When veterinarians need a partner to support pets and people in need, Care Grants are here to help.
Care Grants provide funding to supplement a veterinarian’s charitable care for animals of vulnerable populations specifically in rural and frontier counties. Pet owners in rural and frontier counties have fewer options for veterinary care, and many pet owners in these counties have limited financial resources. Additionally, veterinary practices in rural and frontier communities have fewer charitable funds to help pet owners in need.
The primary goal of the program is to keep the human-animal bond intact by eliminating barriers to care faced by non-urban families and resolving medical issues that will restore the animal’s health. Care Grants are a last-resort financial option intended to support a one-time surgical or medical intervention for a companion animal with a good to excellent prognosis. Without such emergency funding, an otherwise treatable animal might be unnecessarily euthanized, relinquished, and/or endure excessive suffering.
Applications are to be completed by both the veterinary clinic and the client; the final application must be submitted by the veterinary clinic. Applications may be submitted to CVMA via email to [email protected].
Applications will be reviewed and approved by the CVMA Foundation CEO and/or appointed designee and a veterinarian. The applying veterinarian must be reachable during the review process in the event of additional questions.
The Care Grants program is designed to assist pet owners in rural communities; the program will use county designations as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) classifying rural counties as those that do not include a city of 50,000 people or more and classifying frontier counties as those with a population density less than or equal to six persons per square mile. Click here to see Colorado’s county designations as of 2021.
Examples of appropriate cases with otherwise healthy and stable animals include, but are not limited to:
Examples of inappropriate cases include, but are not limited to:
To be eligible for Care Grants funding, the veterinary practice must:
For a case selected by the applying veterinary practice, the client must meet the following criteria:
Notification of grant awards are made by phone or email directly by the CVMA Foundation CEO and/or appointed designee within three business days (Monday through Friday, excluding major holidays) of receiving the completed application.
