Evidence-based giving for animal welfare requires careful analysis of which interventions and organisations deliver the most welfare improvement per pound donated.
Effective giving for animals starts with asking which interventions reach the most animals, reduce the most suffering per pound, and are underserved by current funding. Farm animal advocacy consistently scores highly on these metrics due to the enormous scale of farmed animal suffering. Corporate campaigns and policy change are particularly cost-effective. New donors should consider splitting between proven effective organisations and emerging high-risk, high-reward areas like fish welfare or cultivated meat research that are underfunded relative to their potential impact.