MuttNation in Partnership with the Doris Day Animal Foundation Announces It Takes Balls for Spay & Neuter in Southern California
Today, February 24th, in celebration of World Spay Day, country music icon Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation announces a three-year partnership with the Doris Day Animal Foundation for its spay & neuter program, It Takes Balls. The 2026 campaign will focus specifically on Southern California. It Takes Balls kicked off in 2023, to raise awareness for the importance of spay & neuter and, to date, has provided over 125 grants to qualifying low-cost programs throughout Tennessee and Texas.
Although great work is constantly being done by animal shelters across the country, they are not equipped to handle the annual number of incoming animals. In 2025, 5.8 million animals entered shelters and 597,000 were euthanized, often due to lack of space. One of the most impactful ways to reduce those numbers is through spay & neuter.
MuttNation is inviting low cost spay & neuter programs in Southern California to complete and submit a grant application below to help fight this ongoing issue.
Please note:
- Applications will be accepted through March 30, 2026.
- Only complete applications will be considered.
- Applicant clinic/org must be located in one of these 10 counties: Imperial County, Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County.
- Grant recipients will be notified via email by May 15, 2026. Those not receiving grants will not receive a notification.