The Feline Foundation of Greater Washington, Inc. is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the rescue, care and adoption of homeless cats and kittens in the Northern Virginia and metropolitan Washington DC community. As a small, grass-roots, non-profit, your private donations are critical to continuing our mission of rescuing stray and abandoned cats and kittens. We do not receive any government funding. Founded in 1995, our mission is to provide all necessary veterinary care for animals in our program and to find them permanent, loving homes where they will be treated with love and respect for the rest of their lives. We do not euthanize healthy cats. Cats in our program reside as members of the family in private homes of volunteer foster care givers and remain within our organization until a permanent home is found.
We specialize in matching cats and kittens with adoptive parents based on applications and in-depth interviews to identify the kitty characteristics that will best suit the prospective owner’s desires and lifestyle. Cats and kittens who are available for adoption are fostered by generous volunteers, and can be visited by appointment in their foster homes, at a monthly adoption fair or other adoption event.. Our Adoption Coordinator is the liaison between interested adoptive parents and foster parents. We maintain personality profiles on the kitties in our program to better facilitate the process of matching them up with their best possible future family. All cats and kittens have tested negative for feline leukemia/FIV and are current on vaccinations. All cats and kittens over six months are spayed or neutered before adoption, as well as many of the younger kittens who have been in our adoption center program. Otherwise, adopters are responsible for having their adopted kittens spayed or neutered when they reach six months of age. Pre-approved applicants can meet our cats and kittens in their foster homes or choose a kitty and bring it home from an adoption fair. All adoptions are subject to approval. After an approved adopter meets the kitty for them, there is an adoption contract to complete. We will send you an online contract to complete, but you can also view and download a copy of our adoption contract by clicking the button below. We do also ask for an adoption fee as part of completing the adoption.