BANFIELD CHARITABLE TR

Results: Banfield Charitable Trust’s work is unique in the pet advocacy world. By focusing on prevention of pet homelessness, we aim to keep pets out of the overcrowded shelter system and with owners who love them. Annually, our programs help 250,000 people keep their pets.

Geographic areas served: United States

Programs: Hope funds-hope funds is an emergency veterinary assistance program which provides lifesaving care for struggling pet owners. Hope funds are intended to offset a portion of the emergency care costs to help low income families and the pets they love stay together. The program is intended to treat specific life threatening conditions. Care is delivered through banfield pet hospitals across the country. To ensure responsible stewardship of donor funds, pet owners must demonstrate financial need such as receiving public assistance or meeting federal low-income guidelines and have the ability to pay a significant part of the cost.

pet food assistance-for struggling pet owners, providing pet food can be the difference between being able to keep a cherished pet and being forced to surrender him or her. We routinely hear from pet owners living on a fixed income that they are sharing their limited human food supply with their pet which means both human and pet are facing hunger and lack of proper nutrition. Banfield charitable trust helps pet owners feed their pets in two ways. First, we fund pet food programs in local communities by giving grants to nonprofit organizations such as human food banks and emergency hay banks to purchase pet food for their pet-owning clients. And second, we fund meals on wheels pet food distribution programs. In partnership with meals on wheels association of america (mowaa) members across the country, banfield charitable trust supports homebound senior pet owners so that they can keep their furry family members fed. We host an annual pet food drive every holiday season to collect pet food and cash donations to supplement mowaa pet food distribution programs.

veterinary assistance grants-the inability to afford veterinary care for a pet in need is a leading risk factor for relinquishing pets to shelters. Banfield charitable trust (bct) seeks to preserve the human-animal bond by providing solutions to keep pets in their loving homes. Bct is the single largest provider of veterinary care assistance in the country and provides grants to pet-related nonprofit organizations for programs to assist financially struggling pet owners with veterinary care for their pets. To ensure responsible stewardship of donor funds, pet owners must demonstrate financial need such as receiving public assistance or meeting federal low-income guidelines and have the ability to pay a significant part of the cost.