South Central Region Grant Priorities
This year, the south-central region is looking for projects that increase live outcomes by starting, expanding, or improving adoption, transport/transfer, return home, or shelter-neuter-return programs. We are also looking for projects that increase community capacity to care for pets, thereby reducing shelter intake.
The priorities for the Rachael Ray Save Them All grants are:
- Increase live outcomes by starting, expanding, or improving adoption, transport/transfer, return to owner, or shelter-neuter-return programs. Grant projects must directly increase live outcomes for animals in the shelter or likely to enter the shelter system based on data and proven past practice and demonstrate.
- Increase community capacity to care for pets, thereby reducing shelter intake. Programs may include return-in-field for found pets, targeted trap-neuter-return, or diverted/managed intake. Projects must directly support animals likely to enter the shelter system because of current practices and supported by historical data.
- Increase lifesaving within the shelter by expanding capacity to support historically vulnerable populations and ultimately achieve live outcomes. Programs could include foster program expansion or specialty medical programs.
- Projects will be prioritized that demonstrate the largest impact or completely close a shelter’s lifesaving gap and help the shelter achieve no kill.
Projects will be prioritized that demonstrate the largest impact or completely close a shelter’s lifesaving gap and help the shelter achieve no kill.
You can get started by reviewing the Pet Lifesaving Dashboard to see where lifesaving gaps exist in your community. You can also use our Gap Analysis Tool to determine which population is most vulnerable or most in need in your community.
Previously funded projects include:
- Return-in-field for found pets, targeted trap-neuter-return in areas of known kitten intake, finder to foster, or diverted/managed intake
- Those that increase lifesaving within the shelter by expanding capacity to support historically vulnerable populations and ultimately achieve live outcomes.
- These could include foster program expansion or specialty medical programs.
Want to chat with your regional team about your proposal?
Email scregion@bestfriends.org to schedule a consult.