Blue Buffalo: Grants for Animals and Wildlife

OVERVIEW: The pet food maker Blue Buffalo makes grants that support pet cancer research, pet adoptions and service dogs for veterans.

IP TAKE: The Blue Buffalo company’s website does not offer a great deal of information about its grantmaking practices, but this funder has supported pet cancer research, pet adoption initiatives and programs that train and place service and therapy dogs with veterans. Blue Buffalo does not run a grant application program. General inquiries may be submitted via the company’s contact page.

PROFILE: The Blue Buffalo pet food company’s community involvement program aims to “help dogs and cats in need” and supports a handful of initiatives for pet cancer research, pet adoptions and service dogs for veterans through its community involvement program. This funder has provided ongoing support to a handful of organizations including California’s Helen Woodward Animal Center, Sierra Delta Service Dogs for Heroes and Denver’s Morris Animal Foundation, which supports cancer research.

According to its tax filings, Blue Buffalo makes between $1 and $2.5 million in grants and donations to a few select organizations. This funder does not run a grant application program. Prospective grantees may contact the company via its consumer contact page.

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