Animal Welfare Grants  

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        Starting a Grant-Seeking Program

ACES Foundation - Animal Care Equipment & Services Foundation
PO Box 3275
Crestline, CA 92325
(800) 338-ACES (2237)   909-338-1791 FAX: 909-338-2799

Designed to award small grants to aid in the formation of statewide associations of animal control agencies or of animal welfare organizations. In helping to organize a state association, the grant would typically be awarded to a local agency willing to invest the time and effort to do the organizing, but lacking the funds. In helping to improve or start a conference, the grant would be awarded to an association. In one page or less, simply outline your goals, how you propose meeting them, and a budget with a reasonable request.
Funding for training initiatives at the state or regional level (individuals and shelters are not eligible).
Range: Generally $250. Deadline: N/A (year-round).

Adobe Philanthropy Council      Adobe Systems    345 Park Avenue  San Jose, CA 95110-2704  408/536-6000 (telephone) Supports many nonprofit causes of which animal rights is one. Only 501c3 organizations considered. Send: name and location of your organization; mission of your organization; service your organization provides; amount requested and a description of how the contribution will be used; and written proof of you nonprofit status. Send proposals to address above. computer programs, equipment, no cash gifts, outside California

Ahimsa Foundation - organizations with small budgets, shelters, some animal rights projects

Attn: Aina Allen, Exec Director
82 Devonshire St., S7
Boston MA 02109-3614
617-292-7133, fax 617-292-0843

Albert Schweitzer Animal Welfare Fund
1200 Fairchild Dr.
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Fax: ( 336) 744-5289 
Provides grants for a variety of innovative animal welfare programs, including humane education, enhancing humane shelter operation, wildlife protection or implementing solutions to animal overpopulation. Write or fax for an application packet.
Range: varies up to $5,000. Filing deadline: postmarked by Jan. 1.

American Humane Hearing Dog Fund   If your agency has a hearing or assistance dog program as its central focus or one of its primary services, you may qualify for a Hearing Dog Grant, made possible by the Irene Jokisch Trust.

Animal Assistance Foundation
Erik Taylor, Executive Director
455 Sherman Street, Ste 462
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 744-8396
Primarily gives grants within the state of Colorado. Deadlines are March 29th and September 28th. They request an initial contact to their office before applying for grant.

Animal Welfare Trust Devoted to promoting the well being of the animal community. Offers grants to organizations whose work helps reduce animal suffering and/or raises public consciousness toward related issues.

Arcus Foundation (MI) - Provides support for conservation efforts that promote the survival of the Great Apes in the wild and for sanctuaries that offer safety and freedom from invasive research and other forms of human exploitation. Supports only activities that specifically impact gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos and gibbons. 

The Arcus Foundation, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a family foundation established in 1997 that seeks to "contribute to a pluralistic society that celebrates diversity and dignity, invests in youth and justice, and promotes tolerance and compassion," with an emphasis on southwestern Michigan. The Arcus Foundation is especially interested in programs and organizations that celebrate and serve members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. The foundation also funds programs that focus on youth, cultural enhancement, and environmental sustainability, and promotes and supports the rights of animals to live free of human cruelty and abuse with a special fund dedicated to sanctuaries and conservation of Great Apes. Those interested in applying for a grant should first send a letter of inquiry. Further information about application criteria can be found on the foundation's Web site, as well as an interview with the foundation's president, news items, descriptions and sample grants relating to the foundation's special funds, and background information.

The Barbara Delano Foundation - Supports wildlife conversation for bears, elephants, exotic birds, great apes, large cats, marine mammals, marine turtles, rhinos, and sharks. Provides grant guidelines, past awards given, contact information, financial information, and geographic criteria.

Ben & Jerry's Foundation - not specifically for animal's but worth trying.

Bernice Barbour Foundation
C/O EVE LLOYD THOMPSON
14434 LAUREL TRAIL
WELLINGTON, FL 33414
561.791.0861
Provides grants for hands-on animal care projects for the prevention of cruelty. Strongly favors shelters with a mandatory spay/neuter policy before application. Write for an application packet.
Range: varies, up to $5,000. Deadline: N/A (year-round)

Blanche T. Enders Charitable Trust

Bosack & Kruger Charitable Foundation

8420 154th Avenue NE

Redmond, WA 98052

425/556-9392

Funds only pre selected, emphasis on humane education

The Calgary Foundation - www.forcalgaryforever.com
The Calgary Foundation’s granting is broadly focused, providing support for registered charities in the areas of arts and culture, education, health, social services, the environment, community development, recreation, animal welfare and neighbourhoods.

