Animal Welfare Professionals

My wife and I have been running our rescue for a couple years now with 100% of our financial contributions coming from our weekly paychecks. We have never really done any type of fundraising or grant work, so I figured I'd get on here and see if anyone had any helpful insight. We are located in Port Charlotte, Florida. Thank you in advance

#FundraisingandDevelopment

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Jeremy Miller
Vice president
Redwoods Rescue
FL
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If you read this thread, you will be able to see some of the best places to start applying for grants.  Many are "online" applications and not too daunting!  My advice to you in starting out is to accumulate all these documents in one place, both electronic versions and paper versions.  This will help make it much easier to apply as most sources want all or some of these documents:  IRS letter; board of directors list/background; current budget; latest 990 filing; statistics on # of animals you've rescued in last 2 years; a mission statement (I created a one-page overview of our organization with History, Mission, Finances, Governance: Statistics of our rescues).  There may be some other documents you need for some applications, but having these "ready to go" will help you A LOT!   Best of Success!!

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Bruce Thorsen
President of the Board
Purrfect Match Cat Adoptions Inc.
DBA Purrfect Match Cat Rescue
Millington, TN 38053
www.purrfectmatchcatrescue.org
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Watching for responses, as I'm here for the exact same reason on behalf of our rescue and shelter located id Bradley, South Carolina.  

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Janice Kenney
Volunteer / IT & Website
Four Paws Rescue and Shelter
SC
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