This list is of state organizations that offer financial support to qualifying pet owners to assist with veterinary medical expenses. We are not affiliated with them and do not know the requirements for obtaining funds, their limits on financial support, or time frames for approval or denial. Please click on the organization’s name in blue to be taken to their website to obtain details.
Note: There may be additional resources not listed here that are available in your state. Please do a Google Search to determine what other resources may be available to you and your pet.
Note: Click here for states A-M
Nebraska:
Hearts United for Animals: Auburn (low-cost spay/neuter clinic)
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors: Lincoln County (low-cost spay/neuter program, pet food
Nebraska Humane Society: Omaha (low-cost spay/neuter, pet food delivery for senior citizens receiving Meals on Wheels, grooming and boarding services, training classes)
Nevada:
Nevada Humane Society: Reno (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Shakespeare Animal: veterinary care assistance
Spay and Neuter Center of Southern Nevada: Las Vegas (spay/neuter and microchip assistance)
New Hampshire:
Cocheco Valley Humane Society: Dover (pet food, temporary foster program)
Concord-Merrimack County SPCA: Penacook (pet food, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
Helping People, Helping Pets—Hillsborough County
Helping People, Helping Pets—Merrimack County
Helping People, Helping Pets—Rockingham County
Helping People, Helping Pets—Strafford County
Manchester Animal Shelter: Manchester (pet food)
New Hampshire Humane Society: Laconia (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Upper Valley Humane Society: Enfield (spay/neuter assistance)
New Jersey:
A Purrfect World: Bloomfield (temporary foster program)
Animal Alliance: Belle Mead (pet food and supplies, spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Companion Animal Advocates: Hillsdale (pet food, spay/neuter, and rehoming assistance)
Friends of Randolph Animal Pound (All Our Orphans): Randolph (spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society of Atlantic: Atlantic City (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance: Statewide (veterinary care assistance)
Oakland Animal Hospital: Oakland (pet food)
One Step Closer Animal Rescue (OSCAR): Statewide (pet food bank and spay/neuter assistance)
PetPALS of Southern New Jersey: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners
Prince Chunk Foundation: Statewide (pet food and veterinary care assistance)
Save U.S. Pets Foundation: veterinary care assistance (A veterinarian must apply on behalf of the pet owner.)
New Mexico:
ACTion Programs for Animals: Las Cruces (pet food bank)
Animal Humane Association of New Mexico: Albuquerque (spay/neuter, vaccination and other necessary veterinary medical care)
Animal Village New Mexico: (low-cost spay/neuter, pet food bank)
Casa Rosa Food Pantry: Placitas community (food bank that offers pet food and supplies)
Espanola Valley Humane Society: Espanola (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Gallup McKinley County Humane Society: low-cost spay/neuter
Santa Fe Animal Shelter: Santa Fe (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Vet Co: Multiple Locations (spay/neuter assistance)
New York:
ALL 4 PETS: Limited to Western New York (veterinary care assistance)
The Animal Lovers League: Glen Cove (temporary foster program)
Ascension’s Pet Food Pantry: Buffalo (pet food pantry)
Baxter Pet Pantry: Nassau and Suffolk Counties (pet food and supplies)
Beyond Breed’s Ruff Riders: pet food and supplies for underserved neighborhoods in Brooklyn and New York City
Black Dog, Second Chance Rescue Food Pantry for Pets: Buffalo
Frankie’s Friends: New York City (veterinary care assistance including cancer)
Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry: (pet food bank)
Lollypop Farm, The Humane Society of Greater Rochester: Fairport (emergency pet food assistance, spay/neuter assistance, and information on other community programs for veterinary assistance)
Rochester Hope for Pets: Rochester (veterinary care assistance)
NY SAVE, Inc.: veterinary care assistance
Operation Pets: The Spay/Neuter Clinic of Western New York (low-cost spay/neuter)
Pet Food Pantry Auburn: (pet food)
The Shamrock Animal Fund: Syracuse/Central New York (veterinary care assistance).
