Our Supporters
We cannot thank our generous supporters enough, including our mobile clinic sponsors, Corporate Partners and grantors. You make our work possible!
Mobile Clinic Sponsors
Thank you to the many individuals and businesses who support our Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach program. This program has helped more than 16,000 pets with critical care in 2025. You help power us forward to provide access to care on California’s Central Coast!
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Download C.A.R.E.4Paws’ mobile clinic sponsorship package for more details and contact Executive Director Isabelle Gullo with any questions you may have.
Corporate Sponsors
PLATINUM PARTNER, $10,000
Avalan is a comprehensive wealth management firm that works closely with clients and utilizes a consultative approach to financial, business, investment and personal planning needs. Through its defined wealth management process, Avalan provides counseling for a limited number of high-net-worth individuals, closely held corporations, trusts and pensions. The firm’s goal is to enter into long-term, mutually-beneficial relationships, which it develops to not only be lifelong, but multigenerational as well. Therefore, Avalan engages in new relationships only after its team determines that its services add substantial value in assisting clients to achieve their goals and all that is important to them. In every aspect of Avalan’s work, the firm provides an uncompromising commitment to administer world-class client service while striving to accomplish each of its clients’ highly individualized wealth management needs.
PLATINUM PARTNER, $10,000
Advanced Veterinary Specialists (AVS) is a state-of-the-art 24-hour emergency and specialty hospital located near downtown Santa Barbara. Founded in 2012, AVS provides pets with diagnostics and therapeutics that complement the care provided by your trusted family veterinarian and values that partnership. Many of its doctors are board-certified specialists who have extensive training in fields such as Internal Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Cardiology, Emergency and Critical Care, and Dentistry. They assess patients with complicated disorders, including kidney or liver disease, diabetes mellitus, immune diseases, heart murmurs, and anemia. At AVS, doctors perform a wide variety of specialized procedures including ultrasounds, color flow Doppler echocardiograms (heart ultrasound), endoscopy, chemotherapy, biopsies, bone marrow sampling, tracheal stent placement, soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries, and much more. AVS also has a CT Scanner onsite for patients that require advanced imaging diagnostics. In addition to specialty medicine, they have the distinction of becoming certified as a Level II Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Facility by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. They are one of only two veterinary hospitals in the state of California to achieve Level II designation. AVS is proud of their staff and the superior medicine and service they provide to the community.
PLATINUM PARTNER, $10,000
Creekside Pet Boarding in San Luis Obispo County is a five-acre pet paradise between the cities of Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo. This pawsitive, friendly environment offers the ultimate in safety and comfort in dog boarding, dog daycare, dog training, cat boarding, grooming and, yes, pet boarding for all your family pets. The Creekside team, headed by compassionate new owners Katie and Sean Bean, is dedicated to providing the tender, loving care that every pet needs when you can’t be there with them. Also, in the fall of 2024, Creekside Pet Boarding and C.A.R.E.4Paws partnered to establish the “Pet Refuge,” a safe, loving boarding environment for dogs and cats whose families are going through a temporary life transition. We are fundraising for the renovation of a building and invite the community to support our effort. Learn more here!
GOLD PARTNER, $5,000
H&B has a small firm attitude with big firm resources. We have an extraordinary team of 35 partners and over 180 team members with diverse backgrounds and experiences to meet your unique needs. We deliver high-quality accounting and consulting services to maximize your wealth and position your business for growth. Exceeding Your Expectations is our priority!
A pawsitive opportunity for local businesses: Join us as a Corporate Partner and receive a mobile clinic sponsorship along with many other promotional benefits, including a listing on our Supporters page. Reach out to Executive Director Isabelle Gullo for more details today.
Grant Support
ANIMAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
Animal Charitable Foundation of Santa Barbara County kindly supports C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach and is a contributor to many local animal charities. In 2020, speficially, the foundation stepped up in a tremendous way to provide several COVID-19 emergency grants to ensure we can continue providing pet food and mobile clinic services to the growing number of pet owners in need. We are truly grateful for the annual support!
BANFIELD FOUNDATION
Banfield Foundation supports C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Mobile Community Medicine program, which provides veterinary care to pet owners who cannot afford to bring their dogs and cats to the vet.
