The Animal Assistance Foundation is committed to making Colorado exemplary in animal welfare and philanthropy for animal welfare. This website offers information about our grant focus areas and how to prepare grant applications as well as news about what is going on in the animal welfare community in Colorado and about the fantastic work our partners are doing. Visit us often to become informed. We also encourage you to support your local animal welfare organizations.

Current AAF News

Seeking a Grant from AAF

 

The Animal Assistance Foundation, Denver Colorado, makes grants in the spring and a second cycle in the fall. The 2012 priorities are for projects increasing spay/neuter services, animal shelter optimization, grants to support horse management and new ideas or innovations in animal welfare. To apply for the September 28, 2012 deadline, send an email of your intent describing your project and amount to info@aaf-fd.org.  Also, check out the link in the adjoining section for further information.  

 

AAF Announces Request For Proposals for Spay & Neuter

Since 1975, The Animal Assistance Foundation (AAF) has funded programs to end pet overpopulation in Colorado. AAF is interested in redoubling its grant making to increase spay/neuter rates for companion animals within specific communities. Click *here* for more information. Deadline for receipt of proposals is September 28, 2012.

For more information or to discuss your ideas please call AAF at (303) 744-8396.

Adopt A Shelter Pet License Plate Grant Opportunities!

Purchase the Adopt a Shelter Pet plate at your local Division of Motor Vehicles office or through your County Clerk office starting January 3, 2011. Simply visit either office and request the Adopt a Shelter Pet license plate.

Adopt a Shelter Pet plates may be purchased at any time during the year.  You will receive credit for the time remaining between the purchase date and your annual license plate renewal date; that money will be applied to the new purchase. You may also purchase an Adopt a Shelter Pet plate upon annual renewal of your regular plates.

Costs to purchase the plate include a $50 fee for a Group Special Use License Plate, a $30 Donation to the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund for the benefit of the Adopt a Shelter Pet license plate program, plus customary license plate renewal fees.

Please note, the Licence Plate can not be obtained through the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund.  Please visit your local Division of Motor Vehicles for a copy.

NEW TOOL TO HELP TO RETURN LOST PETS TO THEIR FAMILY

 www.petmicrochiplookup.org/The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) of Lakewood, CO has developed a unique tool to help finders of lost pets to locate the animal’s family. Their database will search all the microchip databases and find the most current database entry.  It will provide the phone number of that database which will then be able to give you the contact information for the family. 

Click on the picture of the tag to the upper right, or go to www.petmicrochiplookup.org; enter the microchip ID number and the results will display the most recent information for the animal from the AAHA Universal Microchip Database.

In order to determine if a found pet has a microchip, take the pet to the nearest veterinarian or animal shelter.  They will be able to scan for a microchip with a universal scanner which reads all brands and frequencies of microchip. 

                       Thank you for helping to reunite pets and their families.