Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

GENERAL SUPPORT FUNDING ALLOWS FOR OUR RAPID RESPONSE TO ALL TYPES OF EMERGENCIES - WHICH ARE INCREASINGLY COMPOUNDED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CONFLICT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ARE ENSURING ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE FOR THE MILLIONS OF PATIENTS WHO RELY ON MSF FOR SURGERY, TRAUMA CARE, AND TREATMENT FOR MALNUTRITION, MALARIA, TUBERCULOSIS, AND OTHER DISEASES. SPECTFICALLY, MSF PROGRAMS SEEK TO REDUCE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY BY ADDRESSING THE HEALTH, NUTRITIONAL, AND WATER AND SANITATION NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

40 RECTOR STREET 16TH FLOOR - NEW YORK - NY 10006 • 2023

HOWLING FOR WOLVES

THE GRANT PROPOSAL IS TO OFFER A LIVESTOCK PRODUCER MONEY TO NOT HAVE WOLVES KILLED IN RESPONSE TO A CONFIRMED LOSS OF LIVESTOCK FROM A WOLF. CURRENTLY, PRODUCERS HAVE STATED THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES IS TOO DIFFICULT OF A PROCESS TO WORK THROUGH AND THAT THEY SIMPLY DO NOT SUBMIT A CLAIM AND THUS THEY SOMETIMES TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND KILL A WOLF OR WOLVES.

PO BOX 4099 - HOPKINS - MN 55343 • 2023

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA

CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PPFA PROGRAM THAT OFFERS DIGITAL TOOLS THAT REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE WITH SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION AND CONNECT THEM TO CARE IN REAL TIME. TO BRING TRUSTED INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND SERVICES TO MORE PEOPLE, IN THE COMING YEAR PPFA WILL ADAPT AND IMPROVE UPON OUR DIGITAL TOOLS SUCH AS OUR CHAT/TEXT SERVICE; OUR CHATBOT, ROO, AND SPOT ON, OUR APP TO HELP USERS TRACK THEIR PERIODS AND BIRTH CONTROL. IN ADDITION, PPFA WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AN INTEGRATED AND SEAMLESS PATIENT JOURNEY FROM INITIAL INQUIRY TO APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING TO TELEHEALTH VISIT.

123 WILLIAMS STREET - NEW YORK - NY 10038 • 2023

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER

PROJECT/PROGRAM NAME: ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE MISSION OF THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER TO PROVIDE QUALITY MEDICAL CARE FOR ALL INJURED, SICK OR ORPHANED ANIMALS AND TO SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. WRC IS REQUESTING $50,000 IN SUPPORT OF ITS UNIQUE MISSION OF PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE TO WILD ANIMALS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO RESCUE INJURED AND ORPHANED WILD ANIMALS. WE EXPECT TO SERVE MORE 12,000 PEOPLE AND THE NEARLY 20,000 PATIENTS THEY BRING WRC. OUR GOAL IS TO RELEASE HALF OF THE ANIMALS WE TREAT BACK TO THE WILD AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

2530 DALE ST N - ROSEVILLE - MN 55113 • 2023

PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE

A GRANT FROM THE MARY RUTH WEISEL FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) CAMPAIGNS TO END LIVE ANIMAL "LABS" IN WHICH ANIMALS ARE SUBJECTED TO INVASIVE PROCEDURES TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN POST-GRADUATE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS; AND TERMINAL SURGERY LABS IN U.S. AND CANADIAN VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN WHICH PERFECTLY HEALTHY DOGS ARE OPERATED ON AND THEN, KILLED TO TRAIN STUDENTS; 2) EXPERIMENTS THAT SUBJECT ANIMALS TO PROFOUND PAIN AND SUFFERING TO TEST NEW CHEMICALS, DRUGS, AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS - REPLACING THEM WITH MODERN, NONANIMAL TEST METHODS; 3) ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAININGS FOR SCIENTISTS IN HOW TO USE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMALS TO STUDY PRODUCT SAFETY AND THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE, AS WELL AS THE PUBLICATION OF PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES.

5100 WISCONSIN AVE NW STE 400 - WASHINGTON - DC 20016 • 2023