Cold Noses Foundation Grant

The Cold Noses Foundation Grant aims to support organizations dedicated to the humane treatment of animals, including domestic pets, wildlife, and farm animals. Grants are available to U.S. non-profits and selected international equivalents with an annual income of $200,000 or less. The foundation emphasizes accountability, requiring detailed financial reporting and adherence to ethical standards. Deadlines for applications vary by region, ensuring timely funding for impactful animal welfare projects.

Funding
Cold Noses Foundation receives many requests for aid. While we wish we could help everyone, we have a commitment to our donors to stay within the scope of our mission so that we invest our funds effectively.
Therefore, CNF will only provide funding for programs that fall into one of the following categories:

• Domestic Pets, Wildlife, and Farm Animals.
• Our Purpose

The Cold Noses Foundation Inc. Grant program is for the purpose of helping organizations fund special projects relating to humane treatment of animals, finding homes and non-lethal alternatives to euthanasia, veterinary care for needy families or organizations, and humane education. Cold Noses Foundation will grant funds on a case by case basis, to any organization that qualifies that is enhancing the lives of homeless and neglected animals that has an income of $200,000 or less in the last fiscal year.
Deadlines
1st Quarter- Australia, Europe- Opens January 1st Closes January 31st2nd Quarter- Central America, South America - Opens April 1st Closes April 30th3rd Quarter - North America and Territories - Opens July 1st Closes July 31st4th Quarter - Africa, Asia - Opens October 1st Closes October 31st

Eligibility

We require all U.S organizations to be registered 501(C)(3) non-profits. Non-US organizations may be 501c3 equivalent, which we will determine on a case-by-case basis.Eligible organizations seeking grants from Cold Noses Foundation should be prepared to track and report expected and actual expenses with proper receipt documentation submitted online in the report form. This report should track all monies funded to the organization and if found that funds were not appropriately distributed, the foundation will report the offending organization to the necessary government agencies for fraud. A report of project outcomes must be made available to all contributors. If accepting granted funds from Cold Noses Foundation, the receiving organization promises to uphold the highest standards of business conduct in its relationship to the public.By accepting funds from Cold Noses Foundation, the receiving party acknowledges that board members of Cold Noses Foundation reserve the right to inspect accounting reports related to the grant or the organization in general, as well as to physically witness the actual use of the funds. Cold Noses Foundation will require a copy of the last calendar years’ financial data such as but not limited to; a profit and loss report, a balance sheet and a statement of cash flows. This is to determine whether your organization has, in the opinion of the board of directors of Cold Noses Foundation, used its funds productively and responsibly.Any attempts to use the granted funds for purposes other than those for which it was intended will result in such organization being reported to the proper governing agencies by Cold Noses Foundation, Inc.Upon granting of funds, Cold Noses Foundation will outline in writing the acceptable uses of the fund and will use this document as a checklist when observing and inspecting recipients. Any applicants who have been previously granted funds from Cold Noses Foundation will undergo financial review if more than one year has passed since the last grant. To comply with U.S law, Cold noses Foundation will check that the names of persons with whom we are directly dealing are not on the OFAC (Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control) list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. The penalties for providing a grant to a group or individual on this list can range from the foundation having its assets frozen, to losing non-profit status, to criminal penalties.

Ineligibility

Private Charity or Foundation
Organizations reporting an income over $200,000 USD in the last fiscal year. In Kind gifts not included.
U.S Organizations not exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and not eligible for tax deductible support
Political Causes, Candidates, Campaigns or organizations
Organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, color, citizenship, disability, disabled veteran status, gender, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, Military service or status or Vietnam- era veteran status.Organizations whose primary purpose is to influence legislation
Any foreign or domestic organizations previously found by Cold Noses Foundation to not adequately or truthfully use previously funded grant monies for the purpose intended.
Any organization found to contain members on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. (SDN’s)
Any domestic organization found to be serving as an agent for or a channel to a foreign charitable organization.
Any organization found to be connected with or to be organized in the following four locations: Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria.CNF does not accept grant requests outside of our grant application cycle. Grants will NOT be accepted if submitted outside the solicitation period or outside of the proposal request topic.Please refer to Grant Platform Solicitation Periods.