Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) announced the results of its latest Movement Grants round, awarding a total of $1,132,573 to 21 projects and organisations working to reduce animal suffering worldwide. From hundreds of expressions of interest, the organisation assessed 74 full applications and funded 28% of them.
At the global level, the International Council for Animal Welfare received $100,000 for grassroots movements in the US and Europe, with activism in key cities and campaigns to hold companies accountable for cage-free commitments and shrimp welfare policies. Reveal Impact received $9,750 for one-to-one coaching for animal advocacy leaders, while Sentient Futures received $46,083 for the AI×Animals course, which has already trained 100 AI researchers, policy professionals and animal advocates. An anonymous grant of $30,000 supports a policy advocacy organisation focused on freshwater ecosystems, and WISDOM Good Works received $80,000 for humane alternatives to poisons and traps for rats and mice, including a contraceptive trial in San Francisco.
In Africa, Animal Advocacy Africa received $32,000 for the Africa Strategy Forum, a two-day meeting of 25–30 senior leaders of African organisations working on farmed animals. Aquatic Welfare for African Sustainability and Health LBG (AWASH) received $74,400 to improve Nile tilapia welfare in Ghana, starting with pilot trials of egg disinfection in hatcheries. SHARED received $36,883 to incorporate enforceable fish welfare provisions into Ghana's national fisheries regulations, covering care, water quality, stocking density, handling, transport and humane slaughter.
In Asia, Eyes on Asia’s Factory Farms received $37,000 to develop a method for mapping rapidly expanding industrial pig and poultry farms in Southeast Asia, focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. People for Animals Public Policy Foundation received $30,730 to train more than 120 poultry farmers in India in cage-free methods. Sentient Animals Vietnam received $11,543 to improve duck welfare standards in Vietnam, while Sentient – For All Feeling Animals received $35,000 for professional investigations in India's dairy, poultry and aquaculture sectors.
In Europe, Animal Activism Collective received $150,000 to expand its activist network, with shrimp welfare campaigns targeting German and French retailers. Crustacean Compassion received $100,000 to include decapods in British animal welfare law, with bans on boiling them alive, sending them live through the post and selling them live to the public. Fundacja Psubratki received $10,000 for a cross-border investigation into factory farming in Central Asia, mainly Uzbekistan, and Una Terra Foundation received $52,650 to promote broiler chicken welfare in Hungary.
In Latin America, Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal received $50,000 to secure Brazil's first commitment to the Better Chicken Commitment, with pilot trials of slower-growing breeds. Fundación Animal Law Focus received $50,000 for The Other Side of Meat campaign in Chile, with complaints against non-compliant farms and slaughterhouses. Fundacion Derecho y Defensa Animal received $28,000 for a legislative proposal on stunning fish before slaughter, a ban on octopus farming and monitoring corporate cage-free commitments.
ACE stressed that it followed its conflict of interest policy and disclosed three potential conflicts: Vince Mak is a member of SHARED's advisory board, Elisabeth Ormandy received coaching from Reveal Impact, and Max Taylor volunteers to support Sentient Futures. In these cases, the people involved did not participate in the assessment or decision-making.
The organisation thanked donors, expert advisers and applicants, and reiterated that the Greatest Needs Fund supports high-impact charities that reduce the suffering of some of the world's most neglected animals.
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