List of vegetarian and vegan organizations

This is a list of vegetarian and vegan organizations situated in various locations worldwide. Their primary aim is to advocate for vegetarianism and veganism, while also providing support and networking opportunities for individuals and groups who practice, promote, or endorse these practices.

The largest international organization is the International Vegetarian Union (IVU), which serves as the connecting umbrella organization.

Name (English / local (abbreviation))	Founded	Region served	Notes
World/Mundo Vegan Political Party (WMVPP)	1991
American Vegan Society (AVS)	1960	United States
Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)	1999	World	Founded in the United States
Dutch Society for Veganism / Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme (NVV)[1]	1978[1]	Netherlands	Previously known as Veganistenkring and Vereniging Veganisten Organisatie
Earthsave	1988	United States  Canada
European Vegetarian Union (EVU)	1988	Europe	Founded in the Netherlands, currently based in Austria
French Vegetarian Society / Sociéte végétarienne de France (FVS)	1882	France	Founded in Paris, dissolved in 1921.
HappyCow (HC)	1999	World	Founded in the United States
Hare Krishna Food for Life	1974	World	Founded in India, currently based in Slovenia
International Vegetarian Union (IVU)	1908	World	Founded in Germany, currently based in the UK
Jewish Veg	1975	North America	Previously known as Jewish Vegetarians of North America
North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS)	1974	North America
Peepal Farm	2014	India
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)	1985	United States
ProVeg Germany / ProVeg Deutschland[2]	1892	Germany	Founded as Vegetarierbund Deutschland (VEBU), renamed in 2017 when joining ProVeg International[2]
ProVeg Netherlands / ProVeg Nederland[3]	2011	Netherlands	Founded as Viva Las Vega's (VLV), renamed in 2018 when joining ProVeg International[4]
ProVeg International[2]	2017	World	Based in Berlin, serves as umbrella of all ProVeg organisations.[2]
Scottish Vegetarian Society[5]	1892	Scotland	Based in Glasgow, Scotland. Merged with the Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom in the 1980s.[6]
Swissveg[7]	1993[8]	Switzerland	Known as Schweizerische Vereinigung für Vegetarismus until 2014[8]
The Vegan Society	1944	World	Founded and based in the UK
Tibetan Volunteers for Animals (TVA)	2000	China  India
Toronto Vegetarian Association (TVA)	1945	Canada
Vegan Awareness Foundation	1995	United States	Also known as Vegan Action
Vegan Outreach	1993	United States
Vegan Prisoners Support Group (VPSG)	1994	United Kingdom
Vegetarian Society	1847	United Kingdom
Vegetarian Society (Singapore) (VSS)	1999	Singapore
Viva! Health	1994	United Kingdom
V-Partei3	2016	Germany	German political party
World Esperantist Vegetarian Association / Tutmonda Esperantista Vegetarana Asocio (TEVA)	1908	World	Founded in Germany

Campaigns and events

• Meat-free days
• Meatless Monday
• International Vegetarian Week
• Veggie Pride
• World Vegan Day
• World Vegetarian Day

See also

• List of vegetarian and vegan companies
• List of vegetarian festivals (including vegan festivals)
• List of fictional vegetarian characters