United States
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- AKC Reunite – (If you have your microchip with AKC Reunite, you can pay a one-time charge of $15 and have access to Pet Poison Helpline for free at any time)
- Alley Cat Allies (low-cost spay/neuter, foodbank)
- AlignCare – (improves access to veterinary care for underserved families)
- Animal Medical Center’s The Buddy Fund (free or subsidized care for the treatment of cancer in animals, thereby keeping pets healthy and with their families throughout these difficult events)
- Animals Staying Alive (based in Texas, but provide grants around the US. It is not income based, you need to send the vet estimate, they pay the vet directly. They will not reimburse the person) https://www.animalsstayingalive.com/
- Bow Wow Buddies Foundation (meant to cover necessary medical treatments for certain serious conditions and emergency services. Grants are not available for spay or neuter surgeries, dental work, preventative care, ongoing treatments, or end-of-life care.)
- Brown Dog Foundation, Inc (a public charity that provides funds to cover veterinary expenses)
- Canine Cancer Awareness God’s Creatures Ministry Veterinary Charity
- Care Credit (won’t pay for your pet’s medical expenses, but you can apply for a line of credit through them to cover vet bills. This line of credit is interest-free as long as you pay it off within six months)
- Cats in Crisis (A 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping cats and kittens with special medical needs receive the veterinary treatment they need to live happy, healthy lives)
- Diabetic Cats in Need (provides a glucose testing kit and few months’ supply of Lantus/glargine or Levemir/detemir insulin or reimbursement of $75 upon receipt.)
- Dogs On Deployment (provides an online network for service members to search for volunteers who are willing to board their pets during their owner’s service commitments)
- Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program (provides emergency financial assistance to cat and kitten guardians who are unable to afford veterinary services to save their companion with Vaccine Associated Sarcoma (VAS), also referred to as Injection Site Sarcoma (ISS))
- For The Love Of Alex (helps low-income households with medical emergencies)
- Frankie’s Friends (offers financial assistance to cover veterinary expenses for pets with a good prognosis)
- Free Animal Doctor (Crowdfunding, not meant for emergencies)
- Friends & Vets Helping Pets
- Friends & Vets Helping Pets (funds treatments for curable (lifesaving, not life-prolong) diseases such as tumors, broken bones, ambulatory care, expensive medication, or post-surgical prosthetics such as a K-9 cart)
- Friends of Animals (sells discount certificates for spay/neuter)
- Friends of PACC’s Keeping Families Together (veterinary care and medical assist to prevent pets from ending up in shelter)
- Frosted Faces Foundation (veterinary care for senior animals, primarily provide veterinary care that is required to maintain and enhance the quality of life for senior animals, can also help with food, supplies, training, grooming, pet deposits, fence repairs, and impound fees, typically fund $250-$1,000 per case for those with the greatest need)
- Help-A-Pet (offers financial assistance for the treatment of canine injury or illness. An income-qualified assistance program, you must have an annual household income of less than $40,000 for a family (or personally make less than $20,000 a year) to receive this help.)
- Hope Mending Hearts (financial assistance for urgent care, typical grant $100-$200)
- International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (has established an emergency veterinary fund to provide financial aid to U.S. IAADP partner members whose assistance dogs require high-cost veterinary intervention beyond their ability to pay.)
- Joshua Louis Animal Cancer Foundation: Under the JLACF’s bylaws as approved by the IRS, grants can only be provided for pets under the care of a board-certified veterinary oncologist.
- Kash for K 9’s (pays for people to take their pets to the vet in emergencies when people cannot afford it.)
- Land of PureGold Foundation (grants for cancer treatment for working dogs)
- Lantz Tucker Memorial Fund for Pets (provides with funds for medical needs so pets can stay in their homes with the families who love them)
- Lexi’s Legacy (provides financial assistance for urgent medical care to sick and injured dogs through grants. These grants are meant to cover necessary medical treatments for certain serious conditions and emergency services.)
