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My co-director and I started a new foster based rescue in October 2024, and have had some difficulty finding grants that we qualify for and funding. We are volunteer and foster based, and we have acquired a handful of fosters and a few local donations here and there. We are already inundated with intake requests and are quickly growing. We are competing (for lack of a better word) with some larger, more established rescues in our area. Many of the grants I have explored require a longer track record, or are facility based. I used to help with grants in another organization where I used to live, but so far I am not finding good resources for us. We are on Candid but not gold rated yet and cannot afford to spend money on there or other grant sites that require a fee. 

Does anyone have any recommendations for smaller grant opportunities for a new rescue? We are currently only rescuing dogs/puppies since that is what we both have the most experience with. Thanks!

My co-director and I started a new foster based rescue in October 2024, and have had some difficulty finding grants that we qualify for and funding. We are volunteer and foster based, and we have acquired a handful of fosters and a few local donations here and there. We are already inundated with intake requests and are quickly growing. We are competing (for lack of a better word) with some larger, more established rescues in our area. Many of the grants I have explored require a longer track record, or are facility based. I used to help with grants in another organization where I used to live, but so far I am not finding good resources for us. We are on Candid but not gold rated yet and cannot afford to spend money on there or other grant sites that require a fee. 

Does anyone have any recommendations for smaller grant opportunities for a new rescue? We are currently only rescuing dogs/puppies since that is what we both have the most experience with. Thanks!

My co-director and I started a new foster based rescue in October 2024, and have had some difficulty finding grants that we qualify for and funding. We are volunteer and foster based, and we have acquired a handful of fosters and a few local donations here and there. We are already inundated with intake requests and are quickly growing. We are competing (for lack of a better word) with some larger, more established rescues in our area. Many of the grants I have explored require a longer track record, or are facility based. I used to help with grants in another organization where I used to live, but so far I am not finding good resources for us. We are on Candid but not gold rated yet and cannot afford to spend money on there or other grant sites that require a fee. 

Does anyone have any recommendations for smaller grant opportunities for a new rescue? We are currently only rescuing dogs/puppies since that is what we both have the most experience with. Thanks!

I'm a grant writer and I think I can provide you with some options! I attached a document I made for our community here in Minnesota. Some of these resources are geared up to the Midwest but there are definitely resources that I think you could use. Lastly, a simple google search goes a long way. You can find foundations and grant programs fairly easily that way.

 I am subscribed to GrantStation and GrantWatch and my organization has partnerships with our local Costco for food donations, and we get grants from PetFinder and PetcoLove yearly and the application process isn't difficult at all. 

My co-director and I started a new foster based rescue in October 2024, and have had some difficulty finding grants that we qualify for and funding. We are volunteer and foster based, and we have acquired a handful of fosters and a few local donations here and there. We are already inundated with intake requests and are quickly growing. We are competing (for lack of a better word) with some larger, more established rescues in our area. Many of the grants I have explored require a longer track record, or are facility based. I used to help with grants in another organization where I used to live, but so far I am not finding good resources for us. We are on Candid but not gold rated yet and cannot afford to spend money on there or other grant sites that require a fee. 

Does anyone have any recommendations for smaller grant opportunities for a new rescue? We are currently only rescuing dogs/puppies since that is what we both have the most experience with. Thanks!

My co-director and I started a new foster based rescue in October 2024, and have had some difficulty finding grants that we qualify for and funding. We are volunteer and foster based, and we have acquired a handful of fosters and a few local donations here and there. We are already inundated with intake requests and are quickly growing. We are competing (for lack of a better word) with some larger, more established rescues in our area. Many of the grants I have explored require a longer track record, or are facility based. I used to help with grants in another organization where I used to live, but so far I am not finding good resources for us. We are on Candid but not gold rated yet and cannot afford to spend money on there or other grant sites that require a fee. 

Does anyone have any recommendations for smaller grant opportunities for a new rescue? We are currently only rescuing dogs/puppies since that is what we both have the most experience with. Thanks!