Grantee Stories

Spotlight on Our Grantees: Foster Pet Outreach and the Senior Dog Program

By Anne Kenny Strauss Foster Pet Outreach is a Peoria, Illinois-based rescue focused on promoting the well-being of animals in their community. In their grant application to Grey Muzzle, they wrote, “Our problem is that we don’t adopt out enough senior dogs!” A grant from Grey Muzzle will change that. With Grey Muzzle’s support, Foster...

Drum Roll Please: Announcing Grey Muzzle’s 2016 Grantees

We are thrilled to announce our 2016 grantees! This was by far our most successful grant cycle. We received over 160 applications from animal welfare organizations and rescues nationwide. In order to be more objective and transparent, this year we implemented a new grant review process. We trained our team of sixteen volunteer grant reviewers...

A New Year of Hope for Homeless Senior Dogs

As 2015 comes to a close, we at The Grey Muzzle Organization celebrate our achievements this year and look forward to 2016. Each year we get a little closer to realizing our vision of a world in which no old dog dies alone and afraid. Thanks to help from Grey Muzzle grants this year, more...

Helping Shelters and Rescues Care for Senior Dogs

Photo credit: me'nthedogs / Foter.com / CC BY-NC Before homeless senior dogs can get a second chance with loving adopters, shelters and rescues must first get or keep the dogs physically and emotionally healthy enough to meet potential adopters. That may mean good food, behavioral and physical rehabilitation, a comfy bed, and a lot of...