Other Animal Welfare Funders
Please be sure to carefully review the guidelines and eligibility criteria of individual funders prior to contacting them with questions or submitting a request for support.
In addition to the ASPCA, other national animal welfare funders who invite grant applications via their web sites include:
- Animal Disaster Funding
- American Humane Association
- Maddie's Fund
- Petfinder Foundation
- PetSmart Charities
- The PEDIGREE Foundation
Additional animal welfare funders and grant opportunities:
- Animal Grantmakers Member Organizations
- Animal Sheltering – Grant Listings
- Grants for Animal Welfare Nonprofits
- Grants for Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation
- Philanthropy News Digest – Animal Welfare Requests for Proposals
Additional Resources for Grant Seeking
- Candid's GrantSpace: Free tools and guidance for effective grant seeking and nonprofit management
- Finding Foundations that Fund Animal Welfare
- Foundation Directory Online: A free search tool from Candid providing open access to basic information on approximately 90,000 foundations
Resources for Fundraising
- Animal Sheltering – Fundraising Resources: Archive of articles and tips from Animal Sheltering magazine (published by HSUS) on increasing income and donations
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Resource Center: Recommendations for best practices in fundraising from various AFP publications
- The Lion's Share: A blog that offers fundraising resources for animal welfare organizations
- General information about what crowdfunding is, crowdfunding tips for beginners, and crowdfunding best practices.
- Tips on using crowdfunding as a fundraising strategy via platforms such as Indiegogo, Classy, FirstGiving, and CauseVox