Become a Member of the Founder's Society
The Founder’s Society is a dedicated group of philanthropists who provide meaningful, long-term support for animals worldwide through FOUR PAWS’ rescue missions, sanctuaries, and campaigns.
The Founder’s Society ensures our reach is greater, making our impact more profound. Here are just some of the ways your thoughtful contributions can help:
- $100 covers vaccinations and sterilization for a stray dog in need of care
- $250 provides enrichment to entertain rescued big cats at FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary
- $500 pays for a veterinary check for a bear at BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh
- $1,000 covers a full exam with x-rays and bloodwork for a rescued big cat
- $2,000 provides one year’s worth of food for a lion or tiger at LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary
- $5,000 helps our team safely rescue and transport an animal from inappropriate keeping to a better life in one of our sanctuaries
Here is just one of many success stories – the rescue and relocation of elephant Madhubala, from solitude in a zoo enclosure to a sanctuary reunion with her sisters – that was made possible with the generous help of our Founder’s Society members:
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Benefits
Members of The Founder's Society make an annual donation of $1,000 or more to FOUR PAWS USA and receive the following benefits year-round:
- Exclusive information and behind-the-scenes updates on our rescue missions
- Impact: our quarterly magazine (digital or print)
- Exclusive photos and videos of our animals and their personal stories
- Invitations to our private events, such as our Campaign for Big Cats launch event at the Museum of Science in Boston
- A dedicated contact at FOUR PAWS
- and much more!
Your support helps FOUR PAWS go where no one else goes to help animals worldwide.
Founder’s Society member Jo Self speaks at an event at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA.
Founder’s Society members and FOUR PAWS staff visit LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in Bethlehem, South Africa.
Our impact would not reach as many animals without the generous and compassionate support from our Founder’s Society members. We have changed so many lives with the help of our donors.
Some recent highlights:
• In 2024, FOUR PAWS provided veterinary care to more than 30,000 dogs and cats in ten countries, including spay and neuter operations, rabies vaccinations, and other medical treatments.
• In 2024, we carried out 42 rescues, including a high-risk mission in Sudan where 47 captive wild animals were saved from abandonment and starvation, and cared for more than 300 rescued animals in our species-appropriate sanctuaries.
• Following a long 15 years away from her family, suffering in inappropriate keeping at a zoo, elephant Madhubala was reunited with her sisters at Karachi Safari Park in a brand-new enclosure made especially for her.
• After being painfully caged for years in a circus wagon near Paris, lionesses Tomoyo and Illiana were brought to our LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa, where they now enjoy enriching lives in a spacious, species-appropriate environment.
• Having been illegally trafficked online in Albania, bear cub Dori was left orphaned, distressed, and alone. FOUR PAWS turned his life around and saved him from a terrible fate by providing a new life at our BEAR SANCTUARY Prishtina in Kosovo.
Carly Rome
Senior Philanthropy Manager
Carly is your go-to contact for exclusive mission updates, behind-the-scenes details of our rescues, outcomes and updates, and ways to get involved. For more information or to set up a meeting, please email carly.rome@four-paws.org.
Thanks for your support!
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