This award recognizes the #1 high-volume spay/neuter clinic in the United States — the organization that performed the most spay/neuter surgeries in 2025 out of more than 500 clinics nationwide.
Spay/neuter is the cornerstone of preventing shelter overpopulation, reducing euthanasia, and building a more humane future for animals. The recipient of this award represents the very best of that mission: unmatched dedication, efficiency, and impact in providing lifesaving surgeries on the front lines of animal welfare.
The High-Volume Impact Award not only honors extraordinary achievement in numbers, but also shines a light on the tireless teams of veterinary professionals and support staff who make this work possible. Their efforts protect countless animals, support communities, and inspire others to expand access to high-quality, affordable spay/neuter.
This is the largest grant of the night, celebrating the single clinic that has made the greatest measurable difference in 2025 in the fight to end pet homelessness.
Prize: $15,000 Sponsored by Charity HQ - SEE ELIGIBILITY
2025 Nominees in Alphabetical Order :
Animal Allies Clinic, Spartanburg, SC
Animal Birth Control Clinic, Waco, TX
Bristol Humane Society, Bristol, VA
C-SNIP, Grand Rapids, MI
Fix A Friend Spay Neuter Clinic, Winnabow, NC
H.O.P.E. Animal Foundation, Fresno, CA
Oklahoma Humane Society, Oklahoma City, OK
Paws Chicago (Lurie Clinic) Spay/Neuter Clinic, Chicago, IL
Peta Mobile Unit, Norfolk, VA
Sacramento SPCA Spay & Neuter Clinic, Sacramento, CA
This award honors the clinic that delivered the highest number of vaccinations of any type over the award year—core and non-core, primary series and boosters—demonstrating unmatched commitment to prevention, public health, and shelter disease reduction. It recognizes operational excellence and community reach, celebrating teams that remove barriers to care, run efficient vaccine workflows, and keep pets healthy and out of shelters.
Prize: $5,000 Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim - SEE ELIGIBILITY
2025 Nominees in Alphabetical Order:
Animal Birth Control Clinic - Waco, TX
Greenville Humane Society - Greenville, SC
Fix'N Wag'N - Glenshaw, PA
H.O.P.E. Animal Foundation - Fresno, CA
Pet Fix Savannah - Savannah, GA
Planned PEThood of Georgia - Duluth, GA
Sacramento SPCA Vaccine Clinic - Sacramento, CA
San Diego Humane Society - San Diego, CA
Stray Paws Animal Haven - South El Monte, CA
The Humane Society South Carolina - Columbia, SC
This award celebrates the clinic that placed the most microchips over the past year, helping pets stay safe and families stay connected. Each chip represents not just a number, but a promise of security and a better chance of reunion. By leading in microchip placement, this clinic has shown an outstanding commitment to prevention, protection, and the wellbeing of animals in their community.
Prize: $5,000 - SEE ELIGIBILITY
This award honors a mobile or MASH-style spay/neuter clinic that’s not only among the top ten performers in its category, but also goes the extra mile (literally and figuratively) to inspire us with its dedication, creativity, and heart.
The recipient exemplifies what it means to deliver high-quality care on the move. From smart routing and efficient logistics to seamless teamwork and compassionate service, this clinic operates with the precision of a traveling surgical suite and the passion of a lifesaving mission.
The Mobile/MASH Unit Impact Award celebrates a team that turns limited resources into limitless impact, proving that with the right blend of grit, skill, and compassion, prevention truly has no boundaries.
Prize $5,000 Sponsored by Medco Instruments - SEE ELIGIBILITY
This award honors the clinic that performed the highest number of spay/neuter surgeries for community cats over the award year, delivering immediate, humane impact where it’s needed most. By preventing litters, stabilizing colonies, and reducing shelter intake, the recipient demonstrates exceptional field readiness, efficient high-volume protocols, and deep community partnership. The Community Cat Champion celebrates the teams who meet cats where they are—on the streets and in neighborhoods—turning compassion into measurable progress for animals and the people who care for them.
Prize: $5,000 Sponsored by Community Cats Podcast - SEE ELIGIBILITY
This Award goes to a clinic who goes above and beyond! Setting the standard for excellence in care, community, innovation and positive work culture. They’re not only dedicated to their clients and team but also use Clinic HQ’s key features to keep their operations running seamlessly. A true model of what it means to be exemplary in the field, they inspire others through their compassion, efficiency, and impact.
