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  Wildlife rehabilitators provide care to sick, injured and orphaned wild animals, with the eventual aim that the animals will be released to their natural environments. It can be an expensive business, and wildlife rehab centers are most often non-profit operations that rely on donations or grant monies. There are several grant-making bodies, publicly and privately funded, that offer support for this type of work.
  
  

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association

• The NWRA awards grants in the field of wildlife rehabilitation. Each project may be funded up to $6,000. Proposals dealing with wildlife medicine and wildlife education are also considered. Applicants must present the results of their project in an NWRA publication within two years of the grant being awarded. The deadline for applications is October 1 each year.
  
  

Oiled Wildlife Care Network

• This agency has up to $250,000 available each year through a competitive grants program, for projects that aid wildlife that has come into contact with petroleum products. The program can support large-scale projects needing more than $10,000 of funding each year for up to three years. It also makes awards to smaller scale research or pilot projects requiring less than $10,000. The goals of the successful projects must fall into one of four categories: improved animal care, assessment of wildlife health, determining wildlife population information and developing new technology for oiled wildlife care.
  
  

The Fuller Foundation

• This charitable body seeks applications from organizations running shelters, hospitals or animal habitats, or programs that educate the public on wildlife issues. It also makes awards to agencies that protect endangered species or their habitats. The grants must be used for running costs and cannot support capital projects.
  
  

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

• The department runs a Grants to Wildlife Rehabilitators Project to support licensed rehabilitators engaged in the care of sick and injured wildlife. Grants are awarded for a term of two years and will only be accepted from within the department's administrative region. For the 2007 to 2009 period, the program granted almost $100,000. The application deadline is May 31.