Pet Business Grants
Depending on what type of pet business you want to open-a pet store, grooming shop, day care center or online supply store-grants are available for small business start-ups. While the competition is challenging, with a strong proposal and a significant reason, you may find grants for your project from a bank, agency or government program.
Maddie's Fund
Maddie's Fund is a family-owned pet rescue foundation established to fund the creation of a no-kill nation. Since its inception in 1999, Maddie's Fund has awarded animal welfare organizations and universities grants of $71.6 million to save dogs and cats. Animal group coalitions anywhere in the world and in any U.S. state with a human population of 100,000 or more, are eligible for these generous grants. Grant applicants include animal control agencies, traditional shelters and adoption guarantee organizations. To apply for Maddie's Fund Starter Grant, first apply for the Community Shelter Data Grant. After receiving the Community Shelter grant, applicants can apply for the Business Plan for Saving Lives Grant. Coalitions may apply for a starter grant for developing a one-year business plan that will increase adoptions and reduce shelter deaths in their community and that will likely achieve successful adoptions for healthy shelter dogs and cats within five years. Grants range from $5,000 to $10,000 per organization.
Maddie's Fund
2223 Santa Clara Ave. Suite B
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 337-8989
maddiesfund.org
Top Dawg Pet Supply
Top Dawg Pet Supply company offers start-ups online business websites. Starting an online pet business allows you to make money online in the pet supply industry 24 hours a day. Top Dawg Pet Supply sets up your small pet business with over 15,000 pet supplies to offer to customers. Once you start advertising your website (by email, direct sales or through an agency) you can generate traffic to your site and make sales. Top Dawg charges a small setup fee for the website and monthly operation fee.
Top Dawg Pet Supply
1776 N. Pine Island Rd. Suite 118
Plantation, FL 33322
(866) 906-1111
topdawgpetsupply.com
Pet Finder
Part of the Adopt-a-Rescue-Pet program, Pet Finder offers grants of up to $20,000 to animal rescue groups. Enter your group into Pet Finder's partner nonprofit organization, The Animal Rescue Site. When you enter your group's information, you are eligible to be "voted" toward the $20,000 grant money. You can use this grant money toward a pet business if it helps save the lives of community pets in bad shape. Pet Finder awards a total of $100,000 in grant money to animal welfare organizations.
The Animal Rescue Site
One Union Square
600 University St. Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98101
theanimalrescuesite.com
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