What are Movement Grants, and how do they work?
Movement Grants is our grant program aimed at building and strengthening the global animal advocacy movement. We are interested in funding groups working on various approaches to animal advocacy, especially those that are underfunded, target large numbers of animals, and are in regions with a relatively small animal advocacy movement. We provide Movement Grants for three main reasons:
- We believe that a broad, pluralistic animal advocacy movement is more likely to be resilient—and hence more impactful—than a narrow, monistic animal advocacy movement.
- There is little available evidence to support the effectiveness of any given intervention, and we think that animal advocacy is more likely to be successful by continuing to fund a wide range of interventions.
- Many countries do not yet have a well-established animal advocacy movement—by funding projects in those countries, we can build up the movement in neglected regions and address animal suffering as a global problem.
Donations to Movement Grants will be distributed to promising projects around the globe working to reduce animal suffering. The annual disbursement will be determined by the review committee. Applications open in February each year.
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Past Movement Grants Recipients
| Agriculture Cellulaire France | $30,000 |
| Amis de l’Afrique Francophone – Bénin | $20,000 |
| Black Veg Society | $30,000 |
| Brigada Animal México | $35,000 |
| Catalyst co. Ltd. | $50,000 |
| Cellular Agriculture Australia Ltd | $44,000 |
| Césama | $8,000 |
| Convergence Animaux Politique | $20,000 |
| Animal Advocacy Africa | $50,000 |
| Dansk Vegetarisk Forening | $29,000 |
| DC Voters for Animals, Inc | $10,000 |
| Dzīvnieku brīvība | $20,000 |
| Eduquons Autrement | $10,000 |
| Asociatia FREE | $15,000 |
| AnimaNaturalis | $30,000 |
| Fundación Derecho y Defensa Animal | $35,000 |
| Humánny Pokrok | $40,000 |
| World Day for the End of Fishing | $29,000 |
| Middle East Vegan Society | $40,000 |
| NALSAR University of Law | $6,000 |
| Nurture Imvelo Trust | $7,000 |
| One Health and Development Initiative | $35,000 |
| Quality Life without Borders | $14,000 |
| Insect Welfare Project | $45,000 |
| Rethink Your Food Inc | $20,000 |
| Samayu | $45,000 |
| Sentience | $25,000 |
| Shangano Arts Trust | $5,000 |
| Shrimp Welfare Project | $40,000 |
| Sibanye Animal Welfare and Conservancy Trust | $13,500 |
| The Modern Agriculture Foundation | $20,000 |
| TransfarmAg LLC | $48,000 |
| Vegan Derneği Turkiye | $8,500 |
| Viešoji įstaiga “Gyvi gali” | $25,000 |
| Viral Vegans | $8,000 |
For our fifth round of grants, we awarded $1,089,000 to 35 promising projects around the globe. More information about each of the recipients can be found in our official announcement and grantee updates. Funds granted in June 2021 were as follows:
| ACTAsia | $50,000 |
| Agriculture Fairness Alliance | $25,000 |
| Animal Ask | $40,000 |
| Animal Law Europe | $20,000 |
| Asociación para el Rescate y Bienestar de Los Animales | $10,000 |
| Asociația de Conștientizare a Industriei Agricole | $10,000 |
| Associação Vegetariana Portuguesa | $22,000 |
| Cellular Agriculture Australia | $20,000 |
| Christopher Sebastian | $35,000 |
| Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği | $25,000 |
| Česká Veganská Společnost | $25,000 |
| Demissew Bekele | $10,000 |
| Dharma Voices for Animals | $40,000 |
| Encompass | $60,000 |
| Equalia | $40,000 |
| Expertise for Animals | $30,000 |
| Factory Farming Law & Policy Fellowship Program | $75,000 |
| Food Empowerment Project | $60,000 |
| Grassroots Artists Movement Inc. | $50,000 |
| Institute of Animal Law of Asia | $38,000 |
| Menú por el Planeta | $18,000 |
| Peace Advocacy Network | $20,000 |
| Perkumpulan Sahabat Satwa Jogja | $30,000 |
| Rostlinně | $10,000 |
| Sentient | $30,000 |
| Sentient Media | $60,000 |
| Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy | $4,000 |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor | $50,000 |
| Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute | $25,000 |
