With our daily Little Guy Grants, we keep the small rescue groups in your community from falling through the cracks when there is nowhere else for them to turn. In addition to hands on animal rescue, we are here to rescue the rescuers. In this way, we have helped save the lives of tens of thousands of needy, abused, homeless and neglected animals. 

We provide assistance, boarding, medical care, shelter fees, food,  training, supplies and transport, for desperate animals, often on what would be their last day of life in a shelter.

Criteria for Little Guy Grants:

• Rescue organizations must be registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits

• They must have a verifiable online presence (website, Facebook Page, other)

• They must be no-kill

• All animals must be spayed/neutered, up to date on vaccinations, and microchipped before placement

• Rescues must do home checks before adoption and follow-up visits after

• Their adoption contracts must stipulate that if a placement doesn’t work out for any reason, the animals must be returned to them

• They must be mostly volunteer, with no more than one paid staff member

• They must spend less than 20% of their income on publicity/fundraising/advertising/administration

• Their finances and/or tax filings must be verifiable on GuideStar

• They must receive no government money, but rely solely on donations and fundraising