Paychex, Inc., is an American company that provides human resources, payroll, and employee benefit services to businesses. Its founder and Rochester, NY native Tom Golisano, has a reported net worth of 6.3B.
Golisano has always been a generous philanthropist, but on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at the Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship in Brighton, NY, it was an exciting day when Golisano stated he would be giving $360 million to various non-profit organizations across Upstate NY. One category in particular peeked our interest–animal welfare and shelters.
Animal welfare announcement begins around 24:30.
The complete list of animal welfare organizations receiving these unrestricted grant funds can be found below:
Animal welfare
- Better Together Rescue Center – $250,000
- Beverly Animal Shelter – $1 million
- Chautauqua County Humane Society – $1.5 million
- Chemung County Humane Society – $1 million
- Finger Lakes SPCA of CNY – $1.5 million
- Headed for Furever – $250,000
- Hornell Area Humane Society – $1.5 million
- Humane Society of Schuyler County – $1.5 million
- Humane Society of Wayne County – $1.5 million
- Humane Society of Yates County – $1.5 million
- Joyful Rescue – $250,000
- Keller’s Kats Rescue – $250,000
- Lollypop Farm – $2 million
- Mr. Grey’s Strays – $250,000
- Operation Freedom Ride – $250,000
- Pet Adoption Network – $250,000
- Pet Pride of New York – $1.5 million
- Rochester Emergency Veterinary Services – $1.5 million
- Rochester HOPE for Pets – $250,000
- SPCA of Cattaraugus County – $1.5 million
- SPCA of Allegany County – $1.5 million
- SPCA of Erie County – $1.5 million
- Wyoming County SPCA – $1.5 million
“People ask me why would I do such a thing. First of all, I applied for immortality and they didn’t give it to me,” Golisano joked. “Secondly, I can’t take it with me. But the important thing is there are so many good organizations that provide important services and capabilities to people in our domain here in Upstate New York.”
On behalf of Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, we would like to say THANK YOU Mr. Golisano, for your generosity towards the mission of animal welfare and helping to continue and advance the work we do in shelter organizations! 🙂
*For the complete list of grant recipients, visit 13WHAMABC.
