2026 ASPCA Right Horse Grants to Amplify Adoptions and Support Community Equines support equine organizations' programs to increase adoptions, expand shelter capacity, and keep equines with their owners.
2026 ASPCA Reimagining Racers Grants: Adopting Out Retired Racehorses support equine organizations’ training, rehabilitation, and outreach to increase adoptions and improve care for retired Thoroughbred racehorses.
The ASPCA provides major grants to U.S. animal shelters and spay/neuter clinics for infrastructure, operations, and innovative projects that advance animal welfare and expand spay/neuter capacity, with an emphasis on measurable impact.
The 2026 ASPCA Research Grants fund innovative research to improve animal welfare in veterinary care, shelter practices, cruelty prevention, farm animal welfare, trauma, and animal behavior.
Innovation Grant (Pilot Study) supports research teams studying novel adapted grazing environments to improve equine welfare and develop practical, sustainable techniques for horse owners.
The 2026 ASPCA New York Shelter Standards Implementation Grants help NY shelters upgrade facilities and care practices to meet new state animal welfare standards under Article 26-C.