Magicats, Inc.

A nonprofit organization

$6,800 raised by 37 donors

68% complete

$10,000 Goal

Who We Are.  Magicats, Inc. is a feline rescue “no kill” organization serving cats in crisis in the Greater Magic Valley of South Central Idaho.  A private non-profit 501(c)3, all-volunteer group, we were founded in 2010 to help improve the lives of a large, mostly unregulated, feline population in our rural small community.  Magicats, Inc. is made up of volunteer foster homes united around a program of “rescue to adopt.”  Our homes provide a safe space, complete medical care, and social skills before adopting to a loving and committed home.  Additionally, we have expanded our outreach to include a cost-assisted trap/neuter/return (TNR) birth control program to help neighborhood managed cat colonies become non-reproducing safe space for their resident community cats.

Each year Magicats, Inc. takes in, on average, more than 500 cats and kittens in need of some kind of assistance.  About half are able to be a part of our foster program, while the other half are managed through our the TNR program, receiving spay/neuter surgery and basic medical care before returning to their managed colonies to be cared for by neighborhood volunteers.

Our busy volunteers include bottle baby experts and kitten nursery experts. Some specialize in work with cats of all ages in need of intervention, rehoming, safe space, medical care, and, occasionally, hospice. Others use their TNR expertise to provide training and technical assistance to colony managers working with neighborhood cat groups. We are assisted by several local veterinary practices who provide age-appropriate medical care, immunizations, testing, surgery, and medical consultation as needed.

As a private, non-profit organization, we receive no government support. All funding comes from adoption fees, occasional small grants, and annual fund raising campaigns such as Giving Tuesday, Idaho Gives, and our rescue specific "Mortimer Magicat’s Annual No-Sho Kitten Money Shower".

What's New at Magicats, Inc.  As our state and community continue to grow, the need for the services that Magicats, Inc. offers is in greater demand. We are very happy to announce the arrival of a few new volunteers that have honed in on their specialized skills, allowing us to have a greater social and local community presence and expand on or implement programs and resources to assist the cats and our community.  This includes an increase in fundraising and grant writing efforts to help fund new low cost spay and neuter initiatives and increased adoptions.

We have also taken big steps to expanding our social media and community presence, and are seeing an increase in followers and supporters.  Our monthly "Kitten Socials" at PetSmart in Twin Falls are gaining more attention and visitors which allows us to present many of our cats and kittens that will soon be available for adoption and look forward to entertaining the idea of "pre-adoptions".  Social events like this also give us the opportunity to engage more potential fosters, volunteers and donors.

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Organization name

Magicats, Inc.

Tax id (EIN)

80-0555204

Categories

Animals Community Volunteer

Address

PO BOX 481
BUHL, ID 83316

Phone

208-543-6193

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