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Over the last year and a half, the Animal Welfare Fund (AWF) has implemented organizational improvements, such as increased staffing, communications, evaluation, and fundraising efforts, enabling us to expand the scope and sustainability of our impact. To capitalize on these changes, we are refining our 3-year grantmaking strategy to maximize our support for non-human animals. In this update, we describe the role we believe AWF can play in the animal welfare space, outline our approach to key trade-offs, and summarize our funding priorities in each of our focus areas. While we planned the strategy for the next 3 years, we expect that through this period our strategy will inevitably evolve as the landscape of opportunities changes and we learn about the impact of the work we supported; we plan to revisit our portfolio annually and publish updates if we make any significant changes.

The Problem We See

Most animal suffering occurs among groups of animals, regions, and supply chains where animal welfare has received disproportionately little attention from philanthropists, governments, businesses, and even the animal advocacy movement. In many of these areas, animals are raised and sold through independent [...]

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Outline:

(01:12 ) The Problem We See

(01:51 ) Barriers to making progress

(03:08 ) Our Role in the Movement

(03:24 ) We believe we can further add value to the ecosystem by:

(04:41 ) By playing this role, we aim to provide value to:

(05:44 ) Our Goals

(06:00 ) We fund projects that:

(06:27 ) More specifically, key long-term objectives we are working towards include (but are not limited to):

(07:30 ) Key Pillars for Delivering Impact

(10:52 ) Areas where AWF does not expect to provide future support

(11:44 ) Learning, Evaluation, Adaptation

(11:49 ) Track success

(12:13 ) Review portfolio annually

(12:31 ) Respond to the ecosystem

(12:47 ) Join us in making impact for animals

(13:06 ) _________________________________________________________________

(13:07 ) Acknowledgements

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First published:

November 20th, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/4RMxQko3YrdWvnNci/ea-animal-welfare-fund-3-year-grantmaking-strategy

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