A Fighting Chance Foundation

Goal: $3,200.00

Specific Need

We need your help to keep saving lives.
Over the past five years, A Fighting Chance Foundation has stepped up for more than 250 local animals—pets who were out of options, families who were overwhelmed, and cases where urgent medical care meant the difference between life and loss. Our impact is growing, and so is the need.

But this year, like so many small nonprofits, we’re facing a difficult reality: funding simply isn’t keeping pace with the number of animals who need us. Grants for animal welfare are shrinking, and each month we’re asked to help pets with severe, often life-saving medical needs.

That’s why we’re turning to the people who believe in this work.

Every single dollar you give goes directly to an animal in crisis.
Our Board of Directors covers all operating costs, so your donation becomes medication, surgery, diagnostics, and hope...nothing else.

If you’re able, we humbly ask for your support.
No gift is too small. Every contribution becomes a second chance for a pet who desperately needs one.

Thank you for standing with us, for believing animals matter, and for giving Virginia’s animals a fighting chance.

Mission

Our mission is to keep pets healthy and in their homes by subsidizing emergency medical care for ill pets of the elderly, disabled and those in financially disadvantaged households.

Profile

Choosing between the life or well-being of your pet and your family’s financial stability is an unthinkable position that no one should have to face. Our focus is on ensuring that all pets are given the best chance possible to recover from a life-threatening medical condition or accident regardless of the financial circumstances of their caregivers. A Fighting Chance Foundation will help to offset the cost of medical care by making financial contributions to those families with the greatest need.

When given a choice between necessities for their children or medical care for a pet, people are forced into difficult decisions. A Fighting Chance Foundation aims to reduce this burden by providing supplemental grants for those who qualify and keep pets in their home with their loving families.

Our Story

In 2018, Mandy was rescued from a Virginia Humane Society, already advanced in age, she had myriad health concerns. Having never been spayed, Mandy had developed several mammary tumors and had a massive hernia (picture baseball size!). Two surgeries and a year of kidney disease treatment later, Mandy was a happy and loved dog. Until she developed aggressive lymphoma. For those who have experience with this insidious disease, you know that without treatment a dog’s life expectancy is approximately one month. Continuing in her long journey, Mandy began weekly chemotherapy. Unfortunately, two months into treatment, it was clear that the cancer was just too strong. Mandy passed away in March 2020.

That year and a half had been eye-opening. The cost of veterinary care for chronic or life-threatening illness can be far higher than animal guardians are equipped to handle. Sadly, pets often go without critical care or medication which can leave them in pain or shorten their lives. Mandy’s mom was fortunate to have resources to help her pup in times of need, and this foundation was started to provide fortune and hope to others.