“Farmed Animal Funders: Sharing Our Strategy” by Zoë Sigle

Over the last year and a half, Farmed Animal Funders (FAF) shifted our strategy to leverage our positioning and maximize impact. This post updates the wider EA community on our work and how you can get involved.

Summary:

• FAF unites 50+ philanthropists and foundations reforming and replacing factory farming. Collectively, we direct about 80% of the movement's funding.
• FAF helps funders—both current members and prospective major funders—increase their giving's impact through shared learning, personalized philanthropic advising, strategic giving opportunities (like pooled funds and funding circles), and community.
• FAF has increased its "meta-fundraising" efforts to expand overall movement funding. We achieve this through the aforementioned initiatives and by actively reaching out to foundations and ultra-high and high net wealth individuals (U/HNWI) who we aim to motivate to support our cause area.
• You can support FAF's meta-fundraising efforts by providing referrals to U/HNW individuals for philanthropic advising.
• If you [...]

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Outline:

(00:25) Summary:

(01:37) What is Farmed Animal Funders?

(02:29) How is Farmed Animal Funders helping animals?

(03:53) Bespoke Philanthropic Advising

(05:27) Other High-Impact Giving Opportunities

(07:41) Metafundraising

(08:27) How You Can Help

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First published: May 29th, 2025

Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Y63FMKeiDSKrZrxEC/farmed-animal-funders-sharing-our-strategy

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