Manifund's Falcon Fund
Fast grants up to $150k for projects at the intersection of AI and animal welfare.
Manifund, a platform known for rapid grantmaking, has launched the Falcon Fund, a new animal welfare fund led by regrantor Marcus Abramovitch. The fund offers fast, early-stage grants of $25k–$150k, with decisions made in under a week and funds wired within three days. Its focus is on the intersection of animal welfare and transformative AI, addressing a gap where AI safety grants often ignore non-human beings and animal welfare grants assume business-as-usual.
Example projects include creating animal harm benchmarks for frontier AI labs (similar to SWE-bench or FrontierMath), developing ready-made AI constitutions that prioritize animal welfare (building on Claude's constitution), and establishing a watchdog organization to monitor AI use in factory farming. Marcus, who has donated ~$1.5M (over 60% of his lifetime earnings) to animal welfare, has a track record of backing standout projects like the Shrimp Welfare Project, which spares ~3.3 billion shrimp annually, and the Society for the Protection of Insects.
- Grants of $25k–$150k with decisions in under 1 week and funds wired in 3 days
- Focus on AI x animal welfare projects, including benchmarks, constitutions, and watchdog groups
- Led by Marcus Abramovitch, who donated ~$1.5M from poker and trading profits
Why It Matters
Brings rapid, targeted funding to a neglected area where AI could drastically impact animal welfare.