North Carolina:
Animal Compassion Network: Skyland (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
AnimalKind: Raleigh (spay/neuter assistance)
Animal Protection Society of Durham: Durham (pet food assistance)
Ashley’s Angel Fund (veterinary care assistance)
Community Partnership for Pets: Flat Rock (spay/neuter assistance)
Forsyth County Animal Control: Winston-Salem; Forsyth County (pet food assistance, low-cost spay/neuter)
Forsyth Humane Society: Winston-Salem (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Friends of Madison County Animals: (low-cost/no-cost services to Madison County residents: spay-neuter, pet food pantry, microchips, vaccinations)
Friends of Mebane’s Animals: (pet food, spay/neuter subsidies, veterinary assistance, fences and shelter/housing for those in financial hardship or on public assistance in Alamance County and parts of surrounding counties)
Harnett Animal Welfare Coalition (HAWC): Harnett County (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Haywood Animal Welfare Association: Waynesville (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Alliance: Asheville (spay/neuter assistance)
The Humane Society of the Piedmont: Greensboro (pet food & spay/neuter assistance)
Madison County Animal Shelter: Marshall (spay/neuter assistance)
North Carolina State University Companion Pet Assistance Program: Raleigh (veterinary care assistance for clients)
Pet Food Pantry of Eastern North Carolina: Eastern NC/Greenville (pet food assistance, free spay/neuter, Meals on Wheels delivery for homebound, low-income seniors, disaster relief)
SNAP-NC: Statewide (spay/neuter assistance)
Spay Neuter Charlotte: Charlotte (low-cost spay/neuter, vaccines and pet-food pantry)
SPCA of Wake County: Raleigh (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Watauga Humane Society: Boone (spay/neuter and microchip assistance)
Wayne County Humane Society: Goldsboro (spay/neuter assistance)
North Dakota:
Circle of Friends Humane Society: Grand Forks (spay/neuter assistance, emergency medical assistance)
Spay Dakota: low-cost spay/neuter assistance and referrals
Ohio:
Angels for Animals: Canfield (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
The Bummer Fund: Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties (veterinary care assistance)
Humane Ohio: Toledo (spay/neuter assistance)
Jake Brady Memorial Fund (veterinary care assistance)
MedVet Good Sam Fund: Columbus and Cincinatti (veterinary care assistance)
The Neuter Scooter: Multiple Locations (spay/neuter assistance for cats)
Paws with Pride: Uniontown (temporary foster program)
Pet Guards Clinic: Cuyahoga Falls (assistance for necessary veterinary medical care, spay/neuter and vaccinations)
Pet Pantry of Lorain County: Lorain County (pet food assistance, spay/neuter assistance)
PetPromise: Columbus (pet food assistance)
Pets in Need: Cincinnati (veterinary care for low income families with pets, spay/neuter assistance)
Pets in Stitches: Miami Valley (affordable spay/neuter and vaccines for cats, dogs and rabbits; TNR for community cats)
The Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals: Kettering (spay/neuter assistance, temporary foster program)
Stop the Overpopulation of Pets: Mansfield (spay/neuter assistance)
U-CAN (United Coalition for Animals: Cincinnati (provides low-cost spay/neuter services and free transports to their clinic from several locations in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana)
Oklahoma:
Animal Birth Control Clinic: Lawton (spay/neuter, vaccination, microchip assistance and other basic veterinary services)
Animal Rescue and Care of McCurtain County: Broken Bow (spay/neuter assistance)
Best Friends of Pets: multiple locations (spay/neuter assistance)
Central Oklahoma Humane Society: Oklahoma City (spay neuter clinic, trap-neuter-return for community cats)
Humane Society of Grove and Grand Lake: Grove (spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society of Tulsa: Tulsa (spay/neuter assistance)
Oklahoma City Animal Shelter: Oklahoma City (pet food)
405-316-FOOD (3663) or email petfoodbank@okc.gov
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division: (spay/neuter help, pet food bank, community cat program)
PAWS, Inc.: Bristow (spay/neuter assistance)
Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City: (pet food assistance)
Poteau Valley Humane Society: Poteau (spay/neuter assistance)
Spay Oklahoma: Tulsa (spay/neuter assistance)
Volunteers for Animal Welfare: Oklahoma City (spay/neuter assistance)
Washington County SPCA: Bartlesville (spay/neuter assistance)
Oregon:
Cat Adoption Team: Sherwood (cat food assistance)
City of Eugene Spay/Neuter Clinic: Eugene (spay/neuter, vaccination, and microchip assistance)
