We are dedicated to a world with a home for every pet!
You can help by purchasing a pet license plate, like this "OHIO PETS" plate, from a Deputy Registrar or Oplates.com
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You can order a pet plate even if it is not time to renew your tags!
Your license fees will be pro-rated. Stop by your Deputy Registrar's office or visit oplates.com to share your love for cats and dogs. This is the "DOG FRIENDLY 1" plate!
Go to oplates.com and click on "Ohio Plates" to order your new pet license plate!
The more plates we sell, the more pets we can help. Our best advertisement is for someone to see a pet license plate on your car. This is the "CAT FRIENDLY" plate.
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Another way to help dogs and cats?
Shop on Amazon Smile! https://smile.amazon.com
When you designate the Ohio Pet Fund as your charity and get the same great merchandise, Amazon Smile makes a donation to our spay-neuter program at no extra cost to you!
We have a rescue plate!
This beautiful pup has the word "rescue" on his collar tag. Order "DOG FRIEND 2 GLD RET" at your registrar's office or oplates.com
Honor your forever friend.
You can get a pet license plate for an extra $25. What an easy way to show your love!
Are you a Kroger shopper who loves animals?
Looking for a really easy way to help?
Enroll your Kroger Plus Card at Kroger. Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com and enroll the Ohio Pet Fund as your charity. (Search for "Ohio Pet Fund" or "BU919.") Every time you shop at Kroger using your Kroger Plus Card, Kroger will make a donation to the Ohio Pet Fund, no cost to you.
Need spay-neuter help for your organization?
Apply for a Grant!
Does your qualifying organization need some extra funds to assist with spay-neuter costs? We have $500-$1000 grants available for qualifying organizations like animal shelters, 501c3 organizations, humane societies, and veterinary nonprofit organizations. See forms below.
Grantee Information
Information for Grantees
Check the "Eligibility Criteria" in the blue download section above to determine which pets are eligible for spay/neuter grant funds. When the use of grant funds is accomplished, download and complete the utilization report to submit with the following year's grant application.
Poverty Guidelines
150% of the poverty guideline 2021
Family of 1: $19,320
Family of 2: $26,130
Family of 3: $32,940
Family of 4: $39,750
Family of 5: $46,560
Family of 6: $53,370
Family of 7: $60,180
Family of 8: $66,990
Additional member: $6,810
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Some groups we have helped:
The Ohio Pet Fund began awarding grants in 2006-2007. Some of our recipients are listed below. (We have more to add!) Grant awards do not constitute an endorsement of said groups, but instead a shared commitment to ensuring loving homes for our pets. We hope to continue helping for many years to come!
A Purrfect Start - Adopt a Neighborhood - Adopt A Pit Rescue - Advocates for Animals - All Dogs Heaven - Allen County Dog Warden - Alleycat Charities - Alterpet - Angels for Animals - Angel's Rest Animal Sanctuary - Almost Home - Animal Allies - Animal Charity League - Animal Charity of Ohio - Animal Friends - Animal Outreach - Animals Depend on People Too - Animal Pawtectors - ARF - Ashland County Dog Shelter - Ashtabula County Animal Protective League - Athens County Dog Shelter - Athens County Humane Society - Auglaize County Dog Warden - Auglaize County Humane Society - AWC of Ashtabula- Backyard Dog Project - Barely Used Pets - Black and Orange Cat Foundation - Brighter Day - Brown County Humane Society - Buckeye Pet Partners - Buster's Brigade - Butler County Dog Warden - CC's Cupboard - Canine Collective - Carroll County Commissioners - Cat Adoption Team - Cat Assistance Team of Central Ohio - Cat House Feline Sanctuary - Cat Roundup - Cat Welfare Association - Cats N Us - Central Ohio Pit Savers - Circle of Love - City of Cleveland Kennel - Champaign County AWL - Champaign County Dog Shelter - Circle Area Humane Society - Citizens for Humane Action - Clark County SPCA - Clermont Animal Care Humane Society - Cleveland Animal Protective League - Clinton County Humane Society - Colony Cats - Columbus Cocker Rescue - Columbus Humane - Community Action Task Force - Community Cat Companions - Cozy Cat Cottage - Crazy Cats - Crossed Paws - Cuyahoga County Dog Shelter - Danielle's Animal Safe Haven - Darke County Animal Shelter - Deb's Dogs - Defiance County Humane Society - Delaware County Dog Shelter - Erie County Dog Shelter - Erie Shore Greyhound Adoption - Erie Shores Humane Society - Euclid Pet Pals - Fairfield Area Humane Society - Fairfield County Dog Shelter - Fayette County Dog Pound - Fayette Regional Humane Society - Feral Mountain - FIDO - Forgotten 4-Paws - Forgotten Felines of Richland - Franklin County Animal Care & Control - Freedom Greyhounds - Friends of the City of Cleveland Shelter - Friends of the Shelter - Friendship Animal Protective League - Fulton County Dog Shelter - Fulton County Humane Society - Furget Me Not - Gallia County Canine Shelter - Geauga County Dog Shelter - Geauga County Humane Society - Golden Retrievers in Need - Grant Humane Society of Jackson - Greene County Animal Control - Guernsey County Dog Shelter - HALO - Hamilton County SPCA - Hand Me Down Dobes - Hardin County Dog Shelter - Hardin County Humane Society - Harlequin Haven - HART - Heart of Ohio Pets - Helping Our Pets Everywhere - Henry County Dog Warden - Highland County Commissioners - Highland County Dog Pound - His Hands Extended Sanctuary - Holmes County Humane Society - Holy Cat Whiskers - Homestretch Hounds - Humane Society and SPCA of Hancock - Humane Ohio - Humane Society Serving Clark County, Humane Society Serving Logan County - Humane Society of Greater Akron, Humane Society of Morrow County, Humane Society of Madison County, Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, Humane Society of Ottawa County - Humane Society of Preble County, Humane Society of Richland County - Humane Society of Sandusky County - Humane Society of Seneca County - Humane Society of Summit County - Huron County Dog Shelter, Jackson County Dog Shelter - Jefferson County Humane Society - Joseph's Legacy - Kitten Krazy - Knox County Animal Shelter - Knox County Humane Society - Lake County Dog Shelter - Labrador Retriever Rescue - Lake Erie Labrador Retriever Rescue - Lake Humane Society - League for Animal Welfare - Legacy Dog Rescue - Licking County Dog Shelter - Licking County Humane Society - Lorain County Dog Kennel - Louies' Legacy - Lucas County Dog Warden - Lucas County Pit Crew - Lucky Paws Animal Rescue - Mahoning County - Marion County Dog Pound - Measles Animal Haven - Medina County SPCA - Meigs County Humane Society - Mid-Ohio Animal Welfare League - MoCo Kitty Control - Montgomery County - Multiple Breed Rescue - Mutts in a Rut - My Young and Old Fur Babies - Neighborhood Cat Helpers - Never Muzzled - New Beginnings - Noble County Dog Warden - Northeast Ohio SPCA - O'Bryonville Animal Rescue Fund - Ohio Alley Cat Resource - Ohio American Indian Council - Ohio Fuzzy Pawz - One of a Kind - Paulding County Dog Warden - Open Arms Pound Rescue - Ohio Pug Rescue - Parma Animal Shelter - Pay It Forward for Pets - PAWS - Paws and Prayers - Paws and Whiskers - Pawsitive Hope - Pawsitive Ohio - Peaches Bully Rescue - Perry County Humane Society - Pet Advocate League - Pet Alliance - Pet FBI - Pet Fix - Pet Orphanage - Pet Promise - Pets In Greater Need - Petite Paws Rescue Angels - Pets Uniting People Society - Pets Without Parents - Pickaway County Dog Pound - Pike County Dog Pound - Pike Pet Pals - Planned Pethood - Portage County Protective League - Portage County Dog Kennel & Shelter - Pound Dog Partners of Guernsey County - Powell Animal Rescue Society - Public Animal Welfare Society - Purr...fect Companions Sanctuary - Purrfect Friends Cat Rescue - Putnam County Dog Pound - RASCAL - Rescue Me - Rescued Ohio - Richland County Dog Shelter - Robyn's Nest - Ross County Humane Society - Royalty Dog Rescue - Rural Animal Veterinary Services of Appalachian Ohio - Sanctuary for Senior Dogs - Sandusky Dog Pound - SASS Shih Tzu Rescue - SCOOP - Save Ohio Strays - Save the Animals Foundation - Saving Pets One at a Time - SART - Second Chance Humane Society - 2nd Chance - Shelby County Animal Shelter - Shelter Outreach Service of Ohio - SICSA - Sierra's Haven - SNACK - SNAP of Gallia - Spay Neuter Ohio - SPCA of Grafton - Star's Cat Connection - Stop the Suffering - Summit County Animal Shelter - Sunrise Sanctuary - Tails for the City - Teddy's Rescue - Toledo Area Humane Society - Toledo's Pet Bull Project - TNR of Warren - Trumble County Dog Warden - Tuscarawas Humane Society - UCAN - Union County Humane Society - Vinton County Dog Shelter - Viva Los Gatos - Voices in the Dark - Voices of the Trumbull Dog Pound - Wayne County Dog Shelter - Wayne County Humane Society - Whiskers - Wilmington Area Humane Society - Wishful Thinking Endeavors - Wonder Dogs - Wood County Dog Shelter - Wood County Humane Society - Wood Foundation - Wright-Poling Pickaway County Dog Shelter