B & B FOUNDATION
CRUTCHER FAMILY FOUNDATION
CHRISSIE’S FUND
Chrissie’s Fund is a private foundation that supports programs that reduce dog overpopulation, promote adoptions and help eliminate the suffering of dogs. Its funding is allocated primarily for bully breeds, large dogs of any breed and mix, and seniors. Chrissie’s Fund has not only been a significant supporter of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ spay/neuter efforts for many years, but a sponsor of Wags n’ Whiskers and several other C.A.R.E.4Paws events since 2010. With the generous help of Chrissie’s Fund, we have altered hundreds of dogs over the years.
DR. HILDEGARD H. BALIN CHARITABLE TRUST
Dr. Hildegard H. Balin Charitable Trust has generously supported C.A.R.E.4.Paws’ Dog Training Intervention and spay/neuter program for five years. The foundation’s mission is to promote the welfare and needs of the financially-at-risk and elderly residents, with particular consideration being given to their nutritional, legal, and medical needs and the welfare of dogs to include housing, nutrition, general care, and placement within suitable homes.
EDWIN AND JEANNE WOODS FAMILY FOUNDATION
The Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation was formed in 2004 to help support charitable endeavors in Northern Santa Barbara and Southern San Luis Obispo counties, with an emphasis on cultural enrichment and educational programs, animal welfare, health care and assistance to the underserved. The foundation supports C.A.R.E.4Paws’ free and low-cost services provided in our mobile veterinary clinic.
ETHEL FRENDS FOUNDATION
Ethel Frends Foundation was established in 1997 to support and promote canine care and/or canine education. The foundation specifically supports organizations that serve the following California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, or San Diego. Ethel Frends is a generous grantor for our spay/neuter program.
GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION
The Grey Muzzle Organization improves the lives of at-risk senior dogs by providing funding and resources to animal shelters, rescue organizations, sanctuaries, and other nonprofit groups nationwide. Their generous grants to C.A.R.E4Paws assist close to a hundred senior dogs each year with dental and medical care.
HAROLD J. MIOSSI CHARITABLE TRUST
The Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust provides assistance to organizations seeking to improve quality of life for residents of the City and surrounding area of San Luis Obispo, California. This Trust was established under the will of Mr. Harold J. Miossi, who died on November 8, 2006. The Foundation focuses on six key areas: animal-related, education, environment, the Catholic Church, fine arts and youth development. C.A.R.E.4Paws is the grateful recipient of $44,000 in grant support since June 2022.
HENRY MAYO NEWHALL FOUNDATION
HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION
Hutton Parker Foundation has not only assisted C.A.R.E.4Paws with critical operating funds, but also this year, in partnership with Santa Barbara Foundation and United Way, the foundation supported us with a grant from the COVID-19 Joint Response Fund.
JOHN AND FRANK SPARACIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
LA CENTRA-SUMMERLIN FOUNDATION
Located in Santa Barbara, La Centra-Summerlin Foundation has generously helped fund part of C.A.R.E.4Paws’ mobile clinic and community outreach efforts in Carpinteria for several years.
MANITOU FUND
Based out of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, the Manitou Fund was created by Donald G. McNeely in 1966. The Fund has recently awarded major gifts in education and the environment. In 2020, C.A.R.E.4Paws received a generous grant in recognition of our unparalleled efforts to support a growing number of struggling pet owners during COVID-19 and we also received funding in 2021.
MARK & DOROTHY SMITH FOUNDATION
The Mark and Dorothy Smith Foundation is a private foundation based in Santa Maria that was founded in 2008. Since 2019, the Foundation has generously supported C.A.R.E.4Paws’ services for low-income, senior and homeless pet owners in northern Santa Barbara County.
MAY & BILL ALLISON FOUNDATION
Since 2017, the May & Bill Allison Foundation has helped fund C.A.R.E.4Paws’ critical mobile clinic services as well as our innovative Paws Up For Pets youth program.
MONTECITO BANK & TRUST
A sponsor of our Wags n’ Whiskers Festival since 2010 and a supporter of so many local nonprofits and causes, Montecito Bank & Trust has an enduring commitment to maintaining the strength and vitality of the communities where we live, and puts this commitment into action every day. The bank’s philanthropic efforts include anniversary grants to 10 local nonprofits and the well-known Community Dividends program, which contributes $1 million annually to 100 nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. The bank is a sponsor of our mobile clinics. Plus, C.A.R.E.4Paws has received several Anniversary Grant Awards since 2010 as well as three Community Dividends grants from the bank since 2018.
