Our Grantees
Finding Animals Their Own Place in the Sun
2025 Grant Recipient
Thrifted Kittens' mission is to save and improve the lives of the most vulnerable animals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in May 2024, Thrifted Kittens aims to help homeless pets who need them most. Their main areas of focus include orphaned neonatal animals, animals in critical condition, moms & babies, undersocialized kittens, complex medical conditions, and disabled animals.
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With the help of Dover's Chair, Thrifted Kittens was able to establish The Finnick Heart Fund. This fund will provide full diagnostic care for Finnick the puppy and Stewart Little the kitten, both from the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission. It will also cover any ongoing treatment they may need, ensuring they receive the care they deserve.
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Finnick​
Finnick is a sweet puppy from the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission who has a severely enlarged heart. Despite that, he is the happiest, most amazing boy! This fund will allow for a full diagnostic workup with follow-up care.
Stuart Little
Stuart Little is from the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission and has a heart condition that needs a full workup and follow-up care.
2025 Grant Recipient
​Pepper's Pals Cat Rescue is a 501(c)3 nonprofit volunteer-run cat rescue located in Indianapolis, Indiana, with additional foster homes around the state. Pepper's Pals' mission is to provide love and a home to domestic cats in need, all in Pepper's memory.
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With the help of a grant from Dover's Chair, Pepper's Pals will be able to add support to their Advanced Veterinary Care fund. Pepper's Pals consistently takes in ill, injured, and medically vulnerable cats who require extensive veterinary treatment, and complex procedures such as amputations, enucleations, colonoscopies, and major dental extractions.
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Mz Hemi​
Who has a painful and bloody mouth and possible stomatitis. She will get a follow-up to see what treatment she needs, and surely a dental procedure.
Rumble
Rumble, a six month old very friendly kitten who was attacked by dogs and was going to be put back outside once his wounds fully healed and his drain was removed. Rumble is now in the safe care of Pepper's Pals.
Tommy
Tommy was abandoned, and his front right leg was broken. Pepper's Pals will be getting him follow-up x-rays to see if he will heal on his own or if he needs surgery.
2025 Grant Recipient
​Loving Paws Animal Center is dedicated to homeless cats in need of medical attention, including spay & neuter services in areas lacking resources. LPAC takes pride in transforming kitties of all ages, who have suffered unnecessary neglect, abuse, and abandonment. LPAC offers both temporary and long-term care to at-risk cats, in a loving, respectful, and attentive family environment.
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With the help of a grant from Dover's Chair, LPAC can help eliminate the oral pain Phelix, Gabbee, Hairry, Tu, Tung, and Jakkey have been living with for far too long.
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2025 Grant Recipient
​​Full Circle Cats believes in improving the lives of cats and the communities that care for them through spay/neuter, adoption, and education.
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With the help of a grant from Dover's Chair, Full Circle Cats will work to spay and neuter approximately 30 cats in a colony located at a stadium complex in the East Oakland community. Each cat will be covered for sterilization surgery, vaccinations, and microchipping. Any socialized or young kittens will be placed into Full Circle Cats' adoption program so they can find safe and loving homes.
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2025 Grant Recipient
Heidi's Kittens Collaborates With Project Veterinary Clinic And Pantry Partners
​Pantry Partners is a Stevensville food bank serving residents of Stevensville, Corvallis, and northern Victor. Providing pet food is a proven way to help keep pets with their owners, and partnering with an organization like Pantry Partners, which already screens families for need and manages food distribution, makes support more efficient. The goal is to ensure that anyone who requests pet food from Pantry Partners is able to receive it.
​With help from Dover's Chair, Pantry Partners is able to start stocking cat and dog food for families.
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Project Veterinary Clinic works closely with Heidi's Kittens to offer low-cost spaying and neutering for feline rescues. With the help of Dover's Chair, Project Veterinary Clinic is able to outfit a new mobile spay and neuter van for cats.
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2025 Grant Recipient
​MY New Cat Rescue is a small foster-based cat rescue serving the Lafayette and West Lafayette, Indiana area, with a focus on placing adult cats into permanent homes. It works closely with the Lazy Cat Lounge, where many adoptable cats can be visited. Cats enter the rescue from local shelters—including euthanasia lists—as well as from owner surrenders and stray situations.
With the help of Dover's Chair, My New Cat Rescue will ensure that every cat in their care receives the medical treatment needed, including dental procedures, senior bloodwork, fecal testing, and paw repair for declawed cats.
