New Ready for Rescue Grant

Overview

VCA Charities, the charitable arm of VCA Animal Hospital, supports the joy of pet ownership 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.

Ready for Rescue Grant

Pet ownership brings joy to the entire family, which is why we help support adoptable pets in finding homes through Ready for Rescue Grants. Grants provide animal welfare organizations with financial support needed to ready pets for adoption, expand enrichment efforts, help remove potential barriers to pet ownership and celebrate the role that pets play in our lives.

Our maximum award is $10,000 and applications are currently accepted twice annually. Application closes at the end of this month and approved grants will be announced at the end of next month.

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

Eligible Programs

Organization must be a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit or tax-exempt government agency focused on animal welfare.
Up to $10,000 may be requested for any activities that support readying companion pets for adoption with a preferred focus on activities supporting the mental and physical well-being of animals including but not limited to enrichment, increased time of out kennel and reducing length of time in the shelter.

Eligible expenses include:

Veterinary services, supplies, medications or treatment including preventive, wellness, urgent care and spay/neuter, behavior training, shelter pet food or supplies, transport program costs, shelter dog field trips/outings, access to play yards/groups, activities geared towards increased time out of kennel, new and improved in-kennel enrichment initiatives, activities designed to reduce length of stay in the shelter, among other adoption readiness programs.

We Cannot Fund

This grant is unable to support veterinary costs at private practice, care for feral animals, animal sanctuaries, trap-neuter-release (TNR) programs, working animals, livestock, equine, therapy animals, or wildlife. No funds may be used for overhead costs, equipment, or marketing.

Primary Contact Person

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Contact phone

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Organization Information

Organization name

Organization EIN

Organization website

Organization phone

Organization Address

Mailing address

Physical address

Mailing city

Physical city

Mailing state

Physical state

Mailing postal code

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Program Information

Name of program or project for which you are requesting funding

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)

Please provide a brief summary of your funding request
(500 character limit)

Amount requested to support adoption readiness
(you may request up to $10,000, or the amount we invited you to apply for)

Estimated number of pets helped with this funding

Relevant information about the counties or areas you serve
(255 character limit)

Program Narrative

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

General information about your organization and your various programs.
Please share how many animals do you intake yearly. How many do you adopt out? What is your live release rate?
Please share the average length of stay in your shelter.
Describe your intake process, including what veterinary care your animals receive.
Describe how animals come into your care (owner surrender, transfers from other shelters, etc.)
Does every animal receive time out of kennel each day?

If yes, how frequently and for how long?
If no, why not?

Please describe current in-kennel and out of kennel enrichment for your animals and who is responsible for oversight of enrichment programs.
Does your organization currently offer a shelter dog field trip program or equivalent?

If yes, is it open to the public or only available to current volunteers?
If no, would you be interested in starting a program?

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.

Program Budget

Grant funds are intended for adoption readiness expenses. Please provide a budget with as much detail as possible in relation to what you are requesting funding for.

Eligible expenses include:

Veterinary services, supplies, medications or treatment including preventive, wellness, urgent care and spay/neuter, behavior training, shelter pet food or supplies, transport program costs, shelter dog field trips/outings, access to play yards/groups, activities geared towards increased time out of kennel, new and improved in-kennel enrichment initiatives, activities designed to reduce length of stay in the shelter, among other adoption readiness programs.

All files attached to this application must total less than 20 MB. Please compress your 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 Attachments

Upload at least one photo, high-resolution preferred, that best represents this program or your organization. Please ensure photo permissions allow for VCA Charities' use.

If you have more than one photo to share, select "Add another response" below.

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

Other Attachments

If you have any other attachments that you would like to add (e.g. full organizational budget, references from organizations with whom you collaborate, news and PR, or photos) please attach them below. If you have more than one file to attach please select 'Add another response.'

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

Program name

Contact Information