Show us your fosters and we’ll help you find them a home!

We believe foster homes are the future of lifesaving, so we want to show foster caregivers some big love! We’ll help your foster pets get some exposure in our Show Us Your Foster contest – are you in? All you have to do is upload a photo and some basic information about your foster dog… Learn More

These shelters and rescue groups won big, and so can you!

If you were at the 2016 Best Friends Animal Society National Conference last month, you probably heard a lot of whooping and hollering from the Booth 205. Yep, that was us! People lined up for a chance to play the Maddie Spin and Win machine and 36 lucky organizations won $500 and $1,000 grants. (Although from inspiring… Learn More

Learn ‘Compassion Fatigue Strategies’ in online course for shelter/rescue workers, veterinarians

What if someone had genuine useful resources that could help those working with animals in the shelter, rescue and veterinary fields cope with emotional numbness, stress, anxiety and burnout? Someone does: The Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida is enrolling students in its online course in “Compassion Fatigue Strategies” with certified compassion fatigue… Learn More

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In animal welfare, it pays to be innovative (literally!)

Put on your creative-thinking caps because when it comes to animal welfare and lifesaving, it pays to be innovative. Literally. Especially for those who attended the Humane Society of the United States Animal Care Expo Conference! How so? Maddie’s Fund® is offering $250,000 in grant funding for shelters and rescue groups, appropriately called the Innovation… Learn More

Register now! UF is training veterinarians as animal shelter leaders

Who better to help guide animal shelters to save more treatable pets, and keep their healthy pets happy and well, than veterinarians? If you’re a veterinarian who has ever longed to move beyond the surgical suite to a true policy role in your community animal shelter, this two-day, in-person CE course from the Maddie’s® Shelter… Learn More

What’s up for animals in Dane County? A Maddie’s grant report

Dane County, WI, is a good place for homeless pets, thanks to Maddie and the hard work of local animal adoption organizations. The Maddie’s® Pet Rescue Project in Dane County was a seven-year, collaborative effort to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable shelter animals in the community. Four organizations came together during different periods… Learn More

Tell us about ‘The Apprentice’… animal welfare style!

Maddie’s Fund® is considering starting an Apprenticeship Program. If we did, would you be interested in learning about and implementing a new program at your shelter or rescue organization? At this time we are looking for directors or managers of shelter or rescue organizations to answer a few survey questions about such a program. If you are… Learn More

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