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We think that this list on EA Forum hits some of the best-written works to date. For books, specifically, here are some that we’d recommend: 

• Animal Liberation by Peter Singer 
• Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry by Leah Garces
• The Animal Activist's Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World by Bruce Friedrich and Matt Ball
• Moo's Law: An Investor’s Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution by Jim Mellon
• Food, Animals, and the Environment by Christopher Schlottmann and Jeff Sebo
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy: T

Yeah, we definitely do other things on active grantmaking than just our RFP. Other things we do include:

• Having calls with potential applicants 
• Encouraging some applicants to apply
• Encourage some applicants to apply for more funding
• If someone applies for something we don’t find as promising, we think of whether there are ways to get them above our bar for funding
• Help initiate some projects

I think historically most of our success in active grantmaking hasn’t come through our RFP and I think I would expect it to stay that way. 

In general, the AWF would be inclined to continue supporting those groups as they scale up if their work continues to be effective and in line with our funding priorities. I suspect as we have more funding available, we will be able to balance our support of new projects while helping to sustain existing groups. We are also in touch with other funders and grantmakers in this space and will reach out if we think a particular group is better suited for a different funding opportunity.

Thanks for the insightful post! I’d like to add the Open Wing Alliance (OWA) is currently engaged in EAA movement building by bringing groups into a collaborative coalition that is focused on institutional campaigns to ban battery cages and improve the welfare of broiler chickens. https://www.openwingalliance.org/

We have a library of shared resources related to the most effective ways to secure corporate welfare policies and will soon be launching a peer to peer mentorship program for individuals in the coalition. Additionally, we provide grants and traini... (read more)