Executive summary: This payout report describes the Animal Welfare Fund’s grantmaking from July to December 2025, highlighting $2.48 million approved across 21 grants, a strategic focus on neglected and global south animal welfare, and organizational changes intended to support larger-scale and more systematic future grantmaking.
Key points:
From July 1 to December 31, 2025, AWF approved $2,482,552 across 21 grants and paid out $944,428 across 11 grants, with an acceptance rate of 56.8% excluding desk rejections.
Grantmaking volume in Q3 was lower due to EA Funds’ grantmaking pause from June 1 to July 31, during which AWF focused on strategy and planning before resuming full-volume grantmaking in August.
Highlighted grants included $137,000 to Crustacean Compassion for UK decapod crustacean policy and corporate advocacy, $214,678 to Rethink Priorities for leadership and flexible funding in the Neglected Animals Program, and $47,000 to Star Farm Pakistan to support cage-free egg supply chain development.
AWF emphasized high-counterfactual opportunities, neglected species such as invertebrates and aquatic animals, and farmed animal welfare in the Global South.
In the past year, AWF recommended 54 grants totaling $5.39 million, significantly expanding grantmaking compared to previous years.
Organizational updates included EA Funds’ merger with the Centre for Effective Altruism, an updated MEL framework, a refined three-year strategy, increased collaboration with partner funders, and record fundraising of $10M in 2025.
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Executive summary: This payout report describes the Animal Welfare Fund’s grantmaking from July to December 2025, highlighting $2.48 million approved across 21 grants, a strategic focus on neglected and global south animal welfare, and organizational changes intended to support larger-scale and more systematic future grantmaking.
Key points:
From July 1 to December 31, 2025, AWF approved $2,482,552 across 21 grants and paid out $944,428 across 11 grants, with an acceptance rate of 56.8% excluding desk rejections.
Grantmaking volume in Q3 was lower due to EA Funds’ grantmaking pause from June 1 to July 31, during which AWF focused on strategy and planning before resuming full-volume grantmaking in August.
Highlighted grants included $137,000 to Crustacean Compassion for UK decapod crustacean policy and corporate advocacy, $214,678 to Rethink Priorities for leadership and flexible funding in the Neglected Animals Program, and $47,000 to Star Farm Pakistan to support cage-free egg supply chain development.
AWF emphasized high-counterfactual opportunities, neglected species such as invertebrates and aquatic animals, and farmed animal welfare in the Global South.
In the past year, AWF recommended 54 grants totaling $5.39 million, significantly expanding grantmaking compared to previous years.
Organizational updates included EA Funds’ merger with the Centre for Effective Altruism, an updated MEL framework, a refined three-year strategy, increased collaboration with partner funders, and record fundraising of $10M in 2025.
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