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Corporate sponsors & partners
While our Resource Center represents the heart of our organization, the businesses and companies that support us are our lifeblood.
UPF is a true gifts-in-kind organization, passionately committed to collecting product donations, distributing them to members and care groups in need, and making an impact on the greatest number of animals — an effort that has reached 30,000+ animals so far.
If yours is a goods-based business, product philanthropy allows you to donate unwanted or idle inventory to us without having to discount or liquidate. We're masters at trading, upcycling or repurposing all manner of articles and goods. It's a tax-deductible, efficient, and most importantly, repeatable method for giving back.
We can also benefit from your expertise and involvement. From help with accounting and law to fundraising, board meetings and sponsorships, both our own organization and all those who come to us for help are eager for improvement, advice or your unique brand of business savvy.
Information for business leaders
Want the details on how product philanthropy works with UPF? Download our business leaders flyer.
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Thank you
Our impact partners
GreaterGood Charities / Rescue Bank
For the past 10 years United Pet Fund has partnered first with Rescue Bank, before it became a part of GreaterGood Charities. Their business partnerships with the major pet food and supply producers in the US have allowed them to distribute and ship millions of dollars worth of product to non-profit partners throughout the country. UPF has been fortunate to be part of this tremendous program, and it is the main supplier of the resources we receive and then distribute.
GOODS Program
GOODS is a program of Greater Good Charities that distributes food, essential supplies, clothing, housewares, toys, and more to pets and people in need across the world. The GOODS Program has a holistic approach that helps the whole family, providing food and supplies for people and pets in need.
Hartz Mountain
For many years now, the Hartz Mt Pet Product company has powered the Hartz Mt / UPF Resource Train. Their plant in Pleasant Plain, OH produces puppy pads for stores throughout the nation. We provide containers to hold bags of puppy pads that don't make it into packaging — amounting to semi-trailer loads that we pick up and distribute to our members and to rescues and shelters throughout the Midwest and the nation.
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
For the past 5 years, Central Pet Distribution has regularly donated over $100,000 worth of much-needed new pet store supplies from their warehouse in Fairfield. These donations go a long way to make the lives of the dogs and cats who have yet to find their 'furever homes' more enjoyable.
Church & Dwight
From their plant in Old Fort, OH, the Church & Dwight Company has made many generous donations of cat litter and other pet-related products to UPF over the years. This partnership allows cat shelters and rescues supported by UPF to provide the best products for waste disposal and odor control, freeing up money for much needed medical services.
Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation
In 2024, the Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation continued its generous support of UPF's Hartz Mt. / UPF Resource Train Program with a grant that allows us to ship tons of animal food and supply resources to animal shelter and rescue resource deserts in the Tri-State area and much of the Midwest.
The Summit Hotel
The Summit has had a close relationship with UPF since the hotel opened in 2018. Before then, there was a loving golden retriever named Maxwell, and when he passed on, his owner made a generous donation to UPF in his honor. The Summit's owner has close ties to Maxwell, so the hotel regularly sponsors UPF events and raises and donates funds for the organization.