Your Support Makes the Difference

As the largest and most comprehensive animal care and rescue organization in the county, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has a bedrock of municipal funding for core services such as animal control; licensing and rabies vaccinations; safe housing for strays and surrenders; and intervention in animal abuse cases.

The rest of our budget, however, depends on the generosity of individuals like you. It is private funding that supports prevention, training, exceptional medical care, humane education and community outreach. Your gift enhances the lives of the county’s companion animals and the humans who care for them, and makes it possible for us to help family pets and their guardians beyond the doors of the Shelter.

There Are Many Different Ways to Help!

Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation

The SCCAS Foundation is a federally approved charity that raises private money in support of SCCAS and its mission. As a 501(c)(3) institution, the Foundation can offer giving channels not normally available to animal shelters whose budget includes county funding. Some of these options are noted below. Clicking on them will bring you to the Foundation website.