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Maddie's Fund® grants are designed to help build a no-kill nation so that all shelter dogs and cats can be guaranteed a loving home.
Maddie's Fund currently offers fourteen different kinds of grants, ranging in size from $500 marketing awards to community collaborative grants worth millions of dollars. New York City, our largest grant recipient to date, will receive as much as $23 million by the time their ten-year project is completed.
Applications are accepted year round - there are no deadlines.
Funding is for cats and dogs only and strictly for projects in the United States. As a general rule, Maddie's Fund does not award grants to individuals, or to support: projects for animals other than dogs and cats; construction of new facilities or major renovations of existing facilities; land purchase; endowment campaigns; deficit or emergency funding; scholarships; publications; films; or videos.
Current funding opportunities fall into five categories:
- Starter Grants Guidelines
Maddie's Fund is supporting coalitions that collect and report shelter data, create a Pet Evaluation Matrix, and develop a one-year business plan and a ten-year strategic plan to save the lives of more dogs and cats. Read More - Community Collaborative Grant Guidelines
Maddie's Fund is supporting collaborations between animal welfare organizations and veterinarians aiming to achieve a no-kill community for shelter dogs and cats. Read More - Lifesaving Award Guidelines
Maddie's Fund is recognizing communities that have achieved an adoption guarantee for all healthy shelter dogs and cats, or that have achieved no-kill for shelter dogs and cats. Read More - Colleges of Veterinary Medicine Grants Guidelines
Maddie's Fund is supporting U.S. Colleges of Veterinary Medicine developing shelter medicine programs. There are six different funding opportunities. Read More - Medical Equipment Grant Guidelines
Maddie's Fund is providing medical equipment funds for adoption guarantee shelters that employ at least one full-time veterinarian. Read More
