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Overview

To Michelson Found Animals, philanthropy is an opportunity to focus funds, resources, and business acumen towards giant, solvable problems. It’s through the programs below that we champion pets in our world.
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Strategic Initiatives

  • Spay and Neuter Initiative
  • Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative
  • Better Neighbor Project

Philanthropic Investments

  • Michelson Prize & Grant in Reproductive Biology
  • Michelson Found Animals Strategic Grants
  • Leap Venture Studio
  • Robert & Erika Brunson Fund
  • Strategic Initiatives
    • Spay and Neuter Initiative
    • Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative
    • Better Neighbor Project
  • Philanthropic Investments
    • Michelson Prize & Grant in Reproductive Biology
    • Michelson Found Animals Strategic Grants
    • Leap Venture Studio
    • Robert & Erika Brunson Fund
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  • Events
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  • Pet Professionals
  • Pet Owners
  • Celebrating World Spay Day: Launching Our Spay & Neuter Initiatives Resource Center

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
    • Spay & Neuter
  • An Animal Welfare Guide to Supporting Those Affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires – by Michelson Found Animals

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pet Inclusive Housing Initiative
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
    • Safety
  • In Times of Need: Supporting Our Community – Dr. Gary K. Michelson Shares a Message of Support

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Safety
  • From Shelter to Superheros: Our Experience with “Working Cats”

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Fun
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • BestyBnB: Keeping Pets and People Safe, Together

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Dr. Gary K. Michelson Praises City of Los Angeles’s Investment in LA Animal Services to Address Animal Shelter Overcrowding Crisis

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Dr. Gary K. Michelson’s Low-Cost Solution to L.A.’s Animal Shelter Crisis

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
    • Safety
  • Michelson Found Animals Foundation Awards Historic $1 Million Grant to CAMP Clinics on World Spay Day

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
    • Spay & Neuter
  • Leap Venture Studio Announces Cohort 8

    • Fun
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Unleashing the Power of Community

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Fun
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Meet Moggie. The Ultimate Health and Well-being Companion for Our Feline Friends

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Unveiling the Future of Pet Care: Leap Venture Studio Cohort 7 Virtual Demo Day

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Journey to a Nonsurgical Sterilant

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Professional
  • Michelson Prize & Grants-Funded Study Published in Nature Communications, Offers Potential Alternative to Surgical Spaying

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Professional
  • “Everyone Deserves the Joy of Pet Ownership” The Impactful Work of Victoria Piar

    • Better Neighbor Project
    • Fun
    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
  • Los Angeles Animal Services, Michelson Found Animals Foundation, and the Chargers Impact Fund Combine Efforts to Provide Critical Spay and Neuter Surgeries for Shelter Pets

    • Health
    • News & Events
    • Pets & Family
    • Professional
    • Spay & Neuter
  • 8 Steps to Fireworks Safety for Your Pets During the Super Bowl

    • Behavior
    • Fun
    • Health
    • Safety
  • Welcome Alternatives to Animal Testing

    • Health
    • News & Events
  • can-my-dog-eat-vegetable-edition

    “Can My Dog Eat…” Vegetable Edition

    • Health
    • Pets & Family
    • Safety
  • 6 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Pawprint

    • Health
    • Pets & Family

Our Impact Programs

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Spay & Neuter Initiative
  • Better Neighbor Project
  • Pet Inclusive Housing Initiative

PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS

  • Michelson Prize & Grants in Reproductive Biology
  • Michelson Found Animals Strategic Grants
  • Leap Venture Studio
  • Robert & Erika Brunson Fund

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