If you haven’t applied for an Open Grant yet, there’s still time! Our latest round of funding is available to ALL private shelter organizations (with or without a municipal contract), animal service agencies, and municipal shelters. California for All Animals is committed to helping you advance the welfare of both animals and their people in your community and the well-being of your staff through focused training, expert mentorship, tailored resources, and the right funding to support your vision. Open Grant applications will be accepted through June 30, 2022; grants from $25,000 to $200,000 will be awarded to shelters and focused on the following categories:
- Outcomes (Adoptions, Return to Home, and Return to Community): What does your organization need to increase adoptions, foster programs, transfer to partners, return to home, and return to community of origin (community cats, for example). Proposals may include requests for veterinary care, supplies, equipment, technology, training and staffing.
- Field Services and Control: Animal control officers play a vital role in an agency’s connection to the community. What does your organization need to return loose pets to their homes and provide support to community members? Examples include supplies such as kitten kits, fencing, trolleys, doghouses, vouchers for spay/neuter and medical care, microchip scanners, collars and leashes, and technology to enhance mobile work. Proposals will also be accepted for training for animal control officers to provide supportive services.
- Care of Animals in the Shelter: Grant funding in this category should focus on physical, medical and mental well-being of animals that are in the shelter’s care. This includes veterinary care supplies and services, behavior and enrichment, volunteer and foster programs, equipment and supplies including housing improvements and interaction spaces.
- Intake Management and Community Support: Grant funding in this category should focus on strengthening and streamlining your organization’s ability to provide services to the community. Examples include supplies and veterinary care to keep pets in their homes and communities of origin, developing appointment-based services for intake, resources for handling calls such as an automated system, finder foster programs, website messaging, text messaging, hotline run by staff or volunteers, and staffing for outreach and engagement.
We’re committed to making the application process simple and engaging. To learn more and apply for the Open Grant, please visit CaliforniaForAllAnimals.com/grants, where you can also watch a short video of California Director Allison Cardona walking you through the four-step process. If you are experiencing any barriers to applying or could just use a little guidance filling out your application, please email us at grants@californiaforallanimals.com! We’re here to listen and to help.
Just like you, we believe that every animal deserves the Right Care, provided in the Right Place, at the Right Time to achieve the Right Outcome. We also believe every person working in a shelter deserves access to the tools they need to do their job well and to feel satisfaction from the hard work they do. Together we can make California a place where families are truly supported and shelters are able to offer the care that is right for each situation at the moment it’s needed the most.
