AAHA Helping Pets
Client eligibility: On SSI, Medicaid, Food stamps & unemployment both, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Also documentation of temporary financial hardship.
Patient eligibility: Any companion animal, must be sick, injured, or in need of emergency care.
Veterinarian eligibility: Must be a member of AAHA
Good Samaritan: Yes
Apply: Through veterinarian
Limits: Vet = $500 per calendar year for financial hardship cases and $200 per calendar year for Good Samaritan cases. Client = Up to $500 per year, $1,000 lifetime.

Brown Dog Foundation
Client eligibility: Working poor (100-300% poverty limit) or temporary financial setback like job loss.
Patient eligibility: Dogs & cats who could be healthy with treatment.
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Both client and vet.
Limits: Can only pay for prescription medicines in FL, not treatment.

Care Credit
Client eligibility: You need to qualify for credit.
Patient eligibility: Any
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client
Limits: None.

Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program
Client eligibility: Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, Unemployment, “public assistance”
Patient eligibility: Cats & kittens with life-threatening illness or injury.
Good Samaritan: Yes
Apply: Client
Limits: None

Help-A-Pet
Client eligibility: Physically and mentally challenged individuals, Senior citizens, Children of the working poor; individual income under $20K, household under $40K
Patient eligibility: Most grants cover surgery but will do “curative treatments”
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client
Limits: One grant per family lifetime.


In Memory Of Magic (IMOM)
Client eligibility: SSI, Federal or State assistance, unemployment, pay stub, W-2, or 1099. Must apply and be denied Care Credit. Vet must supply some forms.
Patient eligibility: Life threatening emergencies only (will die or be euthanized within 10 days)
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client and vet.
Limits: None

Magic Bullet Fund
Client eligibility: Must prove cannot fully pay vet bill by providing last tax return and other financial information.
Patient eligibility: Only dogs with operable tumors or in chemotherapy for lymphoma.
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client and vet.
Limits: Estimated cost of treatement less what client can pay. The fund works by conducting a fund raising campaign for the pet.

Onyx & Breezy Foundataion
Client eligibility: Must have applied for, and been denied, Care Credit.
Patient eligibility: General, will pay for medical care and medicines.
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client.
Limits: None listed.

The Pet Fund
Client eligibility: Anyone, but must call for pre-screening before applying.
Patient eligibility: Non-emergency care only.
Good Samaritan: No
Apply: Client and vet.
Limits: None listed. They pay vets only, and there may be a long wait time before doing so.

RedRover
Client eligibility: Demonstrated financial need. Also a special program for victims of domestic violence so they don’t have to leave their pets behind. Must conduct fundraising on own behalf first.
Patient eligibility: Urgent medical need but will only fund if not yet treated.
Good Samaritan: Yes
Apply: Client and vet.
Limits: One grant lifetime.