Animal Welfare Japan
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Animal Welfare Japan fits best if your project rescues, rehabilitates, rehomes or neuters animals, trains animal welfare inspectors, or changes attitudes to animal welfare in Japan, which is its priority area although it also lists the United Kingdom and worldwide.
- Its typical grants, as reported in the annual report, fall between £3,000 and £160,000, with a median of £15,000, so a request in the low tens of thousands is in line with its usual giving, though the range is not a ceiling.
- Applications are rolling, so there is no deadline, but you must first contact the JAWS UK office for an application form.
- If your organisation is based in the United Kingdom, the funder asks that you propose a specific animal welfare project in Japan, so build the request around that.
Overview
Animal Welfare Japan is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 244534).
Animal Welfare Japan is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its principal activity is the prevention and relief of cruelty and suffering among animals, especially in Japan, and it promotes animals' health and wellbeing and better public standards of social and moral education about animal welfare. It gives grant aid and advisory support to the Japan Animal Welfare Society and other animal welfare projects in Japan, and also gives grant aid to certain UK-based charitable organisations for their specific animal welfare projects in Japan. It paid £203,130 in grants in its most recent annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Animal Welfare Japan funds animal welfare groups and projects to improve animals’ lives, principally in Japan. Its support includes the rescue and rehabilitation of neglected, stray or unwanted animals; kennelling, fostering and rehoming; humane animal-handling equipment and improved facilities; and trap, neuter and return work. It also supports seminars and educational programmes that change cultural and official attitudes to animal welfare, training for animal welfare inspectors, and work to improve animal-welfare legislation. The foundation funds research and projects, including animal cafés and zoos, and contributes to UK charities undertaking specific animal-welfare projects in Japan. It combines grants with advice and support, including support for its sister society and animal welfare groups providing local services.
Themes
- Animal rescue and rehabilitation
- Humane animal handling
- Trap-neuter-return
- Animal welfare education
- Animal inspector training
- Animal welfare legislation
Geographic Focus
Priority: Japan; United Kingdom; Worldwide.
How to apply
Organisations wishing to apply for a grant from JAWS UK should contact the JAWS UK office for an application form.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- UK charitable organisations’ proposals should be for specific animal-welfare projects in Japan that fit the foundation’s aims and objectives.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Animal Welfare Japan.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 5 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £15,000 (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- JAWS Tokyo£156,000year to 31 December 2025
- E.I.A£15,000year to 31 December 2025
- Wild Welfare£15,000year to 31 December 2025
- Animal Refugee Kansai (ARK)£14,130year to 31 December 2025
- JAWS Tokyo Projects£3,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £114,868 | £319,577 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £133,119 | £258,493 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £113,663 | £263,531 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £76,854 | £284,238 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £102,696 | £282,669 | £203,130 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- awj.org.uk · read on 31 October 2026
- awj.org.uk/organisations · read on 31 October 2026
- awj.org.uk/about-us/our-mission · read on 31 October 2026
- awj.org.uk/xjaws-old-site/what-we-do · read on 31 October 2026
- awj.org.uk/contact · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Animal Welfare Japan?
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Contact
- 020 7630 5563source
- executiveofficer@awj.org.uksource
- Animal Welfare Japan, 51 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DSsource
- awj.org.uk
Applying to Animal Welfare Japan?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 020 7630 5563source
- executiveofficer@awj.org.uksource
- Animal Welfare Japan, 51 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1DSsource
- awj.org.uk