California for All Animals

A Fresh Take on Familiar Challenges

How Kern County Residents Are Keeping Animals Safe in Community

Grant Impact - Calaveras County

"It's impossible to express how much the...grant not only helped pets in medical need, but improved the psychological well-being of our staff and volunteers. Knowing that a medical situation wasn't a crisis, and that we could comfortably pay for it, was immeasurably valuable.

"Similarly, the ability to say 'yes' to transfers of pets with pre-existing medical conditions from other shelters was an absolute joy." - Calaveras Humane Society

Shown at right: Tux, kitten surrendered in Tuolumne and transfered to Calaveras Humane, recovering nicely ten days after surgery to remove a severely fractured leg.

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Grant Impact - Oakland

Blue, a six-month-old pittie urgently needed care after she was attacked by a dog and sustained life-threatening injuries, including a broken jaw. Through California for All Animals grant funding and a partnership with Vets in Vans, Oakland Animal Services connected Blue's family, and dozens of others, with the essential veterinary care they needed to thrive—and stay—together.

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Roundtable Discussions Available On Demand

In this series of four dynamic roundtable conversations, frontline workers leading change across California and the country highlight collaborative approaches to removing barriers that come between people and pets and dish on creative solutions they’re implementing now to ensure pets spend more nights at home, not in the shelter.

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Grant Impact - San Bernardino County

The SBC Devore Animal Shelter used their Cal4All grant to provide nearly 700 surgeries, a dozen pet tag machines and 1500 leashes and collars to help the pets and people of San Bernardino County in 2022-23.

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Announcing the More Pets and People Together Statewide Contest Winners

Californians of all ages were invited to join the More Pets and People Together campaign and reflect on what animal companionship means to them and to their community via pencil, crayon, brush, or digital drawing tool, all for a chance to win a $5,000 grant for their animal shelter. The results are in...

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Support for California Animal Shelters

Governor Newsom allocated $50 million in 2021 for grantmaking, outreach and training for California animal shelters for a period of five years. The Koret Shelter Medicine Program at UC Davis was selected to create a team to administer the funds and provide the support and training. Officially launched in February 2022, the California for All Animals team allocated $37.5 million in grants and $12.5 million for staffing, training, convenings, technical assistance and support.

The grantmaking team partnered with animal shelters to equitably grant funds to keep pets in homes, return them to the homes and communities that care for them and adopt them to community members. Grants were prioritized to municipal shelters and private shelters with municipal contracts as well as animal control agencies to reduce the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats. In response to the urgent need for veterinary care, supplies, equipment and resources for animal shelters as animal intake reached pre-pandemic levels, the grant process was accelerated and funding allocated swiftly.

As of October 2024, the $37.5 million in grant funding has been fully allocated to eligible California animal shelters.

In the remaining two years of the California for All Animals program, the team will continue to partner with animal shelters to provide support, training, and resources.

While additional grant funding is not available, a range of services is available to California shelters. Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

2022-24 By the Numbers

Despite economic, societal, and staffing challenges, Golden State animal welfare organizations in 52 of California’s 58 counties pushed forward to increase spay/neuter, reduce barriers, expand access to care, and keep families together.

CA4AA has disbursed over $37.1M in targeted funding, with more than 50% going toward spay/neuter surgeries, training, equipment, staffing and access.

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How We Help

We Train. We help shelter teams across the state learn, do, and share together, so they can grow cultures, policies and practices that advance human and animal well-being.

We Build. Through shelter outreach, online communities and events, we foster connection and partnerships to build a stronger ecosystem of care in California.

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California for All Animals exists to unite and amplify the work of California animal shelters to achieve our shared goal of matching every animal in need with the right outcome through the right care, delivered in the right place and at the right time. Learn more about our vision for a humane-hearted California built for all people and pets — and how you can help make it happen.

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This is for everyone

This is for shelters in the city. This is for shelters in the country. This is for shelters from farmland to desert, mountains to coast. This is for everyone who believes in fierce compassion for animals, for people, for themselves. Because in California we don’t just catch waves; we create waves.

Support for California Animal Shelters

2022-24 By the Numbers

How We Help

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