DoveLewis Velvet Assistance Fund: Portland (veterinary care assistance)
Hand To Paw Fund: Statewide (veterinary care assistance)
Humane Society of Central Oregon: Bend (spay/neuter assistance, contact HSCO for additional services)
Lane County Animal Services: Eugene (spay/neuter assistance)
The Neuter Scooter: Multiple Locations (spay/neuter assistance for cats)
Oregon Outback Humane Society: Lakeview (pet food, spay/neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
Pet Overpopulation Prevention Advocates: Statewide (spay/neuter assistance and referral)
The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank (pet food and spay/neuter assistance)
Pro-Bone-O: Eugene (free pet food, supplies, and veterinary care for pets of the homeless)
S/Nipped: Coos, Curry, & Douglas Counties (spay/neuter assistance, low-cost veterinary care & vaccinations)
Willamette Animal Guild: Eugene (spay/neuter assistance)
Willamette Humane Society: Salem (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Pennsylvania:
ACCT Philly: (pet food, referrals for low-cost spay/neuter and wellness services)
Action for Animals Humane Society: Latrobe (spay/neuter assistance)
Animal Care & Assistance Fund (veterinary care assistance)
Animal Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley: (pet food for families in need)
Animal Friends: Pittsburgh (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Animal House Project: (pet food for low-income residents of Chester County)
The Animal Rescue of Western Pennsylvania (veterinary care assistance)
Chester County Pet Food Pantry: Chester, eastern Berks and Montgomery counties (pet food & care assistance)
Delaware County SPCA: (spay/neuter and wellness services)
Forgotten Cats, Inc.: Willow Grove (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Henry’s Cupboard at the Brandywine Valley SPCA: West Chester (pet food pantry)
Humane Society of Berks County: Reading (pet food and veterinary care assistance)
Humane Society of Harrisburg Area: (pet food pantry, low-cost spay/neuter services, wellness clinics, microchipping)
Humane Society of Westmoreland County: Greenberg (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Red Paw Emergency Relief Team: Philadelphia (emergency assistance including search & rescue, emergency transport, shelter, and veterinary care to animals involved in fires and other residential disasters)
Rescue Pet Food Pantry: (provides pet food to 501(c)3 rescues to free up financial resources)
Sam’s Hope: Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties (pet food and veterinary care assistance for pet owners with demonstrated financial hardship)
Spay/Neuter Assistance Program, Inc.: Harrisburg (low-cost spay/neuter)
Washington Area Humane Society: Eighty Four (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society: Pittsburgh (spay/neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care
Wilkes Barre Animal Hospital: Wilkes Barre (spay/neuter assistance for cats)
Pet Pantry of Lancaster County: (pet food, spay/neuter and wellness services, community cat program)
Pennsylvania SPCA: Philadelphia (spay/neuter and wellness services)
Rhode Island:
Hands That Heal RI: (pet food assistance for elderly/low-income families, connecting those in need with resources for short & long term veterinary care, low-cost immunizations, low-cost spay/neuter)
Humane Association of Northwestern Rhode Island: Pascoag (spay/neuter assistance)
Providence Animal Rescue League: Providence (spay/neuter assistance)
Rhode Island Community Spay/Neuter Clinic: low cost spay/neuter for dogs & cats
Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association: Statewide (spay/neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
RIVMA Companion Animal Foundation: veterinary care assistance
Volunteer Services for Animals: Providence (spay/neuter assistance)
South Carolina:
Charleston Animal Society: Charleston (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Columbia (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Keep Our Pets Food Bank: Horry and Georgetown (pet food for eligible applicants)
Pawmetto Lifeline: Columbia (low-cost spay/neuter clinic, mobile vaccine clinic, pet food pantry)
Pet Helpers: Charleston (low-cost veterinary care—including vaccinations, deworming, flea and tick control, heartworm tests, feline leukemia/aids tests, very affordable heartworm preventive medication, mass removals, orthopedic surgery, and some dentistry [fees are on a sliding scale]—as well as a pet food bank, low-cost spay/neuter, help for chained dogs, TNR, and behavior/training referrals); clinic phone number: 843-302-0556
South Dakota:
Brookings Humane Society: pet food and supplies
