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Grants to Help Pay for Veterinary Costs

It is best to apply to a number of organizations at the same time. It may take a few grants from different organizations to cover the cost of care. Ask the Veterinarian treating your pet to provide you with a written estimate for the total cost of services, and have it EMAILED to you, so you can attach it to the online application of the grantors you have chosen to contact.

For help paying for veterinary bills in New Jersey, individuals can reach out to:

  • Bow Wow Buddies Foundation

    The Bow Wow Buddies Foundation offers a second chance to sick and injured dogs in need by providing medical care funds to dogs who are either homeless or whose parents cannot afford to pay their veterinary bills.

    This program provides – Financial assistance for veterinary care up to $2,500

    The Bow Wow Buddies Foundation will award grants up for necessary medical treatments for dogs across North America in need of care for conditions such as:

    • Broken bones
    • Abdominal obstruction
    • Enucleation
    • Cancer
    • Emergency services

    Must be unable to afford necessary veterinary care and are in need of financial assistance to keep their dog healthy and in their home.

    Grants may not be used for preventative care, spay or neuter surgery, dental cleaning or surgery, ongoing treatments, or end-of-life care. To apply, click here.

    After the review, notifications are sent to the applicants to let them know whether their grant request has been approved. Checks for each grant review period are distributed within five business days of the end of the review period and sent directly to the presiding veterinarian.

  • 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.

    To apply, click here.

    Their programs are designed to help with the treatment of emergency and specialty medical conditions where the pet would otherwise suffer, be euthanized, or relinquished without proper veterinary care.

    Applications for assistance will be considered if:

    • Your pet needs emergency or specialty veterinary care
    • Your pet has already been seen by a licensed veterinarian
    • The veterinarian has determined your pet has a good prognosis with treatment
    • You can show documentation of financial need
    • And the treatment plan has not yet been paid, as they do not reimburse for any payments already made
  • Magic Bullet Fund

    The Magic Bullet Fund helps support pets with cancer. To apply, click here.

  • Onyx & Breezy Foundation

    The Onyx & Breezy Foundation provides funding and support to:

    • Food, medicine and supplies
    • Pets of individuals where medical hardship is present
    • Helping the dogs of veterans suffering from PTSD

    To apply for an Onyx and Breezy Grant, click here.

  • Pet Fund

    The Pet Fund works only on non-basic, non-urgent care. This category includes medical needs such as cancer treatment, heart disease, chronic conditions, endocrine diseases, eye diseases, etc. To apply, click here. All applicants are required to contact the Pet Fund by email at info@thepetfund.com and/or phone at 916-443-6007 before applying for funding.

  • RedRover Relief: Urgent Care Grants

    The RedRover Relief Urgent Care grant program provides financial aid to pets in need of critical veterinary care. Grant decisions are based on medical urgency, financial need, available funding, and eligibility. To apply, click here.

Grants for Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelters

It is best to apply to a number of organizations at the same time.

Pet Pantries

TNR and Cat Rescue

Whole Families Program

Do you qualify?

People for Animals believes that Pets are Family! Our Whole Families Program seeks to keep whole families together by solving social challenges that threaten the unity of low-income, animal-inclusive families.  The WFP will provide: free social services assistance, affordable preventative veterinary care for pets, and long term planning to ensure the continuing health and happiness of the whole family.

To qualify for enrollment in WFP, families:

  1. Must include at least one pet (dog or cat) to which your family is bonded and considers as a family member.
  2. Must be experiencing a crisis such as: homelessness, domestic violence, and/or is entering a transitional shelter, rehabilitation facility or hospital.
  3. Must either be receiving benefits from – or qualify for – at least one public assistance program which requires income qualification, including:
    • NJ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or the NJ Supplementary Food Stamp Program
    • Supplemental Security Income Program
    • WIC special supplemental food program for women, infants and children
    • Work First New Jersey program
    • Medicaid
    • Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program
    • Section 8 rental assistance
    • Lifeline Credit Program
    • Tenants’ Lifeline Assistance Program
    • LIHEAP the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
    • Other means-tested benefits

Benefits of enrollment:

  1. Personalized social services networking assistance and ongoing support, budget instruction, etc.
  2. Short-term foster care or boarding (only for pets) while their pet parent is residing in a shelter or treatment program that does not include animals.
  3. Fifty-percent discounted preventative care at PFA, including:
    • Routine office visit fees
    • Vaccinations
    • Microchips
    • Routine 4Dx or Triple test annually
    • Fecal tests
    • Dewormer
    • Flea/tick preventatives
    • Heartworm preventatives

If you feel like your situation qualifies for assistance from PFA and would like to speak to our staff Social Worker, please contact Lori McGahan, Director of the Whole Families Program, MSW, LCSW:

Contact Lori

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