| UK Centre for Animal Law | $23,000 |
| Vegan Caribbean Kickstart | $15,000 |
| Veg Student Alliance | $24,000 |
| We Animals Media | $31,000 |
| World Day for the End of Fishing | $24,000 |
| xiaobuVEGAN | $40,000 |
For our fourth round of grants, we awarded $289,745 to 23 promising projects around the globe. More information about each of the recipients can be found in our official announcement and grantee updates. Funds granted in October 2020 were as follows:
| Animal Justice Project | $15,000 |
| Aquatic Animals Alliance | $30,000 |
| Arvind Animal Activist | $5,000 |
| Augi & Draugi | $11,245 |
| Black VegFest | $10,000 |
| Christopher Sebastian McJetters | $5,000 |
| Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organisations | $10,000 |
| Counterfactual Institute | $27,500 |
| Dansk Vegetarisk Forening | $15,000 |
| Dyrevernalliansen | $12,000 |
| Essere Animali | $15,000 |
| Factory Farming Awareness Coalition | $10,000 |
| People For Animals Uttarakhand | $15,000 |
| Perla Anerol Sifuentes García | $10,000 |
| Reimagine Agriculture | $10,000 |
| Réseau Sentience | $5,000 |
| Rostlinně | $10,000 |
| Sentient | $20,000 |
| Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development | $19,000 |
| The Animal House Jamaica | $10,000 |
| Vegan Carribean Kickstart | $10,000 |
| Vegan Outreach | $10,000 |
| VivaBiH | $5,000 |
For our third round of grants, we awarded $341,250 to 19 promising projects around the globe. More information about each of the recipients can be found in our official announcement and grantee updates. Funds granted in July 2020 were as follows:
| Animal Advocacy Careers | $10,000 |
| Animal Justice | $10,000 |
| Aquatic Life Institute | $30,000 |
| Associação Vegetariana Portuguesa | $10,000 |
| Center for Animal Law Studies | $10,000 |
| Encompass | $35,000 |
| Freedom and Respect for Everything Earthling | $12,000 |
| Material Innovation Initiative | $25,000 |
| Menú por el Planeta | $4,000 |
| Rethink Priorities | $35,000 |
| SHAMAYIM: Jewish Animal Advocacy | $4,000 |
| The Greenfield Project | $11,250 |
| Modern Agriculture Foundation | $15,000 |
| Nonhuman Rights Project | $15,000 |
| UK Centre for Animal Law | $15,000 |
| Vegans of Shanghai | $35,000 |
| Vegetarianos Hoy | $25,000 |
| Wild Animal Initiative | $30,000 |
| World Day for the End of Fishing | $10,000 |
For our second round of grants, we awarded $491,980 to a diverse group of 18 charities and organizations around the world.1 One of the goals of the Movement Grants program is to complement our recommended charities by funding smaller or less well-funded organizations that are highly promising, which are often working in neglected countries or regions. More information about each of the recipients can be found in our official announcement and grantee updates. Funds granted in November 2019 were as follows:
| Assiettes Végétales | $17,000 |
| Biofutura A.C. | $25,000 |
| The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) | $30,000 |
| Colorado Voters for Animals | $5,000 |
| Czech Vegan Society | $10,000 |
| Equalia | $20,000 |
| Humánny pokrok | $10,000 |
| Kaplan Lab at Tufts University | $50,000 |
| LIBERUM | $10,000 |
| OBRAZ | $10,000 |
| Paris Animaux Zoopolis | $40,000 |
| Pour l’Égalité Animale | $15,000 |
| Plant-based Policy Centre | $24,980 |
| Sneha’s Care | $43,000 |
| Vegan Outreach | $17,000 |
| Vegans of Shanghai | $50,000 |
| Wild Animal Initiative | $60,000 |
| Anonymous grant recipient 2 | $55,000 |
In April, we granted $1.39 million to a diverse group of 48 charities, organizations, and individuals from around the world3. Our goal for this round was to direct a substantial portion of our funding towards capacity-building projects, and we met this goal by funding 42 capacity-building proposals. We also hoped to fund a significant number of proposals supporting legal and policy work. We did not receive as many proposals as we hoped we would in that area, and we funded only 9 of them. Of the remaining grants, 31 are funding projects aimed at influencing public opinion, 9 are funding projects aimed at influencing industry, and 17 are funding projects aimed at building alliances. More information about each of the recipients, our research team’s evaluation and selection process, and future grant cycles can be found in our official announcement and grantee updates. Funds granted in April 2019 were as follows:
