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ELLSWORTH — The Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is seeking applications from Maine organizations that address population control for cats and dogs.
The deadline for applications is June 1. Priority will be given to organizations that help low-income or disadvantaged populations maintain ownership of their pets and prevent animal surrender/abandonment.
For application, guidelines and a complete list of 2020 grants, visit www.mainecf.org [1].
The Animal Welfare Fund awarded $140,870 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations in 2020. Area ones included:
Center for Wildlife Health Research, Freeport, to subsidize fees at the Community Spay-Neuter Clinic for shelter cats and shelter-assisted cats during pandemic: $10,000
Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, in Lewiston, to buy equipment to expand the medical services that GAHS provides shelter animals and the community’s financially struggling pet owners.
Somerset Humane Society, Skowhegan, to continue the low-cost feline spay/neuter voucher program, focusing on the older population and low-income community members: $10,000
Spirits Place, St. Albans, to continue momentum of the spay/neuter and medical care program: $10,000
Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills Inc., South Paris, to serve felines in overpopulation situations and to fund grants to pet owners for spay/neuter for cats and dogs: $9,270.
As well as those specific to the COVID-19 response, including Community Cat Advocates Inc., in Buckfield, for $3,000 and Franklin County Animal Shelter, in Farmingtonm for $10,000.
An anonymous donor established the fund in 2007. It is further supported by the Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A. trustee.
For more information, visit www.mainecf.org or contact Program Officer John Ochira at 1-877-700-6800 or jochira@mainecf.org.