- Lexie’s Love (helps those families that are under a financial strain and have pets with non-emergency health conditions. Preference will be given to those reside in Missouri, but are open to all US States. Eligibility criteria: https://www.lexieslove.com/grantguidelines-eligibilityrequirements)
- Live like Roo (provide support and financial assistance to families whose pet faces a cancer diagnosis)
- Magic Bullet Fund: Cancer-specific.
- Miranda’s People (cancer treatment)
- My Pet Child (they seek to help pair struggling pet owners with resources that may be able to provide some financial assistance. However, they also offer $200 financial assistance grants themselves)
- North Shore Animal League America’s SpayUSA (network of low-cost spay and neuter clinics. This group includes vets offering special deals, like steep discounts on pit bull spay and neuter surgeries)
- Operation We Are Here (a HUB of resources for the military community. Military Pet Resources: Pet resources for military & veteran families)
- Paws 4 A Cure (may help with surprise veterinary bills for pet owners in need)
- PBRC (Pitbull Rescue Central) spay/neuter help
- Pet Assistance Inc. (subsidies for urgent or life-threatening emergencies)
- Pet Co. Love (pet assistance grants)
- Pet Lifeline Program (helping sick pets get the medical attention they need. They provide pet financial assistance to low-income pet owners who are having trouble paying expensive vet bills.) https://petnewsdaily.com/financial-assistance/#eligibility
- Pet Smart Charities (Natural Disaster Response grant on a need-basis)
- Pets for Patriots, Inc (Partners with veterinary practices to provide high quality, discounted care to veterans who adopt through our program. They do not help with pet veterinary costs for members of the general public or veterans who did not adopt through their program, without exception.)
- Pets of the Homeless (first national nonprofit providing pet food and emergency veterinary care to pets that belong to people experiencing homelessness.)
- Petsmart Charities (offer many low-cost spay and neuter clinics. They also administer the Improving Access to Veterinary Care grant)
- RedRover Relief (offers urgent care grants for pet owners facing veterinary bills. Grants are typically around $200 and require owners to fill out an application, with candidates needing to meet specific guidelines for consideration, including providing the diagnosis and treatment plan.)
- Rose’s Fund (They will financially assist, to the best of their ability, pet owners and Good Samaritans who have an animal with a good prognosis for a healthy life, but are at a financial loss.)
- Rusk Veterinary Assistance Grants (offers financial assistance for qualifying families in need of medical or surgical intervention for their beloved pet)
- ScratchPay (payment plans for medical financing)
- Second Change for Blind dogs: provide free halos for blind dogs in need. https://secondchancesforblinddogs.org/
Street Dog Coalition (non profit that provides veterinary care for pets owned by people experiencing or at risk of homelessness / https://www.thestreetdogcoalition.org/where-we-serve) - The Big Hearts Fund: (Financial assistance for the diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline heart disease.)
- The Humane Society of the United States (Are you having trouble affording your pet?)
- The Onyx & Breezy Foundation (must provide CareCredit status. spay/neuter, food, medicine, supplies, pets of individuals where medical hardship is present)
- The Pet Fund (a non-profit that can help pet parents cover the cost of non-basic, non-urgent care. This includes things like cancer treatments, heart disease, and more.)
- The Riedel & Cody Fund: Support for pets suffering with cancer.
- Tipper and Squirt Care for Cushing’s Fund, Inc (financially aids families who are struggling to pay their dogs’ medical costs associated with the diagnosis and treatment of Cushing’s)
- Tripawds Foundation (helps amputee pets and their people everywhere)
- VCA Hospitals: Depending on your location, your first appointment is free.
- Vet Billing – (payment plans with vets that are in their network)
- Veterinary Care Charitable Fund (a donation-funded charity that covers vet costs for pet owners in need)
- Veterinary Care Foundation (not-for-profit charitable foundation created for the specific purpose of helping veterinary practices fund the discounted and no charge care they generously provide to hardship cases, rescue groups or as good samaritans)
- Veterinary Emergency Treatment Fund (provides life-saving veterinary care to animals in need)
- Violet’s Friends (offers financial assistance for urgent or critical veterinary care, surgeries, therapies or mobility solutions)
- Waggle Foundation: Grant applications available to financially burdened, individual pet parents whose animals require medical assistance.