Oglala Pet Project: free spay/neuter, low-cost vaccines, pet food bank for pet owners living on the Pine Ridge American Indian Reservation
Operation Pets, Inc.: low-cost spay/neuter for pets and community cats
Spay Dakota: low-cost spay/neuter referrals
South Dakota West River Spay/Neuter Coalition: low-cost spay/neuter clinics
Tennessee:
Brown Dog Foundation: Statewide (veterinary care assistance and prescription medications)
Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee (List of groups that assist with companion animal issues in Tennessee by county)
Fayette County Animal Rescue: Rossville (pet food and supplies)
Humane Society of Putnam County: Cookeville (spay/neuter assistance)
Nashville Humane Association: Nashville (pet food, spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Shepherd’s Green Sanctuary (pigs only): Cookeville
Young-Williams Animal Center: Knoxville (pet food, spay/neuter, and vaccination assistance)
Texas:
Animal Birth Control Clinic: Waco (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Animal Friends of Washington County: Brenham (low-cost spay/neuter, vaccinations, heartworm treatment)
Animal Trustees of Austin: Austin (assistance for necessary veterinary medical care, spay/neuter assistance, and heartworm treatment)
Arlington Humane Society: Arlington (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society: Canyon Lake (pet food, spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Cause for Paws: Greenville (spay/neuter, medication, and vaccination assistance)
DaisyCares Pet Food Program: San Antonio (pet food assistance through the San Antonio Food Bank)
Dallas Animal Services: Dallas (spay/neuter assistance)
Don’t Forget to Feed Me: Northern Texas (pet food bank)
EmanciPet: Austin (spay/neuter assistance)
Freeman-Fritts: Kerrville (spay/neuter assistance, low-cost veterinary care)
Helotes Humane Society: Helotes (pet food)
Houston Humane Society: Houston (spay/neuter assistance)
Kaufman County Animal Awareness Project: Crandall (assistance for veterinary care including vaccinations, microchipping, and spay/neuter)
Metroplex Animal Coalition: Dallas (spay/neuter assistance)
Outreach Animal Clinic: Dallas (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Pet Food Bank of Austin and Travis County: Austin (Pet food)
Pet Pals of Texas: Converse (pet food, supplies, and general pet care assistance for elderly or disabled residents)
Pet Prevent A Litter of Central Texas: San Marcos (pet food and litter, spay/neuter assistance)
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program: Multiple locations (spay/neuter assistance)
Spay/Neuter Your Pet: Dallas-Fort Worth (spay/neuter assistance)
Spay Texas: Statewide (spay/neuter assistance)
SPCA of Polk County: Livingston (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
SPCA of Texas: Dallas (pet food, assistance for veterinary care including vaccinations, microchipping, and spay/neuter)
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine “The Capper and Chris Save the Animals Fund”(veterinary care assistance)
Texas Coalition for Animal Protection: Azle, Cleburne, Denton, Fort Worth, Hamilton, Hillsboro, and McKinney (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Utah:
Best Friends Animal Society: Salt Lake City (spay/neuter assistance)
The Humane Society of Moab Valley: Moab (spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society of Utah: Murray (spay/neuter and vaccination assistance)
Pet Samaritan Fund (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners)
Vermont:
Frontier Animal Society: Orleans (spay/neuter assistance)
Second Chance Animal Center: Shaftsbury (spay/neuter assistance)
Vermont Spay Neuter Incentive Program: Bridgewater (spay/neuter assistance)
Virginia:
Angels of Assisi: Roanoke (spay/neuter assistance, discounted pet medications)
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria: Alexandria (spay/neuter assistance)
Animal Welfare League of Arlington: Arlington (spay/neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care)
Bedford Humane Society: Bedford (spay/neuter assistance)
Capital Animal Care Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic: northern Virginia (pet food, supplies and spay/neuter assistance)
Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA: Charlottesville (spay/neuter assistance for owned pets and feral cats)
Fairfax County Animal Shelter
Fauquier SPCA: Warrenton (spay/neuter assistance)
Franklin County Humane Society: Rocky Mount (spay/neuter assistance)
Helping Hands Affordable Veterinary Surgery and Dental Clinic: Richmond (reduced cost veterinary surgery)
The Holly Help Memorial Spay/Neuter Fund: Bristol (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society of Culpeper: Culpeper (spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society of Fairfax County: Fairfax (pet food)
