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BISSELL Pet Foundation Grants (spay/neuter, microchip, adoption)

BISSELL Pet Foundation

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

  • Organizations

Geography

  • Michigan

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: Eligibility: the applicant must be an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit (or a public/local-government entity) located and operating within the 50 United States, in operation at least 1 year, a member in good standing of BPF's Partners for Pets (P4P) program for at least 6 months, and must microchip all dogs…
  • Not eligible: General operating/overhead
  • Not eligible: Salaries
  • Not eligible: Professional development
  • Not eligible: Advertising
  • Not eligible: Equipment purchases
  • Not eligible: Fundraising/events
  • Not eligible: Capital campaigns
  • Not eligible: Start-up costs
  • Not eligible: Grants to specific individuals/animals (excludes Grateful Pet)
  • Not eligible: Wildlife/marine rehab
  • Not eligible: Lobbying

Overview

BISSELL Pet Foundation awards grants to organizations that actively help reduce the number of homeless animals through spay/neuter, microchipping, and/or adoption. Eligibility: the applicant must be an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit (or a public/local-government entity) located and operating within the 50 United States, in operation at least 1 year, a member in good standing of BPF's Partners for Pets (P4P) program for at least 6 months, and must microchip all dogs and cats it adopts out; organizations that declaw cats are ineligible. BPF will not fund general operating/overhead, salaries, professional development, advertising, equipment purchases, fundraising/events, capital campaigns, start-up costs, grants to specific individuals/animals (excludes Grateful Pet), wildlife/marine rehab, or lobbying.

How to Apply

Apply via https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/grant-guidelines-eligibility-requirements/. Eligibility, program scope and (where stated) timing are detailed in the overview.

What BISSELL Pet Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024

Grants in 2024
61
Total given
$210K
Median grant
$1,503
Range
$157–$30K
  • 23% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Michigan, where this grant's project is located.
  • By dollars: Michigan 23%, Louisiana 20%, California 10%. Top recipient cities: Espanola, NM; Simmesport, LA; Land O Lakes, FL.
  • 43% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Northshore Humane Society · Covington, LA

    Transport

    $30K

  • Pasco County Board of County Commissioners Animal Services Department · Land O Lakes, FL

    Crisis and Disaster Response

    $15K

  • Espanola Humane · Espanola, NM

    General Program Support

    $10K

  • Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control · Detroit, MI

    General Program Support

    $10K

  • Redrover · Sacramento, CA

    Spay/Neuter Grants & Vouchers

    $10K

IRS Form 990 filing, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Animal rescue
  • Nonprofits

Project Locations

  • MI

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