Parks Foundation for Animal Welfare Accepting Proposals for 1997 GrantsThe William and Charlotte Parks Foundation was established to improve the status of animals worldwide. Three types of awards are available: (1) Project Grants for specific programs or projects with potential impact on animal welfare (2) General Operating Funds for organizations striving to reduce animal suffering and (3) Capital Grants for construction or remodeling of animal shelters. Awards in each category are generally not more than $5,000. Grants may be made for humane programs including grass roots activities or academic studies in areas such as (but not limited to) the following: - humane laboratory practices for animals used in research and education using the Three Rs of refinement, replacement, or reduction of animal use;
- research on euthanasia methods;
- humane treatment and handling of food animals;
- issues concerning the use of animals in fur ranching and the trapping of fur animals;
- methods of population control of companion or wild animals;
- international projects to provide improvement of conditions for animals.
A non-U.S. applicant must be registered as a charitable organization in the home country. Applications are accepted only from organizations that have a 501(c)(3) tax status. Grants will not normally be awarded for programs to underwrite local spay/neuter projects, or to save endangered species, or for wildlife rehabilitation. Grants will not normally be made to organizations with an annual income of more than $1 million. The deadline for applications is May 1, 1997. To receive application forms, please write William and Charlotte Parks Foundation, c/o Dr. Barbara Orlans, 7106 Laverock Lane, Bethesda MD 20817 or 301-229-7525. (For current information on Parks Foundation grants, go to the Altweb Director of Funding Sources). (6/19/00) | 
