The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

• IFAW's grants suit organisations doing rescue or conservation work for animals, or disaster response, and it looks for expertise in rescue or conservation, demonstrable impact for animals and their environments, and accountability for funding.
• The typical grants it reports in its annual report run from £300 to £4,350,000, with a median of about £21,500, so a modest request fits its usual giving; the range is typical rather than a ceiling.
• For Disaster Response and Preparedness grants, email its Disaster Response team with a description of your organisation, the emergency and the proposed response, and expect a reply within two weeks; it accepts applications on a rolling basis.
• Only Disaster Response and Preparedness grants carry a limit: they do not cover situations that are not a man-made or natural disaster affecting animals, so organisations whose need falls outside that should not apply under that grant type.
• Expect to provide financial and non-financial reporting on how the money is used and what it achieves.

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• International Fund for Animal Welfare, Inc. (United States) · Conservation £2,821,622; Animal Rescue £1,511,499
  £4,333,121year to 30 June 2025
• Wild is Life Foundation · Conservation £385,893; Animal Rescue £520,451
  £906,344year to 30 June 2025
• Wildlife Trust of India · Conservation £310,357; Animal Rescue £273,028
  £583,385year to 30 June 2025
• International Fund for Animal Welfare NPC (South Africa) · Conservation £452,556; Animal Rescue £120,781
  £573,337year to 30 June 2025
• International Fund for Animal Welfare (Zimbabwe) Trust · Conservation £21,314
  £21,314year to 30 June 2025
• Jakarta Animal Aid Network · Animal Rescue £17,000
  £17,000year to 30 June 2025
• Friends of Bonobos · Conservation £9,983
  £9,983year to 30 June 2025
• Bats without Borders · Animal Rescue £2,300
  £2,300year to 30 June 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

• Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
• Grants paid, year to 30 June 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.

• Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.