Animals Staying Alive Incorporated
Animals Staying Alive Inc is a Texas-based nonprofit (Leander/Austin area) founded in 2016 that provides emergency financial assistance to veterinary facilities for animals whose owners or caretakers lack funds. The site lists board members, contact details, PayPal donation link, and instructions for requesting emergency assistance.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A veterinary facility or animal-welfare organization requesting emergency, short-term financial support for veterinary treatment payable directly to the treating clinic, with an itemized veterinary estimate and a clear case that treatment will extend the animal's quality of life.
Good Fit
- • Request is for emergency veterinary treatment and payable to the veterinary facility.
- • Submission includes an itemized estimate with facility name, address, and contact email/fax.
- • Need is time-sensitive and fits a rolling/urgent request model.
- • Applicant is located in the U.S. or Canada (the funder has funded both).
- • Request size is in the small-to-moderate range (several hundred to low five-figure amounts).
- • A one-off, case-specific expense rather than a multi-year program budget.
Geography
Observed grants span 15 U.S. states plus Canada; while Texas accounts for about 39% of dollars, a majority of funding (roughly 61%) goes out of state, indicating a national footprint.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the funder awarded 27 grants to 27 distinct recipients across many independent veterinary facilities and animal-care organizations, and only a small number of repeat recipients were observed across the two-year window.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness includes a public application route with rolling submissions and required application elements, and behavioral evidence shows 24 new recipients in the most recent year, suggesting unfamiliar applicants can enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
