Overview 

With Marginal Funding Week, we want to share key updates on the EA Animal Welfare Fund (AWF). We'll cover what we've accomplished so far in 2024, our impact this year, recent changes, and where we're headed next - including current constraints to our impact. We think this info will be helpful for anyone considering year-end donations.

Since its founding in 2017, AWF has distributed $23.3M across 347 grants. This year, we’ve distributed $3.7M across 51 grants. We made grants across multiple intervention categories and aimed to impact a variety of species. Our most frequently funded strategic area was welfare campaigns, policy advocacy and research. The most frequently targeted species were egg-laying hens followed by multiple farmed animals, wild animals, and shrimps.

While the impact of many of our 2024 grants is still unclear, our previous grants have made significant progress, reflecting our ability to identify opportunities with [...]

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Outline:

(00:08) Overview

(02:12) 1. Background

(03:43) 2. A year in review

(03:47) Key Numbers and Reach

(04:14) Grant Distribution

(05:27) By intervention type

(06:25) By species

(09:04) Highlighted Grants

(13:36) 3. Organizational updates

(18:47) 4. Future plans

(21:58) 5. Room for more funding

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First published:
November 11th, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pZhqWRiq9ubaMSnqx/ea-animal-welfare-fund-2024-review-changes-and-plans

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