Our pets are more than just animals – they are member of our family. Every pet owner ensures that their pet lives a healthy life no matter how much dollars they have to spend on them. According to a report published by Forbes, people who have large pet dogs spend at least $1,570 a year which, for an average lifespan of 12 years, could come to over $18,000. And that doesn’t include factoring in expensive emergency medical costs. Vet bills can add up like that even with cats as well..
For this reason, several pet owners find them in financial predicaments. So, if you are a pet owner and also find difficult to take care of your pet then here is the list of pet financial aid organizations all over the country that could help you in this regard.
Have a look!
1. Alabama
–Animal Friends Humane Society – A non-profit organization which helps improve the lives of animals in the Decatur area.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Spay & neutered assistance
-Friends of Cats and Dogs Foundation – an all volunteer organization address cat and dog overpopulation. It mainly operates in Birmingham, Alabama area.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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2. Alaska
-Friends of Pets -Helps abandoned animals and also provide help for pet owners who are having a hard time providing for their pets.
Services provide:
- Affordable Spay & neutered assistance
-Save Our Seward Pets (Seward) – work to support shelters and pet owners alike.
Services provide:
- Affordable Spay & neutered assistance
- Pet food assistance
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3. Arizona
-Arizona Humane Society – provides high quality veterinary care with low cost. They also provide affordable care to keep pets and their owner together.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Affordable vaccinations
- General veterinary care assistance
-The Arizona Pet Project – prevents pet homelessness by keeping pets and families together. By providing affordable services, they reduce pet over population along with other resources and supports.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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4. Arkansas
-Humane Society of the Ozarks – founded as the Fayetteville Humane Society in 1946 that continues to support both pets and their owners alike.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Emergency veterinary care assistance
-Out Of The Woods – non profit organization that helps in providing homes to rescued animals. Moreover, they promote spay and neutering surgeries to low-income families in order to prevent animal overpopulation.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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5. California
-The Acme Foundation – named after the founder’s beloved feline is geared towards helping senior citizens and disabled citizens of Lake County.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-Actors and Others for Animals – helps pet owners with limited income in order to minimize the animal cruelty.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Emergency medical care assistance
-Golden State Humane Society – provides cost effective resources and solutions to pet owners in Southern California.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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6. Colorado
-The Cartwright Foundation – pay up to $500 for medical treatment or $1,000 for surgical procedures for pets.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for pet owners
-Cat Clinic offers subsidized services to cats whose owners might not be able to afford the cost.
Services provide:
- Subsidized care for cats
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7. Connecticut
-Reggie’s Pet Project – provides financial assistance to pets in need of urgent medical care.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for urgent medical care
-STARelief and Pet Assistance – offers the Home for Life Grant. This grant offers assistance for emergency medical care, preventative surgery, routine medical care, and more.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
- Affordable microchipping service
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-TEAM Mobile Feline Unit – provides affordable spay and neuter procedures as well as vaccinations for cats in a mobile unit clinic.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
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8. Delaware
-Delaware Spay & Neuter Program offers important pet reproductive surgeries to low income pet owners.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
-Grass Roots Rescue Society is a non volunteer organization founded in 2013. It is dedicated to help shelters animals at risk and help in keeping animals alive with their owners.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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9. Florida
-Blue Ribbon Charitable Foundation offers pet medical assistance program through which they provide financial aid directly to the veterinarian hospital for pet medical care. Grants are capped at $500.00 per applicant.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for pet medical care
-Frankie’s Friends – offers lifesaving grants for emergency pet medical care to pet owners who can’t afford the full cost of care.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for lifesaving medical/veterinary care
-Passion for Paws helps the pet owners who face financial difficulties.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Emergency care
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10. Georgia
-Affordable Veterinary Services – provides affordable preventive medicine care for pets.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost healthcare
-Georgia Animal Project – sponsors multiple clinics throughout North Georgia.
