Long Live the Horse Care Grant

Long Live the Horse Care Grant is offered through A Home for Every Horse, the flagship program of the Equine Network Foundation, in partnership with Zoetis. The Equine Network Foundation describes its mission as advancing the welfare and well-being of equids and the equestrian community through impactful initiatives and advocacy, and this grant reflects that mission by directing support to horse rescues facing urgent veterinary care costs. The opportunity is designed to help rescues secure funding for medical interventions that can materially improve an animal's health and quality of life. The grant is not presented as a general operating support program, but rather as a targeted healthcare funding opportunity tied to specific veterinary needs and documented treatment events. The purpose of the program is to help qualified rescues cover the costs of veterinary care for equines with immediate medical needs or significant medical events that occurred within the past 90 days. The source specifically identifies procedures such as surgery, lameness treatment, corrective farrier work, and mare and foal care as examples of potentially eligible uses of funding. The common thread is that the procedure must significantly improve the animal's health and quality of life. This means the grant is focused on direct medical or medically necessary care rather than unrelated rescue expenses, facility improvements, or broad programmatic costs. The grant's stated minimum award is 1000 dollars and its maximum award is 4500 dollars. Eligibility is limited and program-specific. To qualify, an applicant must be a rescue that is a current member in good standing with both A Home for Every Horse and the United Horse Coalition. In addition, the rescue must have an animal with either an immediate need for veterinary care or a significant medical event within the previous 90 days. Because of these requirements, eligibility is not open to the general public, informal caretakers, or organizations without the required memberships. The rescue must also be prepared to show that the proposed or recently completed procedure meets the program's standard of meaningfully improving the animal's welfare. The source does not mention any cost share or matching requirement, so none is stated as part of eligibility. The submission process centers on documentation of the medical need and the veterinary procedure. Applicants must provide documentation of the procedure, including either an invoice or an estimate, and then provide a subsequent invoice confirming that the procedure was completed. The rescue must also provide before-and-after pictures and or videos of the animal receiving treatment, along with details explaining why the procedure was needed and what the outcome was. These materials appear to be core application and post-award compliance components because they document both the need for support and the impact of the funded care. In addition, applicants must agree that photos or content provided about the animal for which the grant is awarded may be shared by Zoetis, A Home for Every Horse, and the Equine Network Foundation. The source also gives the program administrator an oversight role in the review and verification process. A Home for Every Horse reserves the right to contact the veterinary clinic or hospital providing care, which indicates that grant review may include direct verification of the treatment need, estimate, invoice, or completion status. Although the source does not publish a formal scoring rubric or named evaluation criteria, the stated requirements strongly suggest that decisions are based on membership standing, the immediacy or recency of the medical issue, whether the proposed procedure qualifies under the program, the expected improvement to the animal's health and quality of life, and the applicant's ability to provide complete supporting documentation. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, webinar, or registration step is described in the provided material. The application period is open now, and grants are awarded throughout the year until funds are exhausted. That language indicates a rolling opportunity rather than a single fixed annual deadline, and no final close date, award notification date, or performance period is provided in the source. The source also does not state that the grant recurs on a fixed annual schedule; instead, it presents the program as currently open and available until available funds run out. The contact information provided is A Home for Every Horse, 7500 Alamo Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120, with the email address ahfeh@equine.com.

Emphasize the immediacy of the veterinary need or the significance of the medical event within the past 90 days; show clearly that the requested procedure is a qualifying veterinary intervention; explain how the treatment will significantly improve the animal's health and quality of life; provide complete invoices, estimates, and visual documentation to support review and verification.