Animal Welfare Professionals

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

I am really interested in this topic too. We are a government agency and are not eligible for many grants that are just for a 501(c)(3) and I would love to shephard a Friends of group, I know there is a 49 percent limit on interested directors but am looking on how to get possible directors.

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Any updates on what you're learning? I'd be curious to know what your perspective is now that you've been in both positions. 

I'm on the board of an unofficial "friends of" non-profit and we work with several shetlers. We have MOUs in place with one shelter, but the others we host volunteer events with and pop in with donations when they post on social media that they need it. Shelters do refer community members and adopters who need assistance to us from time to time. I'm curious what other programs "friends of" groups are running and what paperwork or procedures they have in place. We do try to assist with writing grants, but so far have not been successful in winning any for a particular shelter. We still support financially and we do sponsor fundraisers that the shelters can't do on their own.

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

Original Message:
Sent: 7/28/2025 7:37:00 AM
From: Rebecca Burley
Subject: RE: "Friends of" groups

Any updates on what you're learning? I'd be curious to know what your perspective is now that you've been in both positions. 

I'm on the board of an unofficial "friends of" non-profit and we work with several shetlers. We have MOUs in place with one shelter, but the others we host volunteer events with and pop in with donations when they post on social media that they need it. Shelters do refer community members and adopters who need assistance to us from time to time. I'm curious what other programs "friends of" groups are running and what paperwork or procedures they have in place. We do try to assist with writing grants, but so far have not been successful in winning any for a particular shelter. We still support financially and we do sponsor fundraisers that the shelters can't do on their own.

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Rebecca Burley
Shelter or rescue volunteer
Pennies for People, Animals, Wildlife and Shelters, INC

Original Message:
Sent: 04-07-2025 12:11 PM
From: Sarah Fuqua
Subject: "Friends of" groups

Is anyone on the board of or volunteer with a "friends of" a shelter group? I would love to pick your brain. I am helping start a group for the shelter in my city and I have been on the "receiving" end (ie: worked at a shelter with a Friends group), but trying to get a feel for how some other groups operate as we are still trying to nail down some logisitics of funding and programming.

If you'd like to share any info, please let me know and I'll message or email you! Thank you in advance!

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#FundraisingandDevelopment
#PeopleManagement(includingVolunteerIntegration)

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Sarah Fuqua
Director
The Bobo Fund
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