GOODS Program & Partnerships
McKamey Animal Center has teamed up with Greater Good Charities and the GOODS Program to become the Chattanooga region’s ambassador, sharing resources with agencies all over the Greater Chattanooga region. Thanks to this partnership, we are able to bring more low-cost pet food and pet supplies to the area, allowing rescues and pantries to stretch their dollars further and impact even more pets and people.
As a GOODS Ambassador, MAC periodically receives donations of pet food, litter and supplies which we distribute to our network of Chattanooga food pantries and pet owner support groups. Extra pallets are allocated for distribution among our approved recipient groups. Because MAC pays for most distributions received, recipients will typically be charged a shipping fee of $0.15/pound or $25/pallet, depending on the type of shipment to be paid upon receipt.
We are currently accepting applications for 2024 program partners. Please read the requirements below and submit your application to be considered for partnership.
Recipient groups include animal welfare and human service organizations such as:
- Food banks and Pet Food Pantries
- 501(c)3 animal rescue organizations (e.g. cat, dog, equine, and wildlife shelters, rescues, and sanctuaries)
- State, county, or regional animal welfare facilities
- Law Enforcement Agencies (e.g. animal control)
- Organizations supporting at-risk populations and their pets
Additional Requirements:
- Must be a 501(c)3 in good standing or a municipal/county/city.
- You must provide a copy of your most recent 990 and a copy of your IRS determination letter.
- Your organization must reside within the following states and counties: Tennessee – Hamilton County, Bradley County, or Marion County; Georgia – we are not able to accept GA organizations at this time.
- Your organization must be within a 100 mile range of our facility.
- Provide a website including the organizations mission. Note: Facebook pages are not sufficient.
- If your organization is a shelter or rescue you must list adoptable pets on your website/online and spay/neuter all dogs and cats prior to adoption.
- Groups apply through this website to become a recipient. Your Application will be screened for criteria such as non-profit status, spay/neuter policy, adoption pages, and distance from nearest ambassador. Applications passing this step are sent to our team for further evaluation. Our team will accept or decline each application, based on our posted criteria.
- Groups meeting the criteria are placed in the rotation for distributions. When food is available, we will notify groups of the type of food and offers the group the opportunity to participate.
- Participating groups send in their latest census counts and we determine an equitable distribution of the food, taking into account factors such as the number and size of animals, whether any group received food more recently than another one, distance traveled, or special circumstances like large food donations from other sources.
- We will then notify each group of the amount allocated, the place and time for pickup, and the amount of handling fees.
- As a special grant-based program, we cannot guarantee that food will always be supplied to any one organization or that we will be able to meet all of the organization’s needs for any period of time.
Contact Us
McKamey Animal Center
4500 N. Access Rd.
Chattanooga, TN 37415
(423) 305-6500
McKamey Animal Center was founded in 2008, serving the pets and people of the cities of Chattanooga, Red Bank and Lakesite, Tennessee. MAC is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization.