Humane Society of Loudoun County: Purcellville (spay/neuter assistance)
Isle of Wight County Humane Society: Wight County & Surrounding Areas (pet food bank/medical & spay/neuter assistance)
Loudon County Animal Care and Control CARE Pet Pantry: Leesburg (pet food)
Mountain View Humane Spay Neuter Clinic: low cost spay/neuter
Partners Among Cats and Canines: Franklin (spay/neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care)
Prince William SPCA: Manassas (spay/neuter, vaccinations, wellness checks)
Richmond SPCA: Richmond and the surrounding counties of Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico and Goochland (free and low-cost spay/neuter services, affordable pet wellness clinics, free pet pantry, free behavior support, low-cost temporary off-site boarding for pets)
Roanoke Valley SPCA: Roanoke (pet food)
Saint Seton’s Orphaned Animals: Fredricksburg (operates Thomas Beath Veterinary Hospital, assistance with diagnostics, surgery, and veterinary treatments for low-income clients and animal welfare organizations, pet food pantry)
Shenandoah Valley Spay and Neuter Clinic: Harrisonburg (spay/neuter assistance)
Lynchburg Humane Society: Evington (spay/neuter assistance)
Spay, Inc.: Northern Virginia (spay/neuter assistance)
SPCA of Martinsville and Henry County: Martinsville (spay/neuter assistance)
Virginia Beach SPCA: Virginia Beach (pet food, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care)
The Virginia Kincheloe Spay/Neuter Clinic: Fredericksburg (low-cost spay/neuter, microchips)
Voices for Animals: Charlottesville and surrounding counties (feral cat spay/neuter and vaccination; weather-proof shelters for outdoor dogs)
Washington:
Northwest Spay & Neuter Center: Tacoma (spay/neuter assistance for owned pets and feral cats)
Concern for Animals: Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties (spay/neuter, pet food and veterinary care assistance)
Forget Me Not Animal Shelter: Republic (spay/neuter assistance)
Humane Society for Seattle/King County: Bellevue (low-income senior citizen’s pet food assistance, discounted spay/neuter and microchipping, pet project assistance for individuals disabled by AIDS)
Humane Society for Southwest Washington: Clark County/Vancouver (low-cost vaccinations, free & Low-cost microchipping, pet food assistance, low-cost spay/neuter, emergency boarding, low-cost euthanasia/cremation services, pet loss support groups)
Olympic Mountain Pet Pals: Jefferson County (spay/neuter assistance for low-income pet owners, TNR for community cats)
PAWS of Bainbridge Island: Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap (spay/neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance; additional services for seniors)
Seattle Humane Society: Seattle (services for low-income, disabled, and senior pet owners: spay/neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance)
Progressive Animal Welfare Society: Lynnwood (spay/neuter assistance, microchip and vaccination assistance, behavior helpline)
Spokane Valley Regional Animal Protection Service: Spokane Valley (spay/neuter assistance)
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Good Samaritan Fund – veterinary care assistance
Whatcom Humane Society: Bellingham (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Whidbey Animals’ Improvement Foundation (WAIF): Whidbey Island (spay/neuter assistance for owned cats and ferals, crisis care assistance, pet food banks, and temporary foster care)
West Virginia:
Doddridge County Humane Society: Spay/neuter assistance for Doddrige residents
Monroe County Animal League, Inc.: Union (spay/neuter assistance)
The National Humane Education Society: Charles Town (spay/neuter assistance)
Promise Animal League: Falling Waters (pet food)
Wisconsin:
The Dodge County Humane Society: Juneau (pet food, spay/neuter assistance, temporary foster program)
Eau Claire County Humane Association: Eau Claire (pet food, spay/neuter assistance)
Fox Valley Humane Society: Appleton (temporary boarding program)
Heart2Heart Pet Lifeline: La Crosse County (financial assistance for veterinary care to income-eligible pet families in need)
The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha: Waukesha (assistance with spay/neuter, pet food and short term fostering for pets displaced from their homes)
Wisconsin Humane Society: (spay/neuter assistance program, vaccines, pet food and supplies for families in need, community cat caregivers program)
Wyoming:
Central Wyoming Spay & Neuter Foundation: spay/neuter vouchers
Cheyenne Animal Shelter: low-cost spay/neuter and trap-neuter-return for community cats
Wyoming Spay and Neuter: low-cost spay/neuter for pets and feral cats
