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BASIC REFERENCES

The Humane Fundraising Email List - This is a wonderful resource for finding great ideas for fundraising.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanefundraising/

Fundraising Help and Ideas for Nonprofits

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/fundraising/

Learn and Share Great Fundraising Ideas

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanefundraising

Where is the cat? - If the email you receive doesn't say where the cat is located, but provides a telephone number to call, you can find the locations here:
http://www.melissadata.com/keywordsearch/areacode.htm

MAPQUEST - A resource often essential for arranging transports
http://www.mapquest.com/

STARTING A NONPROFIT

Forming and maintaining Tax Exempt organizations - Information from the IRS
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p557/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122725,00.html
http://stayexempt.org/
 

FAQs regarding getting and keeping nonprofit status
http://www.bizfilings.com/learning/nonprofitfaq.htm

Nonprofit FAQ
http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/

Idealist.org Nonprofit FAQ
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/npofaq

How to form a nonprofit corporation
http://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/objectID/EA3D3043-9A88-43F5-8DC869639F0F6E77/111/262/ART/

Internet Nonprofit Center

The Internet Nonprofit Center publishes the Nonprofit FAQ, a resource of information provided by participants in many online discussions about nonprofits and their work. First-time users may want to look at the Guide to using the FAQ.

♦ Resources for fundraising online
♦ Bill Levis on "Fundraising Productivity"
♦ Multistate Filing for Charitable Solicitation
Website: http://www.nonprofits.org/

The Learning Institute for Nonprofits Strategic Planning

http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/sites_strategic.htm

The 501(c)3 Help Email List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/501c3help/

http://www.petco.com/petco_Page_PC_foundationgranttypes_Nav_1350.aspx 

http://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/oxbow_cares/rescue_support 

http://www.animalsheltering.org/programs_and_services/financial_assistance/  

http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html 

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/2animal.htm 

http://www.sheltersource.org/GRANTS%20f-z.pdf 

http://www.petsmartcharities.org/agencies/faqs.php 

http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_shelter_services_grants_available 

http://www.petfinder.com/foundation/grantrecipients.html   

RESOURCES FOR VETERINARY FUNDING

NATIONAL

AAHA Helping Pets Fund
This American Animal Hospital Association fund helps those in need access quality veterinary care for sick or injured pets.
http://www.aahahelpingpets.org/

Angels4Animals
Program Guardian Angel is the major program of Angels4Animals. First they establish regional links with veterinary clinics across the United States. Veterinary clinics and private pet owners then let them know when there is an animal facing being euthanized or surrendered because of financial limitations. This is where Program Guardian Angel comes in. Working together with the clinic, they verify that the pet owner is unable to provide the funds needed to save their sick or injured pet. They then work out the financial arrangements with the clinic and authorize the treatment needed to save the pet. The owner is never asked or allowed to reimburse Angels4Animals for any of the money provided to save their animal.
http://www.angels4animals.org/programs.html

Care Credit
"If your family pet needs a surgery you didn’t plan for. But if your insurance doesn’t cover all the costs for the procedure you want and need, where do you turn? CareCredit, a GE Money Company, gives you convenient payment options so you can get the procedure you want, when you want it."
http://www.carecredit.com/

Cats in Crisis
Cats in Crisis Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and humane organizations care for cats with chronic or emergency medical conditions through financial and fundraising assistance.
http://www.catsincrisis.org/

Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Programs
FVEA provides financial assistance for emergency medical care for cats.
http://www.fveap.org/sys-tmpl/door/

Help-A-Pet
Their efforts focus on serving the elderly, the disabled, and the working poor. "For lonely seniors, physically/mentally challenged individuals and children of working parents, pets represent much more than a diversion."
http://www.help-a-pet.org/home.html

In Memory of Magic (IMOM)
IMOM is dedicated to insuring that no companion animal has to be euthanized simply because their caretaker is financially challenged.
http://www.imom.org

NeuterSpay.org
NeuterSpay.org offers a searchable database of low cost or free spay/neuter resources - some also offer low cost FIV/FeLV testing and vaccinations. http://neuterspay.org

The Pet Fund
"The Pet Fund is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit association that
provides financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need
urgent veterinary care. Often animals are put down or suffer
needlessly because their owners cannot afford expensive surgery or
emergency vet visits. Companion animal owners must often make the
difficult decision to put an animal down or neglect urgent medical
needs because of the costs involved. The purpose of the Pet Fund is
to work towards a future where decisions about companion animal
medical care need never be made on the basis of cost."
http://thepetfund.com/

United Animal Nations
United Animal Nations established the LifeLine fund in 1997 to aid companion animals in times of life-threatening emergencies when their caregivers, with low or no incomes, are unable to afford the entire cost of treatment.
http://uan.org/lifeline/index.html