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If your dog has cancer and you can't afford treatment costs, you are not alone. There are a great many people who are in this same situation. Magic Bullet Fund gets many applications and we have to make very hard decisions. We would like to help all of the dogs and all of the families who apply but we cannot.
    A cancer diagnosis is needed before applying. However we will accept applications for assistance for removal of an internal mass that cannot be diagnosed without surgery but that must be removed.
     Magic Bullet Fund provides assistance only when the family is truly unable to pay for treatments without our help. We can help when a family can pay for part of the fees but needs help for the rest. Do not apply if you are able to pay for your dog's treatment. Assistance is for cancer treatment fees only. The fund does not provide assistance for other conditions, for cancer treatment after the first course of treatment has failed, for palliative care, for euthanasia or for a family's past due balance at the clinic.
  • DO NOT have your clinic send anything to us! We will contact them and request the information we need. Do not send us anything except the application and financial documents that we request.
  • We try to process each application as quickly as possible. Generally, there is a 1-week to 2-week waiting time after we have received your application and your financial information, depending on our ability to receive the information we need from your clinic.
Apply only if all of the following statements are true:
  • You are the dog's primary caretaker and owner (or a shelter/srecue group) and you are the person who pays for the dog's medical care.
  • You cannot afford to pay for treatment.
  • A veterinarian has diagnosed cancer and you have had a consultation with the vet who will provide treatment.
  • Your vet said that WITH treatment your dog has a good chance of surviving a year. And that WITHOUT treatment your dog does not have a good chance of surviving a year.
  • You have given your dog's cancer vet and general practice vet permission to speak with Magic Bullet Fund about your dog if we call them.
  • Your dog does not have hemangiosarcoma.
  • If you have a female dog over the age of 2 with mammary cancer, she has been spayed.
  • Your dog is within the age/weight limits below
    • Dogs 0 to 40 pounds must be 11 or younger
    • Dogs 40 to 80 pounds must be 10 or younger
    • Dogs 80 to 100 pounds must be 9 or younger
    • Dogs over 100 pounds must be 8 or younger
Before you apply:
read the How it Works page to understand how Magic Bullet Fund works.

Before you apply:
BE SURE that you have the following documents on your computer. They may be saved as .pdf or .doc  or jpg or bmp files. You will need to attach them to the application.If you do not have them available yet, DO NOT fill in the application until you do!!
  • 1040 from your last year's tax return
  • Last month's bank statement.
APPLY for Magic Bullet Fund Assistance HERE
Send additional financial documents after applying:Upload additional financial documents
Send new or changed information after applying: Application Revisions
  • SHELTERS AND RESCUES with 501(C)(3) apply HERE.
    Apply for assistance for a dog with cancer who does not have a home. For a dog who does have a home, the owner should apply above.     The shelter/rescue application must be submitted by an officer or manager of the group, not a foster family.

Apply for Assistance from Other Organizations

* If you need shelter for yourself and your pet:
 To find safe sheltering for you and your pet, click here to find a listing of shelters that will accept your pet.
If you cannot find a shelter in your area that houses pets on-site, click to see off-site housing options for your pet.

 Do you need financial assistance for veterinary care, transportation and boarding to enable you and your pet(s) to leave an abusive home? United Animal Nations offers financial assistance for victims of domestic violence and their pets through their Crisis Relief for Individuals grant program.

Find and apply to other organizations that help people in need of financial assistance for their dogs' medical treatments. A partial listing follows.
  • IMOM - helping all pets in need of medical treatment. "To better the lives of sick, injured and abused companion animals. We are dedicated to insure that no companion animal has to be euthanized simply because their caretaker is financially challenged." At this time, assistance is available only for emergency life-or-death situations.
  • Canine Cancer Awareness Financial assistance for canine cancer treatments
  • The Riedel & Cody Fund helps with funding for cancer treatment for dogs and cats
  • Onyx and Breezy
  • Buddy Care Foundation  Our goal is to help save the lives of loved and valued canine companions, so that no family has to make a decision to end a life due to financial hardship.
  • The Land of Pure Gold provides cancer treatment grants for Working Dogs only, any breed.
  • Prince Chunk Foundation  If you are currently experiencing a medical emergency with your pet, and are unable to provide the required funding, please print and complete an application immediately and fax it to 856-245-7840. If you have any questions regarding our Emergency Veterinary Assistance program, please contact us on 856-302-6373 or e-mail us info@princechunkfoundation.org
  • Frankie's Friends Takes applications from certain clinics only, including Blue Pearl clinics.
  • Stamford Animal Rescue - in Connecticut only
  • The Picasso Fund  in New York City only. Pays for lifesaving medical treatment for sick and injured animals transferred from NYC's AC&C to other Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs) for adoption. 
  • Fetch a Cure provides financial aid to families in Virginia unable to bear the cost of the life-saving treatments for their pets that have been diagnosed with cancer through their Companions in Crisis program.
  • YouCaring.com
  • The Acme Foundation helps qualified low income senior citizens and disabled in Lake County, California for cancer treatment for cats and dogs.
  • Labrador Lifeline will assist purebred Labrador Retrievers whose families or rescues have no other way to pay for necessary care. As such, we will not provide funds for dogs whose rescuers or family have alternate methods of payment.
  • Labrador Harbor helping labs only in CA only
  • Brown Dog Foundation helping dogs in TN only
  • Special Needs Dobermans helping senior and special needs Dobies
  • Zach Memorial Fund Financial assistance for canine cancer treatments in North Carolina
  • The Pie Fund helps fund cancer treatment for dogs at 2 NY clinics - the Bond Animal Hospital and the Cornell Univ Hosp for Animals
  • The Pet Fund - helping dogs needing medical treatment, several week waiting period. The Pet Fund assists owners in covering medical costs beyond the normal expenses of vaccination, spay and neuter surgeries, food and routine veterinary care.
  • The Mosby Foundation helps to pay medical expenses for sick, abused and neglected dogs.
  • Helping Pets Fund The current economic environment has made it difficult for many non-profit organizations to raise the necessary funds to maintain their viability. The AAHA Foundation Board of Trustees voted to close the AAHA Helping Pets Fund due to the decline in donations. The Helping Pets Fund allocated all of it’s resouces and closed on June 30th.
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