The Kitten Snatchers team holds its $5,350 Mission Meow grant check
Kitten Snatchers · $5,350 grant

Grant applications

Fund the project that changes your rescue.

Mission Meow grants fund a specific, well-defined initiative or purchase — with clear milestones and a realistic completion date — for small, feline-focused nonprofits.

$332,625granted to date

Check eligibilityGet a reminder
Martin, Mission Meow's mascot: a drawn cat with glasses and a bow tie

The next window opens Tuesday, December 1 at 9 a.m. ET.for the January grant

About two weeks before each window opens, with the dates.

We'll email you before each grant window opens. Unsubscribe any time. See our privacy policy.

You're on the list. We'll email you before the next grant window opens.

Please check the form and try again.

You've sent a few of these already. Please try again in an hour.

We couldn't save that. Please email info@missionmeow.org.

When to apply

Four windows a year. Ten days each.

Applications open in December, March, June and September, and the grants are made the month after. Each window stays open for 10 days or until we receive 70 applications, whichever comes first.

Next window

December, for the January grant

Opens
Tuesday, December 1 at 9 a.m. ET
Closes
Thursday, December 10 at 11:59 p.m. ET, or at 70 applications
  1. Oct
  2. Nov
  3. DecNext windowDec 1–10
  4. JanJanuary grants
  5. Feb
  6. MarWindowMar 1–10
  7. AprApril grants
  8. May
  9. JunWindowJun 1–10
  10. JulJuly grants
  11. Aug
  12. SepWindowSep 1–10

What grants have built

Think vans, not vet bills.

  • A smiling woman beside a white transport van with a “Made possible by: Mission Meow” decal
    A transport van
  • A wall of new white cat condos installed in a room
    New cat condos
  • A ribbon cutting outside a small house with a banner reading “A Mission Meow Grant in Action”
    A ribbon cutting
  • A tiny kitten inside an incubator with a Mission Meow sticker
    An incubator
  • A woman with arms spread wide in front of a new blue shed
    A brand-new shed

Before you apply

Check you’re eligible first.

All three must be true. We prioritize small, community-based organizations where a grant can create tangible, transformative impact.

Grants are available to

  • 501(c)(3) feline-focused nonprofit organizations
  • Organizations with annual revenue under $250,000, and not over $250,000 in any of the past five years
  • Groups operating in good standing with clear leadership and financial transparency

Your project must be a specific, well-defined initiative or purchase with clear milestones and a realistic completion date.

What we don’t fund

  • Rent
  • Medical bills
  • Spay and neuter
  • Monthly expenses such as food, litter and basic supplies

Beyond our grants

Free help for rescues, any time of year.

Some of Mission Meow’s business partners run programs for rescues. They’re separate from our grants: you don’t need to apply for a grant to use them, and joining one has no effect on a grant application.

From Hide & Scratch

Donor-funded cardboard scratcher boxes and toys for your cats, free for rescues.

Request to be listed

From Camalia Group, which built this site

A free refresh of your rescue’s website, with hosting at a nonprofit rate.

Learn more

The application

Apply for a Mission Meow grant

Next round

The application opens Tuesday, December 1.

It opens at 9 a.m. ET and stays open for 10 days or until we receive 70 applications, whichever comes first.

Get a reminder

While you wait: free help for rescues

What you’ll need

Get these ready now and the application is quick once the window opens. First, check you’re eligible.

  1. About your organization

    Legal name, EIN, tax-exempt status, year founded, website, email, phone and mailing address; your mission statement; how many full-time and part-time employees you have; your annual revenue; and your president or executive director’s name and phone.

  2. A cover page

    About one page on what makes your organization unique.

  3. Your grant request

    What the grant will fund and the impact it will have, the amount you’re asking for, and a timeline with milestone dates. For renovations, expansions or new rooms, add photos of the space.

  4. Five documents, each uploaded separately

    1. Your budget: this fiscal year’s revenue and expenses, plus next year’s projection if you have one
    2. Year-to-date financial statements: balance sheet, income and expenses
    3. Your major contributors: foundations, businesses or individuals, without individual donors’ names
    4. Your board of directors, with each member’s position and term
    5. Your IRS determination letter

  5. The agreement

    If you’re awarded a grant, the money goes only to the project in your application, you send receipts for every expense, and you share photos, including at the check presentation, for Mission Meow’s newsletter and social media. You sign by typing your name.