Best Friends Animal Society 1/29/2026

Printed On: 7 January 2026 2026 - The Rachel Ray Save Them All Grants and The Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grants 5 Recipient represents and warrants as follows during the Term of this Agreement: A.Recipient is a qualified 501(c)(3) entity or government organization. B.Recipient acknowledges that its animal welfare activities may be governed by a variety of federal, state, and local laws. Recipient hereby warrants that it shall use its best efforts to comply with all applicable laws and shall not knowingly violate same. C.There are no claims, investigations, or proceedings in progress, pending or threatened against Recipient which, if determined adversely, would have a material effect on Recipient’s ability to fulfill its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and there are no claims, investigations, or proceedings in progress, pending or threatened against Recipient which involve animal neglect or abuse. D.The individual signing this Agreement on behalf of Recipient is legally competent to enter into this Agreement duly authorized to do so by the Recipient. Section 6. Grant Restrictions In addition to abiding by the requirement that the Grant funds be used in furtherance of the program described in Recipient’s grant application, Recipient specifically agrees that no portion of the Grant funds will be used for any of the following: (i) to lobby or otherwise attempt to influence legislation; (ii) to influence outcome of any specific public election or participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office or conduct, directly or indirectly; (iii) to support or oppose any elected official or candidate for public office or on any particular issue. Section 7. Termination Recipient may terminate this Agreement upon providing ten (10) business days written notice to Best Friends in the event of the following events of default: (i) By its actions or statements, Best Friends materially harms Recipient as determined by Recipient in its reasonable judgment; (ii) Best Friends files for bankruptcy, sells, assigns, or transfers the majority of its assets to another entity, or ceases to operate as a nonprofit corporation. Best Friends may terminate this Agreement upon providing ten (10) business days written notice to the Recipient in the event of the following events of default: (i) By its actions or statements, Recipient materially harms Best Friends as determined by Best Friends in its reasonable judgment: (ii) Recipient files for bankruptcy, sells, assigns, or transfers the majority of its assets to another entity, or ceases to operate as a nonprofit corporation (if a nonprofit corporation); or (iii) Recipient fails to perform its commitments as set out in this Agreement, including, in the reasonable judgment of Best Friends, failing to carry out the Project with reasonable diligence to meet the goal of saving as many animal lives as possible or has not worked in good faith with professionalism to achieve the mutually agreed upon Goals. In the event Best Friends terminates this Agreement pursuant to this section, Best Friends has no obligation to pay Recipient any grant payment not yet due at the time of the notice of such termination. Section 8. Intellectual Property License For the Term of this Agreement, Recipient grants Best Friends a non-exclusive, royalty free license to use Agency’s name and/or logo to promote Agency’s lifesaving activities associated with the Grant and the