| Animal Aid UK | $50,000 |
| Animal Ethics | $44,000 |
| Animal Justice Project | $20,000 |
| Animal Place | $10,000 |
| Animal Welfare Media | $33,000 |
| Aph Ko | $40,000 |
| A Prayer for Compassion | $25,000 |
| Arvind Animal Activist | $5,000 |
| Balanced | $50,000 |
| Be Fair Be Vegan | $30,000 |
| Better Eating International | $50,000 |
| Center for Animal Law Studies | $50,000 |
| Centre for a Responsible Future | $15,000 |
| Christopher Sebastian McJetters | $25,000 |
| Compassion Over Killing | $30,000 |
| Compassionate Action for Animals | $40,000 |
| Dharma Voices for Animals | $15,000 |
| EAST | $40,000 |
| Emerging Markets Investors Alliance | $30,000 |
| Encompass | $50,000 |
| Equalia | $10,000 |
| Equal Sign | $15,000 |
| Essere Animali | $40,000 |
| Factory Farming Awareness Coalition | $50,000 |
| Factory Farming Legal Fellowship | $20,000 |
| Faunacción | $20,000 |
| Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations | $50,000 |
| Food Empowerment Project | $50,000 |
| Food Frontier | $21,000 |
| Grassroots Artists MovEment | $30,000 |
| Human Behaviour Change for Animals | $20,000 |
| LifeAfterHummus Community Benefit Society | $22,000 |
| Mission Vegan Andhra | $4,000 |
| Northwest VEG | $21,240 |
| Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance (Dyrevernalliansen) | $16,500 |
| Palestinian Animal League | $35,000 |
| Peace Advocacy Network | $20,000 |
| PlantPure Communities | $30,000 |
| The Save Movement | $58,580 |
| Sentient | $32,500 |
| Sneha’s Care | $18,600 |
| The Raven Corps | $10,000 |
| The Vegan Rainbow Project | $5,000 |
| The Veggie Connection | $10,000 |
| Thrive Baltimore Community Resource Center | $30,000 |
| UK Centre for Animal Law | $19,147 |
| Veganuary | $50,000 |
| Vegetarianos Hoy | $25,000 |
FAQ
The Recommended Charity Fund supports only ACE’s currently recommended Top and Standout Charities, while the Movement Grants program supports a wider range of promising projects. Movement Grant recipients may include charities and programs that we feel show promise and are worthy of funding, though they may not meet all of our criteria to be evaluated and considered for a Top or Standout recommendation. For example, more than 70% of our Movement Grants recipients from Round 6 had budgets under $100,000 and were thus too small to qualify for our main charity evaluations program. We influence substantially more funding to our Top and Standout Charities, so they need to be large enough to absorb and utilize the funds that a recommendation may bring in.
Essentially, Movement Grants casts a wider net and may invest in more speculative or early-stage programs, while the Recommended Charity Fund offers donors more predictability. Donors who are interested in higher-risk/higher-reward giving or building the animal advocacy movement in new regions may be more drawn to Movement Grants, while donors who are more risk-averse and want more certainty in their giving may find the Recommended Charity Fund to be a better fit.
Donations will be distributed to promising charities from around the world as determined by the program’s review committee, which usually consists of three to five members of ACE’s research team. We are likely to fund a wide scope of charities, organizations, and individuals that are not on our list of recommended charities but that are pursuing important work within the movement. We particularly focus on approaches that are underfunded, target large numbers of animals, or are in regions with a relatively small animal advocacy movement. Details on our grantmaking process are subject to change as our thinking evolves.
For more detailed information on our thinking during our sixth round of funding, please see our official announcement.
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