Ready for Rescue Grant - Second Chance KONGs

Overview

As VCA Animal Hospital’s charitable arm, VCA Charities brings the joy of pet ownership to more people by helping pets find and remain in loving homes.

Through grants and partnerships with shelters and animal welfare organizations, we help remove barriers to pet ownership and help keep pets in loving homes by funding emergency and specialty veterinary care; supporting adoption readiness and surrender prevention programs; enabling the care and feeding of pets belonging to underserved families; and, responding to our local communities in crisis.

If you have questions about this program, application, or eligible expenses, please email Grants@vcacharities.org.

Eligibility for Second Chance KONG Participation:

Organization must be a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit or tax-exempt government agency.
Agreement that KONGs will be used in-shelter for adoptable dogs only. KONGs are not intended to be sold or sent home with a dog once adopted.

Primary Contact Person

First name Email	Last name Title
Contact phone	Contact phone extension

Organization Information

Organization name

Organization website

Organization EIN

Organization phone

So that we best understand the scope of your activities and impact, please select ALL categories below that describe your organization and program focuses.

(Select multiple by holding down Ctrl key while clicking each selection)

Organization Address

Mailing address	Physical address Where KONGs to be delivered
Mailing city	Physical city

Mailing state	Physical state
Mailing postal code	Physical postal code

Program Information

Number of KONGs requested to support adoption readiness (not guaranteed)

2505001,000

Estimated number of pets helped with this donation

How many adoptable dogs do you currently have in your care?

Briefly describe how these KONGs would benefit your adoptable dogs

Should your request be approved, can you accommodate a freight truck at your facility for the delivery?

Is a liftgate needed?

Location of your shelter(s)
(select multiple states by holding down Ctrl key while clicking each state)

Specific counties or information about where you serve
(255 character limit)

Program Narrative

Describe your organization and adoption readiness efforts. Please copy, paste, and be sure to respond to each of the following:

General information about your organization and your various programs.
How many animals do you intake yearly, how many do you transport/transfer to partners (if any), and how many do you adopt out?
Describe how animals come into your care (owner surrender, transfers from other shelters, etc.)
Describe your intake process, including what veterinary care your animals receive.
Describe how these KONGs will improve the lives of animals during their stay in the shelter.

All files attached to this application must total less than 20 MB. Please compress your PDF files at a free resource such as smallpdf.com.

IRS 501(c)(3) Determination Letter or Letter 4076C

If you are a governmental organization and not a 501(c)(3), your Letter 4076C describes your status as a tax-exempt organization.

Photo Requirement

We kindly request that you share high resolution pictures of the KONGs in use within the first month. Ideally these would show the first group of dogs getting their Second Chance KONGs so we can demonstrate real impact to our funders.

Send pictures to grants@vcacharities.org with the subject line "KONG Pictures." Please ensure photo permissions allow for VCA Animal Hospitals and VCA Charities' use.

Confirmation

Please confirm that your organization is able to receive this donation or if the donation needs to be accepted through a "friends of" nonprofit partner. If the later, email grants@chacharities.org and signify the change prior to continuing.

Contact Information