Animal Welfare

2023 Grants

  • Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, for general support: $15,000
  • Animal Welfare Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Ark Animal Sanctuary, for general support: $15,000
  • Bangor Humane Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Central Aroostook Humane Society, for free spay and neuter clinics: $15,000
  • Eastern Area Agency on Aging, to keep low-income, older adults and their pets together through Furry Friends, distribution of pet food, supplies, and animal welfare education: $12,980
  • Franklin County Animal Shelter, for its low-cost spay and neuter program: $10,000
  • Give a Dog a Home German Shepherd Rescue, for general support: $15,000
  • Halfway Home Pet Rescue, for its spay and neuter clinic: $15,000
  • Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, for general support: $15,000
  • Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine, for the Beyond the Walls program to assist low-income cat owners with urgent veterinary bills: $15,000
  • Humane Society Waterville Area, for general support: $15,000
  • Kennebec Valley Humane Society, for a spay and neuter wellness clinic: $15,000
  • Kommunity Kritters, for spay/neuter collaboration with Greater Androsccogin Humane Society for Tree Street neighborhood pets: $15,000
  • Maine Animal Health Alliance, to provide $100 and up coupons canine spay/neuter/vaccine services for Maine families with financial need: $15,000
  • Midcoast Humane, to help low-income communities keep pets in their homes, address Maine’s feral cat population, and educate community about the human-animal bond: $15,000
  • PAWS Animal Adoption Center, for general support: $15,000
  • Pixel Posse, for general support: $15,000
  • Pope Memorial Humane Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Rattletrap Ranch, to defray expenses for care of cats and kittens taken in and socialized, and to support the long-term needs of fostered aging and disabled cats: $15,000
  • Red Rover, to conduct outreach especially in Androscoggin and Cumberland counties: $15,000
  • Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills, for general support: $10,000
  • SPCA Hancock County, for general support: $15,000
  • Somerset Humane Society, for a low cost public spay/neuter voucher program: $15,000
  • Spirits Place, for general support: $15,000
  • The Ark, to help fund veterinary costs through the low-cost spay/neuter program, and the fund that assists with emergency veterinary costs within the community: $15,000
  • Town of Dexter, to place older cats into the homes of older people and help with their help deposits and annual wellness exams: $15,000
  • Waldo County Pet Food Pantry, for general support: $15,000

2022 Grants

  • Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, for general support: $15,000
  • Animal Welfare Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Bangor Humane Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Cottontail Cottage Farm Sanctuary, to support medical care and its spay/neuter program: $15,000
  • Eastern Area Agency on Aging, for distribution of pet food, supplies, and animal welfare education: $11,344
  • Franklin County Animal Shelter, for its cat spay/neuter voucher program: $10,000
  • Friends of Feral Felines, to continue trap, spay/neuter, and placement efforts: $15,000
  • Give a Dog a Home German Shepherd Dog Rescue, for general support: $15,000
  • Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Halfway Home Pet Rescue, for its free spay/neuter program and free pet food pantry: $15,000
  • Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, for general support: $15,000
  • Humane Society Waterville Area, for general support: $15,000
  • A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center, for affordable veterinary care, spay/neuter, and boarding for low-income pet owners: $15,000
  • Peace Ridge Sanctuary, to develop a free, quick-access canine resource center: $15,000
  • Pixels Posse, for general support: $14,000
  • Pope Memorial Humane Society, for general support: $15,000
  • Rattletrap Ranch, for the care of aging and disabled foster cats: $7,500
  • Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills, for general support: $15,000
  • SPCA Hancock County,  for general support: $15,000
  • Somerset Humane Society, for spay/neuter vouchers: $15,000
  • Spirits Place,  for general support: $15,000
  • The Ark, for general support: $15,000
  • Town of Dexter, to provide annual exams for older cats: $5,000
  • Waldo County Humane Society, for its spay/neuter program, rabies vaccinations, and financial assistance programs: $15,000
  • Waldo County Pet Food Pantry, to fund canine spay/neuter services: $15,000

2021 Grants

  • Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, to provide access to life-saving resources: $20,000
  • Animal Welfare Society, to support increased capacity in the Stay@Home program and maintain state-wide spay/neuter efforts: $20,000
  • Another Chance Animal Rescue, to support 100 cats spay/neutered, 25+ low-income families assisted with veterinary bills, and flea mitigation: $10,000
  • Ark Animal Shelter, for the Ark Alley Cats Program to TNR community cats and/or house feral cats: $10,000
  • Bangor Humane Society, to provide spay/neuter assistance to low-income pet owners: $20,000
  • Franklin County Animal Shelter, for the shelter's spay/neuter voucher program: $10,000
  • Friends of Feral Felines, to provide TNR (trap-neuter-return) and socialization services for feral and unwanted cats and kittens across southern and central Maine: $7,500
  • Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, to support medical care for shelter and privately owned pets as well as community outreach vaccination clinics: $20,000
  • Halfway Home Pet Rescue, Inc., to continue the free spay/neuter clinics: $10,000
  • Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, Inc., to expand the spay/neuter voucher program and supplies for the in-house spay/ neuter clinic: $10,000
  • Humane Society Waterville Area, for the Angel Foster program: $20,000
  • Midcoast Humane, to support the Community Cats voucher program, which provides financial assistance to income-qualified rural cat owners and cat colony caretakers: $20,000
  • P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center, for the shelter's in-house medical clinic, which provides low-cost vaccination and spay/neuter clinics to the community: $20,000
  • The Pixel Fund, to support the Maine spay/neuter program for stray and abandoned animals: $10,000
  • Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County, for the spay neuter voucher program in order to provide 350 spay/neuter vouchers for cats, dogs and rabbits: $20,000
  • Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills Inc., to serve felines in overpopulation situations and fund grants to assist with cost of spay/neuter for low-income/elderly pet owners: $10,000
  • Somerset Humane Society, for the low-cost voucher program to assist the public with spaying and neutering cats, $10,000
  • SPCA of Hancock County, to establish spay/neuter clinics in the community and increase the Mickey Duffy Fund which provides financial assistance to low-income pet owners for unexpected veterinary expenses: $10,000
  • Spirits Place, to support the spay/neuter and medical care program: $10,000
  • Waldo County Humane Society, Inc., to increase community awareness of spay/neuter vouchers, rabies vaccination clinics, and financial assistance programs: $10,000
  • Waldo County Pet Food Pantry, to aid in the spay/neuter program, rabies clinic and pet food purchases: $5,000