Recipients of the Dog & Cat Sterilization Program Award for 2026
| County | Applicant Agency | Award Amount |
| McDuffie | 2 Hands Saving 4 Paws Humane Society Inc | 18,000 |
| Fulton | All About Cats | 15,000 |
| Pierce | Allmons All About Animals Inc | 3,500 |
| Cobb | Amazing Mutts And Wiggle Butts Co | 4,500 |
| Fulton | Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, INC | 15,000 |
| Muscogee | Animal Ark Rescue, Inc. | 6,000 |
| Clarke | Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and SPCA, Inc. (dba Athens Area Humane Society) | 10,000 |
| Clarke | Athens Clarke Co. Animal Control | 5,500 |
| Clarke | Athenspets, Inc. | 3,000 |
| Fulton | Atlanta Humane Society & Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc. | 12,000 |
| Pickens | BarkVille Dog Rescue, Inc | 5,000 |
| Grady | Best Friends Dog Rescue | 4,000 |
| Macon Bibb | Bibb County Sheriffs Office Animal Services | 4,000 |
| Brantley | Brantley Animal Rescue Coalition | 3,000 |
| Bryan | Bryan County Animal Services | 2,750 |
| Bulloch | Bulloch County Animal Services | 20,000 |
| Warren | BULLPEN WAY STATION & SANCTUARY, LTD | 3,900 |
| Burke | Burke County Animal Services | 2,750 |
| Gwinnett | Canine Pet Rescue | 5,000 |
| Carroll | Carroll County Animal Shelter | 15,000 |
| Cherokee | CHEROKEE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL & SHELTER | 17,000 |
| Greene | Circle of Friends Animal Society, Inc. | 10,000 |
| Early | City of Blakely Animal Control | 8,000 |
| Hancock | City of Sparta, GA | 1,000 |
| Dooley | City of Vienna Animal Shelter | 2,750 |
| Cobb | Cobb County Animal Control aka Cobb County Animal Services | 3,500 |
| Coffee | Coffee Cause for Paws | 5,000 |
| Crisp | Cordele Police Department | 2,750 |
| Lee | Covey Hill Animal Rescue | 2,425 |
| Crawford | Crawford County Board of Commissioners | 2,500 |
| Crisp | Crisp County Animal Services | 2,700 |
| Lumpkin | Dahlonega Lumpkin County Humane Society | 3,000 |
| Dawson | DAWSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | 15,000 |
| Jackson | Dirt Road Doggies Rescue, Inc. | 3,000 |
| Douglas | Douglas County Animal Shelter | 6,000 |
| Twiggs | Dysfunction Junction Rescue, Inc. | 10,000 |
| Echols | ECHOLS ANIMAL RESCUE INC | 5,000 |
| Effingham | Effingham County Animal Shelter | 1,500 |
| Elbert | Elbert County Animal Control Facility | 2,750 |
| Crawford | Faith Animal Rescue Inc | 3,600 |
| Fayette | Fayette Humane Society | 4,500 |
| Lumpkin | Feral Cat Program of Georgia, Inc. | 12,000 |
| Habersham | Five Freedoms Farm (formerly Bliss Animal Haven) | 3,500 |
| Bulloch | Fixing the Boro Inc. | 40,000 |
| Forsyth | Forsyth County Animal Shelter | 10,000 |
| Forsyth | Forsyth County Humane Society, Inc | 3,500 |
| Walker | Fraternity of the 4 Paws | 8,000 |
| Cobb | Georgia Peach Pug Rescue Incorporated | 4,740 |
| Gwinnett | Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Foundation | 383,000 |
| Gilmer | Gilmer County Animal Control | 14,000 |
| Cobb | Good Mews Animal Foundation | 10,000 |
| Appling | H.E.A.R.T. of Appling | 6,000 |
| Henry | Halls Hopeful Hounds Rescue Co | 4,000 |
| Richmond | Hands to Paws, Inc | 3,500 |
| Coweta | Hearts 'n Homes Rescue, Inc. | 3,150 |
| Gilmer | Homeward Bound Pet Rescue, Inc. | 5,000 |
| Chatham | Humane Society for Greater Savannah | 6,000 |
| Fannin | Humane Society of Blue Ridge | 12,000 |
| Walton | Humane Society of Walton County, INC | 2,750 |
| Chatham | Islands Feral Cat Project | 2,160 |
| Cobb | KITTY ANGEL RESCUE | 12,000 |
| Bibb | KITTY CITY CAT RESCUE INC | 8,000 |
| Cobb | Krusty & Stokes Rescue Inc. | 1,750 |
| Lincoln | LC Paws, Inc. | 2,750 |
| Lee | Lee County Animal Control | 6,000 |
| Jackson | Leftover Pets | 8,000 |
| Dekalb | LifeLine Animal Project | 12,000 |
| Dade | Luck's Rescue Inc | 9,868 |
| Montgomery | Lucky Dog Rescue Ranch Inc | 2,750 |
| Lumpkin | Lumpkin County Animal Shelter | 4,500 |
| Candler | Metter Animal Shelter | 4,500 |
| Harris | Next Stepp Animal Rescue, Incorporated | 20,000 |
| Catoosa | North Georgia Animal Alliance | 3,500 |
| Oconee | Oconee County Animal Services | 5,300 |
| Hart | Outskirts Animal Partners Inc | 4,500 |
| Gwinnett | Paw Project of Georgia, Inc. | 15,000 |
| DeKalb | PAWS Atlanta, Inc. | 18,000 |
| Peach | Paws In Middle Georgia Animal Rescue Inc | 6,000 |
| Dekalb | Peach State Rescue Inc | 3,000 |
| Gwinnett | Planned PEThood of Georgia | 40,000 |
| Cobb | Pounce de Leon Inc. | 18,000 |
| Walton | Pound Puppies n Kittens Inc | 3,000 |
| Douglas | Purrfect Peaches Cat Rescue, Inc. | 5,508 |
| Chatham | Red Clay Animal Rescue | 2,500 |
| Chatham | RENEGADE PAWS RESCUE | 25,000 |
| Peach | ROCK ON RESCUE INc | 1,750 |
| Richmond | Rocket's Rest Stop | 3,500 |
| Monroe | SAVE A PET, INC | 2,900 |
| Brantley | South Georgia Equine Rescue Inc | 5,000 |
| Montgomery | Southern Comfort Animal Rescue | 3,000 |
| McDuffie | Southern Souls Rescue, Inc. | 3,000 |
| Emanuel | Swainsboro/Emanuel Co. Animal Control | 4,000 |
| Tattnall | Tattnall County Animal Control | 2,750 |
| Terrell | TERRELL COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL | 3,000 |
| Richmond | That's What Friends Are For, Inc | 4,000 |
| McRae-Helena | The Rescue Ranch Inc | 18,000 |
| Thomas | Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society Inc. | 4,500 |
| McDuffie | Thomson-Mcduffie Animal Services | 2,750 |
| Tift | Tift Animal Rescue Inc. | 15,000 |
| Stephens | Toccoa Stephens County Humane Shelter | 8,000 |
| Fulton | Tri Cities Friends of Kitties, Inc. | 2,750 |
| Bryan | Two Black Dogs Foundation | 12,000 |
| Wayne | WAGS RESCUE - WAYNE AND GLYNN SURROUNDINGS RESCUE Inc | 5,500 |
| Butts | Winging Cat Rescue Inc | 4,000 |