Services provide:
- Reduced cost veterinary care
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11. Hawaii
-Hawaiian Humane Society strengthens the bond between man and animal through educating pet owners and providing some much-needed services.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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12. Idaho
-Idaho Humane Society helps the pet owners to take care of their pets who can’t afford them.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
–Kirk Foundation and Animal Assistance League assist the pet owners with food and medical cost. They can reimburse up to $100 on pet food purchases and $200 in emergency veterinary costs.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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13. Illinois
-Anti-Cruelty Society based in Chicago helps the pet owners by providing them affordable resources and services.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccines
- Affordable microchipping services
-Iroquois County Animal Rescue helps to diminish pet overpopulation problem and alleviates the sufferings of domesticated pets by providing them long term care and shelter.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Wellness services
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14. Indiana
-Ernie’s Angels helps in pet food assistance.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
-Frantz Fund provides up to $200 a year per pet (limited to three pets per client) in order to aid in a pet’s medical needs.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for pet owners
-Vanderburgh Humane Society provides plenty of resources to the pet owners in need.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Pet food assistance
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15. Iowa
-Johnson County Humane Society provides emergency financial aid to any qualifying pet owners finding themselves in a veterinary emergency.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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16. Kansas
-Caring Hands Humane Society helps both pets and pet owners by providing valuable educational resources and affordable services for pet owners in need.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
-Humane Society of Greater Kansas City offers spay/neuter services to over 5000 dogs and cats in 2016.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Affordable veterinary care
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17. Kentucky
-Jordan Memorial Fund features ‘HOPE for Pets’ that help senior pet owners who can’t afford their pet’s medical bills.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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18. Louisiana
-Animal Welfare, Inc. – a non profit organization helps the pet and their owners in financial hardships by keeping them together.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
-Southern Animal Foundation provides clients and their pets high quality and affordable veterinary care.
Services provide:
- Affordable veterinary care
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19. Maine
-Animal Refuge League helps in improving the quality of life of pets and their owner – ultimately improving the whole community.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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20. Maryland
-Animal Advocates of Howard County – a non volunteer organization that promotes adoption and provides affordable spay/neuter services.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance (free for pit bulls)
-Thankful Paws – specializes in distributing pet food to homeless pet owners.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
-Maryland SPCA specializes in diminishing pet overpopulation by adopting out over 3,000 unwanted pets each year.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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21. Massachusetts
-Alliance for Animals prevent animal cruelty and animal overpopulation through affordable spay and neuter programs aimed at low-income pet owners.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
-The Sampson Fund aid pet owners less fortunate.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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22. Michigan
-Dog Aide helps the pet owners by supplying them resources including daily care items, pet food, and more.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Daily care items
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-Kalamazoo Humane Society – aids pet owners by providing low cost spay and neuter procedures and pet food assistance.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Pet food assistance
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23. Minnesota
-Kindest Cut – offers sterilization procedures, preventative care, and more.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Preventative care
- Low-cost dental services
–Mission Assistance Fund helps low income pet owners and seniors in need from having to surrender their pets due to financial burdens.
Services provide:
- Discounted medical care/medications
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24. Mississippi
-Humane Society of South Mississippi provides access to low-cost spay/neuter services and more.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Affordable microchipping service
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25. Missouri
-Bi-State Pet Food Pantry – keep pets and their owners together by eliminating the financial burden of the cost of food.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
-Friends of KC Animals helps the pet owners in need, often covering the cost of spay/neuter procedures and contributing funding to necessary pet medical care.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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26. Montana
-Flathead Spay and Neuter Task Force – promotes pet life by offering animal overpopulation solutions that extend well beyond the accepted practice of euthanasia.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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27. Nebraska
-Hearts United for Animals – contributes in financial aid when a pet medical emergency arises.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-Sadie Dog Fund – non-profit organization powered by donations to help pet owners who need a little financial assistance for their companion animals.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet medical emergencies
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28. Nevada
-Nevada Humane Society helps in alleviating the financial burdens of pet owners who, otherwise, cannot afford necessary procedures and vaccines for their pets.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
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29. New Hampshire
-Cocheco Valley Humane Society helps in promoting the humane treatment of pets and helping pet owners afford to take care of their beloved, four-legged friends.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
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30. New Jersey
-Hudson County Animal League – rescues and fosters abandoned animals and also promotes low-cost spay and neutering, provides financial aid to pet owners in need, and so much more.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-NJ Aid For Animals – enrich the lives of animals and their owners by educating the community on responsible pet ownership and assisting with pet care.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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31. New Mexico
