Life Institute

Type of work:

Considered

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für artgerechte Nutztierhaltung

Type of work:

Considered

ARCA Brasil

Type of work:

Considered

Asociación Nacional para la Protección y el Bienestar de los Animales (ANPBA)

Type of work:

Considered

Association Pour L’Egalite Animale

Type of work:

Considered

Association Végétarienne de France

Type of work:

Considered

Associazione Sammarinese Protezione Animali

Type of work:

Considered

Associazione Vegetariana Italiana

Type of work:

Considered

Avina Stiftung

Type of work:

Considered

Beauty Without Cruelty

Type of work:

Considered

Better Eating International

Type of work:

Considered

Beyond Carnism

Type of work:

Considered

Blue Cross of Hyderabad

Type of work:

Considered

Breeder Release Adoption Service

Type of work:

Considered

British Hen Welfare Trust

Type of work:

Considered

BUND

Type of work:

Considered

Bundesverband Tierschutz e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals

Type of work:

Considered

Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Type of work:

Considered

Cellular Agriculture Canada

Type of work:

Considered

Center for a Responsible Future

Type of work:

Considered

Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School

Type of work:

Considered

Center for Contemporary Sciences

Type of work:

Considered

Centre for Animals and Social Justice (CASJ)

Type of work:

Considered

Change For Animals Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Charity Entrepreneurship

Type of work:

Considered

Christian Vegetarian Association

Type of work:

Considered

Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife

Type of work:

Considered

Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth

Type of work:

Considered

Collectively Free

Type of work:

Considered

Colorado Voters for Animals

Type of work:

Considered

Compassionate Action for Animals

Type of work:

Considered

Condition One

Type of work:

Considered

Conseil National de la Protection Animale (CNPA)

Type of work:

Considered

Counterfactual Ventures

Type of work:

Considered

Crate Free Illinois

Type of work:

Considered

CreatureKind

Type of work:

Considered

Credence Institute

Type of work:

Considered

Crustacean Compassion

Type of work:

Considered

Defensa Animal

Type of work:

Considered

Derecho Animal – Web Centre for Animal Rights

Type of work:

Considered

Deutscher Tierschutzbund

Type of work:

Considered

Dharma Voices for Animals

Type of work:

Considered

Die Tierbefreier e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Die Tierschutzpartei

Type of work:

Considered

Direct Action Everywhere

Type of work:

Considered

Djurskyddet Sverige

Type of work:

Considered

Dogtown South Africa

Type of work:

Considered

DxE France

Type of work:

Considered

Dyrenes Forbund

Type of work:

Considered

Encompass

Type of work:

Considered

Erna-Graff-Stiftung für Tierschutz

Type of work:

Considered

Europäischen Tier- und Naturschutz e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

European Vegetarian Union (EVU)

Type of work:

Considered

EVA

Type of work:

Considered

Evolve Our Prison Farms

Type of work:

Considered

Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

Type of work:

Considered

Factory Farming Legal Fellowship Program

Type of work:

Considered

Fair Fish International

Type of work:

Considered

Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)

Type of work:

Considered

Farm Forward

Type of work:

Considered

Fish Feel

Type of work:

Considered

Fish Welfare Initiative

Type of work:

Considered

fishcount.org.uk

Type of work:

Considered

Fondation 30 Millions d’Amis

Type of work:

Considered

Fondation Brigitte Bardot

Type of work:

Considered

Food Animal Concerns Trust

Type of work:

Considered

Food Empowerment Project

Type of work:

Considered

Food Frontier

Type of work:

Considered

Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal

Type of work:

Considered

Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary

Type of work:

Considered

Fundación El Hogar Animal Sanctuary

Type of work:

Considered

Fundación para el Asesoramiento y Acción en Defensa de los Animales (FAADA)

Type of work:

Considered

Global Animal Law Project

Type of work:

Considered

Global Animal Partnership

Type of work:

Considered

Global Food Partners

Type of work:

Considered

Groupe d’action dans l’intérêt des animaux (GAIA)

Type of work:

Considered

Hip Hop is Green

Type of work:

Considered

Hong Kong Vegan Association

Type of work:

Considered

Humane Farm Animal Care

Type of work:

Considered

Humane Farming Association

Type of work:

Considered

Humane Party (US)

Type of work:

Considered

Humane Slaughter Association

Type of work:

Considered

Instituto Australis / Projeto Baleia Franca

Type of work:

Considered

Instituto Sea Shepherd Brasil (ISSB)

Type of work:

Considered

International Animal Rescue

Type of work:

Considered

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Type of work:

Considered

International Society for Animal Rights

Type of work:

Considered

Internationale Gesellschaft für Nutztierhaltung (IGN)

Type of work:

Considered

Internationale Vegetarier-Union (IVU)

Type of work:

Considered

KAGfreiland

Type of work:

Considered

Kinder World

Type of work:

Considered

La Fondation Droit Animal, éthique et sciences- LFDA – French Animal Rights League

Type of work:

Considered

Landestierschutzverband Baden-Württemberg e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Lega Anti Vivisezione (L.A.V.)

