California for All Animals Grants (various access to care programs)

California for All Animals Grants (various access to care programs) is sponsored by California for All Animals. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

California for All Animals - California for All Animals A Fresh Take on Familiar Challenges How Kern County Residents Are Keeping Animals Safe in Community Explore the interactive story Support for California Animal Shelters Governor Newsom allocated $50 million in 2021 for grantmaking, outreach and training for California animal shelters for a period of five years.

The Koret Shelter Medicine Program at UC Davis was selected to create a team to administer the funds and provide the support and training. Officially launched in February 2022, the California for All Animals team allocated $37. 5 million in grants and $12.

5 million for staffing, training, convenings, technical assistance and support. The grantmaking team partnered with animal shelters to equitably grant funds to keep pets in homes, return them to the homes and communities that care for them and adopt them to community members.

Grants were prioritized to municipal shelters and private shelters with municipal contracts as well as animal control agencies to reduce the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats. In response to the urgent need for veterinary care, supplies, equipment and resources for animal shelters as animal intake reached pre-pandemic levels, the grant process was accelerated and funding allocated swiftly. As of October 2024, the $37.

5 million in grant funding has been fully allocated to eligible California animal shelters. In the remaining two years of the California for All Animals program, the team will continue to partner with animal shelters to provide support, training, and resources. While additional grant funding is not available, a range of services remains available to California shelters.

Despite economic, societal, and staffing challenges, Golden State animal welfare organizations in 52 of California’s 58 counties pushed forward to increase spay/neuter, reduce barriers, expand access to care, and keep families together. As of December, 2024, CA4AA has disbursed over $37. 1M in targeted funding, with more than 50% going toward spay/neuter surgeries, training, equipment, staffing and access.

Get more details about spending We Train We help shelter teams across the state learn, do, and share together, so they can grow cultures, policies and practices that advance human and animal well-being. We Build Through shelter outreach, online communities and events, we foster connection and partnerships to build a stronger ecosystem of care in California.

Download our first report (PDF) California for All Animals exists to unite and amplify the work of California animal shelters to achieve our shared goal of matching every animal in need with the right outcome through the right care, delivered in the right place and at the right time. Learn more about our vision for a humane-hearted California built for all people and pets — and how you can help make it happen.

This is for shelters in the city. This is for shelters in the country. This is for shelters from farmland to desert, mountains to coast.

This is for everyone who believes in fierce compassion for animals, for people, for themselves. Because in California we don’t just catch waves; we create waves .