Clayton and Carol Paul Fund for Animal Welfare Grant

The Clayton and Carol Paul Fund for Animal Welfare Grant, managed by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, aims to provide financial support to various animal welfare organizations. Eligible recipients include humane societies, shelters, and wildlife rehabilitators operating in Central Georgia. The Fund prioritizes projects that effectively reduce stray animal populations and alleviate suffering, enhancing the quality of life for animals and communities alike.

Since then, the Foundation has awarded more than $70 million in grants through its donor advised, unrestricted, designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, and organizational endowment funds. As a local center for philanthropy, the Community Foundation of Central Georgia works with individuals, families, corporations, private foundations and not-for-profit organizations to carry out their charitable objectives and address emerging community issues. It is one of more than 700 community foundations in the country and is a member of the Council on Foundations and Southeastern Council of Foundations. CFCG is recognized by the Council as complying with National Accountability Standards.
Community Foundation of Central Georgia is enhancing the quality of life for the people of Central Georgia, where philanthropy thrives, neighborhoods are strong, and citizens work toward common goals.
The primary and only objective of this Fund is to provide monetary grants to:

• animal humane societies,
• animal shelters,
• animal adoption agencies,
• low-cost spay-neuter clinics,
• individual wildlife rehabilitators,
• as well as other deserving animal welfare organizations,

in order to allow these volunteer organizations to use their enormous enthusiasm, drive and willingness to reduce animal suffering and homelessness through the monetary maintenance of their organizations where little or no monetary funds existed previously.

Eligibility

The Community Foundation makes grants to qualified non-profit organizations.Geographic Restrictions:Applicants must be based in or providing animal services in Central Georgia.