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Grant Funding by Northeast Kansas Animal Welfare Foundation

To be eligible for grant funding, an applicant must meet the following criteria:

1. Must be one of the following:

A pet or farm animal related nonprofit organization (examples include animal shelters, rescues, TNR organizations, horse rescues, animal sanctuaries, etc.).
A nonprofit veterinary clinic or a nonprofit organization that provides low or no cost veterinary care.
A law enforcement agency or crime prevention organization involved in animal cruelty cases.
A teacher or educational institution seeking to integrate humane education into their curriculum.

2. Animal shelters and rescues applying must be licensed by, and in good standing with, the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

3. Operate within the defined service area of Northeast Kansas Animal Welfare Foundation.

4. Nonprofit organizations must be able to show proof of tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service and should be current with reporting to the IRS and Kansas Secretary of State.

⬇ Scroll below to see all of our past grant funding recipients. ⬇

2025 Grant Cycles

Spay & Neuter Grants

Deadline: June 30th

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Kind News for Classrooms

Deadline: June 30th

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Clear the Shelters

Deadline: July 31st

Cruelty Stoppers

No Deadline

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Event Sponsorships

Deadline: 60 Days Prior to Event

Email the Foundation

Coming Soon: Professional Developmnet Scholarships

Veterinary Care and Spay & Neuter Grant Recipients

2023:

Jefferson County Humane Society | $1,000.00

Junction City Animal Shelter | $1,000.00

Have a Heart TNR | $1,000.00

Critter Care of Topeka | $1,000.00

Prairie Paws Animal Shelter | $3,000.00

Lucky 13 Rescue | $3,000.00

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2024:

Lawrence Humane Society | $5,000.00

Friends of KCK Animal Services | $3,000.00

Friends of Animals, Inc. | $2,500.00

Have a Heart TNR | $2,500.00

Street Cats Club | $1,000.00

Doniphan County Pet Rescue | $1,000.00

Street Cats Club | $3,500.00

2025:

We are currently accepting grant proposals for this year's Spay & Neuter Grants. Click here to learn more and apply.

Capital Improvement Grant Recipients

2023:

Doniphan County Pet Rescue | $5,000.00

At the time of their grant application, the Rescue had no running water in the shelter. In order to water the animals daily, volunteers would haul in jugs of fresh water. This also meant that there was no restroom or laundry facilities. Because of this grant, they were able to install a waterline to the building and start construction on a restroom and laundy room.

Leavenworth County Humane Society | $3,500.00

Sponsored new cat kennels for the shelter, replacing old enclosures that were pieced together by older miscellaneous kennels.

Lawrence Humane Society | $3,000.00

Provided support to Lawrence Humane to replace computers that are used by staff to complete the adoption process.

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2024:

Prairie Paws Animal Shelter | $2,845.00

Sponsored diagnostic light, two laryngoscopes, a cautery light, heating pads, and a microchip scanner for their shelters in Ottawa, Manhattan, and Emporia.

Humane Society of Atchison | $2,632.00

This grant allowed the shelter to replace rusted out doors to continue making upgrading to their aging facility.

Forever Home Pet Rescue | $1,710.00

This grant allowed the Rescue to replace their old computers with two new laptops and a new printer.

Street Dog Coalition (Topeka Chapter) | $3,000.00

With this grant, the Foundation provided the Topeka chapter of The Street Dog Coalition with 2 new laptops, a printer and toner, and $1,000.00 to help streamline their outreach clinics.

Clear the Shelters Grants

NKAWF is a proud sponsor of Clear the Shelters. This nationwide pet adoption campaign hosted by NBC Universal results in a tremendous amount of publicity for adoptable shelter pets and has helped hundreds of thousands of pets find their forever homes. We partner with KSNT to promote pet adoptions in NE Kansas. As part of that sponsorship, we're able to award grants to some of the participating shelters.

2025 Recipients:

COMING SOON!

Click here to register to participate in Clear the Shelters and be qualified to receive a grant from Northeast Kansas Animal Welfare Foundation!

2024 Recipients:

Prairie Paws Animal Shelter

Manhattan, Kansas

Jefferson County Humane Society

Valley Falls, Kansas

Heart of Jackson County Humane Society

Holton, Kansas

Clay County Animal Rescue & Education

Clay Center, Kansas

2023 Recipient:

S.C.A.R.S. (Second Chance Animal Refuge Society)

Auburn, Kansas

Special thanks to our 1st Grade friends at Tecumseh North Elementary School for raising funds to help sponsor pet adoptions during Clear the Shelters!