About the PCA Foundation

courtesy Leslie Simis

PCAF Contacts

PCA Foundation Director:
Mr. Tom Carneal
General Inquiries:
pcafoundation@yahoo.com

Click on the logo to download a PCAF donation form

The Poodle Club of America Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization incorporated in 1989 in the State of Minnesota as a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt company. In keeping with its dedication to the future of Poodles, Foundation goals are:

To foster and promote the public's knowledge and appreciation of dogs in general and Poodles in particular;
To further understanding of the diseases, genetic anomalies and injuries that affect dogs in general and Poodles in particular;
To support and promote study of and research on the character, history, genetics, breeding and related characteristics that establish the Poodle as a distinct breed of dog;
To establish a database/library of educational and resource materials on the Poodle;
To develop and make available to the general public and the Fancy information about the proper care, treatment, breeding, health, development and training of poodles.

Since its inception, PCAF has funded more than $120,000 in research grants to fight health problems common in Poodles and other dogs and to identify genetic causes of poodle disease. Advances resulting from these grants have included new DNA tests to help breeders avoid genetic diseases such as Progressive Retinal Atrophy and Neonatal Encephalopathy. Click here for more on the successful search for a gene mutation causing Neonatal Encephalopathy, a devastating and always fatal disorder of newborn Standard Poodle puppies.

Every year at the Poodle Club of America National Specialty show, PCAF presents a free seminar offering education on topics such as health issues, breeding strategies, training, structural soundness in dogs, and Poodle wisdom from revered authorities like the late Mrs. James Edward Clark. See PCAF Seminars and Support PCAF for more on these seminars. Each year at the PCA National, PCAF also offers health screenings, generally at a special PCA discount, and some of these offers are available throughout the year (see health testing discounts).

courtesy Joan McFadden

Of course, all of this is only made possible through the generosity of our donors and the volunteers who keep things running smoothly during our events.

Members of the PCAF Board of Directors are:
Tom Carneal, President
Pat Forsyth, Vice-President & PCA Website Liaison
Doris Grant, Secretary
John Shoemaker, Treasurer
Ray Stevens, Toy Representative
Janet Collins, Miniature Representative
Missy Galloway, Standard Representative and Affiliate Club Liaison
Jordan Chamberlain, Member at Large

You can reach us at pcafoundation@yahoo.com.

The Founders

of The Poodle Club of America Foundation

The Poodle Club of America, Inc
Mrs. George Putnam in Memoriam
Helen Putnam Sokopp
George Putnam, Jr.
Michael and Jody Wahlig
John Seeley - Julie Rembrandt Seeley
Frances V.R. Seebee Charitable Trust
Genodermatosis Research Foundation
The Poodle Club of Massachusetts
Jacklyn E. Hungerland, Ph.D.
Laura M. Hovsepian
Virginia R. DeHelsby in Memoriam
JoAnna B. Sering
Jacqueline Rusby
The Poodle Club of Central Indiana
Col. and Mrs. Harold C. Kinne
Dianne Hopper
Dr. Elly Holowaychuk
Cornelia I. Green
Cornelia M. Green
Roberta M. Gilson
Diann Ellis

Deuel H. and Janice M. Andresen
Barbara Weisberg
James Edward Clark in Memoriam
Grace L. Blair, M.D.
Mrs. Dorothy F. Hageman
Linda Dawick Campbell
Gene, Doris and Debra Cozart
Susan Hillman in Memoriam
Bluch and Marietta Kahla
Pat Deshler and Liz Cowman
Daniel and Betty Jo Gallas
Susan A. Salladay
Apricot/Red Poodle Club
Patricia Moulthrop
The Twin Cities Poodle Club
The Del Dahl Family
The Heart of America Poodle Club
Michael and Cathy Rainer
The Lone Star Poodle Club
Watchung Mountain Poodle Club
Barbara Green
Marjorie A. Hettrick in Memoriam
The Greenspring Poodle Club
Poodle Club of Central California

Janet D. Collins
James F. Price, Jr. in Memoriam
Joy S. Vandervelden
Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Brunotte
Toni and Martin Sosnoff
Florence Graham
Dorothy Stackhouse
Nancy Kinowski in Memoriam
Greater Milwaukee Poodle Club
Robert N. Peebles in Memoriam
Kadelia Hamilton
Laurie Berenson
Stevan & Marcy Bernstein Lichtig
William Penn Poodle Club
The Creole Poodle Club
The Poodle Club of Alabama
Dr. Nancy Tarzwell
Andrew and Joan Kress
The Washington Poodle Club
Joann Neal
Rebecca M. Mason in Memoriam Roger and Lynn Brucker

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