$1 Million in annual grants will probably be awarded to animal shelters and rescues working towards ending pet homelessness
FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Across the U.S., there are greater than 8.2 million homeless dogs and a pair of.3 million of them are in shelters ready to search out loving properties, in response to the ‘State of Pet Homelessness Project.’ In an effort to alleviate overcrowding, capability challenges and finally encourage canine adoption, PEDIGREE Foundation introduced the opening of its annual grant cycle, which can present shelters and rescue organizations nationwide with $1 million in grant funding to help foster, conduct, and transport packages.
Since its inception in 2008, PEDIGREE Foundation has awarded greater than $12 million in grants and helped greater than 800,000 dogs by way of its grants program to extend canine adoption and assist finish pet homelessness. In 2023 alone, 3.2 million dogs entered animal shelters and rescue organizations throughout the nation, in response to Shelter Animals Count’s 2023 Annual Report and PEDIGREE Foundation helped 76,000 dogs throughout the U.S. and Canada. This 12 months’s functions are open beginning immediately by way of Sunday, April 14, 2024, and will be submitted here.
“There is an ongoing crucial want for canine adoption throughout North America. Shelters are at capability and whereas pet intakes stay constant, shelters aren’t seeing the identical or elevated motion in adoptions,” mentioned Deb Fair, Executive Director of PEDIGREE Foundation. “Our annual grant program allows us to serve shelters and rescue organizations who so desperately want help. We are excited to supply sources that may assist get extra dogs adopted by way of the foster, conduct and transport packages.”
PEDIGREE Foundation will award a number of program classes for its 2024 annual grants, that are serving to to extend adoption charges throughout the animal welfare neighborhood:
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Foster packages that transfer dogs briefly into loving properties whereas they await adoption, with foster dad and mom to care and advocate for them.
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Behavior packages that assist with socialization, coaching and stress aid, so dogs can transfer past behaviors which may hinder their adoption into loving households. Data from the ‘State of Pet Homelessness Project‘ additionally revealed that almost 1 in 4 canine house owners within the U.S. are pondering of rehoming their pet within the subsequent 12 months and 1 in 5 of them state the rationale as behavioral issues. These packages might help dogs who want somewhat further coaching discover a new, loving household.
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Transport packages that help organizations in transferring dogs from areas of overpopulation to areas the place they’re extra prone to be adopted.
The 2024 PEDIGREE Foundation grants program consists of two kinds of grants which shelters and rescues can apply for now.
Annual Grants – awarded within the fall
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DOGS RULE.™ Grants ($100,000) – These two-year grants ($50,000 per 12 months) will probably be awarded to fund new, artistic and revolutionary initiatives that not solely assist their very own organizations, but in addition might function best-practice fashions for different shelters and rescues to assist enhance canine adoption charges.
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Program Development Grants ($10,000 – $15,000) – These grants will help actions that broaden the operational functionality of shelters or rescues to enhance canine adoption charges. This consists of the enlargement of present packages or new packages.
Additionally, Disaster Relief Grants are available year-round to handle pure disasters, puppy mill seizures or hoarding conditions. A separate utility course of will be discovered here.
Organizations desirous about making use of for a 2024 grant are invited to affix a webinar on Tuesday, March 5 at 11:00 AM CST the place representatives from PEDIGREE Foundation will clarify the grant cycle and share recommendations on the way to write a profitable submission. All candidates should have a present 501(c)(3) tax designation standing with shelters or rescues working within the U.S. to submit an utility. Government and municipal shelters that maintain a “Friends of 501(c)(3) designation are additionally eligible. You can register for the webinar here and registrants could access the recording on PEDIGREEFoundation.org after March 5.
To be taught extra about PEDIGREE Foundation or donate to assist discover eternally properties for dogs in want, please go to PEDIGREEFoundation.org and observe PEDIGREE Foundation on social media (Facebook and Instagram).
About PEDIGREE Foundation
We consider each canine deserves a loving, eternally home. PEDIGREE Foundation is an unbiased 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to assist finish pet homelessness. Nearly 3.1 million dogs find yourself in shelters and rescues yearly, and practically half by no means discover a home. The basis was established in 2008 by Mars Petcare, maker of PEDIGREE® meals for dogs, to assist enhance canine adoption charges. We’ve awarded greater than 6,200 grants and greater than $12 million to U.S. shelters and rescues that assist dogs in want. Since launching our Canadian grant program in 2022, we have now supplied $200k CAD to native shelters and rescues in want throughout Canada, in addition to $20k CAD in Disaster Relief. At PEDIGREE Foundation, we’re working towards a day when all dogs are protected, safe, cared for, fed effectively and liked. See how one can assist at PedigreeFoundation.org.
About Mars Petcare
Part of Mars, Incorporated, a family-owned business with greater than a century of historical past making various merchandise and providing companies for folks and the pets folks love, the 85,000 Associates throughout 50+ nations in Mars Petcare are devoted to 1 function: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. With 85 years of expertise, our portfolio of almost 50 manufacturers serves the well being and vitamin wants of the world’s pets – together with manufacturers PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, ROYAL CANIN®, NUTRO™, GREENIES™, SHEBA®, CESAR®, IAMS™ and EUKANUBA™ in addition to the Waltham Petcare Science Institute which has superior analysis within the vitamin and well being of pets for over 50 years. Mars Petcare can be a number one veterinary well being supplier by way of a global community of over 2,000 pet hospitals and diagnostic companies together with BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, VCA™, Linnaeus, AniCura and Antech. We’re additionally lively in innovation and expertise for pets, with WISDOM PANEL™ genetic well being screening and DNA testing for dogs and cats, the WHISTLE™ GPS canine tracker, and LEAP VENTURE STUDIO accelerator and COMPANION FUND packages that drive innovation and disruption within the pet care business. As a family business and guided by our rules, we’re privileged with the flexibleness to battle for what we consider in – and we select to battle for: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
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