Cecil Mauger Charitable Trust  % Bank One Trust Co., N.A., P.O. Box 710192, Columbus, OH  43271-0192, 614-248-4557, interests:  community development, animal welfare, and human services.

The Columbus Foundation 1234 E Broad St Columbus OH 43205  614-251-4000 Dorothy Davis, Richard Solove Trustee White Castle F

The Company of Animals Fund      c/o Michael J. Rosen   1623 Clifton Avenue    Columbus, OH 43202  Priority goes to programs that will help companion animals most, such as low-cost spay/neuter, adoptions, cruelty investigations and rescue. Submit: a proposal letter; the amount requested; and current financial statement. No new projects. Money to be used for emergency or ongoing care of companion animals. No administrative expenses. Range: $1,000 - $5,000    no administrative expenses, no new programs, priority to program for companion animals, such as low cost spay/neuter, cruelty investigations, rescue, emergency care

The DJ&T Foundation

Attn: Bob Barker
9201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 204  Beverly Hills, CA 90210

310/278-1160 (telephone)    310/275-6202 (facsimile)
Devoted to the support of low cost or free spay/neuter clinics. Provides FAQs, grant application, and program details.
Range: varies. Deadline: N/A (year-round).

Doris Day Animal League
ATTN: Grant Requests
227 Massachusetts Ave. NE Suite #100
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20002

202/546-1761 (telephone)    202/546-2193 (facsimile)
Requests are reviewed monthly for all types of animal issues. No application form required. Mail proposals including an outline of the organizaiton's history, present activities that detail any programs already in progress and budget information. The informaiton must be submitted on official letterhead.
Range: averages $2,000.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - www.ddcf.org

Office of Grants Administration

650 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10019

212/974-7000 (telephone)

212/974-7590 (facsimile)

Does not accept unsolicited proposals

The Edith Goode Foundation
William F. Harvey
Riggs National Bank
PO Box 96202
Washington, DC 20090
Aids educational and spay/neuter programs, effective promotion of adoptions, and new organizations establishing specific programs or programs for which they lack funding. Requires a thorough evaluation of the results of projects for which grants are awarded. Write for more information. No phone calls please.

Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust
Ms. Donna Pease, Grants Administrator
700 Professional Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Fax: 301-548-7726
Provides financial aid for the following types of animal protection programs: education, spay/neuter, promotion of adoption, new organizations setting up specific programs, or established organizations setting up specific programs which they are lacking. Write for information; phone calls discouraged.

Elinor Patterson Baker Trust Fund
c/o Ann Panoli
Putnam Trust Company
10 Mason St., 2nd Floor
Greenwich CT 06830

203/869-3000 (telephone)
Fax: (203) 869-7412
Offers grants four times a year for a wide variety of shelter needs, including prevention of cruelty, spay/neuter, shelter improvements, and innovative new programs. Write or fax for an application packet.must request guidelines by letter or fax

Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation
The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation, Inc. welcomes the opportunity to consider grant proposals from the following Institutional/Program Activity Areas: Animal Related, Arts, Culture, and Humanities, Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy, Education, Employment/Jobs, Environmental Quality, Protection & Beautification, Food, Nutrition, Agriculture, Health - General & Rehabilitative Services, Health - Multipurpose Associations/Services Associated with Specific Diseases/Disorders/Medical Disciplines, Housing/Shelter, Human Services: Multipurpose & Other, Medical Research, Mental Health, Crisis Intervention, Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations, Public Protection: Crime & Delinquency Prevention, Legal Administration, Legal Services, Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, Public/Society Benefit: Multipurpose & Other Recreation, Leisure, Sports, Athletics, Religion. Geographic focus: Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia. 

Friends of Animals 

777 Post Rd Darien CT  06820 800-321-7387 Not a funding source, can provide spaying/neutering subsidies with certificates

The Fuller Foundation, Inc.
Our purpose is to support non-profit agencies which improve the quality of life for people, animals and the environment. The Foundation also funds the Fuller Foundation of New Hampshire which supports horticultural and educational programs for the public at Fuller Gardens. Our geographic focus area is predominately the Boston area and the immediate seacoast area of New Hampshire.

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation - www.grdodge.org

Attn: Scott McVay, Exec. Dir. or Attn: David Grant, Executive Director ?

