Earlier this month, Maddie’s Fund® gave four organizations at random a $2,500 grant for attending the May Weekly Community Conversations for a total of $10,000 in grants. Join us in congratulating the four people who won a grant for their organization: Kelly Beaty, Robinson’s Rescue Spay/Neuter Clinic (Shreveport, LA) Deeann Harper, Happy Trails Animal Rescue… Learn More

Happy Monday. Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Behavior Assessments in Shelters: Building Better Outcomes for Dogs We hope you can join our June Maddie’s® Monthly Behavior Connection webcast with Vanly Griffith, Dog Behavior Coordinator at SICSA in Dayton, OH. This call will be all about organizations developing a… Learn More

Animal shelters and foster-based organizations across the country are navigating rehoming questions every day, and there is very little field-wide data to draw from. That is what the Rehoming Survey is designed to change. The deadline to take the survey has been extended to June 11! Home To Home is collecting responses from the animal… Learn More

We hope you can join our June Maddie’s® Monthly Behavior Connection webcast with Vanly Griffith,  Dog Behavior Coordinator at  SICSA in Dayton, OH. This call will be all about organizations developing a structured system to get to know the dogs in their care. Structured dog behavior assessments help shelters shift from reacting to behavior concerns after… Learn More

Happy Monday. Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Want to learn how to set up a microchip scanning station in your community? Do you know how to set up a microchip scanning station in your community? One in three pets go missing in their lifetime, amounting to about 10… Learn More

Do you know how to set up a microchip scanning station in your community? One in three pets go missing in their lifetime, amounting to about 10 million lost animals each year, according to Petco Love. Microchip scanning can help reunite lost pets with their families faster and help keep more pets from needing to… Learn More

This was originally published in 2025.  Neonatal kittens may be the tiniest residents in our shelters, but they face the biggest risks. That’s why Kitten College: Transforming Tiny Lives Through Innovation, a free self-paced course on Maddie’s® University, is here to change the story. This one-of-a-kind program gives animal shelters and foster-based organizations the tools… Learn More

Happy Monday. Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. How one foster-based organization is implementing a low-barrier foster program Lowering barriers is a key element to attracting and keeping foster caregivers. Kelly Duer, Senior Community Solutions Specialist, here at Maddie’s Fund® spoke with Becky Costner, Executive Director of Let Love… Learn More

This post originally ran in 2023. Lowering barriers is a key element to attracting and keeping foster caregivers. Kelly Duer, Senior Community Solutions Specialist, here at Maddie’s Fund® spoke with Becky Costner, Executive Director of Let Love Live, a foster-based rescue organization in Wadena, Minnesota, to ask her about their low-barrier foster program. Using a… Learn More

Happy Tuesday. Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Transforming finders into fosters What is your shelter’s biggest resource? If you didn’t say “our community,” then let’s talk. On our next Maddie’s® Monthly Foster Connection presentation on June 4, Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter’s Animal Services Director, Misty Valenta, will… Learn More