Funder: North Valley Community Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Typically $1,000–$5,000 per grant
Summary: Supports local organizations providing direct animal care to improve animals’ quality of life across five California counties.
Key Information: Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits, fiscally sponsored programs, or local government units; staffing requests are ineligible.
Description
The Mike and Dotty Collett Animal Care Grant Program, administered by North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF), supports programs and projects providing direct services that improve animals’ quality of life. Funding supports food, shelter, medical care and other practical animal care benefiting residents of Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Colusa or Plumas counties.
The program reflects Mike and Dotty Collett’s lifelong love of animals and history of rescuing dogs and cats. Past grants have supported spay/neuter services, fostering and rehoming abandoned animals, shelter care, pet supplies for people experiencing homelessness, and feed and medical care for horses. Awards have also funded wildlife milk replacement formula, humane cat traps, sterilization equipment and outdoor cat enclosures.
