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Capacity Builders

Explore organizations that focus on propelling the animal protection movement forward.

  • 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
    • Conflict resolution services

  • 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
    • News, opportunities, and more

  • 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

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    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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