Animal Welfare
The result is the largest source of man-made animal suffering on the planet.
The cause
Battery cages smaller than an A4 page and crates too small to turn around in inflict extreme harm while also driving climate damage and antibiotic resistance. The vetted organisations in this fund help secure corporate commitments to end the worst abuses, push government action, and accelerate the shift to cruelty-free food alternatives.
The Animal Welfare Fund supports the most effective organisations working to end factory farming, building a food system that is both humane and sustainable.
Animal Welfare Fundraising Resources
Examples are illustrative, not exhaustive. High Impact Athletes retains discretion to allocate funds within each cause-area portfolio, guided by impact, independent advisors and current evidence.
Impact metrics are based on cost-effectiveness data from external researchers.
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Hear from the experts:
1 / 3Why the Animal Welfare FundLewis Bollard, Open Philanthropy
2 / 3What raising $1,000 doesLewis Bollard, Open Philanthropy
3 / 3Factory farming and global warmingLewis Bollard, Open Philanthropy
Your support provides:
$1,000 raised for the fund helps approximately 5,250 animals when split across the fund's charities. This fund supports a dynamic range of interventions, including but not limited to the following:
- Winning corporate commitments to phase out cages and crates with The Humane League — verified by FarmKind
- Advancing plant-based and cell-cultured meat through The Good Food Institute — verified by FarmKind & Giving Green
- Ending extreme confinement for pigs and chickens in Latin America with Sinergia Animal — verified by FarmKind
- Strengthening animal protection across Europe with Anima International — verified by Experienced Researcher
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Most giving, however well-intentioned, delivers a fraction of the impact it could. We back only the most effective organisations on earth, vetted by the world's most stringent evaluators.
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$1,000 to Animal Welfare
5,250 animals helped
1 dot = 2 animals helped
Best guess estimates from HIA's impact data. Last reviewed October 2026.