Guest Post by Lesley McCave, Greater Good Charities
Greater Good Charities officially turns 15 on Monday, September 19th! Throughout the month, it is celebrating how it amplifies the good in the world with on the ground activities.
What is Greater Good Charities, you ask?
In 2007, Greater Good Charities (then GreaterGood.org) was formed as a granting organization that raised funds online for partner nonprofit projects around the world. In 2012, the organization began to operate its own programs and today Greater Good Charities has evolved into a global nonprofit to help
People, Pets, and the
Planet. To date, Greater Good Charities has given more than $475 million in cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support to charitable partners in 121 countries, including over $70 million in disaster relief.
From funding the education of young women and renovating domestic violence shelters, to leading biodiversity expeditions and responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Ukraine crisis and catastrophic
natural disasters, to flying thousands of at-risk pets to new homes and providing spaying and neutering services to thousands more, Greater Good Charities has spread the good wherever it’s needed.
But this huge impact wouldn’t be possible without partners like Wag!, which, since 2017, has donated more than 16 million meals to help shelter pets in need through the
Greater Good Charities’ GOODS program.
Wag! is proud to help support the GOODS program to distribute food, essential supplies, clothing, housewares, toys, and more to pets and people in need across the world. GOODS has delivered more than 530 million animal shelter meals across 44 states and over $10M lifesaving pet medications. Helping more than 4.4 million pets, this included hard goods for people and pets in need with a value of $30M+.
Here’s how other Greater Good Charities’ pet programs #AmplifyTheGood:
Good Fix deploys specially trained, high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter surgical teams and professional trapping teams to help control pet overpopulation in communities that need it most. Since its launch in 2021, Good Fix has spayed or neutered 4,700+ dogs and cats. In one 10-day clinic on Kauai, 1,700 animals were sterilized – the equivalent of two years of normal sterilizations done on the island!
The
Jackson Galaxy Project seeks to improve the health, quality of life and adoption outcomes for at risk shelter cats and help the people who care for them through innovative initiatives that educate, inspire, and empower staff, rescuers and adopters. Since 2018, The Jackson Galaxy Project has helped 227 US shelters, shelter staff and volunteers enrich the lives of 2,800+ cats in shelters, thereby increasing adoptions.