Introduction: Sources of Funding For Sterilization
Programs:
Aside
from calls for help with individual spay/neuters, our most frequent
inquiries concern fundraising for clinics, spayathons, spay
programs, for a whole variety of programs to reduce the numbers of
unwanted litters in cities and towns across the country! We have
pulled together a great introductory slide show by Paul Jolly of
PetCo Foundation, some Do's and Dont's by Jim Mason of the Two Mauds
Foundation, a long list of special local fundraising events by Aimee
St. Arnaud, information about three foundations that have helped
many of the groups we work with to start programs and clinics, and
some information on public funding as well.
Our
recommendation is to put together a pie chart for your organization
with the total amount needed as the title. The pieces of the pie
will be special events, donations, grants, etc - a mix that you
determine depending on your location and the number of volunteers
you can recruit. Usually we find that a group must first demonstrate
its effectiveness based on private funding before it can tap into
public funding. That is not, however, true everywhere, and the
climate may be changing; reducing cat/dog overpopulation is solving
a public problem and a good case can be made for public funding if
the target is the cats/dogs of low-income
people.
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