Animal Welfare Grants: How to Report Impact Funders Trust

Animal welfare grants open now, and who they suit

Funders change their programmes often, so check each page before you apply. Everything below is as of November 2026.

ASPCA grants for shelters and spay/neuter clinics (US)

The ASPCApro grant opportunities page says the ASPCA is offering up to $14 million in 2026 grants to support shelters and spay/neuter clinics throughout the U.S. It also lists other, narrower programmes. This suits US shelters and clinics. If you work outside the US, it is not your route.

Mars Petcare and its foundations

Mars Petcare ran BETTER CITIES FOR PETS city grants from 2018 to 2024. In 2024 it gave five grants of $20,000 each to cities. The page says Mars hopes to offer them again but has no open round. For veterinary care grants for non-profits, the same page points to the Banfield Foundation, VCA Charities and BluePearl Cares. For dog adoption support it points to the PEDIGREE Foundation. We have not checked their eligibility rules, so read each one's own site first.

Happy Doggo: CNVR funding for Asia

Happy Doggo says its mission is to solve the street dog problem worldwide. It funds and supports CNVR (catch, neuter, vaccinate, return) programmes through partner charities, including Soi Dog Foundation in Thailand, WECare in Sri Lanka and Bali Paws in Indonesia. Its page lists 85,808 sterilisations for 2025. Its grants and impact tracker site invites veterinary clinics and animal welfare groups across Asia to apply for CNVR funding. The site also lists the sterilisations and vaccinations Happy Doggo has paid for. This suits CNVR projects in South and South East Asia.

Worldwide Veterinary Service and Mission Rabies

Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) is less a grant-maker than a working partner. It sends vets where they are needed, trains local teams and ships aid supplies. Its Mission Rabies project ran what WVS describes as Asia's largest rabies drive: 229,488 dogs vaccinated in Cambodia from 21 October to 4 November 2024. The 287 teams worked alongside Cambodia's General Directorate of Animal Health and Production and Animal Rescue Cambodia. This suits groups in high-risk rabies areas that can supply local teams, permits and knowledge of the streets.

What funders want to see in an impact report

The funders above have one thing in common. They count animals one by one, and they publish what they count.

• Records for each animal. Happy Doggo's tracker lists each sterilisation and vaccination it funded. WVS used its own data collection app to assign areas to teams and record each dog.
• Coverage against a target. WVS aims to vaccinate 70% of dogs in an area, which it describes as the coverage needed to eliminate rabies in dogs. A report that says "we vaccinated 4,000 dogs" is weaker than one that also says how many dogs live in the area.
• Standard definitions. Shelter Animals Count publishes the Intake & Outcome Database (formerly the Basic Data Matrix), a standard way to count admissions and outcomes by species and age. It also has a Community Services Database for work outside the shelter.
• Openness. Maddie's Fund notes that in 2018 eight national animal welfare leaders and funders in North America said organisations should be open about how many animals come into their care and what happens to each one. Maddie's Fund recommends publishing your numbers on your own website as well as with Shelter Animals Count, and defining every metric you use.
• Money traced to its purpose. If a sponsor paid for rabies vaccine, they will want to see that the vaccine reached animals, not just a general total.

How to report impact to animal welfare funders: steps for this week

You do not need new software to start. You need consistent habits.

1. Pick your definitions and write them down. Use the Shelter Animals Count terms if you run a shelter. For field work, decide what counts as one CNVR case, one vaccination and one release.
2. Record each animal, not just totals. Date, place, species, sex, procedure, who did it and which batch of vaccine or drug was used.
3. Tag every gift and every stock delivery with its source. When a sponsor's vaccines arrive, note the batch and expiry date. When doses go out, link them to named animals.
4. Count against a baseline. Estimate the local dog or cat population, even roughly, and say how you estimated it.
5. Report what went wrong too. Lost stock, cancelled clinic days, animals that died after surgery. Funders who have worked in the field know these things happen.
6. Publish a short public summary. A page of numbers and photos on your site builds trust with small donors as well as large sponsors.

Rabies vaccination and CNVR reporting in South East Asia

WVS, citing the World Health Organization, says over 99% of human rabies cases come from dog bites and children under 15 account for about 40% of deaths. It also says Cambodia has one of the highest rabies death rates per head of population in the world. Happy Doggo helps street dogs on Koh Samui and around South East Asia, and funds partner charities across the region.

We looked for a reliable figure for the number of street dogs across South East Asia and did not find one we could stand behind. That gap is part of the problem. Many small clinics and rescues do the sterilisations and vaccinations but cannot show their numbers in a form a large funder can add up. Better counting on the ground helps the animals twice: it brings money in, and it shows where coverage is still too low.

Vaccine schedules and legal rules differ by country. Check doses and requirements with your own vet and your national animal health authority.

An invitation to large funders and corporate sponsors

The crisis for street animals in South East Asia, and in many other places, is bigger than any one charity. Groups such as Happy Doggo, WVS and the Mars Petcare family already fund and run work on the ground. We would like to talk with them, and with other foundations and companies, about paying for the record-keeping that makes that work visible. That means software for non-profit clinics and rescues, so that every vaccine and sterilisation they fund is counted from the clinic's own records. AnimalDesk has no partnership with any of these organisations today.

Questions people ask

Who gives grants to animal rescues outside the US?

The ASPCA's 2026 grants for shelters and spay/neuter clinics are for groups in the U.S. For CNVR in Asia, Happy Doggo invites applications from clinics and welfare groups across the region. WVS works with local partners on rabies vaccination, treatment and aid supplies. Check each funder's current eligibility on its own site.

What data do animal welfare funders ask for?

Usually counts for each animal, by species and age, with clear definitions, and proof the money went where it was meant to. For shelters, Shelter Animals Count's Intake & Outcome Database is the standard that national funders in North America have backed. Field programmes add coverage against a population estimate.

Does Mars Petcare give grants to shelters?

As of November 2026, its BETTER CITIES FOR PETS city grants are paused. Mars Petcare points non-profits to the Banfield Foundation, VCA Charities, BluePearl Cares and the PEDIGREE Foundation.

How many dogs need to be vaccinated to stop rabies?

WVS aims to vaccinate 70% of the dogs in an area, which it describes as the coverage needed to eliminate rabies in dogs. Ask your vet and national authority about local plans and rules.