Navigating Compassion: Professional Perspectives on Client Assistance Funds
Thu, Nov 13
|Microsoft Teams
Explore how advancement and hospital teams can work together to build compassionate, sustainable client assistance funds. Learn from veterinary social work professionals about framing, fairness, and communication that inspire donor confidence and uphold institutional care.
Time & Location
Nov 13, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Microsoft Teams
About the event
AVAP Outreach & Engagement Connection Calls
Monthly Webinar Series | Hosted by the AVAP Engagement & Outreach Committee | Microsoft Teams
Navigating Compassion: Professional Perspectives on Client Assistance Funds
Client assistance funds sit at the intersection of philanthropy, ethics, and care. They allow us to extend compassion to clients in need—while also challenging us to balance donor expectations, institutional realities, and our shared values as fundraisers and hospital partners.
This thoughtful conversation with veterinary social work professionals explores how advancement and hospital partners can think together about the principles that make client assistance funds both compassionate and sustainable. We’ll reflect on how to frame these programs for donors, navigate fairness and accountability, and align communication with the hospital’s capacity for care.