Executive summary: Animal Ask, a research organization supporting strategic decision-making in animal advocacy, presents a five-year retrospective showing tentative but inconclusive evidence of impact and seeks $185,000 in additional funding for 2026 to continue projects in Asia, Europe, and global advocacy strategy.
Key points:
Since 2020, Animal Ask has completed 57 major research projects across all major exploited animal groups and spent approximately $820,000, averaging $13,000 per project.
Its work spans three theories of change—strategic consultation, information lobbying, and foundational research—currently focused about 75% on strategic priorities.
Of 57 evaluated projects, outcomes were classified as: 2 with positive impact, 17 with no impact, 14 ongoing, 2 averting suboptimal decisions, and 22 difficult to measure.
Early evidence suggests potential influence on campaigns such as Sentience’s “Invisible Animals” and AWeCCA’s anti-industrial farming efforts, though most impacts remain unverified.
The organization’s 2026 budget is $240,000 with a $185,000 funding gap; average project cost is expected to rise with broader, multi-stakeholder work.
Planned research includes fish welfare economics, advocacy prioritization in India and Indonesia, EU policy exploration, and broiler welfare strategies in Asia.
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Executive summary: Animal Ask, a research organization supporting strategic decision-making in animal advocacy, presents a five-year retrospective showing tentative but inconclusive evidence of impact and seeks $185,000 in additional funding for 2026 to continue projects in Asia, Europe, and global advocacy strategy.
Key points:
Since 2020, Animal Ask has completed 57 major research projects across all major exploited animal groups and spent approximately $820,000, averaging $13,000 per project.
Its work spans three theories of change—strategic consultation, information lobbying, and foundational research—currently focused about 75% on strategic priorities.
Of 57 evaluated projects, outcomes were classified as: 2 with positive impact, 17 with no impact, 14 ongoing, 2 averting suboptimal decisions, and 22 difficult to measure.
Early evidence suggests potential influence on campaigns such as Sentience’s “Invisible Animals” and AWeCCA’s anti-industrial farming efforts, though most impacts remain unverified.
The organization’s 2026 budget is $240,000 with a $185,000 funding gap; average project cost is expected to rise with broader, multi-stakeholder work.
Planned research includes fish welfare economics, advocacy prioritization in India and Indonesia, EU policy exploration, and broiler welfare strategies in Asia.
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