ProVeg Grant
to fund vegan advocacy and meat reduction efforts
The ProVeg Grant offers funding to diet change organizations and projects that align with ProVeg‘s mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040.
Below you will find the eligibility guidelines. While we aim to fund many proposals, grants are limited and, unfortunately, not all who apply will be awarded. In all cases, grant selection is at the sole discretion of ProVeg International. Unfortunately, USA organizations are currently ineligible.
ProVeg Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000 USD.
Application deadlines are 1 March, 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December, 11:59 pm GMT. Selection results are announced up to 8 weeks after the deadline.
At this time, we are only funding organizations that only conduct diet-change work.
Inquiries may be sent to [email protected]
Please note: This opportunity is for organizations and individuals based outside the United States and/or are not international chapters of US-based organizations. We prioritize organizations that only conduct diet-change work. Applicants are eligible for only 1 ProVeg or EVA grant per year.
See our other grants here.
Do you feedback for us? Or suggestions on how we can improve? Please let us know here.
The ProVeg Grant offers funding to diet change organizations and projects that align with ProVeg‘s mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040.
Below you will find the eligibility guidelines. While we aim to fund many proposals, grants are limited and, unfortunately, not all who apply will be awarded. In all cases, grant selection is at the sole discretion of ProVeg International. Unfortunately, USA organizations are currently ineligible.
ProVeg Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000 USD.
Application deadlines are 1 March, 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December, 11:59 pm GMT. Selection results are announced up to 8 weeks after the deadline.
At this time, we are only funding organizations that only conduct diet-change work.
Inquiries may be sent to [email protected]
Please note: This opportunity is for organizations and individuals based outside the United States and/or are not international chapters of US-based organizations. We prioritize organizations that only conduct diet-change work. Applicants are eligible for only 1 ProVeg or EVA grant per year.
See our other grants here.
Do you feedback for us? Or suggestions on how we can improve? Please let us know here.
Eligible Proposal Categories:
- Corporate and Institutional Outreach
Examples: implementing plant-based lunch days in schools or universities, replacing animal-based dishes in dining hall or caterers, chef training, introducing vegan items to chain restaurants or grocers, ingredients replacement in mass produced items, corporate rankings, and similar - Large-Scale Public Awareness
Examples: 30-day vegan challenge, major public awareness campaigns, awareness programs targeting influential professionals, major media campaigns, mass student education at schools and universities, and similar - Events
Examples: conferences, vegfests, medical panels, summits, and similar - Research or Public Policy
Example: to improve government nutritional guidelines, industrial farm prevention, academic research, and similar - Diet Change Not Climate Change Campaign
- Other Advocacy
Unmet regional niches, movement-building, DEI work, or other effective advocacy that falls outside these categories - Unrestricted General Operating Support
For organizations with a track record of success in vegan advocacy or meat reduction work
We 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
We are currently prioritizing:
- Organizations that only conduct diet-change work and no welfare work
- Proposals from outside the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Belgium, 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
We 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
Come Con Ciencia
Gerardo Humberto Ortiz Gomez – Mexico
“Thanks to ProVeg Grants Program, we were able to undertake a project with Mexico’s largest private university: we delivered a chef training and a webinar, Meatless Monday was introduced and all food services have at least one plant-based option available!”
Sneha's Care
Sneha Shrestha – Nepal
“ProVeg Grants Program has supported us in a vegan education project to create a resilient and impactful vegan movement in Nepal by educating young Nepalese. This outreach program has helped us to build a vegan network in almost 100 schools in Kathmandu and it’s growing every year.”
SwissVeg
Danielle Cotten – Switzerland
“ProVeg has not only contributed financially to realize our campaign, we also received valuable insights from the expertise and network they have.”
Cellular Agriculture Australia
Bianca Le – Australia
“The ProVeg grant has allowed us to kickstart our initiatives as a new nonprofit in the emerging industry of cellular agriculture. We’ve been able to hit the ground running within the first 5 months of being founded and the results are already showing; students are changing their career pathways to cellular agriculture, academic researchers are taking on cellular agriculture projects, and cell ag companies have a greater platform to seek talent and network with investors.”
