Venture philanthropy fundâevergreen fund (profits get recycled to make more investments) to invest in technologies/âcompanies that improve animal lives (alt proteins, more humane slaughter, conservation, etc)
Hedge fund/âventure scout modelâturn high performing individuals in non-grantmaking roles into part-time grantmakers by giving them philanthropic budgets to deploy autonomously (and only continue giving them funds if they show âimpact returnsâ)
Longtermist Animal Welfare NGOâthis seems almost completely neglected by both EA LTâs and non-EA AW people but there are many long-term nightmare scenarios we are not defending against (e.g. CAFOs in space, insect farming, digital animals, animal pandemics).
Endow a university instituteâI am not aware of any institutes dedicated to the study and promotion of animal welfare. âAnimal healthâ is very common at the American land grant universities but in practice âanimal healthâ means the opposite of animal welfare
Mass mediaâfunding of documentaries and other media that can convince mainstream consumers to stop eating animal products or otherwise expand their moral circle
Asset managementâCreate a philanthropic private equity fund to engage in shareholder activism (such as Carl Ichanâs failed bid with McDonalds)
Infrastructure fund for alternative proteinsâthere is a desperate need for plant protein extraction infrastructure and precision fermentation/âcultivated meat bioprocessing infrastructure (about $60Bn needed total). Venture capital largely wonât invest because they are too capital intensive and governments mostly refuse to support the sector due to agribusiness lobbying power. Loan guarantees would help too.
Supercharging existing EA AW orgs and Charity Entrepreneurship
Impact litigation to make factory farming a liability like Legal Impact for Chickens
Happy to share additional details on anything! These are mostly finance based as that is my background.
Some of my favorite ideas (some listed above):
Venture philanthropy fundâevergreen fund (profits get recycled to make more investments) to invest in technologies/âcompanies that improve animal lives (alt proteins, more humane slaughter, conservation, etc)
Hedge fund/âventure scout modelâturn high performing individuals in non-grantmaking roles into part-time grantmakers by giving them philanthropic budgets to deploy autonomously (and only continue giving them funds if they show âimpact returnsâ)
Longtermist Animal Welfare NGOâthis seems almost completely neglected by both EA LTâs and non-EA AW people but there are many long-term nightmare scenarios we are not defending against (e.g. CAFOs in space, insect farming, digital animals, animal pandemics).
Endow a university instituteâI am not aware of any institutes dedicated to the study and promotion of animal welfare. âAnimal healthâ is very common at the American land grant universities but in practice âanimal healthâ means the opposite of animal welfare
Mass mediaâfunding of documentaries and other media that can convince mainstream consumers to stop eating animal products or otherwise expand their moral circle
Asset managementâCreate a philanthropic private equity fund to engage in shareholder activism (such as Carl Ichanâs failed bid with McDonalds)
Infrastructure fund for alternative proteinsâthere is a desperate need for plant protein extraction infrastructure and precision fermentation/âcultivated meat bioprocessing infrastructure (about $60Bn needed total). Venture capital largely wonât invest because they are too capital intensive and governments mostly refuse to support the sector due to agribusiness lobbying power. Loan guarantees would help too.
Supercharging existing EA AW orgs and Charity Entrepreneurship
Impact litigation to make factory farming a liability like Legal Impact for Chickens
Happy to share additional details on anything! These are mostly finance based as that is my background.
Just replying, very belatedly, to say: Youâre amazing.