Ohio/Great Lakes Region Grants: Animal Adoption, Behavior Training and Fostering, Continuing Education and Training, or Humane and Wildlife Education

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust offers grants aimed at enhancing the lives of animals in the Ohio/Great Lakes region. It prioritizes projects that foster animal adoption, behavior training, and humane education. Eligible organizations must be 501(c)(3) certified and demonstrate a commitment to animal welfare. The Trust seeks innovative, collaborative initiatives that significantly improve the well-being of animals, particularly in underserved communities, ensuring a high quality of life for both individual animals and larger populations.

Note: Letter of Inquiry (LOI) using the online form is required by all applicants including previous grantees.
Giving Strategy
The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust invites applications for projects to advance the quality of life for companion animals and native wildlife. It is focused on helping organizations go beyond basic care with innovative projects that provide an enhanced quality of life today and in the future.
Program Areas
The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust’s priority is helping organizations go beyond basic care to support initiatives that will provide an enhanced quality of life for homeless and abused companion animals today and in the future.
Funding applications should address one of the following program areas:
Animal Adoption, Behavior Training, and Fosteringprojects to increase successful adoptions or other non-capital means of expanding shelter capacityContinuing Education and Trainingopportunities for staff and volunteers to improve delivery of care and retain employeesHumane and Wildlife Educationschool and community programs that address respecting animals, humane care, health issues and human/wildlife conflicts. Medical Care, Rehabilitation, and Wellness Care for Animalsimproving access to care for native wildlife and owned companion animals in under-resourced urban/rural areas, as well as those owned by socially vulnerable populationsPet and Feral Animal Population Control through Spay/Neuterassistance for owned pets from under resourced households, incentive programs encouraging adoptions from shelters and humane control numbers of community cats or dogsEquipmentitems that directly benefiting homeless or injured animalsOther Animal Care Initiativesprojects that celebrate the human-animal bond

Eligibility

Types of organizations supported by the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust are limited to:Humane societiesAnimal welfare organizations focused on companion animalsNonprofit spay/neuter clinicsNative wildlife rehabilitation and nature centersEducational institutionsEquine organizations providing therapeutic programs or focused on adoptionOther state or community organizations dedicated to companion animals
Eligible organizations must:Have a current 501(c)(3) ruling from the IRS.Be in Ohio or selected counties in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Wisconsin. Please review the list of selected counties.Provide evidence of proper financial stewardshipFinancial support from 100% of board membersPursue a high quality of life for individual animals and improve the situation of significant numbers of animals.Deliver outstanding humane care, in facilities that meet or exceed accepted health and safety standardsHave written policies on adoption procedures, spaying/neutering companion animals leaving the agency, display/release of wildlife, and keep records on intake/disposition of all animals.Annual revenue for basic animal sheltering, rescue, and care activities from sustainable sources.

Ineligibility

Ineligible organizations and funding requests:Capital project supportGeneral operating supportMulti-year requestsIndividualsBreed-specific organizationsProjects focusing on farmed or exotic animalsGovernment agenciesFilms or other mediaActivities related to litigationLegislative advocacyDeficit reductionEndowmentSupport of fundraising eventsUnsolicited applications for activities of national scope or from organizations located in states outside of the geographic boundaries will not be considered.