163 Madison Avenue, POB 1239

Morristown, NJ 07962-1239

973/540-8442 (telephone) 973/540-1211 (facsimile)

Animal welfare projects with national implications; no capital grants

163 Madison Ave., POB 1239
Morristown NJ 07962-1239
201-540-8442; fax 201-540-1211
Support for the Arts is primarily confined to New Jersey, with emphasis on companion animal and wildlife needs. Presents application guidelines, foundation initiatives, and contact information.

Gladys W. Sargent Foundation
PO Box 1244
Danville, CA 94526
925-831-3716
Funding to non-profits agencies that work to encourage kindness and understanding of human beings toward all animals.
Range: $5,000 to $15,000. Deadline: Sept. 1

Gladys W. Sargeant Foundation
Lynda Labare, President
P.O. Box 1244 Danville, CA 94526
Phone/Fax: (925) 831-3716
They are not giving grants for 2002, but will be in 2003; please contact in January of 2003 for grants. Offers funding to nonprofit organizations that work to encourage kindness and understanding of human beings towards all animals; acquire unwanted domestic pets from any source and place them in suitable homes; build or otherwise acquire, maintain, and operate a shelter for dogs, cats and other domestic animals; and control the animal population through spaying and neutering. Range: $5000-15,000. Deadline: 9/1.

The Glaser Progress Foundation - Various programs including animal advocacy. Presents foundation information, programs areas, and grant requests guidelines.

Harden Foundation - 501 (C)3 organizations who provide services or programs in Monterey County, California are eligible to submit grant proposals. The foundation will consider grants in the following seven areas: Community Services - Children, Youth & Families, Senior Citizens, General; Health; Agricultural Education; Animal Welfare and Environment; and Arts & Culture programs.

Haskell Fund c/o Advisory Services Inc-James Sekerak, Acct. Mgr/Treasurer 1422 Euclid Ave  Suite 1010 Cleveland, OH  44115-2078
Initial approach is to write a grant proposal (no applications).  Send a letter explaining the organization, the need for the money, with the specific amount requested.  Attach a copy of your 501 ( c ) (3) letter and a brochure if available.  Please do not send a form letter.
Range  $500 - $16,000 Average $1,000 - $5,000    Deadlines  None

Helen V. Brach Foundation
Attn: Raymond F. Simon, Pres.
55 West Wacker Dr., Ste. 701
Chicago IL 60601-1611
312-372-4417 (telephone) 312/372-0290 (facsimile)

must request guidelines by fax or letter

prevention of animal abuse/violence, mobile spay/neuter vans, clinics, no grants more than 10% of operating budget, no grants to start up an organization

International Fund for Animal Welfare (MA)
Located in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, the International Fund for Animal Welfare began as an effort to save endangered harp seals on the eastern coast of Canada three decades ago and has grown into an international animal welfare advocacy organization for thousands of animal species. The fund's mission is to "improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress." Information on the fund's component goals, including details on specific campaigns, animals, and countries of action; publications; information on aiding the fund's projects; campaign results; and worldwide contact information are available on the fund's Web site

Irene Evans Charity Trust  attn: Sarah McGaughy, NationsBank, 601 13^th St NW Ste 200 S  Washington DC 20005  202-637-5401

Irene C. Evans Charity Trust
Attn: Sarah C. McGaughy
NationsBank, N.A.
601 13th St., N.W., Ste. 200 South
Washington DC 20005

The Katharine Matthies Foundation - Presents previous receipients, application guidlines, submission requirements, and geographic focus.

Kenneth Scott Charitable Trust, Key Bank Foundations, 127 Public Sq, 17^th Fl Cleveland OH  44114-1306 216-556-4062     5-1 deadline

Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust
Key Bank Nonprofit Asset Services
H. Richard Obermanns, Exec. Dir.
127 Public Square, 17th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114-1306
Phone: (216) 556-4062
The primary purpose of the Trust is to promote the humane treatment of companion animals. Research, education and current interventions are priorities. Projects outside of Ohio should be of national scope or significance.

Kronkosky Charitable Foundation - Various programs including prevention of cruelty to animals. Provides program information, grant application on-line, and evaluation tools. Giving limited to Bandera, Bexar, Comal, and Kendall counties in Texas.

The Lamson & Sessions Foundation  %Gene Bud, 25701 Science Dr Cleveland OH  44122, 216-464-3400, interests: higher education, religion, animal welfare.

