26 Pet Charities to Donate to This Giving Tuesday

After all of the indulgence of Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, it can feel good to pay our good fortune forward. That’s where Giving Tuesday comes in. Started in 2012 by Henry Timms of the 92nd Street Y in New York City, the initiative encourages people to do good for the world and put some of their time and money toward worthy causes. For pet parents and admirers interested in helping out pets specifically, we put together a list of pet charities that you could donate to on this Giving Tuesday.

1. Blind Cat Rescue

Blind Cat Rescue was founded in 2005 to house blind cats who were going to be put down by their shelters. In 2011, the founders — a mother and daughter team — expanded their efforts to create a second shelter for leukemia positive (FELV-positive) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV-positive) cats. They currently care for over 60 cats in cage-free, no-kill shelters.

2. Feeding Pets of the Homeless

Feeding Pets of the Homeless is a national nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness access food and emergency healthcare for their beloved pets. The organization provides pet food donation sites, wellness clinics, and pet crates, so people can keep their pets by their side and make sure they stay healthy and happy. As the website says: “Homeless individuals tell us that their pets offer them unconditional companionship. Their pets, just like your pet, offers them comfort, loyalty and love in the form of licks and wagging tails.”

3. Marley’s Mutts

Zach Skow was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease in 2009. When he left the hospital, he decided to give back to the dogs who had helped him stay strong along the way, and Marley Mutts was born. Within a decade, Marley Mutts all but eliminated euthanasia in its home base of Kern County, California. The organization now has a 20-acre ranch that houses about 75 animals and has branched out to include major rescue missions, including evacuating 300 animals from Afghanistan to Canada to be reunited with their families or adopted.

4. The Animal Pad

Animal Pad rescues dogs from the high-kill shelters and streets of San Diego, Southern California, and Mexico. Their 300 volunteers drive in and out of the country, searching for dogs — often with medical issues from being born on the street — and rehabilitating them so they can have happy lives in forever homes.

5. Dr. Kwane Stewart a.k.a. “The Street Vet” 

Dr. Kwane Stewart has been treating the pets of unhoused people for about a decade, helping them access medication and treatments for their beloved animals. He aims not only to save animals but also to shift common biases about people experiencing homelessness. As he writes on his GoFundMe page, “Project Street Vet is committed to protecting the human-animal bond that is so vital to the livelihood of not only these pets, but to the people who love them, too.” His non-profit outreach is funded entirely through donations.

6. Frosted Faces Foundation

Frosted Faces Foundation gives veterinary care and adoption opportunities to senior animals. Since 2014, the organization has been advocating for abandoned senior dogs and funding lifelong medical care and supplies for adoptees. Their new on-site veterinary hospital will be offered to all dogs living at their facility, all FFF adopters, and all FFF fosters for free. 

7. Korean K9

Gina Boehler started rescuing dogs and cats in 2012 and founded  Korean K9 Rescue in 2017. The New York City-based operation finds fosters in the city for the dogs who were rescued and transported from Korean dog-meat farms, high-kill shelters, and slaughterhouses. Then, the goal is for them to find their homes with adopters — some whose names you might recognize, like Crazy Rich Asians 

8. Stand Up For Pits Foundation

Inspired by Angel, a “pibble” she adopted, comedian Rebecca Corry started the Stand Up For Pits Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ending the abuse and discrimination of Pit Bull-type dogs through education and advocacy. SUFP’s hosts live events and comedy shows to raise funds and awareness, sponsors free Pit Bull-type dog spay/neuter clinics for underserved communities, organizes donation drives for shelters in need of supplies, awards Angel Grants to rescue groups around the country in support of front-line rescue efforts, and showcases adoptable dogs on Instagram.