In celebration of National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, PEDIGREE Foundation announced today the recipients of $1.2M USD in 2025 annual grants to shelters and rescues across Canada and the U.S., with 97 grants supporting more than 115,000 dogs. This year also marks a major milestone for the organization: since its founding in 2008, PEDIGREE Foundation has helped more than one million dogs by supporting shelters and rescue organizations with grants that help increase dog adoption rates and keep people and pets together.
To date, PEDIGREE Foundation has awarded more than $15.3 million USD in grants. In Canada, this year $125,000 CAD 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*, helping to provide care and support for more than 14,500 dogs in need.
The 2025 annual PEDIGREE Foundation grants to shelters and rescues across Canada and the U.S. support proven solutions that help more dogs find loving homes, including fostering, transport, behaviour training, and disaster relief. Recent data underscores the urgency of this work. According to State of Pet Homelessness Report, there are approximately 39,000 pets in shelters and rescues across Canada.
Below are the 2025 recipients of this year’s PEDIGREE Foundation Canadian Grant Program:
2025 PEDIGREE Foundation Canadian Grant Categories and Recipients
- 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
For the 2025 grant cycle, PEDIGREE Foundation focused on supporting programs that increase dog adoption rates. These grants continue to support animal shelters and rescue organizations in Canada with implementing foster, behaviour and adoption matching, transport, remote community support, as well as safety net programs.
This year, $110,000 (CAD) was awarded 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, totaling $15,000 CAD. 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 grant was made in partnership with Humane Canada to support emergency disaster relief. This first-time grant partnership will enable more timely disaster relief, with an emphasis on supporting pets in need during disasters.
