Giving Back

When the Healthy Paws Foundation made its first donation of $250 to the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and a few other charities that help homeless pets in 2013, we could not have imagined what it would grow to become.

Today, we are celebrating the foundation's contributions across the country to save homeless pets by providing funding for medicine, food, shelter, and operating costs at pet rescues and animal shelters. Cash grants have gone to 300 non-profit pet organizations since the foundation started in 2009.

Given that Healthy Paws was founded based on our compassion for animals, and our passion to assure a better life for all animals, this milestone is as weighty as any the company has celebrated.

The Healthy Paws charitable arm has supported deserving groups that run the gamut and are all over the U.S. – some are breed-specific rescues, some specialize in pets that are scheduled for euthanasia and others focus on veterinary care or spay/neuter programs.

In just one recent example, PoundHounds ResQ in New York used a Healthy Paws foundation grant to save several senior pets that were slated for euthanasia in the city’s overwhelmed public shelter system.

“Thanks to Healthy Paws, we had the funds to vet these dogs and place them in homes that will care for them.  As you can imagine, taking on seniors is a major undertaking and we feel these seniors need to be in a home and not a shelter,” said Donna, a representative of the shelter.

In 2017, we started a campaign called the Rescue Race to give the public a say in which shelters and rescue organizations receive grants. Nonprofits apply to be in the “race” and we ask our customers to vote on six organizations who are eligible for grants.

Each organization shares a story of how one of their pets were adopted, along with their mission to save more homeless pets, and then people vote for their favorite. Organizations can share on social media, getting their fans and community to vote for them online.