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==== 🐄 2. Foundations and Grantmakers with Focus on Plant-Based / Animal Rights Initiatives ====

Certain philanthropic foundations provide significant funding for campaigns that push for reduced animal product consumption, plant-based alternatives, and animal rights policy reforms. Some farming and food industry critics see this as anti-animal agriculture funding:
* Open Philanthropy - Has funded “farm animal welfare,” alternatives to animal products, and related advocacy causes with hundreds of millions in grants. Critics frame this as supporting anti-meat campaigns. Hoard's Dairyman<ref>{{cite web|title=Hoard's Dairyman|url=https://hoards.com/article-37163-animal-activists-bring-in-%24865-million-for-anti-meat-campaigns.html|publisher=Hoard's Dairyman|access-date=2026-01-04}}</ref>

These foundation grants are used by nonprofits and initiatives working on animal rights, alternatives to animal use, and legislative reform.