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AKC
/ Canine Health Foundation
Parent Club Program Objectives
Provide assistance with
identification and review of proposed research:
- Administration for
project cost, identification of researcher (sends out RFP), conduct
peer review with expert scientific panel, coordinates research
progress reports.
- Establishment of Parent
Club Fund for breeds without an IRS 501( c )(3) charitable health
foundation a donor fund is established with the CHF. Donations to this
fund would be tax deductible and the parent club would have control
over where the money was spent.
- Parent Club Matching
Club Program - AKC/CHF would fund 50% of the research cost on any
approved grant.
- Multiple breed clubs can
participate in the same project.
- AKC/CHF provides
credibility to the project.
- Parent Clubs can go out
and identify their own researchers and present the project to AKC/CHF
to finalize the details.
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