Animal's Best Friend Fund

Animal's Best Friend Fund ABF is an all volunteer, non-profit animal welfare group dedicated to reducing pet overpopulation. Please call 269-808-0064 for more information.

Our Mission:
The mission of Animal’s Best Friend Fund is to reduce the stray, feral and unwanted dog and cat populations in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties (Michigan) by providing spay/neuter programs targeted to assist low/fixed income persons and feral cat caretakers. Our programs are reducing the number of cats and dogs being euthanized at area animal control facilities. How We Work:
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Best Friend Fund is an all-volunteer nonprofit 501(c)3 organization.We partner with select area veterinary clinics to provide spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats in need. ​It is our policy that over 90% of all income received goes directly to helping animals - not to salaries or excessive administrative expenses. Since our inception in 1981, we have helped to spay/neuter over 50,000 cats and dogs! Our Programs:

Subsidized Spay/Neuter Program for Cats and Dogs:
If funding is available, Animal's Best Friend will pay for part of your pet's spay/neuter surgery. The subsidy amounts are as follows:

Cat: $40

Dog: $80

Each month, ABF works with certain area veterinary clinics by authorizing the clinic to provide a certain amount in subsidies.

​Call 269-624-1090 and listen to the recording to find out which veterinary clinics have been selected, and then ask to make an appointment with one of them. When you schedule the appointment, ask if there is any ABF money left to apply to your pet's surgery. You will be responsible for paying the balance of your bill after the subsidy is applied.

​Your best chance of getting the surgery subsidized is by scheduling your appointment early in the month when the clinics are first authorized to use the money. Free Spay/Neuter Program for Feral and Free-Roaming Cats:
ABF also strives to make a difference in the lives of feral and free-roaming cats by focusing on TNR (trap-neuter-release) in selected areas of Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties. What Doesn't Animal's Best Friend Do? Animal's Best Friend's focus is on spay/neuter. If you need help with other vet care, help finding a home for an animal, or want to adopt a pet, please contact some of the other Michigan organizations who may be able to assist you. See the Resources page for help.

Thanks to everyone who helped make The Match 2026 a success. We raised $54,807.00. That amount will be matched by a v...
06/02/2026

Thanks to everyone who helped make The Match 2026 a success. We raised $54,807.00. That amount will be matched by a very generous donor! The money that we raised will be used to pay our summer and fall vet bills.

06/02/2026

The tentative total for The Match 2026 is $54,792.13. We are waiting for the results from a fundraiser and will post the total once we receive it.

05/31/2026

Today is the last day to donate to The Match 2026. Help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 during the month of May so we can receive a matching donation of another $50,000. This fundraiser ends at midnight tonight and I will make an announcement on Facebook tomorrow to let everyone know how this fundraiser did. There’s still time to make a pledge or a donation online at www.animalsbestfriendfund.org.

05/29/2026
There’s just 3 days left to donate to The Match 2026 to help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 during the month of Ma...
05/29/2026

There’s just 3 days left to donate to The Match 2026 to help us reach our goal of raising $50,000 during the month of May. We will receive a match of up to $50,000 which will help us pay our summer neutering bills. We still need to raise $10,000 so please donate what you can, it all helps. Donations can be made online at www.animalsbestfriendfund.org or sent to us at P.O. Box 443, Oshtemo, MI 49077.

During the month of May, all money raised from fund raising events and donations will be MATCHED, up to a total of $50,000!

05/24/2026
There’s just eight more days left to donate to The Match 2026. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and our goal ...
05/23/2026

There’s just eight more days left to donate to The Match 2026. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and our goal is to raise $50,000 during the month of May. If we are successful in reaching our goal we will receive a match of another $50,000. We desperately need these funds to provide our spay neuter services to the cats and dogs in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties during the summer months. We have raised $39,769.60 toward our goal. Help us push this over the top by making a tax deductible donation today. Donations can be made on our website www.animalsbestfriendfund.org or sent to us at P.O. Box 443, Oshtemo, MI 49077.

During the month of May, all money raised from fund raising events and donations will be MATCHED, up to a total of $50,000!

05/17/2026

Thanks to Kelly, Mary and Vickie and to everyone who donated items for us to sell we raised $1043.64 for our spay neuter programs. This brings our total for The Match to $30,806.26.

MAY IS MATCHING GIFT MONTH! Make your donation today! Every dollar donated is doubled! A very generous donor will match...
05/17/2026

MAY IS MATCHING GIFT MONTH! Make your donation today! Every dollar donated is doubled! A very generous donor will match every dollar donated up to $50,000. It is very important that we meet this goal to cover the cost of the spay/neuter and TNR programs.

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P. O. Box 443
Oshtemo, MI
49077

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