All Posts Tagged With: "grants"
Seven Ways to Prevent Pets from Becoming Homeless
How often do you read a homeless pet story that could have been prevented? Here are some ideas for animal shelters and animal lovers to help prevent pets from losing their homes.
Pet owners should carefully screen the boarding facilities or kennels they use for their pets. I’ve seen several situations in our area where dogs escaped while being boarded. This has happened several times at one kennel in particular. Here in NM animal boarding facilities have little regulation, so it’s “buyer beware.”
Don’t depend on others to research your new address.
28Jul2010 | Continued
Three Grant Sources for Spay Neuter at Your Animal Shelter or Rescue
Animal shelters and rescues can find many grants online to help fund spay neuter clinics. Here are three of them:
14Jul2010 | Continued
Three Grants to Help Pets
Check out these three grants for your shelter and the pets in your community.
American Humane is partnering with HomeAgain® to offer American Humane/HomeAgain Universal WorldScan™ grants to shelters that are members of both American Humane and HomeAgain.
24Jun2010 | Continued
Grant Sources for Animal Shelters and Pets in Need
Check out these grant sources for your shelter as well as pets and humans in need in your community. Helping local pet owners take care of their pets when they can’t afford to may prevent these pets from becoming homeless.
The ASPCA offers many grants including emergency and disaster response grants, equine funds grants, grants to fight animal cruelty, grants for farm animals, grants for animal shelters and animal control agencies, grants for non-sheltering animal welfare organizations, and grants for spay/neuter programs. You’ll also find tips for grant seekers and a list of previous grant recipients on this page.
2Jun2010 | Continued
Find a Community Grant for Your Animal Shelter or Rescue
Finding a grant for your animal shelter or rescue group could provide a valuable financial boost when your donations are down. Community foundations may offer a source of funding you haven’t tapped into. Find a list of foundations in your area on the Council on Foundations website.
22Apr2010 | Continued
Easy Ways to Increase the Size of Cash Donations
Increasing the size of your cash donations by even 10% could be the difference between life and death for some of your homeless pets. Try generating more dollars with these ideas.
Challenge grants in which a large donor agrees to match every dollar donation up to a certain amount can be extremely effective. Here in New Mexico a charitable trust and foundation agreed to match each dollar donation to the Equine Protection Fundup up to $10,000. When donors understand their money may be doubled, they tend to respond. Be specific if there’s a time limit on the challenge grant and mention the foundation or trust making the offer.
14Apr2010 | Continued
Plan Ahead to Pay for Pet Medical Emergencies
How sad that so many pet owners surrender their pets because they can’t afford medical care for them. I recently heard of a couple who took their dog to our emergency vet clinic after he was severely cut by fencing on their property. They couldn’t afford to pay the bill and surrendered him to the clinic. A kind soul who worked there called a small animal rescue group who quickly stepped in and raised funds for the two surgeries needed. Planning ahead on how to handle these medical emergencies can help reduce the number of pets who become homeless or euthanized due to lack of medical funding. Here are a few more sources of financial assistance for medical treatment.
6Apr2010 | Continued
Help Seniors Adopt and Keep Their Pets with These Grants and Ideas
It’s heartbreaking to visit a shelter or rescue group and see all the homeless pets given up by seniors who can no longer afford them. Or sometimes they’re given up because the owners are moving to assisted living or a nursing home and no one in the family will take their pets. And, think of all the pets who need a home but seniors can’t adopt due to lack of funds. Following are some grants and ideas to help seniors adopt as well as keep their pets.
23Feb2010 | Continued