PATRICIA BRAGG FOUNDATION
PETCO LOVE FOUNDATION
The Petco Love, a grantor for C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach, believes that every animal deserves to live its best life. Since 1999, the foundation has invested more than $167 million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With its more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, it inspires and empowers communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and medical care programs, spay and neuter services, pet cancer research, service and therapy animals, and numerous other lifesaving initiatives.
PETSMART CHARITIES
C.A.R.E.4Paws is excited and grateful for a grant from PetSmart Charities to address challenges in accessing veterinary care in San Luis Obispo (SLO) County’s city of Oceano, where 42% percent of community members are Hispanic and the per-capita income is less than $34,000 per year. C.A.R.E.Paws is one of 10 animal welfare organizations in the United States to receive this new, innovative Access to Care grant.
PetSmart Charities supported C.A.R.E.4Paws in 2012 through 2015 with a generous, targeted spay/neuter grant, and we have received regular support for our Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach.
RESQCATS
RESQCATS is a non-profit cat sanctuary located in Santa Barbara, California, dedicated to the rescue, care and adoption of abandoned cats and kittens.
ROY & IDA EAGLE FOUNDATION
Since 2009, the Roy & Eagle Foundation has invested in a wide range of nonprofit organizations in the areas of Health and Human Services, Education, Wildlife and Domestic Animals, focusing primarily on Northern Santa Barbara County. The foundation has generously helped fund C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach for many years and we could not more grateful.
SANTA BARBARA CITY ANIMAL CONTROL
Our grant from City Animal Control pays for the altering of dogs and cats in the City of Santa Barbara. We are grateful to have received support from animal control for several years.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES
C.A.R.E.4Paws and Santa Barbara County Animal Services (SBCAS) have collaborated closely since 2009, regularly co-hosting spay/neuter and pet wellness clinics, microchip specials, and pet adoption campaigns. We also jointly provide access to critical pet wellness services at SBCAS’ three shelters in Santa Barbara, Lompoc and Santa Maria to ensure animals can stay with their families. This includes co-operating three Pet Resource Centers. We truly appreciate SBCAS’ generous, annual spay/neuter funding since 2014.
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
For more than eight decades, the Santa Barbara Foundation has been at the center of civic activity, a vibrant expression of its engaged citizenry, a solver of problems, a partner in philanthropy, and a critical supporter of community organizations and efforts. Since 2012, the foundation has supported C.A.R.E.4Paws, including significant support for our community outreach efforts, spays/neuters, our mobile veterinary clinic, and continued education for staff. In 2020, we received critical emergency funding to support our efforts during COVID-19. In 2021, a grant helped pay for a blood analyzer that we use daily in our mobile clinic to detect disease and help save lives.
SANTA YNEZ BAND OF CHUMASH INDIANS FOUNDATION
The Chumash Foundation has generously supported many local causes, including C.A.R.E.4Paws’ innovative Paws Up For Pets youth program, our mobile clinic and our Compaion Pet Assistance program.
SLO COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County is a resource for local charitable giving. Created by and for the people of San Luis Obispo County, The Community Foundation is an enduring source of charitable funds to meet the changing needs and interests of the region, and envision San Luis Obispo County as an inclusive haven where everyone, regardless of background, feels free to fully participate. In collaboration with community partners and donors, they seek to foster a safe, respectful environment with ample opportunity for all to reach their potential and contribute to the success of our community.
THE HENRY W BULL FOUNDATION
THE WALTER & HOLLY O. THOMSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
The Walter and Holly O. Thomson Charitable Foundation provides significant grant funding in support of our Mobile Community Medicine & Spay/Neuter Outreach.
THORNTON S. GLIDE, JR & KATRINA D. GLIDE FOUNDATION
The Thornton S. Glide, Jr. and Katrina D. Glide Foundation has made a critical difference for C.A.R.E.4Paws by providing funding for our mobile clinic, including essential equipment and funding toward the purchase of two of our mobile units.
TOM AND NANCY ELSAESSER FOUNDATION
WOOD-CLAEYSSENS FOUNDATION
The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation enhances the quality of life in the local community through grantmaking to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations serving the Santa Barbara and Ventura County areas. The foundation generously helped fund C.A.R.E.4Paws’ Spay/Neuter and Community Outreach Programs for five years.
WOMENADE SOUTH SLO COUNTY
WWW FOUNDATION
Over the last two years, the WWW Foundation has contributed significantly to C.A.R.E.4Paws’ operations.