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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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.