Maddie's Fund - Maddie's Fund Richard Avanzino, President
2233 Santa Clara Avenue, Suite B
Alameda, CA 94051
(510) 337-8989, Fax: (510) 337-8988, E-Mail: info@maddies.org, Website : www.maddiesfund.org

Read Can my community get money from Maddie’s Fund?  by Richard Avanzino from the Best Friends website

Provides grants to no-kill animal shelters that work with community collaborations of veterinarians, rescue groups, traditional shelters and animal control agencies nation wide. Presents previously funded projects, grant guidelines, organization information.
The fund has already had over 1,000 inquiries (as of Spring 1999) about their work. Please review the guidelines carefully before submitting a grant request. Proposals must set forth an immediate, direct, and measurable strategy to increase adoptions, spay/neuter surgeries, and reduce the death of dogs and cats-- in order to guarantee every adoptable shelter dog or cat a loving, responsible home within five years. Grants will not be awarded to government-funded animal control agencies or organizations that derive a substantial portion of their funding through government contracts. Range varies, based on the number of baseline adoptions and above baseline spay/neuter surgeries that will be achieved each year of the project. As a condition of a Maddie's Fund community grant, the participating no-kill organizations are expected to raise matching funds each year of the project equal to a percentage of the grant.

Marguerite Doe Foundation
c/o Anthony Guntermann, Trustee
222 East Carrillo St., Ste. 201
Santa Barbara CA 93102-1289
805-963-3871, fax 805-963-3171
(Humane care and treatment of domestic animals only; provides "bricks and mortar" or "seed money" to assist humane centers in getting started or to maintain services.")

Meacham Foundation Memorial Grant 
American Humane Association
63 Inverness Dr. East
Englewood, CO 80112
800-227-4645
Funds capital campaigns, building improvements, and equipment purchases that directly affect the welfare of animals in shelters. Grants may be up to $4,000. Applicants must be a supporting member of American Humane and incorporated as a 501(c) 3 nonprofit agency. Call or write for an application.  Deadline: Feb. 28.

Narragansett Number One Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to helping public charities in Maine. The Narragansett Number One Foundation will concentrate first on helping our neighbors in Buxton, Maine, and surrounding areas. Once the Foundation reviews and contributes to the most deserving causes in this geographic area, the Foundation may make future grants to charities throughout Maine and elsewhere. Specifically, we will look to help schools, fire departments, police departments, parks, recreational facilities, religious organizations, libraries, shelters for children, the homeless and abused persons, museums and shelters for animals.

Ohrstrom Foundation
George L. Ohrstrom, President
101 Park Ave. 35th Floor New York, NY 10178-0061
Phone: (212) 759-5380
Nationally, with focus on Virginia.

Pajeau Wildlife Foundation
Michael Hauser
Northern Trust Company
50 South LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60675
312-630-6000
Aid to organizations, including humane societies, that advocate the comfort of birds and animals.
No deadline.

Pet Care Trust

PETCO Foundation
Paul Jolly, Director
37262 N. Rosemead Blvd.
San Gabriel, CA 91775
Phone: (626)-287-0952, Fax: (626) 287-9704, Email: Petcofoundation@petco.com, www.petcofoundation@petco.com
The PETCO Foundation has dedicated its programs to serving the following areas: Reduce (spay/neuter programs), Rescue (promoting adoptions in-store adoptions, mobile adoptions), Rehabilitate (promoting the human/animal bond, behavioral counseling), and Rejoice (healing power of animals, humane education programs or animal assisted therapy. ) Encourages applications for support from any 501 c (3) that fulfills one or more of the 4 R's. Organizations should be local and be able to enlist the support of their local PETCO store.

The Pet Life Foundation P.O. Box 31531, Chicago, IL 60631  http://www.petlifefoundation.org/plf_home.html, application is on-line

PETsMART Charities Focus areas are innovative adoption, spay/neuter, behavior, identification and education programs. Presents agency qualifications, average grant awarded, and grant application.

The Pet Savers Foundation
750 Port Washington Blvd. Suite 2
Port Washington, NY 11050
516-944-5025; fax 516-944-5035

Planet Dog Philanthropy
Planet Dog Philanthropy, the philanthropic affiliate of Planet Dog, an eco-friendly dog product company based in Portland Maine, is accepting proposals for its new grant program. Planet Dog Philanthropy is dedicated to supporting unique and effective programs taking compassionate action to preserve and restore the natural environment, cultivate animal welfare and foster quality education. PDP will award grants in amounts up to $5,000 to applicants in the three program areas, and applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.   Grants will be awarded to both Maine based 501(c)(3) organizations as well 501(c)(3)'s in New England and around the country.

