Grants for Animal Shelters, Animal Control, Non-sheltering Animal Welfare Organizations and Spay/Neuter Programs

The ASPCA's funding priorities for 2012 include grants for costs associated with animal shelter and sterilization programs including:

• Targeted spay/neuter programs where there are efforts to sterilize pets by concentrating on an identified local need or problem, such as particular neighborhoods, TNR, pets in low-income families or specific types or breeds of pets within a targeted area
• Spay/neuter to increase capacity for live disposition of community animals
• Equipment that is part of a program implementation to reduce shelter intake (e.g. traps for a TNR program, ID tagging machines and tags)
• Adoption, spay/neuter, RTO or any live release marketing campaigns that are program-targeted and have identified impact and methodology
• High volume adoption events
• Training that supports efforts to increase Live Release Rates or increase capacity for lifesaving programs
• Safety net programs for vulnerable animals (e.g. a pet food bank to keep animals in their homes)
• Sponsorships for regional and state animal welfare conferences or other events for training and education of animal welfare professionals (scroll to the bottom of this page to submit your application). For event sponsorships focusing on anti-cruelty, review the guidelines for anti-cruelty sponsorships.
• Scholarship programs, scholarships, and travel stipends for shelter or animal control staff to attend animal welfare conferences or other training directly related to animal welfare (we do NOT fund scholarship requests for professional development training that has no direct impact on animals, e.g. board relations/development and volunteer management)

How to Apply

2011 grantees and ASPCA $100K Challenge participants are welcome to apply for any of these grants.

Your application will be rejected if you choose one of the first two choices below and your request is for a spay/neuter program.

• Letter of Inquiry for Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies
• Letter of Inquiry for Non-Shelter/Other Animal Welfare Organizations
• Letter of Inquiry for Spay/Neuter Grants
• Application for Animal Welfare Sponsorships
• Application for Animal Welfare Stipends/Scholarships Paid to Organizations

Equine organizations must submit their Letter of Inquiry on the Equine Fund page according to the guidelines posted there.

Applicants interested in the Anti-Cruelty Grants Program should visit this page.

Applicants interested in the National Spay/Neuter Project should visit that section of the website.

If you are invited to complete the full application, please refer to the ASPCA’s general requirements  for a list of documentation you should submit with your grant application.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

Special Shelter and Spay/Neuter Grant Funds

New York State Animal Population Control Program (APCP)

Avian Welfare Program

Upcoming grant programs of interest to shelters and spay/neuter providers

• Animal transport/relocation grants
• Greyhound grants

New York State-based organizations seeking low-income or other targeted spay/neuter funding (excluding most feral cat programs) should submit a New York State Animal Population Control Program request.