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Julia Rivera

Need help paying for your pet’s cancer treatment? These nonprofits can help.

Updated: Sep 30



The following organizations provide financial assistance for paying for pets' cancer treatment. Please contact them directly.


National Organizations


Live Like Roo 

  • Provides support and financial assistance to families whose pet faces a cancer diagnosis

  • Grants are awarded monthly and the grant review process requires 3-4 weeks. 

  • Website: https://www.livelikeroo.org/



Bow-Wow Buddies Foundation


  • Grants of up to $2,500 per dog for necessary medical treatments for dogs across America in need of care for conditions such as broken bones, enucleation, emergency services, abdominal obstruction, and cancer

  • Website: https://www.bowwowbuddies.com


Brown Dog Foundation, Inc. 



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

  • Website: https://www.dogsondeployment.org


Feline Rescue Society



For the Love of Alex


Frankie’s Friends Hope Fund

  • Provides grants to assist with the cost of life-saving or life-enhancing emergency or specialty care for pets whose families cannot afford the full cost of treatment

  • Applicable at BluePearl, VCA, or Banfield clinics

  • Website: https://www.frankiesfriends.org/#welcome


Friends and Vets Helping Pets

  • Provides assistance to families with financial limitations to pay for lifesaving (not life-prolonging) treatment for curable diseases such as tumors, broken bones, ambulatory care, expensive medication, or post-surgical prosthetic devices

  • Website: https://friendsandvetshelpingpets.org/


Fur the Brand

  • Provides financial assistance to pets who face a cancer diagnosis requiring extensive veterinary care in which the owners are unable to afford

  • Website: https://www.furthebrand.com/about


HEAL Foundation

  • Provides financial assistance to owners of dogs requiring vet care

  • Funding is only for spayed/neutered dogs

  • Funding is limited to a $1,000 limit per applicant and the owner must pay at least 25% of the total fee.

  • Website: https://healfoundationusa.org/grants/pet-owners/


Land of Pure Gold

  • Offers $1000 grants for cancer treatment for working dogs throughout the U.S. and Canada. 

  • Must be full-time working dog partner in areas of assistance, detection, search & rescue, law enforcement, military or animal-assisted therapy.

  • Website: https://grants.landofpuregold.com/


Lexi’s Legacy

  • Provides financial assistance to individual families who cannot afford urgent veterinary care for their dogs

  • Website: https://www.lexis-legacy.org/



Miranda’s People


Molly’s Hope 

  • Provides necessary financial assistance for emergency medical treatment in efforts to prevent financially driven euthanasia

  • Grants range between $300-$400.

  • Website: https://www.mollyshope.org/


Mosby Foundation


Onyx and Breezy


Paws 4 a Cure

  • Provides financial assistance throughout the United States to those who cannot afford veterinary care for their beloved furry family members

  • Maximum assistance per pet is $500

  • Website: https://www.paws4acure.org/


Pet Lifeline Financial Assistance Program


Red Rover

  • Offers one-time grants to low or no-income families, rescuers and Good Samaritans facing emergency veterinary crises

  • Website: https://redrover.org/


The Peanut Fund 

  • Provides financial assistance for pets with medical issues in low-income families to reduce the risk of euthanasia and homelessness, with small dollar grants of $50-$200.

  • Website: https://peanutfund.org/


Tri-pawds 

  • Provides financial assistance for amputation surgeries only

  • Awards 2 grants per month, $1,000 each.

  • Website: https://tripawds.com/


Trio Animal Foundation  


Local Organizations


Dylan’s Heart

  • Location: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia only

  • Provides financial assistance in time of critical need

  • Works with all companion animals

  • Website: https://www.dylanshearts.com/


Face Foundation

  • Location: San Diego County, California only

  • Provides financial support to low-income families, senior citizens, veterans, military families, people experiencing homelessness, students, disabled individuals, and hard-working families who have exhausted all other options and are at risk of losing their beloved pet

  • Website: https://face4pets.org/


Fetch a Cure


Jake Brady Memorial Fund

  • Location: Ohio only

  • Provides funding for corrective, suitable, and life-saving medical treatment to companion animals of families in need

  • Website: https://www.myjakebrady.com/


KarmaSue

  • Location: Colorado only. 

  • Provides education, counseling, and financial support to Coloradan families that have companion animals living with cancer in an effort to honor the human-animal connection

  • Website: https://karmasue.org/programs/application-process/


Operation D.O.G.

  • Location: Polk and Marion counties in Oregon

  • Provides financial assistance for veterinary care for dogs of families experiencing financial hardship

  • Website: https://www.operationdog.org/


STARelief and Pet Assistance

  • Location: Connecticut only

  • Provides financial assistance for canine cancer treatment to residents that are: Experiencing Financial Challenges; Senior Citizens; Sick and/or Terminally Ill; U.S. Military Veterans and Their Families

  • Website: https://starelief.org/aid-a-pet-grant/


Save a Pet Florida, Inc.

  • Location: Florida only

  • Provides medical care to injured and abandoned animals, community cats and pets of families in financial distress, and to provide quality homes to companion animals

  • Website: https://www.saveapet.com/


The Xena Fund 


ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA

Land of Pure Gold

  • Offers $1000 grants for cancer treatment for working dogs throughout the U.S. and Canada

  • Must be full-time working dog partner in areas of assistance, detection, search & rescue, law enforcement, military or animal-assisted therapy.

  • Website: https://grants.landofpuregold.com/


Guide Dog Assistance Fund


The Farley Foundation


Animal Cancer Therapy Subsidization Society



The list was compiled by the Magic Bullet Fund volunteers. For twenty years, the Magic Bullet Fund supported families with dogs and cats with cancer, but sadly, they are no longer accepting applications.  

 

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Canine Cancer Alliance is a non-profit organization supporting research for canine cancer cures.



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