Donate or Sponsor a Farm Animal at Virginia Farm Animal Sanctuary
Every animal at Virginia Farm Animal Sanctuary depends on the generosity of our community. Because sanctuary means a lifetime commitment, your donations and sponsorships help provide the daily care our residents need not just today, but for the rest of their lives.
You can also choose to support specific fundraising projects through our website, such as building an intake center for new animals, providing essential medications and medical care, funding routine wellness checkups, grooming and haircuts, and other critical aspects of standard care that keep our animals healthy and comfortable.
Explore current fundraisers and sponsorship opportunities here: VFAS Fundraisers & Sponsorships
Every sponsorship, donation, volunteer hour, and act of support helps provide food, shelter, veterinary care, enrichment, and daily care for more than 250 rescued farm animals. We are honored by the trust our community places in us and remain committed to accountability, transparency, and compassionate care for every resident entrusted to our sanctuary.
One-Time Donation
Immediate Sanctuary Support: Make a powerful, immediate impact right now by helping cover urgent veterinary treatments, seasonal barn upkeep, and daily nutritious feed for our entire sanctuary community.
Sponsor an Animal
Individual Animal Sponsorship: Form a personal connection with a sanctuary resident by providing the dedicated feed, medical care, and love they need every single month.
Recurring Donations
Ongoing Sustaining Partner: Provide predictable, reliable funding every month—ensuring continuous rescue efforts, well-stocked barns, and lifelong sanctuary for every animal in our care.
Recurring Monthly Donations
Virtual Farm Animal Adoption
Bring the Barnyard Home—Without the Barn
Always wished you could have a flock of sheep, a chatty goat, or a rescue donkey of your own? Now you can. Sort of.
Through our Virtual Farm Animal Sponsorship program, you can build your very own virtual barnyard from anywhere. While our rescue residents stay safe, loved, and fully cared for on our Virginia pastures, your recurring monthly donations provide the fresh hay, medical care, warm bedding, and treats they need every single day.
Whether you start by sponsoring one beloved rescue or growing a whole sanctuary herd, your monthly donation makes lifelong sanctuary care possible.
- Choose How You Want to Give: Select a specific animal to sponsor and add to your virtual barnyard, or make a general monthly donation to support the everyday needs of all VFAS residents.
- Set Your Monthly Donation: Select a recurring sponsorship level that fits your budget. 100% of your monthly gift goes directly toward feed, veterinary care, and sanctuary upkeep.
- Grow Your Herd: Sponsor additional residents and expand your virtual barnyard whenever you choose!
Become A Corporate Sponsor
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Virginia Farm Animal Sanctuary is proud to hold Candid’s Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by the nation’s leading nonprofit information provider. This designation is awarded to organizations that publicly share detailed information about their mission, leadership, finances, goals, and measurable impact.
For our supporters, that means you can give with confidence. We believe transparency is an essential part of stewardship, and we are committed to openly sharing how donations are used to provide lifelong care for the animals who call VFAS home. Our financial information, organizational leadership, and impact data are publicly available so donors, grantmakers, and supporters can see the real work happening behind the scenes.
Whether you give once, become a monthly donor, sponsor a resident, volunteer your time, or share our mission, your support helps ensure that every animal here has what all animals deserve: safety, dignity, compassion, and a forever home.
Your support helps fund:
- Nutritious hay, feed, and species-specific diets
- Veterinary care, medications, and emergency medical treatment
- Farrier services and hoof care for donkeys, horses, mules, and other equines
- Safe shelters, fencing, bedding, and pasture maintenance
- Enrichment activities that allow animals to express natural behaviors
- Specialized care for senior animals and those with special needs
- Rescue, rehabilitation, and intake costs when animals arrive needing immediate assistance
- Essential supplies purchased through our sanctuary wish lists
- The everyday care that keeps more than 250 animals healthy, comfortable, and safe
Ways to Donate to Virginia Farm Animal Sanctuary
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Rescued Donkey Chitto Needs Healing Wishes After Surgery
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Hay Harvest Fundraiser
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Bowman the Donkey – Animal Control Rescue Case
Interesting in learning more about how you can help? Contact us!