Prize: $5,000 Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim - SEE ELIGIBILITY
This award honors a shared Clinic HQ × Shelterluv client with the highest verified number of adoptions recorded in Shelterluv during the award year—while simultaneously demonstrating strong, sustained spay/neuter performance. It celebrates organizations proving you can move animals into loving homes at scale and curb future intake at the source.
By uniting adoption excellence with prevention, the Dual Impact Champion sets the bar for community lifesaving: streamlined shelter pathways, high adoption conversion, and a steadfast commitment to ensuring pets leave—and stay—out of the shelter system.
Prize: $5,000 Sponsored by ShelterLuv - SEE ELIGIBILITY
This award celebrates clinics that have raised thousands of dollars through online giving. We'll select a clinic that has done an amazing job at building digital campaigns using built in HQ tools to fundraise easily, effectively, and with impact—helping save more lives through every dollar raised. We want to recognize a willingness to adopt new approaches to fundraising that require zero effort and maximum gain.
Prize $2,500 Sponsored by Maddie's Fund #ThanksToMaddie - SEE ELIGIBILITY.
This award honors the single photo (or tightly curated photo pair) that best captures the grit, skill and heart of high-volume spay/neuter on the frontlines of animal welfare. We're looking for an image that tells a complete story at a glance - teams moving with calm precision, compassionate care in action, and the quiet heroism that keeps shelters from overflowing. The winning photos should be authentic, respectful and mission-driven - illustrating how prevention saves lives and how clinic staff are the true first responders.
Prize $2,500 Sponsored by Maddie's Fund #ThanksToMaddie - SEE ELIGIBILITY.
This award celebrates five incredible clinics that have been with us for over 10 years and have performed the most spay/neuter surgeries during that time.
Your dedication and impact have helped countless animals — and we think that deserves a celebration! 🍕
Prize: Winners will receive a pizza party for their clinic! - SEE ELIGIBILITY
Honors the spay/neuter surgeon with the fastest verified operative time, measured by Surgical Start to Surgical End in Clinic HQ’s anesthesia log—while maintaining impeccable safety and quality. Only Checked Out cases are counted, times are validated through Clinic HQ exports, and any flagged or complicated cases are excluded. This award celebrates calm, consistent technique that drives efficiency without ever compromising patient care.
Prize: $1,000
Honors the veterinarian who completes the highest verified number of spay/neuter surgeries in the award year—pairing relentless throughput with rock-solid quality and patient safety. This accolade celebrates steady hands, repeatable technique, and the everyday grit it takes to keep high-volume teams moving. Totals are validated via Clinic HQ (counting only Checked Out cases), and the spirit of the award is simple: unmatched surgical output that never loses sight of compassionate, high-standard care.
Prize: $1,000
Celebrating an Induction technician who goes above and beyond, hustling every day, lifting up their teammates, and adding incredible value to their high-volume clinic. This award honors a true rockstar whose dedication, skill, and spirit make the whole team stronger.
This is a nomination-based award. Nominate someone from your clinic who has gone beyond their daily responsibilities to guide, support, and inspire others. Nominate someone from your clinic for this special award!
Prize: $1,000
This award honors a veterinary technician whose actions in a critical moment led to a positive outcome for a client, patient, or the clinic. Through strong decision-making, skilled care, and compassion, they showed how one moment can make a lasting difference and reflect the best of veterinary medicine.
This is a nomination-based award. Nominate someone from your clinic for this special award!
Prize: $1,000
This award honors a veterinary assistant who stays composed and dependable during the most hectic days. Their steady presence supports the team, comforts patients, and helps the clinic run smoothly, no matter how busy things get.
This is a nomination-based award. Nominate a VA from your clinic who deserves this recognition.
Prize: $1,000
This award honors the clinic member who made the most productive use of Spay/Neuter Central, our community-driven Facebook group where clinics come together to share ideas, ask questions, and support one another.
By actively contributing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and strengthening peer-to-peer learning, this individual exemplifies the spirit of community that helps every clinic do more for the animals and people they serve.
Prize: $1,000
Eligibility: Individual awards are open to team members from U.S.-based, non-profit clinics operating from a single physical site that used Clinic HQ for all case documentation between January 1 and December 31, 2025. Winners must be staff or volunteers of these participating clinics and will be either independently verified by Clinic HQ data/staff or through a peer nomination process, depending on what is specified in the award description.
Deadline: by Jan 6, 2026
Prize: $1,000 each - Sponsored by Charity HQ
All Individual Awards go directly to the individual NOT THE CLINIC.
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