Feline rescue, crisis foster care and sanctuary
Helping cats and the people who love them through life’s hardest moments.
We rescue cats, care for them when their people face a crisis, and find them loving homes, because no animal and no person should ever feel stuck, lost or alone.
OUR MISSION
Keeping cats safe, and keeping them with the people who love them.
To advance the welfare of cats through rescue, foster care, adoption and sanctuary, and to support people in crisis by protecting the bond with the cats they love.
Our Vision
A future in which every cat has the chance to be safe and loved, and a temporary hardship doesn’t cost someone the cat they love.
Who We Serve
Cats whose needs don’t fit one simple path, and the people connected to them: adopters, families facing a crisis, community cat caregivers, and anyone who needs a little time and help to keep the cat they love.
As of October 2026. This work is currently carried out and funded by Frisky Business Palm Springs Cat Café, the first cat café in the Coachella Valley.
Why We Exist
No one should have to choose between getting help and keeping their cat.
Hospitals, treatment programs and safe houses care for people, but rarely for the animals those people love. The Von Cleveland Foundation exists for that space.
Two months of recovery
Before entering rehab, a woman with no money for boarding came to us. We cared for her cat for two months, then watched them reunite.
Five months of healing
Facing major surgery and a long recovery, another person had no one to look after their cat. We cared for that cat until they could go home together.
A safe new beginning
When a mother and her children fled domestic violence for a safe house, her cat couldn’t follow. We had the cat neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, and found it a loving new home.
Our Programs
One line of care, from first home to final years.
All of this work happens today through Frisky Business Palm Springs Cat Café. Each program is labeled honestly, so you always know what is running now and what we are still building.
Long-term vision
The Von Cleveland Sanctuary
A lifelong home for senior, medically complex and hard-to-place cats. Not yet built; location to be announced.
Operating now
Adoption and community
At Frisky Business, people meet adoptable cats as individuals rather than names on kennel cards. 174 adoptions, community events, and a paid internship for people with disabilities.
Operating now
Community cats and caregivers
A weekly pantry feeding about forty community cats living outdoors under trap-neuter-return care.
Case by case, formal program in development
Crisis foster care
Temporary care, at no cost to the owner, while someone goes through rehab, surgery, danger or the loss of a home. Nine cats, every one reunited or rehomed.
Operating now
Adoption and community
At Frisky Business, people meet adoptable cats as individuals rather than names on kennel cards. 174 adoptions, community events, and a paid internship for people with disabilities.
If you need help now
We can’t yet take requests through this website.
If you are in danger, call 911. For confidential support, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-799-7233.