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Capacity Builders
Explore organizations that focus on propelling the animal protection movement forward.
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Animal Defense Partnership
Who: Animal Defense Partnership protects animals by providing free legal services to nonprofits that advocate for animals and plant-based diet change.
What they offer:
• Pro-bono Legal services
• Legal consulting, courses, support
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Vegan Hacktivists
Who: Vegan Hacktivistsis a global community of animal advocates offering skills in building technology for the animal protection movement through design and tech.
What they offer:
• Free website development
• Developers & other volunteers
• Tech & AI consulting -
Hive
Who: Hive (formerly Impactful Animal Advocacy) is a community building organization that improves coordination and collaboration in the farmed animal advocacy movement.
What they offer:
• One-to-one connections
• Find projects, and collaborations
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Animetrics
Who: Animetrics advances evidence-based animal advocacy using expertise in economics and econometrics. It prioritizes neglected regions with an intersectional approach.
What they offer:
• Free expert consultations
• Academic research, impact evaluations & case studies
• Education & Training -
Violet Studios
Who: Violet Studios helps nonprofits and advocacy groups amplify their voice, connect with their audience, and create meaningful change through design.
What they offer:
• A broad range of free branding services
• Free web design services
• Custom projects -
Faunalytics
Who: Faunalytics empowers animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategies, and messages that maximize their effectiveness to reduce animal suffering.
What they offer:
• A free online research library
• Direct research support and advice
• 1:1 research guidance -
AVA International
AVA International is setting up events for advocates focusing on systemic change and working on various strategies toward one shared vision.
What The Offer:
• Networking Opportunities
• Interactive Workshops
• Keynotes & Panels -
Scarlet Spark
Who: Scarlet Spark provides free leadership development and organizational support to animal protection organizations.
What they offer:
• Free leadership tools
• Workshops & office hours
• Workplace inclusion guidance -
Animal Advocacy Careers
Who: Finding top talent to drive our movements mission is our number one priority, we help organisations find and attract mission-aligned top talent to accelerate your mission.
What they offer:
• Job Board
• Talent Directory of 1,500+ candidates
• Capacity building support finding board members and skilled volunteers -
Open Sanctuary
Who: The Open Sanctuary Project is a freely accessible digital guide for educational resources or information to responsibly create and successfully manage an animal sanctuary.
What they offer:
• Animal care resources
• Sanctuary education resources
• Sanctuary governance guidance -
The Mission Motor
Who: The Mission Motor offers support on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, so animal nonprofits can improve their interventions and make the highest achievable impact.
What they offer:
• Training and support
• Integration of MEL tools into operating procedures
• MEL meetups -
Sentient
Who: Sentient is a nonprofit news organization delivering explanatory and investigative journalism alongside critical commentary - spanning 35 countries.
What they offer:
• Reporting and freelance resources
• Self-guided reporting courses
• Mentorship -
Asia for Animals
Who: CAPC was formed to facilitate the exchange of resources and expertise to help Asian farmed animal organizations to grow their work and to make it more effective and future-proof.
What they offer:
• One-on-One Support
• Working Groups
• Resources & Insights

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