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Pet Care Industry & Entrepreneurship with Brett Yates

Pet Care Industry & Entrepreneurship with Brett Yates

Jerry Sullivan, former LA Business Journal editor who now runs his own media outlet called SullivanSays SoCal, interviews Michelson Found Animals Foundation CEO Brett Yates for an episode of the “Making an Impact with Michelson Philanthropies” podcast series to...

All-Staff Meeting Highlights Medical Research and Impact Investing

All-Staff Meeting Highlights Medical Research and Impact Investing

Dr. Wayne Koff, founder and CEO of the Human Immunome Project, discusses the origin of the Michelson Prizes, and Phillip Kim, CEO of Michelson 20MM Foundation, provides an update on the organization’s recent impact venture investments that aim to make the world a...

Michelson Found Animals Kicks Off the 2021 Saving Pets Challenge

Michelson Found Animals Kicks Off the 2021 Saving Pets Challenge

The Saving Pets Challenge helps animal welfare organizations raise money for the chance to win grants and prizes to support life-saving programs for pets in their communities.   As part of its commitment to keeping pets in safe and loving homes, the animal...

Adopting Pet-Inclusive Policies

Adopting Pet-Inclusive Policies

The vast majority of pet-owners agree that pets are important members of the family, but progress is still needed when it comes to extending that sentiment to pet-inclusive policies for rental housing.     By Justin Chapman Rental Housing Owners Can Attract...

How Nonsurgical Sterilants will Eliminate Animal Shelter Euthanasia

How Nonsurgical Sterilants will Eliminate Animal Shelter Euthanasia

Dr. Gary Michelson has pledged a $25 million prize to the first entity that develops a single-dose nonsurgical sterilant for dogs and cats.     In 2019, 5.3 million companion animals entered U.S. shelters. Of that number, hundreds of thousands of healthy and...

Eight Pet Care Startups Join Leap Venture Studio’s Fourth Cohort

Eight Pet Care Startups Join Leap Venture Studio’s Fourth Cohort

Eight Pet Care Startups Join Leap Venture Studio's Fourth Cohort Leap Venture Studio announces the eight pet care startups that are joining its fourth cohort in February 2021. The startups – coming from five different countries – were chosen for their unique products...

Partnering with Homeboy Industries to Help People and Pets

Partnering with Homeboy Industries to Help People and Pets

A day of pet wellness with Homeboy Industries, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and County Supervisor Hilda Solis.     In May 2020, Michelson Found Animals partnered with Homeboy Industries, Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and County Supervisor Hilda Solis to...

Gina Knepp Reimagining the Future of Animal Shelters

Gina Knepp Reimagining the Future of Animal Shelters

Backed by some of the most influential organizations in animal philanthropy, HASS has collaborated with  200-plus organizations across multiple states and countries.   Reshaping the Relationship Between Animal Shelters and Their Communities When the COVID-19...