The Hatchery Fund

The Hatchery Fund is a micro-grant program supporting hypothesis-driven experiments by grassroots animal advocacy organizers. The premise is simple: local groups constantly try things, but almost none of what they learn survives contact with the next group. A small grant, a clear hypothesis, and a written result can change that.

Grants are small on purpose. The point isn't to fund a program — it's to fund a question.

How it works

• An organizer proposes a small, testable experiment — a new outreach format, a retention tweak, a different ask.
• The Fund covers modest costs and helps sharpen the hypothesis and measurement plan.
• Results get written up and published here, whichever way they come out. Null results count.

Experiments

Write-ups of funded experiments will be published on this page as they complete.