Q2 2026: Small Groups Doing Big Things

By Alysoun Mahoney | July 11, 2026 |

This quarter’s grants from the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund focused on grassroots organizations and initiatives that are having outsized impact in their communities — for both animals and people. A grant to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) helped support its Community Animal Project, which partners with local organizations in under-resourced communities…

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Impact Update: Q3 2024

By Alysoun Mahoney | October 1, 2024 |

The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund supports work to end animal abuse in many forms, promoting vegan living and systemic change that also benefits people. During July-September 2024, the Fund made fresh grants to: Also this quarter, the film Humans And Other Animals began streaming on digital platforms after its live theatrical release. More below!…

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Transfarmation Demo Hub Opens!

By Alysoun Mahoney | September 7, 2024 |

On Friday, September 6, The Transfarmation Project of Mercy For Animals officially opened its first Demonstration Hub — Barn Farm Plant Haven in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Tom and Sokchea Lim once raised hundreds of thousands of chickens per year on this farm, under a contract system that trapped their family in a constant cycle of…

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