Regina B. Frankenberg Foundation - Attn: Uwe Lindner, Vice Pres., Private Banking

Chemical Bank, 270 Park Ave NY NY 10017-2070

The Rio Vista Fund
Rio Vista Products
520 S. Farnel Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Phone: (800) 248-6428, Email: rvfund@riovistaproducts.com, Webpage: www.riovistaproducts.com
The Rio Vista Fund provides grants to nonprofit rescue agencies for the benefit of abused or neglected dogs and horses. Grants are made regularly in response to applications filed by organizations on behalf of specific animals. Whenever anyone purchases grooming products or feed supplements produced by Rio Vista, a portion of the sale is set aside for the Fund. Additionally, every year the Rio Vista Fund recognizes an agency or individual for outstanding rescue accomplishments. For information on how to submit nominations, visit the companies webiste or call.

Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation
William H. Wallace, Chairman
One E. Liberty Street, Ste 509 Reno, NV 89501
(775) 786-1105
Northern Nevada, with focus on Reno.

Second Chance Fund  
American Humane Association
63 Inverness Drive East  Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: (800) 227-4645
Can receive up to $500 for veterinary expenses incurred as a result of treatment for an animal that has suffered from criminal violence. This is a matching grant program through the American Humane Association and membership is required.

The Snyder Foundation for Animals

The Spoehr-Clarke Foundation   (Need to check) 
The Foundation’s mission is to make grants to grass-roots groups and individuals working in the areas of wildlife and wilderness protection, the environment, and animal welfare. The Foundation encourages groups or individuals who may not be funded by larger, more traditional foundations to apply. Nonprofit institutions with specific needs or programs may also qualify for grants. The grant-making is currently limited primarily to Vermont, New Hampshire and Hawaii.

The SummerLee Foundation  
c/o Melanie Roberts
5956 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1414
Dallas TX 75225-8025
214-363-9000; fax 214-363-1941

Various types of grants provided. Priority given to shelters in low-income areas. Presents grant and application guidelines, previous receipients, and contact information.

Thelma Doelger Charitable Trust
Edward M. King, Trustee
950 John Daly Boulevard, Ste 300
Daly City, CA 94015
Phone: (650) 755-2333
California, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay area. Must provide proof of tax exemption, budget for year grant is to be used, latest IRS return (if grant is to be significant to budget), description of purpose of grant, and amount desired (all of this is included in the grant application.)

Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation (CA)
The Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation was founded in San Diego, California, in 1991 after the death of lawyer Thomas C. Ackerman. The foundation seeks to support the interests of its benefactor and namesake by making grants to support education, programs for the prevention of child abuse and cruelty to animals, the local arts, the educational institutions that he attended, his church, and other endeavors relating to community development and to health and human services in the San Diego area. The foundation does not support projects that may lead to dependence on the foundation for the organization's continued existence. See the foundation's Web site for other exclusions and restrictions, a complete description of the application process, an online application, contact information, the foundation's latest fiscal information, a summary of recent grants, a history of the foundation, and a statement from its president.

The Toby Wells Foundation

William G. and Marie Selby Foundation
1800 Second St., Ste. 750
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: (941) 957-0442
Limited to Sarasota, Florida, and contiguous counties.

William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare 

Presents eligibilty, criteria and guidelines, types of awards, previous receipients, application process, and contacting information.

c/o Randall Lockwood, Donna Pease 
700 Professional Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Phone: (301) 548-7726, Webpage: www.parksfoundation.org
Provides grants for humane programs, including grassroots activities or academic studies in areas such as : humane laboratory practices for animals used in research, education, research on euthanasia methods, humane treatment and handling of food animals, issues concerning the use of animals in the fur industry, methods of population control for companion animals and of so-called pest animals (such as disease carriers), and international projects to improve conditions for animals. Awards may also be made for specific projects that benefit animals, for construction of shelters, or for general operating grants.

William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare

700 Professional Drive
Gaithersburg MD 20879
301-258-3030

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Member Society Grant Scheme (MGSG)
Melanie Payne, Member Society Coordinator
89 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7TP UK
Phone: 44 (0) 20 7787 5000, Fax: 44 (0) 20 7793 0208, wspa@wspa.org.uk
WSPA Scotland Freepost SCO 2267 Tranent Scotland, EH33 O3R Grants of up to US $10,000 available to organizations that are members of WSPA for projects, public opinion campaigns, shelter construction and equipment, and humane education programs. Annual budget must be less than $1 million. In 2000, 14 grants distributed. Application required. Deadline: July 1.

Please email any grants that are not listed above to - UnitedAnimalRescuers@yahoo.com