“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” – Alice Walker
Nonprofits working on a local/state level play an important role in the animal welfare, rights, and protection field in the U.S. In addition many individual donors are interested in giving to both national and local nonprofits. To be sensitive to this nuance, instead of asking our experts to recommend nonprofit start-up organization that have a potential to make an impact on a national level, we asked experts to identify high-impact nonprofits working on a local/state level.
From our research, we surveyed 169 experts working in animal welfare, rights, and protection (with an average of 17 years of work experience in the field) to identify those organizations that were making the biggest positive impact in the field.
Philanthropedia’s experts (funders, researchers, nonprofit senior staff, veterinaries, etc.) identified 16 top nonprofits (out of 220 total reviewed nonprofits) making an impact at the local/state level. Below is a graphical representation of who participated in our research. You can also see who our experts were by clicking here: http://myphilanthropedia.org/research-report/local/animal-welfare-rights-protection.
We asked experts to recommend nonprofits that work in one or more of the following categories, protecting companion animals, farm animals, animals used for research, and wildlife animals. Nonprofits could focus on different kinds of activities: advocacy, legislative, education, regulatory, or direct services (shelters, animal rescue, and sanctuaries). Specifically excluded from consideration were for-profit organizations and funders.
The following is the list of the top-recommended high-impact nonprofits working in animal welfare, rights, and protection at the local/state level. “Agree” is the number of experts who agree that the nonprofit has had the most impact in the field. “Disagree” is the number of experts who disagree that the nonprofit has had the most impact in the field.
We invite you to visit the profiles of each of these top organizations on our website to read the expert reviews here: http://myphilanthropedia.org/top-nonprofits/local/animal-welfare-rights-protection. Experts commented on the impact each nonprofit has had, what the nonprofit’s other organizational strengths are, and how each organization could further improve.
We also invite your feedback. Please tell us what you think and what experiences you’ve had with these great organizations! You can reach Dawn Kwan, Manager of Philanthropedia Research at dkwan@guidestar.org.
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