Close at Heart Fund

Celebrate beloved pets and honor people and organizations who dedicate their lives to loving or serving animals by making a donation in their name.

The Close at Heart fund offers a meaningful way to honor living or deceased pets, Dogs on Call dogs, people with strong human-animal bonds, or even animal-related organizations. Your gift supports our mission to improve health and well-being through human-animal interaction, and also helps to cover the costs for our therapy dog visitation program; Dogs on Call.

When making a gift in tribute

All honorees are added to our Close at Heart book, and will receive a notification letter.

• CHAI’s Director will send a personalized notification letter to the honoree or family of the honoree.  These letters are hand-signed and printed/mailed using official VCU letterhead.
• The honoree’s name and the name of the donor honoring them will be listed in our Close at Heart book.  We prominently display our Close at Heart books in our main office.
• Donations of $1,000 or more are additionally recognized by being placed on our Close at Heart Honor Roll. These honorees are listed below on this website and also have their names engraved onto a plaque that is prominently displayed with the Close at Heart books.

Click here to honor a beloved pet or lover of animals now.

Close at Heart "Honor Roll"

We proudly recognize the following honor roll recipients whose generous contributions have made a lasting impact on our ability to serve our mission.