Resources for
Rescues
-tips
-Grant Funding Sources
-Ohio County Map
-Medical
Assistance for dogs in Rescue
-No Kill Solutions.org - this is a great resource for tons of rescue
and low/no kill information
-Food from Science Diet for rescues/shelters
Things we do at Columbus Dog Connection. These are the most
important steps to a group like ours, which is all volunteer, without a
central location.
The single most important thing you
can do to help the dogs is to let people know what you are doing.
The bottom line always will be placing a dog…any way you can get
your name to the public, do it!
Some things we have done to get our name out:
billboards, ads in newspaper, flyers everywhere, (we've have a dry
cleaning company attaching them to clients clothes), company
newsletters, television news appearances, parade floats and adoption
days at: pet stores, malls, community events.
Ask a radio station to do public service announcements, you may want to
start out with a wish list included in this announcement. Tell people you NEED….
You might even ask if a local radio station to give you a weekly
spot to “highlight” your dog of the week.
If you can get this, you can also educate the listeners on why it
is so important to spay/neuter.
Don’t be emotional, use only facts.
We tell people all the time, everyday in counties across Ohio,
dogs are euthanized. By you
not having a spayed/neutered dog/cat, you are going to add to that
number!
With all things we do, we ALWAYS ask a company to donate it first.
You will be amazed at how people will give you things for dogs and
cats. YOU MUST ASK!
Aside from our site, the most important thing we do is
have an ad in every Sunday paper.
If people are looking for a dog, where do they typically begin their
search? The back yard breeders know this well...the Sunday
Classified Ads.
We try to never miss a Sunday paper...our ad reads like this
Adopt a Homeless Dog
ColumbusDogConnection.com
One way we bring attention to our group is glorify any situation that warrants it. For example, we got a local paper to write an article about one of our foster dogs who ran away from the foster mom. Several of us spent the weekend in a neighborhood and talked to many of the people that lived there. We called the paper and said we would like to thank all the kind people and we did find Angel the shepherd thanks to their help. Try to find someone at the local newspaper that is a dog person…we now have several contacts at our local papers and with the tv stations here in Columbus. It took a while to build these relationships…but they come in very handy.
The second most important thing for us is our web site.
Our web space is donated.
We had to pay for our name.
The web site saves us time by not repeating ourselves or taking tons of
calls. People will instead go directly to our site.
And we have a following with our site.
Some people have told me they have been watching our site for a
year waiting for just the right dog.
The web site is our voice to the community.
We recently had a dog who needed over $1400.00 in surgery…we made a
plea on our site and people donated over $700.00!!!
I am not very computer literate and I did have someone create and
hook up our site, but I do all the updates.
If you can….have your computer person get the shell done and have
them show you how to do updates.
I update almost daily. I
choose the information that goes on the site.
We try to keep it relevant and local to the Columbus area or the
state of Ohio. Occasionally, we list national stuff. Any place we are listing information about our group, we ALWAYS
list our web site address.
And I try to say it in a way that people will remember.
“Our web site is
the same as our name, ColumbusDogConnection.com. The capital letters
don’t make a difference and people can read it easier and quicker.
Having a web site will save you time and help you to talk to more
people than you can by just answering the phone.
Again, please copy anything you see from our site.
We have revised many many times, and we are finally at a place that
we feel it is a very good site.
We get compliments on how comprehensive it is and how well organized it
is.
It is not fancy and our main purpose ALWAYS is to do what I can to
get one of our dogs adopted.
The third most important thing for us was gathering volunteers. Try to find people to join your cause.
We don’t know the best way to do this.
We have been lucky. We
started with just 3-4 of us, all total strangers to one another.
Now we have over 20 people.
Start a policy from this moment on that you spay/neuter every dog before
he/she leaves your care.
That includes the 8 week old puppies/kittens.
Some things you should do asap.
-A logo to go with your name. Make it simple, easily reproducible and catchy.
-Business Cards.
These little things are invaluable.
-A banner.
Once you have your logo, get a banner.
It is great to have at festivals, in the background of pictures
etc.
When you do
community events, keep your set up simple.
Have your dogs available page, some basic info about your group, a
wish list and your business cards.