Type of work:

Considered

Les Cahiers Antispécistes

Type of work:

Considered

Let Fish Live

Type of work:

Considered

Liberum

Type of work:

Considered

Life Conservationist Association

Type of work:

Considered

L’Associazione Animalisti Italiani Onlus

Type of work:

Considered

Melbourne Sheep Save

Type of work:

Considered

Minding Animals International Inc. (MAI)

Type of work:

Considered

Morris Animal Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Movement for Compassionate Living

Type of work:

Considered

NABU

Type of work:

Considered

NetAP – Network for Animal Protection

Type of work:

Considered

Network for Animals

Type of work:

Considered

New Zealand Animal Law Association

Type of work:

Considered

NOAH – Menschen für Tiere e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

NutritionFacts.org

Type of work:

Considered

Obhoyaronno – Bangladesh Animal Welfare Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

OBRAZ

Type of work:

Considered

One Step for Animals

Type of work:

Considered

One Voice

Type of work:

Considered

Orangutan Outreach

Type of work:

Considered

Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal (PACMA)

Type of work:

Considered

Partij voor de Dieren

Type of work:

Considered

Peace Ridge Sanctuary

Type of work:

Considered

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Type of work:

Considered

PETA India

Type of work:

Considered

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Type of work:

Considered

Plant Dining Partnerships

Type of work:

Considered

Plant-Based Foods Association

Type of work:

Considered

Plant-based Policy Centre

Type of work:

Considered

Politischer Arbeitskreis für Tierrechte in Europa e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

ProAnima—Associacao Protectoro dos Animais do Distrito Federal

Type of work:

Considered

Progetto Vivere Vegan

Type of work:

Considered

Protection Mondiale des Animaux de Ferme (PMAF)

Type of work:

Considered

Provieh – Verein gegen tierquälerische Massentierhaltung e. V.

Type of work:

Considered

Reducetarian Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Renctas

Type of work:

Considered

Responsible Policies for Animals (RPA)

Type of work:

Considered

Rethink Priorities

Type of work:

Considered

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)

Type of work:

Considered

Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE)

Type of work:

Considered

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Type of work:

Considered

Sentience Institute

Type of work:

Considered

Sentience Politics

Type of work:

Considered

Shining Life Foundation

Type of work:

Considered

Sneha’s Care

Type of work:

Considered

Società Scientifica di Nutrizione Vegetariana

Type of work:

Considered

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor

Type of work:

Considered

SOKO Tierschutz

Type of work:

Considered

SOS Fauna

Type of work:

Considered

Supermeat

Type of work:

Considered

Surge

Type of work:

Considered

Swiss Veg

Type of work:

Considered

The Food You Choose

Type of work:

Considered

The Greenfield Project

Type of work:

Considered

The Peace Advocacy Network

Type of work:

Considered

The Pollination Project

Type of work:

Considered

Tierärztliche Vereinigung für Tierschutz

Type of work:

Considered

Tierversuchsgegner Saar – Menschen für Tierrechte e.V.

Type of work:

Considered

Toronto Pig Save (TPS)

Type of work:

Considered

Vegan Australia

Type of work:

Considered

Vegan Friendly

Type of work:

Considered

Vegan Italia

Type of work:

Considered

Vegan Justice League

Type of work:

Considered

Vegans of Shanghai

Type of work:

Considered

Vege Project

Type of work:

Considered

Vegetarian Resource Group

Type of work:

Considered

Vegetarian Society

Type of work:

Considered

Vegetarian Society Denmark

Type of work:

Considered

Vegetarianos Hoy

Type of work:

Considered

Verein Gegen Tierfabriken

Type of work:

Considered

VIER PFOTEN

Type of work:

Considered

VIVA Poland

Type of work:

Considered

Viva!

Type of work:

Considered

VIVO Comitato per un Consumo Consapevole

Type of work:

Considered

Voiceless

Type of work:

Considered

Voluntário Animal

Type of work:

Considered

Voters for Animal Rights

Type of work:

Considered

Wakker Dier

Type of work:

Considered

Wishing Well Sanctuary

Type of work:

Considered

World Animal Protection

Type of work:

Considered

World Day for the End of Fishing

Type of work:

Considered

A Well-Fed World

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing)

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Animals Australia

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Brighter Green

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Compassion in World Farming France (Compassion France)

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Compassion in World Farming Italy (Compassion Italy)

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Compassion in World Farming Spain (Compassion Spain)

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Equalia

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Eurogroup for Animals

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Humane Society Legislative Fund

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

L214 Éthique & Animaux

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

New Harvest

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Plant Based Foods Association Research and Education Fund

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

The Save Movement

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Veganuary

Type of work:

Declined to be Reviewed/Published

Balanced

Type of work:

Not Considered, Scope