Animal Welfare Professionals

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hi Amy,

Congrats on building a new shelter. I would google for capital grants. How about private investors? Naming right for the top donor. Sponsors for the kennels. Do you have a sketch of what your shelter looks like? People and potential donors may have a hard time imagining what the new shelter looks like and a sketch or floorplan might be helpful.  Maybe you can get an architecture firm to donate the preliminary sketch. You can then use it to fundraise.

This is a great guideline. https://humanepro.org/sites/default/files/documents/hsus-shelter-design-packet.pdf

Good Luck!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Thank you so much for the input! I really appreciate it so much! 

I definitely agree with having a sketch for donors to see. We are in the initial process of  touring other shelters to see what we absolutely need and what we can live without.  With the price of everything these days we are going to have to pick and choose to make sure our money goes as far as it can. 

We do have some fundraisers planned for this year and hope to have something in place so they can see what we plan on doing with their money. 
We are lucky to have such a great community behind us. 

What are your thoughts on crowdfunding? Thought about doing that to reach donors outside of our town. Our town population is less that 6,000 but the county we serve is around 12,000 but seems like the other towns in our county aren't as involved. 

Thanks in advance for any feedback! 

Hi Amy,

Congrats on building a new shelter. I would google for capital grants. How about private investors? Naming right for the top donor. Sponsors for the kennels. Do you have a sketch of what your shelter looks like? People and potential donors may have a hard time imagining what the new shelter looks like and a sketch or floorplan might be helpful.  Maybe you can get an architecture firm to donate the preliminary sketch. You can then use it to fundraise.

This is a great guideline. https://humanepro.org/sites/default/files/documents/hsus-shelter-design-packet.pdf

Good Luck!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hi Amy,

Congrats on building a new shelter. I would google for capital grants. How about private investors? Naming right for the top donor. Sponsors for the kennels. Do you have a sketch of what your shelter looks like? People and potential donors may have a hard time imagining what the new shelter looks like and a sketch or floorplan might be helpful.  Maybe you can get an architecture firm to donate the preliminary sketch. You can then use it to fundraise.

This is a great guideline. https://humanepro.org/sites/default/files/documents/hsus-shelter-design-packet.pdf

Good Luck!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Hi Amy -

Our organization was in a similar place 20 years ago, a rural organization looking or funds to build a haven for lost and abandoned animals.  At that time there were no capital grants, only those for new programs or enlarging existing programs.  We developed a much smaller building and site plan than yours and the most realistic business plan we could based on numbers that could be culled from known past rescue efforts.  We will be eternally grateful to a large corporate donor which offers a 1:1 matching grant of $100,000.  We were given 24 months to match and the local populace who had ben supporting our vision with donations and their purchases in  multiple bake sales and quilt raffles (you know the drill)  came up with the total funds in 18  months.    At the same time volunteers opened a thrift store which continues to provide financing for the shelter buildings's overhead medical expenses in addition to a robust social media fundraising program.  The thrift store has now been open for 20 years and the animal shelter for just over 10.  It's slow but it can be done!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

We are looking to build a new shelter. We have purchased the land and it is paid for. We also have about 1/4 of the funds needed to build a 3,000 square foot shelter. We are a privately ran shelter in a small rural community in Missouri and  we rely on donations and fundraising events for funding. We are looking at a USDA loan to cover the rest but i was wondering if any one knew of grants for new construction we could apply for? 

We are in desperate need of a new facility and don't think we can wait much longer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!