Animal Abuse Data Base -
good source to check for animal abusers in your area
Grant Information for Companion Animals
Updated January
2007
For Horses
Ohio Coalition for
Animals
Ahimsa Foundation
B6, 82 Devonshire St Boston MA 02109-3614
617-227-1681 617-227-3794
Favors shelters with small budgets. Average grant is between
$2000-$5000. Deadlines are 5/1 and 8/1. Send one page concept letter, as
grant applications are no longer sent upon request. The letter should be
brief and concise, stating: when your organization was founded, the
organization's purpose, why the grant is being requested, and the amount
of the request. If you are requesting funds for a spay/neuter program,
describe in detail your policies concerning post-surgical care for
females and males. If your organization meets Ahimsa's criteria, you
will be sent a grant application form
Albert Schweitzer Animal Welfare Fund
Barbara Cassidy, Director 1200
Fairchild Dr Winston-Salem, NC 27105
336-744-5289f
Write or fax for application. Applications and attachments must be
postmarked by January 1 to be considered for funding the following June.
Awards small grants for animal welfare programs. Grants are awarded to
foster humane education, enhance the humaneness and efficiency of animal
shelter operations, and implement humane solutions to the problem of
animal overpopulation. The range is $5,000 or less.
Animal Care Equipment & Services (ACES) Foundation
PO Box 3275 Crestline, CA 93325
909-338-1791 909-338-2799 f
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.
Animal Welfare Trust
PO Box 737 Mamaroneck NY 10543 914-381-6177
914-381-6176 f
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.
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
- not specifically for animal's but worth trying
Bernice Barbour Foundation
Eve Lloyd Thompson 130 Main St Hackensack
NJ 07601-7152 561-791-0861 561-753-9153 f
eve@bernicebarbour.org
Awards grants for hands-on animal care projects. Funds ONLY shelters
with a mandatory spay/neuter policy before adoption. To be considered,
the organization must have completed at least one year of hands-on
animal care. Does not fund shelters for exotics, or species not
indigenous to the U.S. Grants are made in the fall, with funds mailed in
December. Application deadline is 8/10.
Columbus Foundation
DJ & T Foundation
c/o William Prappas
9201 Wilshire Blvd Ste 204 Beverly Hills, CA
90210 310-278-1160, 310-275-6202 f
WillPrappas@msn.com
For low-cost and mobile spay/neuter clinics. The Foundation does not
underwrite voucher programs or other fees.
Doris Day Animal League
227 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 100 Washington, DC
20002 202-546-1761 202-546-2193 f
info@ddal.org
Applications reviewed monthly for various types of animal issues. Gives
grants between $500-$1000. Send on company letterhead, an outline of the
group's activities, any programs in place, and any budget information
available.
Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust
Donna Pease, Grants Administrator 700 Professional
Dr. Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-548-7726
The Trust
makes grants to organizations established to prevent cruelty to
animals. If your organization does not have this goal as a charitable
purpose or is not registered as a 501(c)3 organization by the IRS, then
it is not eligible for a grant from the Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust.
Other types of
proposals (routine requests seeking support for spay-neuter programs,
humane education, additional staff, new buildings or equipment) will
not have much chance of success (normally in the $5-15,000 range).”
Elinor Patterson Baker Trust Fund
c/o Ann Panoli Putnam Trust Co 10 Mason St 2nd Fl
Greenwich CT 06830 203-869-7412 f
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.
Gladys W. Sargeant Foundation
Lynda Labare, President PO Box 1244 Danville, CA 94526
925-831-3716
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.
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Welfare of Animals Program
David Grant, Executive Director
163 Madison Ave 6th Fl PO Box 1239
Morristown, NJ 07962-1239 973-540-8442
973-540-1211 f info@grdodge.org
Directed towards projects with national implications that encourage more
humane ethics for how we treat and view animals. Does not provide grants
for capital projects, equipment purchases, endowment funds, deficit
financing, or scholarships. The foundation also funds an Animal Shelter
Assistance Program in New Jersey.
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 Brach Foundation
Raymond F. Simon, President 55 W Wacker Dr Ste
701 Chicago, IL 60601 312-372-4417
312-372-0290f
National, with emphasis on Illinois. Grants given in areas designed to
defend and advance the interests of animals, youth, the disabled, the
poor, and otherwise disadvantaged persons-- as well as to support
religious, charitable, and educational activities; varies from
$5000-$100,000. Does not make grants to individuals; applicants must
supply proof of tax exemption; does not give grants for political
purposes, outside of the U.S., or for start-ups. Grants given do not
exceed 10% of the budget of the organization applying.
