Funding and Grant Sources for Vegan Advocacy

Are you looking for funding for your next project? Besides VegFund, several other organizations provide funding, grants, or scholarships for vegan advocacy and educational undertakings.

A Well-Fed World provides grants for vegan food programs that benefit low-income communities, veganic farming, food distribution, youth empowerment, environmental outreach, plant-based events, online and print advocacy, and farmed animal sanctuaries.

Animal Place’s Food for Thought Program offers several grant opportunities to help organizations adopt a vegan or vegetarian menu policy. These grants are available to organizations that have a physical location and are classified as 501(c)(3) organizations or registered charities. Their Vegan Event Grant is a one-time reimbursement for food costs up to $1,000 for a companion animal, environmental, or wildlife organization’s first fully vegan event. This grant is perfect for organizations that are considering adopting a vegan menu policy but have concerns. Their Policy Grant is a one-time gift for companion animal organizations that adopt a new board-approved vegan or vegetarian menu policy. They offer $1,000 for a vegan menu policy or $250 for a vegetarian menu policy.

The Animal Welfare Fund aims to effectively improve the well-being of nonhuman animals by making grants that focus on one or more of the following: Relatively neglected geographic regions or groups of animals, promising research into animal advocacy or animal well-being, activities that could make it easier to help animals in the future, and otherwise best-in-class opportunities. The Fund focuses on projects that primarily address farmed animals, as well as projects that could affect other large populations of nonhuman animals.

The Awesome Foundation grants $1,000 every two months to an “awesome” vegan project through its Vegan Chapter.

Giant Steps Foundation (GSF) funds programs that promote plant-based diets and the humane care of farmed animals, shed light on current factory farming practices, and educate the public about the benefits of eliminating meat and dairy from our diets. They also provide support to nonprofit programs that benefit both animals and people in need such as those that offer assistance to low-income families with furry family members. GSF also has a special interest in solutions for the American wild horse and harp seals. GSF’s Greening Grants fund special events, allowing organizations to offer their guests organic, vegan, and more humane menus. Greening Grants also enable the use of recycled materials and plant-based inks used for event materials or catering. Organizations are only eligible to apply for a Greening Grant if they have received previous support from Giant Steps Foundation.

Good Food Institute (GFI) awards competitive grants in the areas of cell-based and plant-based meat research.

The Greenbaum Foundation funds health initiatives, including projects focused on improving world health by promoting whole foods plant-based diets, as well as animal rights projects aimed at increasing the awareness, protection, and improvement of the lives of all animals.

Movement Grants from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) are aimed at building and strengthening the global animal advocacy movement. They fund groups working on various approaches, especially those that are underfunded, target large numbers of animals, and are in regions with a relatively small animal advocacy movement. These grants can provide operational support.

The Pollination Project identifies, through a global network of grantees and community partners, extraordinary grassroots leaders who would not likely qualify for funding from other foundations or institutions. They also offer $1,000 seed grants to individuals and grassroots organizations engaging in vegan advocacy or working in the farmed animal protection movement.

ProVeg International offers financial support to vegan advocacy and meat reduction campaigns outside the United States and across the globe for projects that effectively work toward ProVeg International’s mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040.

Vegan Action/Vegan Awareness Foundation provides guidance, support, and micro food grants to local humane organizations and similar groups in the community to work toward incorporating a vegan policy in respect of all animals by omitting animals at food at events, fundraisers, promotions, and benefit shows.

Vegan Grants offers grants to individuals and organizations for  activism that reaches a mainstream and/or influential audience with a compelling vegan diet change message in a cost-effective way.

The Vegan Society offers grants for small- to medium-size grassroots not-for-profit projects that encourage people to go vegan and stay vegan, with an emphasis on new or innovative projects.

Then, of course, there’s VegFund!

VegFund empowers vegan advocates worldwide through grant funding and supporting effective outreach that inspires people to choose and maintain a vegan lifestyle. Grant programs include Food Sampling, Paid-Per-View video outreach, Film Screenings, Festivals & Fairs, Learning Events, Online Campaigns, and Special Projects.

Learn more about VegFund’s grant programs!