“Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from April to June 2025” by KarolinaSarek🔸, Neil_Dullaghan🔹, Zoë Sigle 🔹, Ula Zarosa

Introduction

This payout report covers the Animal Welfare Fund's (AWF) grantmaking from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025 (3 months). It follows the previous January-March 2025 payout report.

Organizational updates

• In May, the AWF welcomed two full-time fund managers: Neil Dullaghan, who joined as a Senior Fund Manager, and Renata Scarellis, who joined as a Fund Manager. They bring experience in animal welfare grantmaking, research, and advocacy:

  • Dr. Neil Dullaghan is a full-time senior fund manager with the AWF, where he has worked part-time since 2022. Previously, he worked at Rethink Priorities as a Senior Research Manager on their farmed animal welfare team and led a regranting fund focused on EU farmed animal welfare policy. He holds a PhD in Political & Social Science from the European University Institute, an MPhil in European Politics & Society from the University of Oxford, and a BA [...]

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Outline:

(00:16) Introduction

(00:35) Organizational updates

(03:11) Overview of Q2, 2025 grants

(03:50) Highlighted Grants

(09:19) Grants Funded with AWF's Partners

(10:29) All Grants We Approved During This Time Period

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First published:

July 21st, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CXoHMCNwJ6HkbxazZ/animal-welfare-fund-payout-recommendations-from-april-to-1

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