2021 List of Considered Charities
This page lists all the organizations involved in certain stages of our charity evaluation process leading to our 2021 charity recommendations.
Note: Some organizations we’ve considered or reviewed have requested that we not list them on our website; those groups are not included in the lists below. Additionally, due to changes in the way we consider charities, we have only published the shortlist of considered charities. For more details about our 2021 evaluation process, see this page.
Shortlist1 of Considered Charities
A Well-Fed World
ACTAsia
Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW)
Agriculture Fairness Alliance
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Alianima
America For Animals
Anima International
Animal Advocacy Africa
Animal Advocacy Careers
Animal Alliance Asia
Animal Ask
Animal Equality
Animal Ethics
Animal Friends Jogja (AFJ) (Perkumpulan Sahabat Satwa Jogja)
Animal Kingdom Foundation
Animal Law Coalition
Animal Law Reform South Africa
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Animal Nepal
Animal Outlook
Animal Protection and Rescue League
Animal Rebellion
Animal Rights Center Japan (NPO)
Animal Rights UK
Animal Rights Watch
Animal Save Movement (ASM)
Animal Society
Animal Welfare Institute
Animals International
Animals Now
Animals’ Angels e.V.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Asociación Nacional para Defensa de los Animales (ANDA)
Asociación para la Defensa de los Derechos del Animal
Association L214
Association of Lawyers for Animal Welfare
Balanced
Better Food Foundation
Brighter Green
CAS (Cellular Agriculture Society)
Catalyst
Cellular Agriculture Australia Ltd
Cellular Agriculture Canada
Césama (Conseil économique et social sur l’avenir des métiers agricoles)
Economic and Social Council on the Future of Agricultural Professions
China Plant Based Foods Alliance
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Korume Derneği
CIWF International
Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organisations
Compassion in World Farming USA
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Counterfactual Ventures
Credence Institute
Crustacean Compassion
Culture and Animals Foundation
DawnWatch – Dawn Animal World News/media Watch
Deutsche Juristische Gesellschaft für Tierschutzrecht
Deutsches Tierschutzbüro e.V.
Dharma Voices for Animals
Djurskyddet Sverige
Dyrenes Beskyttelse
Dyrenes Venner (Friends of the Animals)
EAST
Education for African Animal Welfare Organization
Eesti Loomakaitse Selts
Encompass
End Factory Farming – Viva!
Equalia
Essere Animali
Eurogroup for Animals
Expanded Circle Collective
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
FAI Farms
Fair-Fish International
Fanimal, Inc.
Farm Animals Voice
Farm Forward
Farm Transparency Project
Faunalytics
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)
Fish Feel
Fish Welfare Initiative
Fondation Brigitte Bardot
Food & Water Watch
Food for Life Global
Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Freedom for Animals
Fundación Derecho y Defensa Animal
Global Alliance for Rabies Control
Global Animal Law GAL Association
Global Animal Partnership
Global Aquaculture Alliance
GLOBALG.A.P.
Good Food Fund
Grassroots Artists MovEment
Hai-Meshek Association
Heavy Vegetable
Hip Hop is Green
Hlasz Virat
Hogwatch Manitoba Inc.
Hong Kong Vegan Association
Hong Kong Vegan Society
HSUS Farm Animal Protection Campaign
Human Behavior Change for Animals
Humane Action Pittsburgh
Humane Farm Animal Care
Humane Slaughter Association
Humane Society International (HSI)
Humane Society Legislative Fund
International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare
International Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship
International Society for Animal Rights
International Society for Applied Ethology
Internationale Gesellschaft für Nutztierhaltung (IGN)
Japanese Vegetarian Society
Jewish Initiative for Animals
Kenya Animal Welfare Advocacy Network
Kinship Circle
La Fondation Droit Animal, Éthique et Sciences
Malaysian Vegetarian Society
Material Innovation Initiative
Mercy For Animals (MFA)
Meru Animal Welfare Organization (MAWO)
Morris Animal Foundation
Moving Animals
Nation Rising
National Humane Education Society
New Harvest
Nutrition Ecology International Center
OBRAZ
Oeuvre d’Assistance aux Bêtes d’Abattoirs
One Kind
One More Meal
People for Animals
People for Cattle in India (PFCI)
Phoenix Zones Initiative
Pivot Food Investment
Planet For All Hong Kong
Plant Based Foods Association
Plant Powered Metro New York
ProVeg International
PROVIEH
Public Justice
Reducetarian Foundation
Rethink Charity on behalf of RC Forward
Rethink Priorities
Richman Law Group – Factory Farming Law and Policy Fellowship
San Diego Animal Advocates
Sentient Media
Sinergia Animal
Sloboda Zvierat
Sociedade Vegetariana Brasileira (SVB)
Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI)
SPCA Selangor
Stichting Varkens in Nood
Stichting Vissenbescherming
Stichting Wakker Dier
Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development (SEED)
The Aquatic Life Institute (ALI)
The Good Food Institute
The Greenfield Project
The Humane League
The Land and Sea Institute
Nonhuman Rights Project
Tianren Culture
Triangle Vegfest
Veg Student Alliance, Inc.
Vegan Justice League
Vegan Outreach
Vegan Women Summit
Veganuary
VegeProject
Vegetarianos Hoy
VegFund
Veggie Pride Question Animale
Verein RespekTiere
Vissenbescherming
Voices for Animals
Voters for Animal Rights
We Animals Media
WellBeing International
West Africa Center for the Protection of Animal Welfare (WACPAW)
Wild Animal Initiative
World Animal Protection
xiaobuVEGAN (Vegans of Shanghai)
Declined to be Reviewed/Published
Where possible, we’ve included the reason for declining as reported by the charities themselves.
| A Well-Fed World | They disagree with Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation criteria, methodology, and/or philosophy. Additionally, they do not support Animal Charity Evaluators’ decision to evaluate charities relative to one another. |
| ACTAsia | |
| Brighter Green | They were too busy during Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation season to participate in the review process. |
| China Plant Based Foods Alliance | They prefer to wait until next year to be evaluated (e.g., due to recent leadership change; because they are developing a new program or bringing on new staff). |
| Encompass | They were too busy during Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation season to participate in the review process. Additionally, they chose to wait until the following year to be evaluated (e.g., because they are developing a new program and bringing on new staff). |
| Eurogroup for Animals | They were too busy during Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation season to participate in the review process. |
| Fish Welfare Initiative | They were too busy during Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation season to participate in the review process. |
| International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare | They are not interested now and will contact us in the future in case the situation changes. |
| Malaysian Vegetarian Society | |
| OBRAZ | They were too busy during Animal Charity Evaluators’ evaluation season to participate in the review process (e.g., developing new program, bringing on new staff). |
| Rethink Priorities | |
| Veganuary | They are not interested now and will contact us in the future in case the situation changes. |
Published Reviews
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organisations (CAAWO)
Compassion USA
Dharma Voices for Animals
Faunalytics
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)
Material Innovation Initiative
Mercy For Animals
New Harvest
The Good Food Institute
The Humane League
Wild Animal Initiative
xioabuVEGAN
Recommended Charities
Top Charities
Faunalytics
The Humane League
Wild Animal Initiative
Standout Charities
Compassion in World Farming (Compassion USA)
Dharma Voices for Animals
Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)
Material Innovation Initiative
Mercy For Animals
New Harvest
xioabuVEGAN
We have only listed organizations that made it to the final stage of consideration; the full list of considered charities for 2021 exceeds 2,000. See our 2021 Evaluation Process page for more details.