-Animal Humane New Mexico is the state’s leading private animal welfare organization.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Advanced surgical services
-The OSCAR Foundation – provides pets with the opportunity to get back on their feet. They can provide financial assistance for needed surgery and physical rehabilitation.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet owners
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32. New York
-All 4 Pets West New York gives a one-time grant to low-income pet owners who can’t afford pet medical care.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for pet owners
-Animal Care Council runs a low-cost spay and neuter clinic.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
FurBridge – an organization that offers financial aid, funding, and educational resources to the public and other non-profit groups.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet owners
-Rochester Hope for Pets organization provides cost-share awards to pet owners who need assistance paying veterinary costs due to unexpected or emergency situations.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet owners
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33. North Carolina
-Animal Crackers – a volunteer-based organization that benefits pets and their owners. They offer assistance with pet food and access to affordable spay and neuter procedures.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Pet food assistance
-Pals for Paws and Purrs – gives financial assistance to individuals, animal rescue groups, and shelters on a case-by-case basis.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
-Watauga Humane Society – helps to relieve the suffering of animals while providing pet owners with low-cost spay and neuter solutions.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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34. North Dakota
– The Circle of Friends Humane Society provides financial aid for a pet’s initial vet visit through their Emergency Medical Assistance Program.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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35. Ohio
-Angels of Animals helps and promote animal adoption and education by providing access to affordable resources for pet owners.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Pet food assistance
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36. Oklahoma
-Animal Rescue and Care of McCurtain County works to promote responsible pet ownership while combating overpopulation with affordable spay and neuter programs.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
-The Bella Foundation – a non-profit organization that helps elderly and terminally ill pet owners in need be able to afford veterinary care.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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37. Oregon
-Velvet Financial Assistance Fund – provides maximum of $750 per case to financially eligible pet owners in need.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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38. Pennsylvania
-No Kill Lehigh Valley – contributes to reducing shelter overcrowding by promoting services and resources that reduce pet overpopulation. They also provide financial aid to pet owners thereby reducing the chances of pets being surrendered to shelters.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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39. Rhode Island
-Ocean State Veterinary Specialists offer financial aid to pet owners through the Paris Fund.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet owners
-Volunteer Services for Animals – helps animals in need and provides pet owners with financial assistance for veterinary care.
Services provide:
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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40. South Carolina
-Broken Tails – offers financial aid to pet owners in need. This is done in the form of grants which typically range from $100 to $250 depending on the level of urgency and need.
Services provide:
- Financial aid grants
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41. South Dakota
-Brookings Humane Society helps support pet owners and the community with affordable, high-quality services that curb pet overpopulation and keep pets and their owners together.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Affordable microchipping service
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42. Tennessee
-Humane Society of Putnam County – supplies affordable spay and neuter procedures along with financial assistance for those who qualify.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Financial aid for medical/veterinary care
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43. Texas
-Animal Birth Control Clinic provides low-cost resources to curb the number of unwanted and euthanized animals.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
- Preventative care treatment
-Arlington Humane Society – an all-volunteer organization helps pets and their owners.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
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44. Utah
-The Humane Society of Moab Valley promotes responsible pet ownership and compassion within the community. They provide necessary assistance for pet owners as well as a wealth of information to further strengthen the bond between owner and pet.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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45. Vermont
-Pope Memorial Animal Shelter – deals with homeless cats and dogs in the area. Today, they continue to do this while also offering resources to support pet owners in need.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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46. Virginia
-Angels of Assisi – a mobile clinic that services pet owners who would, otherwise, not be able to afford wellness care and surgeries for their pets.
Services provide:
- Affordable microchipping service
- Low-cost vaccinations
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-Franklin County Humane Society – features a planned pethood clinic as well as other vital pet care services subsidized by donations.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
- Low-cost vaccinations
- Affordable microchipping service
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47. Washington
-The Budkis Fund helps by providing financial assistance to low-income senior pet owners who cannot afford emergency veterinary care for their pets.
Services provide:
- Financial assistance for pet owners
-The NOAH Center opened its doors in 1988 as a way to stop the euthanization of healthy, adoptable pets.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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48. West Virginia
-National Humane Education Society – fights against animal cruelty ever since. Among their many resources, they also help curb animal overpopulation through their spay/neuter program.
Services provide:
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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49. Wisconsin
-Eau Claire County Humane Association – advocates animal welfare. They strive to help combat pet overpopulation and starvation through their affordable pet care resources.
Services provide:
- Pet food assistance
- Affordable spay/neuter assistance
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50. Wyoming
-The Cheyenne Animal Shelter helps in finding homes for all their homeless pets while providing necessary resources for pet owners in need.
Services provide:
Affordable spay/neuter assistance
