Senior Pet Adoption Assistance Grant

The Senior Pet Adoption Assistance Grant, offered by the Petfinder Foundation, provides financial support to adopters of senior pets or bonded pairs. This initiative aims to encourage the adoption of older pets by covering costs such as adoption fees and post-adoption expenses, including veterinary care and supplies. Grants, up to $1,000, are awarded monthly until funds are depleted, ensuring that senior pets find loving homes while alleviating some financial burdens for their new families.

NOTE: Awarded on a monthly basis until November 1 or until all funds are depleted from the program.
Senior Pet Adoption Grants
The Petfinder Foundation Senior Pet Adoption Assistance Grant program helps Petfinder members provide the adopter with financial assistance when adopting a senior pet or a bonded senior pair. Awarded grant funds from this program will motivate a potential adopter to choose a senior pet or bonded senior pair and benefit both the sweet senior pet and adopter. Funding must support one senior pet or bonded senior pet pair’s adopter to cover the adoption fee and/or after adoption expenses such as vet visits, training, medication, supplements, food, enrichment, and supplies. If awarded and when a senior pet or bonded senior pet pair outlive grant funding, the adopter must agree to care and pay the senior pet or bonded senior pair’s expenses for the duration of the pet’s lifetime.
Grant amounts vary up to $1,000 and are awarded on a monthly basis throughout the year until all funds are depleted.

Eligibility

Applicants are Petfinder members in good standing, actively posting adoptable pets on petfinder.com, and maintaining up-to-date listings. If awarded, applicants agree to create and share at least one post on your organization's Facebook page (more than one social media post is encouraged however, only one is required). Petfinder members located in the US, Canada, and Mexico.Allowable Grant FundingThis grant program aims to enhance the appeal of adoptable senior pets, encouraging potential adopters.Eligible senior pets must be in reasonably good health, ready for adoption, and not require any planned extensive surgery post-adoption. All pet species for one adoptable senior pet or bonded senior pair. Funding must cover the senior pet's adoption fee and post-adoption expenses for the adopter.Post-adoption costs may include vet visitsmedicationsupplementsfoodenrichmentand supplies
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Ineligibility

Unallowable Grant FundingAdvertising and marketingExpenses that your organization may incur while providing care or foster care, such as vetting, medical procedures, surgery, heartworm treatment, veterinary visits, training, and general costs associated with senior pets.Senior pets should not have any surgeries planned post-adoption:dental procedurespay/neuter operationmass removalorthopedic surgeryeye surgeryear surgeryFunding is not designed to support an organization's senior adoption program that sponsors the adoption fees for multiple senior pets that were not named in the 2024 Senior Pet Adoption Grant application.If the named senior pet was transferred to a partner group and your organization no longer cares for or will promote the adoption of the named pet.