Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2023 05:49 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
This exactly Pamela!
We do not have software and I do not see us being able to afford it anytime soon since we are a small rescue and we take on big medical cases-our money mostly goes to vet bills.
I agree that since I have to manually enter the data, I will stick with SAC since many grants do require it. I have also never been awarded a Best Friends grant so I feel the same way. If Best Friends could pull the data from SAC that would help us small guys be able to participate in all the data sharing.
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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
Original Message:
Sent: 04-12-2023 05:35 AM
From: Pamela Adelmann
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
I sympathize with you. The big organizations don't realize how hard it is for small rescues to do everything that is requested of them, and how so much is stacked against us. I used to have to enter the SAC data for our rescue manually every month for years, and it was a chore. It would be a pain to have to do it twice. Since we started using ShelterLuv in 2020, exporting and uploading the data is easy, but SL and other platforms have quite a learning curve and usually cost money. If you have to choose one database, I would stay with SAC; multiple grantors require that you participate in it and just this week I was required to upload our 2022 data report from it to register for grant opportunities. So far, as far as I know only Best Friends requires the use of their platform for grants. We have never been lucky enough to receive a grant from them (we have received some national adoption event reimbursements though), but we'll comply so that we have a chance in the future.
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Pamela Adelmann
Original Message:
Sent: 04-11-2023 11:13 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
That would be easy for those that have data tracking systems that can automatically upload the data.
For small rescues like my own, our data is all input manually and so timewise I would have to choose one or the other.
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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
Original Message:
Sent: 04-11-2023 10:38 AM
From: Tracy Mohr
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
Since it's automatically shared from your database, and it's not mutually exclusive, I don't see a problem with being able to participate in both programs. You can never have too much data, and maybe there will be different perspectives from the two different databases. Meaning you can get info from one that you wouldn't from the other, and the other way around. It remains to be seen, so worth participating in both.
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Tracy Mohr
Animal Services Manager
City of Chico Animal Services
Chico CA
5308945630
Original Message:
Sent: 04-10-2023 10:34 AM
From: Amanda Gray
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
Is anyone else worried that because they moved away from Shelter Animals Count and are now asking everyone to sign up with them, that we will be splitting and thus losing a lot of really important statistical information?
I haven't seen anyone else post about this and it has really bothered me. Best Friends spoke ill of SAC and it is worrisome what that and this change will do to the future of SAC and getting a full picture of rescues and shelters nationwide
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Amanda Gray
Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
Original Message:
Sent: 04-07-2023 11:52 AM
From: raya greenbaum
Subject: $200,000 in grants available, apply now!
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