American Humane Hero Dog Awards®
The American Humane Hero Dog Awards® is an annual, nationwide competition that searches out and recognizes America’s Hero Dogs. Hundreds of nominees compete, but only one is awarded the coveted…
Grants and Awards
Offering help and recognition to those who deserve it most
American Humane is proud to accept applications for our grant programs, which fund a spectrum of lifesaving work benefitting both humans and animals. These grants support and facilitate efforts to rescue, shelter, and care for animals in need—whether homeless, injured, or abused—and those harnessing the remarkable powers of the human-animal bond.
Grants and Awards Initiatives
Feed the Hungry COVID-19 Fund
Like every other business or organization in America, rescue shelters are struggling to maintain basic services and care for their animal residents in the face of the current worldwide pandemic.…
Second Chance® Grants
Every year, countless animals suffer deplorable abuse and neglect. Often, local shelters and rescue groups are saddled with the steep expenses of saving, sheltering, and caring for these animals in…
Hero Veterinarian and Hero Veterinary Nurse Awards™
For millions of Americans, animals are not just their best friends, but their heroes. Whether they are lending eyes to the unsighted, ears to the deaf, protection to the sleeping…
News & Updates
PEDIGREE Foundation Partners with American Humane for $100,000 Disaster Relief Grant
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, February 24, 2023 — American Humane, the country’s first national humane group, announced today that PEDIGREE Foundation has awarded them with a $100,000 grant in support of the organization’s disaster relief efforts. The American Humane Rescue Team most recently deployed to Spalding County, Georgia, in January after multiple tornadoes displaced thousands of residents and their pets.…
February 24, 2023
American Humane Receives Grant from Marta Heflin Foundation in Wake of Eastern Kentucky Flooding
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, August 25, 2022 — American Humane has received a substantial Marta Heflin Foundation grant to help fund efforts to save animals in the wake of catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky. The flooding killed dozens and displaced thousands of people and animals across multiple counties in the state. “American Humane is grateful to the Foundation for helping…
August 25, 2022