Grant Funding Streams
The Voiceless Grants Program (VGP) supports impactful initiatives that align with our vision of creating a just and equitable world where animals can flourish.
At Voiceless, we believe that meaningful change for animals requires strategic, solutions-focused action. Through our annual Grants Program, we support changemakers working across various categories, including law and policy, education, social values, science and technology, network and coalition building and creativity, to end animal suffering and reshape our relationship with animals.
The VGP now offers tiered funding streams, each designed to support different kinds of projects – from measurable, transformative initiatives to smaller grassroots efforts and micro-grants for region-specific work. Whether you’re an established organisation or an emerging changemaker, there’s a Voiceless grant designed to help you drive impact for animals.
Our tiered grant streams and available funding are outlined below. Please note that Voiceless has a limited annual budget to invest in organisations, people or projects. All grants are for a single year. However, grantees who have demonstrated real impact may apply the following year.
Please note: Funding for 2025 has been largely committed, and there are very few grants left available. In July 2026, a new funding round will begin.
Voiceless Impact Grants
Funding: $10,000–$15,000 AUD per grant
Status: Open for expressions of interest and pre-application
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Designed for transformative, project-based initiatives that drive systemic change for animals. These grants support proven changemakers with innovative ideas who are challenging the status quo through their work. Impact Grant recipients are working towards meaningful, measurable improvements in animal protection and can demonstrate their work success both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Voiceless Seed and Booster Grants
Funding: $5,000 AUD per grant
Status: Open for expressions of interest and pre-application
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Grants for smaller, grassroots projects making a big difference and ideas worth growing.
- Voiceless Seed Grants offer foundational funding for early-stage ideas, pilot programs, or emerging voices in the movement, helping promising concepts take their first steps.
- Voiceless Booster Grants bolsters under-resourced initiatives working to protect animals in new and impactful ways, whether locally or globally.
Sherman Foundation x Voiceless Collaboration Grants & Prizes
Funding Eligibility: Australian DGR-accredited organisations only
Status: Invitation Only
A joint initiative between the Sherman Foundation and Voiceless, these invitation-only grants and prizes provide support for high-impact Australian organisations and educational institutions advancing long-term, systems-based solutions and alternatives to animal suffering. Together, we invest in strategic projects as well as educational and research programs to create social, cultural, and legal reform for animals.
Voiceless x Pollination Project Micro Grants
Funding: $1,000 USD per micro-grant
Status: Apply via The Pollination Project only
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In collaboration with The Pollination Project, this stream supports grassroots, regionally specific animal protection efforts across Africa. These micro-grants enable local changemakers to launch or scale up community-led, compassionate initiatives that improve the lives of animals within their local communities.