Financial Development

The staff in Development manages and executes the organization's fundraising activities. The Society is solely funded by its fees for services and donations. We rely on monetary and in-kind donations from individuals, bequests, corporations, and foundations. Donations can be either restricted or unrestricted. Restricted funding includes donations made for a specific program or purpose; unrestricted donations can be used for general operating expenses. Money is raised in several different ways, including the following:

• Direct Mail
• Grants, Corporations and Foundations
• Wills, Estates/Bequests
• Memorials/Tribute Gifts and Cage Sponsorships
• Major Donors, individuals who have the capacity to give sizeable gifts to the Society, usually $1,000 or more.
• Donations (corporate matching gifts, workplace giving programs and all other contributions that are not from a specific campaign
• Miscellaneous fund raising events organized by outside groups and companies-“non-event events”
• Special Events including Parade of Paws, Tux & Tails/FurrBall and other event coordinated by the employees and volunteers at the Society