Our 2024 grant application opens today!

Do you know of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue that could benefit from our help? Send them our way! Each year, AFA’s Community Grant Fund helps to save the lives of homeless pets across North Texas. Our 2024 Concert For Kindness was a huge success, and we can’t wait to watch our artists’ work pay off.

We’ll be accepting grant applications through May 15th 2024, and our grant recipients will be announced in early June. Fill out our quick and easy online application today, or visit our grant page for more information about our program!

Grab your tickets today!

Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Concert For Kindness! Join AFA founder and DSO Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan for an evening of chamber music with her DSO colleagues and her talented students. All ticket proceeds from this event will help us find loving homes for pets across DFW.

Our Concert For Kindness will take place in the lobby of the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center, on March 23, 2024. The music will start at 5:15 PM, but stay tuned for news about our pre-concert activities.

Visit our events page to reserve your tickets today – seating is limited!

AFA Presents…our 2023 Grant Winners!

AFA is pleased to recognize the recipients of our 2023 AFA Community Grant. We are proud to partner with these organizations and so appreciative of the work they do! For more information about the AFA Grant Program and the organizations we support, visit our Community Grant page.

DFW Lab Rescue

DFW Rescue Me

EARS

Friends of Dallas Animal Services

Paws In The City

Angie’s Friends

Bella Hampton

Dallas Cat Lady

Emma’s Wish Senior Dog Rescue

Epic Animal Rescue

Pooch Savers

Road Trip 4 Paws

Take Me Home

Texas Best Choices Animal Rescue

The Happy Pet Project

Weatherford Paws

Border Collie Rescue and Rehab

Thanks again to our patrons and our performing artists for helping us spread this support across the DFW rescue community! Because of you, we are all able to make a difference.

We’re extending our grant deadline!

We’ve received wonderful response to our 2023 AFA community grant. But, with the holidays approaching and the spirit of giving in the air, we have chosen to extend our application deadline in order to really spread the love. Our grant application will stay open until Sunday, December 10th. Funds are available in amounts up to $2000, and the application process is very simple! Visit our grant page for more details.

It’s time for our artists’ work to pay off.

Artists For Animals’ 2023 Grant Program is looking for applicants!

All of our yearly donations and concert proceeds will be dispersed to the DFW rescue community through this grant – just in time for the holidays!

At this time, we are accepting applications from 501c3 non-profit animal rescue organizations, for amounts up to $2,000. Qualifying rescues must be located in DFW, with no paid staff.

The deadline to apply for this grant is November 25, 2023.  We will announce recipients and award grants by December 10, 2023.

Interested? Submit your application or explore our webpage to learn more about our grant.

Meet the Artists AND the Animals at this year’s Concert for Kindness

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is home to incredible music and art – but with help from The Dallas Zoo and Dallas Animal Services, we’re sure it’s never seen an event quite like this year’s Concert For Kindness! Join us for a wonderful afternoon of chamber music with the DSO’s Erin Hannigan and friends. Along the way, you can meet some of the diverse and beautiful animals who inspire us to create, and make an even greater impact by participating in our first ever CFK adoption event.

The Concert For Kindness will take place in the Meyerson lobby at 3PM on Sunday April 23. Tickets are available now, and all proceeds and donations will go directly our Community Grant Fund. Help us provide food, shelter, and life-saving veterinary care for animals in need. We hope you can join us!

Meet your new four-legged friend at our Concert For Kindness!

Joining us for our Concert For Kindness on Sunday, April 23? Don’t miss our first ever CFK adoption event, hosted by Dallas Animal Services! Doors will open at 3PM for a chance to meet your next furry companion before the concert. Help DAS in their mission to find families for Dallas’ homeless pets – with spring in the air, there is no better time to adopt. Grab your tickets today, and we’ll see you there!

Join us for Animal Adventures at CFK 2023!

We’re thrilled to welcome our friends from The Dallas Zoo to this year’s Concert For Kindness! Grab your tickets today for a chance to learn from The Dallas Zoo’s caretakers and to meet birds, reptiles, and mammals from around the globe.

Mark your calendars for our Concert For Kindness on Sunday April 23rd, 2023 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Tickets are all-inclusive, and doors will open at 3PM for this amazing pre-concert event!