Grant to fund Vegan Advocacy and Meat Reduction Efforts

ProVeg Grants

Relevent Country: Germany

ProVeg Grants offers funding to diet-change organizations and projects, aligning with ProVeg‘s mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040.

Funding Information

  • ProVeg Grants offers financial support between $5,000 – $30,000 per year, as well as tailored support from ProVeg International’s Intervention Experts.

They are currently Prioritizing:

  • Proposals from outside the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Czechia, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Belgium, Nigeria, United States
  • Organizations that are led by and meaningfully employ women, people of colour, and other marginalized persons
  • Projects that are evidence-based with measurable results
  • They support organizations and individuals that:
  • Work towards ProVeg International’s mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040
  • Prioritizes all animal species equally (for instance, does not benefit cows at the cost of increasing consumption of chickens)
  • Aim to reduce or eliminate demand or consumption of animal products
  • Only conduct work around diet-change, food systems change, or alt-proteins and do not conduct animal welfare activities, community projects, or other non-diet or non-plant-based, cultured or fermented food work.
  • Consistently demonstrates a positive reputation with their stakeholders and community, and can contribute to ProVeg International’s positive reputation
  • Align with ProVeg Grants Program’s safespace and respectful workplace values
  • Are outside the United States and/or are not an international chapter of US-based organizations

Eligibility Criteria

  • They are currently prioritizing proposals for the following interventions:
  • School or university catering programs
  • Other institutional catering programs
  • Corporate rankings
  • V-Label
  • Transforming national dietary guidelines
  • Lobbying for more plant-forward policies
  • Events (B2B conferences, vegfests or medical summits)
  • Challenge based campaigns
  • Unrestricted general operating support (for organizations who have already received a ProVeg Grant, with a track record of success in vegan advocacy)

Ineligibility Criteria

They are currently not funding:

  • Animal welfare reforms or welfare campaigns
  • Animal farming or other animal use
  • Projects that use animal products (animal-based food, leather, etc.)
  • Projects or organizations that benefit, support, or are impartial to animal farming or other exploitation of animals
  • For-profit companies
  • Food banks, hunger-relief, or food expenses
  • Gardening projects
  • Book production
  • Animal rescue or care
  • Political parties or candidate endorsement
  • Legal defense
  • Protests, demonstrations, or vigils
  • Tuition, student research
  • Work within the United States or international chapters of USA organizations

Source: https://proveggrants.org/grants/proveg/