The RedRover’s Safe Housing grants help survivors of domestic violence by removing a barrier to safety and allowing pets and people to escape abuse together.
Donor Name: RedRover
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding may be used to build or renovate spaces dedicated to housing survivor’s pets, begin a foster program to care for survivor’s pets, pay for temporary boarding for survivor’s pets, or a combination of services that will best serve your community. Grant funds may also be used for routine veterinary care, emergency veterinary care, and pet deposits.
Funds requested to pay for boarding, medical care, and pet deposits are intended to help with program costs for a maximum of two years. It is expected that your organization will use that time to work on a funding plan and cover those costs after RedRover’s funds have been used. The funds requested must also be based on a researched or demonstrated need for the number of animals expected to use the pet program. Preferably, a minimum of six months of data on the actual need for boarding should be collected before applying. This would include both the number of families needing help and the number of animals. Suggestions on how to collect this information include talking about pets during intake or crisis calls, or from how often the Safe Escape program is used.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $60,000 are offered to nonprofit domestic violence and animal organizations across the United States.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be registered as a nonprofit organization.
- Applicants must be either an established domestic violence organization, or an established animal organization, interested in expanding their services to help domestic violence survivors keep their pets.
- Applicants must have a partner organization. Domestic violence organizations must form a partnership with at least one animal organization with experience housing animals, animal organizations must form a partnership with at least one domestic violence organization. This is to ensure that domestic violence organizations have a partner who can help with animal care information and overflow boarding when needed, and animal organizations have an active partner working with the survivors they’re trying to help.
- Applicants must be based in the United States.
Ineligibility
Costs including, but not limited to
- Salaries
- Training
- Real estate acquisition
- Promotional materials or advertising
- To support existing programs that are not expanding their capacity to help animals.
- To start a new organization, all grant applications must be submitted by established organizations.
For more information, visit RedRover.
