What we fund
Animal issues
All of our grantmaking is in service of animal welfare and animal rights. We focus on three issues today, with broad latitude on cultural-change work that expands public dialogue around animals.
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Animal issue
Foie gras
Foie gras production force-feeds ducks and geese to enlarge their livers fivefold. It's a clear cruelty — and unlike most factory-farm practices, it's politically winnable to ban at the city and state level.
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Animal issue
Fur
Fur farming confines mink, fox, and chinchilla in small wire cages until they're killed for fashion. The market is shrinking — the question is whether policy and culture will close the rest of the gap.
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Animal issue
Factory farming
The U.S. farm bill is the single biggest determinant of how billions of farmed animals live and die each year. We fund work that improves the next farm bill — and the laws, agencies, and political coalitions that surround it.
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We add issues as our research surfaces new tractable opportunities. Across these issues, we work in three forms — political work, movement coordination, and research / narrative / culture. Read more about how we fund.