Pedigree Foundation awards $125,000 in grants to Canadian animal shelters, disaster relief
Who: Pedigree Foundation
What: The organization announced the recipients of its US$1.2-million annual grants supporting animal shelters across Canada and the United States.
The 2025 grants will be awarded to more than 97 shelters and rescues across Canada and the United States. For this grant cycle, the foundation is focused on supporting programs that increase dog adoption rates.
Since its inception in 2008, the organization has worked to support shelters and rescue organizations with grants that help increase dog adoption rates and keep people and pets together. To date, the foundation has awarded more than US$15.3 million in grants.
A total of C$125,000 in funding will be awarded through program development and disaster relief grants, as well as four grants to cover adoption fees as part of Mars' Global Adoption Weekend*.
The Pedigree Foundation awarded C$110,000 through 10 program development grants, which were given to 10 shelters across Canada, as well as four grants covering adoption fees as part of Mars' Global Adoption Weekend event.
Additionally, this year, an emphasis was put on developing and strengthening support for disaster relief efforts across Canada, particularly in light of the growing wildfire seasons, totalling C$15,000.
As part of the disaster relief grants, one grant was awarded to Winnipeg Humane Society to provide support with immediate on-the-ground wildfire relief in the local community.
An additional first-time grant was made in partnership with Humane Canada to support emergency disaster relief.
See below for the 2025 recipients of this year's Pedigree Foundation Canadian grant program.
- Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society
- Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Alberta
- The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth
- Oakville & Milton Humane Society
- Oromocto and Area SPCA
- Niagara Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & Humane Society
- Northwest Territories Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- The Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
- Save Our Scruff Rehome & Rescue
- The Winnipeg Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
