TAUBER FUND FOR ANIMALS (TFA)

We are excited to announce that our TFA has been funded again this year. Access to these funds is on a first come, first serve basis and is earmarked for higher-cost cases, with a maximum of $4,000/case and a hospital maximum of $10,000/year. The TFA match requirement is a minimum of 25%. Our case criteria are the same for all SFAfA cases. There must be a likely good prognosis, the client is facing extreme financial hardship, there is a possibility of euthanasia or surrender or there is a severe compromise of quality of life. If you have any questions about whether a case meets our criteria, please feel free to reach out anytime. As the Tauber funds are utilized quickly, please check our website for the fund balance before offering a Tauber grant to a client.

GIA FUND (GIA)

We are more than halfway through our fiscal year. Please don’t forget that any GIA funds awarded to your hospital not used by June 15th are returned to the general fund and will be reallocated for the next grant cycle (starting July 1st) to be split among all of our member hospitals. Our required GIA match is 50%. As with any of our funds, if your hospital would like to match at a higher percentage, that’s great. Higher matches help us to stretch the grant dollars so that we can all help more families and their cherished pets.

GIA+ FUND

If your hospital has utilized all of your allocated GIA funds, you automatically have access to GIA+ funds. This is a first come, first serve basis pooled fund, with access of up to $4,000/case and a hospital maximum of $10,000/fiscal year. The match is a minimum of 50%. Since this is a pooled fund, please check with us to make sure that funds are still available before offering these funds to a client.

 

Please watch for our Update Emails. We will continue to send one to two emails per quarter to all of our member hospitals and veterinarians, with reminders of your GIA balance, a link to the Tauber Fund and any new program information. If you have questions about your balance or you didn’t receive an email, please let us know. If you have any questions about our different grant programs, our guidelines, fund availability or a specific case eligibility, please reach out to us anytime.

It’s never too early to think about enrollment for next year. Our new fiscal year starts July 1st. If you are already a member, please watch for enrollment information that will be sent to you later this spring. If you would like to discuss your hospital joining our program, please reach out anytime.

Finally, we wanted to introduce you to “Athena”, a 15-year-old DSH who had surgery for a GI foreign body at SFAMC in December. Athena was rescued from a lumber yard as a young kitten and has lived with her forever family for close to 15 years. Her family could not afford the necessary surgery. Without the help of SFAfA and the amazing doctors and staff at SFAMC, Athena would not be with us today. We wish Athena and her family many more happy and healthy years together.