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Merlin​
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Skeeter
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2025 Grant Recipient
​​Olyver & Co's mission is to provide a safe place to land and rehabilitation to the dogs who need it most.
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With the help of Dover's Chair, Olyver & Co can pay for Wyatt's surgery to repair double CCL tears.
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Wyatt​
Wyatt was found as a stray in Milwaukee after days of wandering, even slipping into a home to steal bacon before rescuers were finally able to trap him. Though scared, he was gentle, but the shelter environment overwhelmed him and he was scheduled for euthanasia. A rescue team stepped in, and once in foster care, his sweet nature immediately surfaced despite severe medical issues, including ear and skin infections and significant fur loss. His fear of strangers was intense, but a dedicated volunteer group—“Wyatt’s Hot Dog Ladies”—has been visiting weekly to help him learn to trust, and his progress under a behavioral vet has been remarkable. Recently, Wyatt was diagnosed with double CCL tears, leaving him in growing pain and urgently needing surgery. After everything he has survived, he still wants nothing more than love and safety.
2025 Grant Recipient
​With the help of Dover's Chair, The Wings Programs' newly established Healthy Equine fund now has full funding for 2026. This grant will help The Wings Programs as theycontinue their work to rescue, rehabilitate, and care for donkeys, horses, and mules in need—while providing lifelong sanctuary to more than 20 equines. This care includes vital training, veterinary care, community outreach, and ongoing efforts to secure permanent homes for the animals in their care.
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Wilma, Betty and Pebbles
Wilma, Betty, and Pebbles arrived with severely overgrown hooves and unmet dental needs due to financial hardship. After farrier and dental care provided by The Healthy Equine Fund, they completed training and were happily adopted into a loving home.
JOHNNY and JULIE
These two gentle mules came to Wings needing hoof and dental care after their owner could no longer care for them. With support from the Healthy Equine Fund, they received the treatment they needed and are now ready for adoption.
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2025 Grant Recipient
​Repeat Grant Recipient.
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With the help of a second grant from Dover's Chair, Pepper's Pals will again be able to add support to their Advanced Veterinary Care Fund. Pepper's Pals consistently takes in ill, injured, and medically vulnerable cats who require extensive veterinary treatment, and complex procedures such as amputations, enucleations, colonoscopies, and major dental extractions.
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Mz Hemi​
Dover's Chair initially helped with Hemi's vet care. Hemi needed ALL her teeth extracted and is now pain free
Boo
Boo had a diaphragmatic hernia and entropion in one of his eyes that both needed to be repaired. He is also doing great post surgery!
Bob
Bob needs a comprehensive cardiac workup and an internal medicine consultation based on concerning laboratory results. He is scheduled to see a local specialist and is doing well while he waits!
2025 Grant Recipient
​Furever Feline Cat Rescue's (FFCR) mission is dedicated to protecting both the environment and the lives of feral and abandoned cats.
FFCR's goal is to end the negative environmental impact of feral cat feedings by eliminating the use of paper, plastic, and tin for feeding cats, an overlooked problem that generates significant waste per day.
With the help of a grant from Dover's Chair, Furever Feline Cat Rescue is trying to address this problem by building a prototype feeder called THE HAWK.
The Hawk is a mobile feral cat feeder. It is designed to accomplish the following goals:
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Eliminate litter and waste from feral cat feedings
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Monitor feral cat colonies nationwide
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Reunite lost pets with their owners
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Microchip door scanner
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Microchip controlled food bowls
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Internal cameras monitored by volunteers
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Can be moved by most vehicles
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DONATE TO THE FUREVER FELINE CAT RESCUE
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2025 Grant Recipient
​Strong Paws Rescue’s mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and find loving homes for dogs in need locally and beyond. With the help of Dover's Chair, Strong Paws now has the support to continue its veterinary care fund, covering critical medical needs such as dental procedures, heartworm treatment, exams, and vaccines for dogs in their care.
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DONATE TO STRONG PAWS RESCUE​
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ZEUS​
Zeus was an owner surrender and needed major dental care. He is now safe and recovering from his dental surgery.
Rango
Rango was a stray who wandered onto the Strong Paws owners' lawn. He needed two rounds of vaccines as well as a microchip.
Forrest
Forrest needed to be neutered, tested for heartworm and tick-borne, and given all his vaccines