AVMF REACH Program™

Important: Due to the overwhelming response to the AVMF REACH Program, we are lowering the amount offered to each AVMA member to $1,000 to allow us to accommodate more applications. This will allow us to support more of you, our AVMA members during the holidays, when need is often greater, and into 2025.

If you already have a grant submitted as final by Nov 26, 2024, you will be contacted about the status of your grant. All new submissions moving forward from Nov 27, 2024, and into 2025 will have a cap at $1,000.

This year we are on record to provide more than $1.5M to 1400 clients with the average grant size being $1,100. We are currently averaging over 20 REACH grant requests a day – or over 100 a week. We want to support as many AVMA members as possible and rather than pause the program as originally stated, chose this route. We hope you understand.

We need your support. Please consider making a gift to the REACH program in 2025 and encourage your colleagues, clients, and friends to do the same. Thank you!

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The AVMF REACH Program aims to break down barriers to immediate veterinary care by offering grants to any of the more than 100,000 AVMA member veterinarians across the nation, increasing assistance to the most vulnerable communities. This program empowers AVMF to bring our  “Helping Veterinarians Help Animals” motto to fruition on a much greater national and regional scale, potentially assisting thousands more animals in need every  year.

Here’s what veterinarians are saying about REACH:

“The AVMF REACH Program has helped us treat deserving patients and clients in new ways not before possible. Being able to inform a client struggling with severe financial difficulty and a sick pet that they will be taken care of is such a blessing. I’ll never forget the generosity of this program, the client’s gratitude, and tears of joy as we see hope for a loved one’s return.”

“The REACH program was instrumental in saving the life of my patient. The owner had lost her husband less than a week ago in a motorcycle accident, then her puppy started vomiting. It turned out he had ingested a squeaker and she was going to have to euthanize him because her finances were so uncertain and she just couldn’t pay for surgery. She and her son (and me and my staff) were all in tears. We couldn’t let this kid lose his dad and his dog, so we did the surgery and REACH helped us be able to do it. Thank you!”

“As an emergency and urgent care veterinarian I have seen how the unexpected can happen at any moment. Oftentimes, the unexpected can come at a great cost – not only emotionally but financially. The REACH Program saved my patient’s life by providing financial support to a sweet puppy in need. Because of this program inevitable euthanasia was avoided. I am so thankful as a veterinarian to have this as an option. Morale of the entire team was boosted that day knowing we had saved a life rather than ending one with so very much potential. We are forever grateful.”