Irene C. Evans Charity Trust
Sara C. McGaughy 10 Light St Baltimore, MD
21203-0995
Awards grants for a variety of animal projects. Grants around $55,000
per year spread among 10 animal groups. Deadline: 3/15
WK Kellogg
Foundation
Appalachian Counties may apply for funds
Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust
Key Bank Nonprofit Asset Services
H. Richard Obermanns, Exec. Dir 127 Public Square, 17th Fl
Cleveland, OH 44114-1306 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.
The Kresge Foundation
The Foundation
primarily makes challenge grants for building construction or renovation
through its Bricks and Mortar Program. Grants are also given for the
purchase of real estate and major equipment. Applications are accepted
throughout the year. Visit the website listed above for more
information.
Maddies Fund
2223 Santa Clara Ave #B Alameda, California 94501-4416
510-337-8989
Instructions, a current application form, and a series of Frequently
Asked Questions are available at the website. Hard copies can be
requested by phone, fax, or e-mail. Maddie's Fund will support animal
welfare groups operating within the United States that are classified by
the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt organizations. Groups seeking
funding must be no-kill organizations that provide comprehensive medical
treatment and behavior rehabilitation for all animals under their
management. Maddie's Fund will not provide money for shelter
construction, humane education programs, or emergency funding nor do
they fund government-funded animal control agencies.
Amount: varies depending on request. There
is no deadline for submission.
Marguerite Doe Foundation Anthony Guntermann, Trustee
22 E Carrillo St Ste 201
Santa Barbara CA 93102
805-963-3871
Aid to prevent cruelty to animals, specifically canines. Support for
humane societies. Buildings, equipment, land acquisition, matching
funds, renovation projects, seed money, special projects. Range:
$1,000-$50,000 (average $15,000 - $20,000). Send introductory letter to
the address
Meacham
Foundation Memorial Grant
American Humane Association
63 Inverness Dr E Englewood, CO 80112 800-227-4645
303-792-5333 f
Awards grants of up to $4,000 for construction, capital improvements,
repairs, or equipment that directly affects the welfare of the animals
in the shelter. May not be used for operating budget, reducing deficits,
vehicles, or routine maintenance. Agencies must be a Supporting Agency
member of AHA. Deadlines: every 2/28 and 8/31.
PETCO Foundation
Paul Jolly, Director 9125 Rehco Rd San Diego CA
92121
858-453-7845 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.
PETsMART Charities
19601 N 27th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85027 602-587-2832
623-580-6561 f
PETsMART Charities provides limited financial assistance to fund new
programs that will take an organization above and beyond what is
currently being done within that organization to end euthanasia.
PETsMART is especially interested in the development of programs in
which partnerships among various organizations are developed. Write to
PETsMART to request a grant application.
Grants for Ohio groups
Planet Dog
Philanthropy
100 Commercial St Ste 209 Portland ME 04101
207-772-6751 207-772-6572
Planet Dog Philanthropy provides grants to organizations related to the
environment, animal welfare, and education. The animal welfare grant
program focuses on prevention of cruelty and neglect, education, rescue
and rehabilitation, and preservation of rare and threatened species.
Specific grant guideline and information on how to apply for funding can
be found on Planet Dog's website. Ranges between
$2500-$5000.
Regina Bauer-Frankenberg Foundation for Animal Welfare, Attn Use
Lindner, Chemical Bank, 270 Park Ave NY NY 10017-2070
The
Summerlee Foundation
Melanie Lambert Sherry Lane Place Suite 1414
5956 Sherry La Dallas, TX 75225
214-363-9000
Grants for alleviation of fear, pain, and suffering among animals
through support of shelters, wildlife sanctuaries, and animal rescue.
Priority given to shelters in low-income areas. Organizations must have
501(c)3 status. For more information contact the program director.
Range: varies. Deadline: June 1.
The Rio Vista Fund
Rio Vista Products
520 S Farnel Rd Santa Maria CA 93458
800-248-6428 rvfund@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.
William and Charlotte Parks
Foundation for Animal Welfare
Donna Pease 700 Professional Dr
Gaithersburg MD 20879 301-548-7726
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.
