By Shannon Campion & David Coman-Hidy, Oct. 29, 2025
To alleviate the most suffering and do the most good in the world, philanthropists are looking to newer and less expected places. One growing community of philanthropists sees exponential benefits in tackling the harms of intensive animal agriculture.
This cause, long overlooked and underfunded, is increasingly attracting donors eager to address the largest social issues of our time. Leading thinkers have called the horrific suffering inflicted on farm animals
"a defining moral failing of our age"and
"perhaps the worst crime in history".
Author's summary: Building donor communities for underfunded issues.