The Spay/NeuterTrust Fund
 San Diego, California

Introduction

The Spay/NeuterTrust Fund

SPCA Petitions County

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Nonprofit organization initiates volunteer-run city s/n fund
One of the earliest programs was started in San Diego in 1994 with the leadership of County Supervisor Board Chair Pam Slater. A Beach News article dated November of that year announced:

In groundbreaking action, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and San Diego City Council are directing a portion of the dog license fees toward a new spay/neuter Trust Fund. The establishment of the fund recognizes the importance of making an investment in preventing the births of the large numbers of companion animals who will ultimately become the taxpayer's responsibility. The Trust fund is the most efficient investment the County of San Diego can make toward the reduction of our pet overpopulation problem.

The Spay/Neuter Fund was seeded with about $40,000 from dog license revenue. While this fund was not set up to help ferals - it is focused on companion animals - it has indirectly helped reduce the number of ferals by reducing the number of unaltered cats in homes and thereby reducing the number of kittens needing adoption or roaming free.

Since 1992, the enormously successful private program, the Feral Cat Coalition, has directly aided 10,000 feral cats in San Diego - altering them, providing vaccinations and the most basic medical care. This model program can be visited at www.feralcat.com.

The combination of the public and private programs has proven to be most effective: The statistician at San Diego county Animal control verified the following euthanasia rates for cats. The figures show the most dramatic drop following the start of FCC.

1991- 92 15,525
1994- 95 9,152
1997- 98 8,424

San Diego is one of the nation's fastest-growing metropolitan areas, making the solution to this and other problems doubly difficult. Between 1991 and 1996, the county grew by over 175,000 people.


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Writing A Grant Do's and Dont's
Successful Grant Applications (a PDF of a PowerPoint presentation)

Granting Foundations:
DJ & T Foundation
PETCO Foundation
PETsMART Charities Foundation

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Putting the Fun Back in Fundraising
Finding Funding to Fix Feral Felines
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