Over 140 Animal Organizations Across the Country Begin Fundraising Initiatives to Win $100,000 in Grants from Michelson Found Animals
LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2014) – Michelson Found Animals (www.FoundAnimals.org), an independently funded non-profit working to find the big ideas that reduce euthanasia in shelters, today launched the fundraising portion of the Michelson Found Animals Saving Pets Challenge, the first-ever CrowdRise campaign to specifically support companion animals, like dogs and cats. With over 200 applications thus far, 140 organizations have been approved to begin raising money and win a chance to receive $100,000 in grants to address the underlying causes of shelter euthanasia.
In an overwhelming response to the Saving Pets Challenge, animal welfare organizations both large and small from around the country, have submitted their information and ideas for the chance to win one of the largest privately-funded grants to help at-risk animals. During the campaign, approv…