Pet care can get expensive fast.
When a pet gets a major illness or injury, the financial strain seem overwhelming. This is when a pet owner may start to assess what additional financial resources may be available.
Some vets offer Care Credit as an option to assist. GoFundMe is another option some pet owners turn to.
For certain conditions there may be some other resources. Listed below are some that we have found.
While funds are scarce and targeted, they could be worth exploring.
| Organization | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Waggle | Create a crowd-funding/fundraising campaign to assist | |
| CareCredit | Vets may offer for you to apply for this credit card option to allow you to pay over time. | |
| Banfield Charitable Trust Pet Owner Assistance | Includes some options for non Banfield clients | |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Has resources by State | |
| Birch Bark Foundation | Serves residents of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties in the Central Coast region of California. | |
| Brown Dog Foundation | Prescription medications | |
| Companion Bridge | Helps in MD, NJ, and VA | |
| Farley Foundation (Ontario) | Assists those who are struggling financially to pay for veterinary care for their pets based on qualifications | |
| Fetch A Cure | Cancer related Companions in Crisis program | |
| Financial Assistance – Animal Cancer Foundation | Cancer related | |
| Handicapped Pets Foundation | Donates wheel chairs for pets in need | |
| Harley’s Hope Foundation | Emergency vet assistance based on qualifications along with other resources | |
| Hearts United for Animals | Specific local assistance with emergency vet care and low cost spay/neuter on Wednesdays (Auburn, NE) | |
| Joshua Louis Animal Cancer Foundation | For pets under care of board certified veterinary oncologist | |
| Land of Pure Gold Foundation | Financial aid for Working Dogs who have been diagnosed with cancer | |
| Live Like Roo | Cancer related | |
| Paws 4 A Cure | Assistance with routine veterinary care for dogs and cats | |
| Medical Grants List provided by Love-A-Bull Inc.(Austin) | Most on their site listed with us but they may add others | |
| Perseus Foundation | Cancer related fund along with extensive pet cancer info | |
| Pets4Patriots | Pets for Patriots partners with veterinary practices to provide high quality, discounted care to veterans who adopt through their program | |
| Frankie’s Friends | Frankie’s Friends provides financial assistance grants to family owned pets in need of lifesaving emergency or specialty veterinary care whose caregivers cannot afford the full cost of treatment. | |
| The Mosby Foundation | Assist with the care of sick, injured, abused and neglected dogs | |
| The Onyx & Breezy Foundation | Assistance with cost of veterinary care | |
| The Pet Fund | The Pet Fund is is a registered 501(c) 3 nonprofit association that provides financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need veterinary care. | |
| Red Rover – Financial Assistance for Pet Owners in Need | Emergency care and domestic violence related | |
| Sam’s Hope (serving Bucks Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in PA) | Sam’s Hope provides temporary pet food assistance to financially challenged pet parents residing in Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in Southeastern PA. | |
| STARelief and Pet Assistance (Connecticut) | Non-profit that provides needs based life-saving pet food, veterinary care, emergency boarding and foster care |
