The following grants support one or more of the following:
- Health and emotional support/therapy: provide animal-human interaction programs to support health, well-being, and overall therapeutic benefit for people, including physical, mental, emotional, and trauma-related
- Assistance animals and facilitation of learning/skill building: provide companion animal training and/or interactions that facilitate learning, skill-building, rehabilitation or assistance with disabilities
- Happy and healthy pet ownership: promote successful pet adoption and/or pet ownership through supportive resources
This application cycle is currently closed but will re-open in 2023.
Organization Name | Award Amount | Designation |
Bridge Steps | $20,000 | The Kennel at The Bridge |
C.C. Young Memorial Home | $15,000 | Animal Assistance Therapy Program at C.C. Young Nursing Home |
Canine Companions for Independence | $25,000 | Facility Dog Team Placement with the Office of the Criminal District Attorney of Collin County |
Community Food Bank | $10,000 | Programs to Enhance Happy and Healthy Pet Ownership |
Dallas Pets Alive | $30,000 | Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender Program |
Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank, Inc. | $10,000 | Stay… or Go; Maverick Fund; Home, Not Alone |
Faithful Friend | $25,000 | Faithful Friend Canine Therapy and Training |
Guide Dogs for the Blind | $25,000 | K9 Buddy Program |
Guide Dogs of Texas | $15,000 | Days of Guided Sight for Dallas Residents |
Hope Center for Autism | $15,000 | Therapy Dog Support |
J.L. Long Middle School — Zoo Crew | $2,500 | My Dr. Doolittle’s do LOTS with Animals in the Classroom |
ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship | $20,000 | ManeGait “Provide the Ride” |
Mazie’s Mission | $15,000 | Help for Pets of Hope’s Door |
National Wildlife Federation | $30,000 | Monarch Heroes – Beyond the Classroom: Taking Learning Outdoors by Creating Natural Habitats |
Operation Kindness | $10,000 | Operation Kindness Lifesaving Adoption Program |
Paws for Reflection Ranch | $30,000 | Paws for Reflection Ranch Equine and Animal Assisted Counseling and Therapy Services |
Saving Hope Animal Rescue | $20,000 | Adoption Readiness |
Texas Best Choices Animal Rescue | $25,000 | And They Lived Happily Ever After |
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation | $25,000 | Lending Economic Assistance for Pets |
Unbound North Texas | $15,000 | Training for Therapy Dogs at Unbound’s Underground Drop-in Center for Trafficked and Exploited Youth |
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) | $20,000 | VNA Pet Care Program |
Window to the Wild | $16,000 | Emotional Support Programming for Senior Care Facilities, Retirement Homes, and More |