- Waggle: A pet-dedicated crowdfunding solution that channels funds directly to verified veterinary providers to ensure the money goes only to the pet’s care.
California
- Actors and Others for Animals: Greater Los Angeles area (pet food, spay/neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
- Animal Assistance League of Orange County: Orange County (pet food, transportation and veterinary care assistance)
- Animal Health Foundation: Los Angeles and Orange Counties (veterinary care assistance)
- AnimalSave: Grass Valley (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
- Bad Rap: San Francisco (pit bull-specific assistance for finding rental housing and insurance)
- BIRCHBARK Foundation: Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties (financially aids low-income pet guardians who cannot afford emergency vet care)
- California Department of Social Services Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA) Program:Statewide (provides monthly stipend to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog)
- Cat People: Bakersfield (cat food/litter, spay/neuter assistance, vaccination assistance) 661-327-4706
- Cats in Need (of Human Care): Southern California, multiple locations (spay/neuter assistance)
- Compassion without Borders: Northern California (low cost spay/neuter, vaccination, and other non-urgent medical care for low income families)
- FACE Foundation: San Diego (grant assistance for pets in need of emergency or critical care)
- Feral Cat Coalition: San Diego (free community cat spay/neuter & medical care (dental, enucleation, amputation, etc) and low cost pet spay & neuter)
- FixNation: Los Angeles (spay/neuter assistance for cats)
- Friends of Long Beach Animals: Long Beach (spay/neuter assistance)
- Haven Humane Society: Redding (low-cost spay/neuter, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary grants for residents receiving Medi-Cal or Medicare) Clinic: 530-241-1658; Shelter: 530-241-1653
- Helen Woodward Animal Center Animeals program: San Diego County (free pet food for the dogs and cats of elderly or disabled people)
- Helen Woodward Animal Center: Rancho Santa Fe (pet food)
- Humane Society of Milpitas: San Jose (low-cost spay/neuter and medical care)
- Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low-cost spay/neuter)
- Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors)
- LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay/neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance)
- Leave No Paws Behind Low Cost Vet Clinic: Covina (can offer help with veterinarian treatment)
- LUKE’S LEGACY FOUNDATION (Supports rescue groups & families in need with low-cost, mobile emergency dental and medical services for dogs and cats aboard their Wellness Waggin’, spay/neuter through their sister organization, Spay Neuter Imperative Project, in addition to transport, foster and rescue services.)
- Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low-income seniors, persons living with HIV/AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services)
- Max’s Helping Paws (Provides a financial lifeline for pets in a health crisis. Max’s Helping Paws prevents animal suffering, surrender and economic euthanasia by assisting low income pet families with a dog or cat needing unexpected, urgent or emergent veterinary care.)
- Mercy Crusade’s Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
- Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians)
- Mountains’ Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
- Napa Humane: Napa (spay/neuter assistance)
- Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
- Orange County Pit Bull Rescue (Pit Bull type dogs only) contact via email at help@ocpbr.org. Assistance as funding is available with: vet care, food, supplies, landlord and rental assistance.
- Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay/neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care)
- PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners)
- Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA: Pasadena (spay/neuter, vaccines, microchip and pet food & supplies assistance)
- PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners
- PAWS/LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay/neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services)
- Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only
- Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay/neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits)
- Pets Are Loving Support (Provides services to help people with HIV/AIDS keep their pets as long as possible.)
- Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance)
- Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance)
- Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food)
- Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay/neuter assistance)
- Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
- Sammie’s Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance)
- San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay/neuter assistance
- Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
- Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay/neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank)
- Saving Gracie (provides pet owners with financial assistance when facing a veterinary emergency)
- SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay/neuter, vaccination assistance)
- Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay/neuter assistance)
- SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners
- Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay/neuter assistance)
- SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
- The ACME Foundation: Clearlake (veterinary care assistance for senior and disabled pet owners)
- The Chester Foundation: Sacramento region (veterinary care assistance)
- The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay/neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics)
- Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay/neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance)
- VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless)
- Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assistance)