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$30,000 Grant Will Expand Affordable Dog Training in Austin


We're doing happy dances around the training gym: Every Dog Behavior and Training has been awarded a $30,000 grant from Austin Community Foundation's Forever Austin Fund, and every dollar is going straight into our financial assistance program.

About the Forever Austin Fund

The Forever Austin Fund is a permanent community resource built by Austin Community Foundation (ACF) to meet Central Texas's most pressing needs. In its 2026 cycle, the fund awarded more than $2.5 million to 130 nonprofits across the region. We're honored to be one of the 130 organizations selected. This is the third year ACF has supported our financial aid program, and we're so grateful for this partnership and their belief in Every Dog.

Why This Grant Matters: Affordable Dog Training Shouldn't Be a Luxury

Demand for financial help with dog training and behavior support keeps growing in this economy. Our commitment is simple: we never turn away a dog or family because of cost.

This grant lets us keep that promise at scale. It goes directly toward our financial assistance program, which exists so that every dog and every family in Austin can access ethical, positive-reinforcement-based training — regardless of what they're able to pay.

If you're searching for affordable dog training in Austin or wondering whether financial aid for dog training even exists, it does, and it's core to our mission, not an afterthought.

What Financial Assistance Covers

Our sliding-scale and assistance-funded services apply across the same programs every client has access to. And we say YES to everyone who needs help: no invasive questions or judgment. We believe this is one of the main factors that makes Every Dog the best dog training in Austin.


Financial aid is available for:

  • Group manners and obedience classes

  • Puppy classes

  • Private lessons

  • Private behavior consultations for fear, reactivity, and aggression


Thank You

Huge thanks to ACF and the generous donors behind the Forever Austin Fund for investing in that promise alongside us. Community-funded grants like this one are what make it possible for a nonprofit dog training organization to say "no matter what you can pay" and mean it.

Need financial assistance for dog training? Financial aid is available to anyone who needs it!


Every Dog Behavior and Training is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing force-free dog training and behavior services in Austin, TX.

 
 
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