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June 6th, 2026 Annual Fundraiser

We are very excited to share that our fifth Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Foundation Fundraiser will be on Saturday, June 6th 2026, from 12-3 at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.

Join us for a fun afternoon to help the animals at the shelter.

At the fundraiser:

Tour the shelter and meet the animals waiting to be adopted, many animals will have reduced adoption fees
For a small donation you could win fantastic prizes from our raffle
Bid on unique experiences in our silent auction
Face painting by The Magical Atelier
Balloon animals from Wild About Balloons LA
Meet the Santa Monica Police Department Mounted Unit
And more!

This year we will also be celebrating six years of the Santa Monica Animal Shelter Foundation! We hope to see you there.

We are extremely grateful to all our event participants who every year generously donate their time, and skills, to help ensure a successful fundraiser and a very fun day. Please learn more about them by visiting their websites.

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Past Open House Fundraisers

4th annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 7th 2025

Photo of two people and two fron dogs at the 2025 fundraiser — Click here to view the photos from our 2025 open house fundraiser.

Visit the 2025 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter for our 4th Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Foundation Fundraiser. We are an all volunteer run nonprofit and are only able to help the animals at the shelter thanks to the incredible support from our community. We are extremely grateful to everyone who volunteered, joined us, donated, adopted and helped make the day such a wonderful success!

Photo of two women at the 2024 fundraiser — Click here to view the photos from our 2024 open house fundraiser.

3rd annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 1st 2024

Visit the 2024 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. View the photos from the day and learn more about the fundraiser.

Photo of dog Jelly being adopted at the 2023 animal shelter fundraiser — Dog Jelly was adopted at the 2023 Fundraiser. Click on the photo to visit the gallery to view more photos from this great day. Photo by Elizabeth Noble.

2nd Annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 3rd 2023

Visit the 2023 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. View photos from the event and learn all about this great day.

Photo of dog Jimbo and his new family at the 2022 Shelter open house fundraiser — Dog Jimbo and his new family at the 2022 Open House Fundraiser, June 4th at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. Photo by Elizabeth Noble.

1st Annual 2022 Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser-June 4th 2022.

Visit the 2022 Shelter Open House Fundraiser page by clicking here. View photos from the day and learn all about our 1st annual Santa Monica Animal Shelter Open House Fundraiser. It was a fantastic event and lots of fun for all!

Past Events

We regularly participate in events to help raise funds and get the word out about the shelter. A few of the events we have participated include:

2025 State of the City event July 17th, 2025.

Open Main Street Halloween Festival October 21st, 2023.

Coffee with a Cop December 12th, 2023.

Clear the Shelters Day August 26th, 2023.

National Night Out August 1st, 2023.

Photo of the Board of Directors with Santa Monica Police Chief Batista and an animal control officer and a puppy standing outside at a event in santa monica — Hoa, Elizabeth, Chief Ramon Batista, Dr.Heard, Animal Control Officer Katz and puppy Maeve at the Main St. Halloween Fest on October 21st, 2023.

More past events:

Menu at Santa Monica Brew works with animal photos from the Santa Monica Animal Shelter

Santa Monica Brew Works-We have had two fun fundraisers at the wonderful Santa Monica Brew Works: October 2021 and July 2022. At both events they donated a percent of sales from their flagship beers to us. We had a great time and in addition to raising funds we were able to showcase many of the available animals at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter.

We also have had several events where you are able to visit a local business and raise funds to help the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. Such as June 6th, 2022 at The Counter Restaurant.

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Photo of Michael Chill and a Hawk at our 2023 fundraiser — Michael Chill with a rescued Hawk at our 2023 fundraiser, photograph by Elizabeth Noble