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...
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Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Introduce FDA Modernization Act to Curb Use of Animals in Medical Testing
The FDA Modernization Act will eliminate a Depression-era requirement for animal testing for all new drug development protocols. Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, People for the Ethical Treatment of...
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
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...
‘Generosity Breeds Joy’: No Place Like Home Challenge Reunited More Than 10,000 Pets With Their Families
Animal shelters and other organizations completed 10,366 reunions of pets with their families through the No Place Like Home Challenge. Reuniting Pets in 2021 with the No Place Like Home Challenge The partnership between the Michelson Found Animals Foundation...
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...
The Better Neighbor Project Celebrated 1 Year of Pet Pantry and Wellness Day Events
We're an animal welfare non-profit with a focused mission: Saving pets, enriching lives. Pets give us endless love, compassion, and cuddles. They make homes happier, people healthier, and bring communities closer together. Our end of the bargain is to provide them...
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 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
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
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...
Michelson Found Animals Celebrates 15 Years of Saving Pets and Enriching Lives
Michelson Found Animals celebrates their 15 years of work in the animal welfare space and they are just getting started for more. Michelson Found Animals is celebrating 15-years of saving pets and enriching lives. Since 2005, Michelson Found Animals...