The Arizona Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Animal Welfare Grant to support the welfare of wild animals and domestic pets that are ill or injured, need placement in a home, or need to be returned to their natural habitat.
Donor Name: Arizona Community Foundation
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Details:
With charitable funds established either for the common good or for special purposes, ACF works to achieve this goal. Nonprofit organizations providing services for animals anywhere in Arizona are invited to compete for a grant from the Arizona Community Foundation’s animal-related funds.
ACF encourages proposals that:
- Leverage matching funds
- Engage strategic, mission-driven collaborations/partnerships
- Build the capacity of the organization
- Support direct service projects
- Support one-year proposals
- Support direct administrative costs associated with carrying out the program, such as staff salary/wages, project management, marketing, consultants, supplies, postage, travel, training or equipment, newly-acquired information technology, etc. will be allowed. Direct costs can also include directly attributable administrative support, legal or accounting functions, with distinct and measured effort on the project.
ACF will accept proposals that benefit and support:
- The welfare of wild animals and domestic pets that are ill or injured
- The welfare of domestic pets that need placement in a home
- The welfare of wild animals that need to be returned to their natural habitat
Funding Information
- ACF will accept only one proposal from a qualified organization. Proposals may be submitted for a minimum of $5,000 up to a maximum of $20,000. T
Eligibility Criteria
- Any Arizona 501(c)(3) organization, government agency, and tribal entity that operates with fiscal accountability and responsibility. Religious organizations may apply for funding of non-sectarian programs.
- Organizations must demonstrate a non-discrimination policy regarding staff, employment, governing board and service based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or national origin, and provide evidence of the policy.
- The application for this grant cycle is online. If applicants do not have internet access, they are advised to contact local public libraries, which offer free public internet access.
- Organizations are required to have a completed and visible profile on ACF’s website.
- Incomplete organizational profiles will result in the declination of your application.
- Organizations without 501(c)(3) status must use a fiscal agent to apply on their behalf. Fiscal agents must have a visible profile on the ACF website, and also be a 501(c)(3) organization. A copy of the agreement between the fiscal sponsor and the sponsored organization is required.
- Organizations must be in good standing with the IRS at the time of review or else the submitted application(s) will be immediately declined.
- Applicant organization must be fully authorized by its board and other applicable partners/collaborators to submit this application.
- Organizations must serve animals within the Arizona geographic boundaries.
For more information, visit Arizona Community Foundation.
