Guided by its mission to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals, Maddie's Fund® is devoting its resources to help build a no-kill nation. Towards that end, Maddie's Fund wants to support local coalitions that combine the talents and resources of adoption guarantee organizations, animal control agencies, and traditional shelters to end the killing of healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats in their communities within ten years.
To help build coalitions, Maddie's Fund has created a new series of grants. Starter Grants offer coalitions monetary assistance as they work on the various components of their community collaborations: collecting shelter statistics; reporting shelter data using terminology/definitions presented in the Asilomar Accords; preparing yearly business plans; and formulating ten-year strategic plans.
These grants can help your collaborative efforts by providing a starting point and the tools necessary to help achieve your lifesaving goals. Whether your focus is to lead the animal organizations in the community to no-kill status on your own through local programs and projects, or to use the starter grants to bring the coalition to the point of applying for a Maddie's Fund® Community Grant, these building block grants can help your coalition close the gap between where your community currently is and where you want it to be in the future.
To learn about eligibility, the application and review processes, definitions, categorizations, and more, read the full PDF application instructions for Maddie's® Starter Grants.
