At a glance
- Category
- Service Dogs
- How it's listed
- Found in our own research. Its site was confirmed live and serving the military community on . That is a check that it exists, not a judgement that it is good.
- Website
- www.petsforpatriots.org
About Pets for Patriots
Published by Pets for Patriots on their own website. Quoted here in full as they wrote it.
WHAT WE DO
Pets for Patriots is unleashing hope™ for United States military veterans and the nation’s most overlooked shelter animals through companion pet adoption. Learn more about how our adoption program works.
We offer veterans various benefits to promote the human-animal bond, reduce surrender back to shelters, and make lifetime pet guardianship more affordable. These include ‘welcome home’ contributions towards pet food and other basics, access to high-quality affordable veterinary care, and discounts on various pet goods and services.
Our hero program helps veterans with pet medical bills they cannot afford while our hardship program assists veterans in crisis. Both are designed to keep people and pets together during life’s temporary challenges.
Pets for Patriots is not involved in the acquisition or training of service animals, or the adoption of retired Military War Dogs.
WHY OUR WORK IS NEEDED:
Every day 17* veterans take their own lives. Every eight seconds a dog or cat is put to death for lack of anyone to adopt them. Companion pet adoption saves two lives. (*2023 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, US Department of Veterans Affairs)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT:
We are the only nationally operating nonprofit that:
Serves veterans at all career stages and from all armed forces, from WWII to active duty
Focuses on the most overlooked sheltered animals
Addresses surrender prevention by making pet guardianship more affordable for our nation’s veterans
WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL:
Governance by a strong, independent Board with industry leaders across military, government relations, finance, marketing, sales, media, animal behavior, and defense
Single national headquarters ensures program integrity, and consistency across operations, processes, brand and messaging
Commitment to financial transparency and accountability, including annual independent audits even when not legally required
Strong demand for our program from communities across the country due to our demonstrable proof of concept over thousands of veteran-pet adoptions
WE ARE AN IRS-RECOGNIZED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION:
Pets for Patriots, Inc. is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization unleashing hope™ for military veterans and shelter animals. Tax ID 27-1082210. Proud national charity in the Combined Federal Campaign, CFC 49553. Four-star Charity Navigator rating and Candid/Guidestar Platinum seal of approval.
Our write-up
Pets for Patriots is in our directory because we went looking for resources in this category and confirmed theirs is real and serving this community. What you see above is their own description, quoted from their site. We have not yet added our own write-up — the programs, eligibility and military fit that we check ourselves — and we would rather leave that blank than guess at it.
In the meantime, their official site is the authority: www.petsforpatriots.org
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