Discover Organizations
Good work deserves to be discovered—and celebrated.
Beyond our seasonal spotlights, countless nonprofits are making meaningful differences in the lives of people, animals, and communities.
Here, we share organizations worth knowing, recognize the compassion behind their work, and help you discover missions, resources, and opportunities to get involved.
Nonprofits whose work, programs, or resources complement the themes explored during our featured nonprofit seasons.
Along the Trail
PAWS/LA
Los Angeles County, California
PAWS/LA helps eligible low-income seniors and individuals facing serious health challenges care for their companion animals. Services may include veterinary assistance, pet food, dog walking, in-home pet care, transportation, and temporary fostering.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP
While Pets for the Elderly helps older adults welcome shelter pets, PAWS/LA helps people continue caring for the companions they already love. Together, their missions address different barriers to lasting companionship.
Shanti Project — PAWS
San Francisco, California
Shanti Project's Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) program helps older adults and people living with illness or disability continue caring for their beloved companion animals. Volunteer-supported services include pet food and supplies, veterinary assistance, dog walking, in-home cat care, transportation, and emergency fostering.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP
Season One explored how financial, health, and mobility challenges can make pet companionship difficult for older adults. PAWS helps address these barriers, allowing people and their pets to continue sharing the comfort, connection, and companionship of home.
Meals on Wheels America
Nationwide · United States
Meals on Wheels America supports a nationwide network of community programs providing nutritious meals, friendly visits, and meaningful connections for older adults. Participating local programs also offer pet assistance, including pet food, supplies, and access to veterinary care, helping seniors continue caring for their beloved animal companions. Services vary by location.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · SENIOR COMPANIONSHIP
Season One explored how companionship supports the well-being and independence of older adults. Meals on Wheels extends that connection beyond the dinner table, recognizing that caring for seniors can also mean helping them care for the pets who bring joy, comfort, and purpose to their everyday lives.
RedRover
Nationwide · United States
RedRover helps animals and the people who love them during times of crisis. Through its RedRover Relief programs, the organization offers financial assistance for qualifying urgent veterinary care and helps survivors of domestic violence find safety with their pets. Its emergency response and educational programs further promote compassion and animal well-being.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMPANIONSHIP
Season One explored how unexpected veterinary expenses and financial hardship can threaten the bond between people and their pets. RedRover helps address these challenges by offering resources and assistance when families face difficult circumstances, supporting the connections that mean so much to both people and animals.
Frankie's Friends
Nationwide · United States
Frankie's Friends provides financial assistance to families whose pets need lifesaving emergency or specialty veterinary treatment they cannot fully afford. Through its grant programs, the organization helps qualifying pets receive critical medical care, offering families hope during difficult circumstances and helping preserve the bond between people and their beloved companions.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMPANIONSHIP
Season One explored how unexpected veterinary expenses can make pet ownership challenging, particularly for older adults living on fixed incomes. Frankie's Friends helps address this financial barrier, giving qualifying pets and their families a chance to remain together when urgent medical needs arise.
PetSmart Charities
Nationwide · United States
PetSmart Charities helps pets find loving homes while supporting programs that keep people and their animals together. Through adoption partnerships and grants to animal welfare and community organizations, it works to expand access to affordable veterinary care, address pet food insecurity, and provide assistance during disasters and other hardships.
CONNECTED TO SEASON ONE · COMPANIONSHIP & PET SUPPORT
Season One explored both the joy of adopting a companion animal and the challenges of providing ongoing care. Through its partnership with Meals on Wheels America, PetSmart Charities helps support pet food and care services for older adults, recognizing that keeping seniors and their beloved animals together strengthens companionship and well-being.
Worth Discovering
Nonprofits doing meaningful work beyond our seasonal themes that deserve recognition, appreciation, and greater visibility.
The Gentle Barn
Santa Clarita, California & Christiana, Tennessee
The Gentle Barn rescues and provides sanctuary for farm animals who have experienced neglect, abuse, or other hardships. Through compassionate care, educational programs, and meaningful animal encounters, the organization creates opportunities for people and rescued animals to connect, fostering kindness, empathy, and healing.
WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING THEIR WORK
The Gentle Barn beautifully demonstrates that compassion can transform lives in both directions. By giving rescued animals a safe place to thrive while inviting people to experience their remarkable personalities and stories, the organization reminds us that kindness, connection, and healing are gifts we can share across species.
Wings of Rescue
United States · Rescue missions across North America and beyond
Wings of Rescue organizes lifesaving flights for dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters and disaster-affected communities to rescue partners with available space and adoption opportunities. Its aircraft also deliver veterinary supplies and emergency relief, while its Operation Pit Stop program helps reduce pet overpopulation through free spay and neuter services for qualifying families.
WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING THEIR WORK
Wings of Rescue demonstrates how cooperation, innovation, and compassion can turn an uncertain future into a second chance. By connecting shelters, rescue partners, flight crews, and volunteers, the organization shows that saving animals' lives sometimes means going the extra mile—or flying hundreds of them!
Paws for Purple Hearts
Nationwide · United States
Paws for Purple Hearts supports veterans and active-duty service members facing mobility challenges and trauma-related conditions through highly trained assistance dogs and canine-assisted therapy programs. Its unique approach invites military participants to help train future service dogs, fostering connection, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose while preparing canine companions to assist others.
WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING THEIR WORK
Paws for Purple Hearts demonstrates the remarkable ways people and animals can help one another heal. By bringing veterans and service members into the training process, the organization creates a meaningful cycle of compassion: those receiving support also help prepare dogs to change someone else's life.