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"The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare Grants" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare Grants is sponsored by The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare. Supports projects, research, and other activities calculated to advance the welfare of animals.
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The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation makes grants to support programs, activities or research designed to “eliminate the suffering of animals and the harm inflicted on them,” and “to improve the status of nonhuman animals to a position more in keeping with their sentience, and the demands of human justice and morality.
” These are the words of our founders, William and Charlotte Parks, who wanted their funds directed toward innovative, high-impact grants and initiatives, rather than in support of ordinary organizational expenses and needs, however justifiable. 2026 - 2027 Application process The grant application window for 2026 - 2027 will open April, 1st 2026; Application deadline is May 1st 2026.
Please review our program overview and application instructions . Application Process and Eligibility The Parks Foundation makes awards, usually not more than $10,000 per annum, to support projects, research, and other activities calculated to advance the welfare of animals.
Eligibility and Program Overview The Grants Committee makes grants to both animal protection organizations and to individual scholars pursuing work consistent with the goals of the Trust founders. The Parks Foundation is proud to recognize and support the organizations who have been awarded grants in previous years.
William and Charlotte Parks devised an excellent mechanism to ensure that the funds would go to appropriate projects of which they would have approved. In contrast, a number of other trusts established to support animal welfare before and since the Parks Trust’s formation have not honored their founders’ wishes (as laid out in the original documents establishing those trusts).
The Foundation was established to improve the welfare of animals worldwide through studies of the science and philosophy of animal welfare/rights and to reduce, through practical efforts and initiatives, the suffering and harm inflicted on animals by human beings.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Not specified, but generally for organizations advancing animal welfare. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows usually not more than $10,000 per annum. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was May 1, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare Grants is funded by The William and Charlotte Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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