PURPOSE

Flood and disaster recovery – to provide financial assistance to veterinary clinics impacted by natural disasters. Natural disasters defined as a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage.

AWARDS

Up to $5,000 can be issued per grantee for out-of-pocket clinic expenses, which are defined for example, as the actual costs of repairs or cleaning needs due to the clinic being impacted by natural disasters.

VETERINARIAN ELIGIBILITY

• Must be a licensed veterinarian. Preference given to TVMA members.
• Clinic address must be in a declared disaster area.
• Grants are awarded per clinic – not per veterinarian within the clinic. Only one application may be submitted per veterinary clinic. If multiple clinics owned by the same individual(s) are affected, each clinic may submit its own application.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants can request up to $5,000 in grant funds. Checks will be payable to the person/entity named in your application. TVMF must be given permission to use the funded project for future recruitment of funds and receive acknowledgement for funding.

DEADLINE

Applications must be received no later than nine (9) months following the disaster.

APPLICATION REVIEW

The TVMF Grants Committee will review all applications. The applying veterinarian(s) must be reachable during the review process in the event of additional questions.

REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS

1. Clinic W-9: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf 
2. Detailed invoice/account of damages to the veterinary clinic.
3. Photos of damage.

GRANT AWARDS

Notification of grant awards are made directly by the TVMF Chief Operating Officer (COO) and/or appointed designee within five business days (Monday through Friday, excluding major holidays) of receiving the application. 

QUESTIONS

Contact Leah Ann Tibbitts, COO, at 512-452-4224 or Ltibbitts@tvma.org.

Electronic Signature Agreement:

By clicking the submit button, you are signing this Application electronically. You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this Application. By selecting "I Accept" you consent to be legally bound by this Application's terms and conditions. You further agree that your use of a key pad, mouse or other device to select an item, button, icon or similar act/action, or to otherwise provide the Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation (TVMF) or in accessing or making any transaction regarding any Application, agreement, acknowledgement, consent terms, disclosures or conditions constitutes your signature (hereafter referred to as "E-Signature"), acceptance and agreement as if actually signed by you in writing. You also agree that no certification authority or other third party verification is necessary to validate your E-Signature and that the lack of such certification or third party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your E-Signature or any resulting contract between you and TVMF. You also represent that you are authorized to submit this Application on behalf of the Applicant.