Every year, Lort Smith supports pets and their people when they need it most, including families who are doing it tough. Your support helps us keep caring for sick and injured animals, and keep pets and people together.
Help us keep pets and people together
Your donation funds vet care for pets whose families are doing it tough, and helps us find new homes for animals in our care. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Donate
Make a one-off or regular gift. Every dollar helps us care for animals in need.
Fundraise
Host your own fundraiser and rally your community behind our work.
Corporate partnerships
Partner with us to make a meaningful difference for pets and people.
Workplace giving
Give regularly, straight from your pay.
Philanthropic partnerships
Create lasting change through a major or philanthropic gift.
Gifts in your Will
Leave a legacy that cares for pets and people long into the future.
Allie came to us in extreme pain after a run-in with a fox, and needed complex surgery to survive. Thanks to our donors, she got it. She recovered quickly, learned to navigate the world on three legs, and is now thriving in a loving new home. Every donation makes a story like Allie’s possible.
Lort Smith is a not-for-profit animal hospital and registered charity. When you bring your pet to us, you’re already helping us offer lower-cost vet care to people doing it tough. Your gift lets us go further, funding treatment for pets whose families couldn’t otherwise afford it.
Yes. Lort Smith is a registered charity, and all donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia. You’ll receive a receipt for your gift.
Your donation helps fund vet care for pets whose families are doing it tough, care for animals in our Adoption Centre while they wait for a new home, and community programs like pet therapy. Lort Smith doesn’t receive ongoing government funding, so your generosity makes this work possible.
Yes. You can set up a regular monthly gift when you donate online. Regular gifts help us plan ahead and care for animals all year round. To change or cancel a regular gift, call our donations team on 03 9328 3021.
Leaving a gift in your Will is a personal decision, and a meaningful way for your love of animals to keep making a difference. Once you’ve provided for the people you love, even a small gift can help care for pets in the future. Visit our Gifts in your Will page, or talk to our team on 03 9287 6417 or at [email protected].
Yes. Your workplace can support us through workplace giving, where staff donate straight from their pay, or through a corporate partnership. Visit our Workplace giving or Corporate partnerships pages to find out more.
Lort Smith doesn’t receive ongoing government funding. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Lort Smith is Australia’s largest not-for-profit animal hospital, caring for pets in North Melbourne and Campbellfield. We don’t receive ongoing government funding, so donations from our community help us provide vet care for pets whose families are doing it tough, look after animals waiting for a new home in our Adoption Centre, and keep pets and people together.
Lort Smith is a registered charity, and donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia. You can make a one-off or regular gift online, give through your workplace, fundraise with friends, or leave a gift in your Will. However you choose to give, you’re helping a pet get the care they need.
