The Button And Rod Cook Foundation
This organization is a private foundation focused on animal welfare, particularly the rescue and care of domestic animals, including dogs and rabbits. Its mission emphasizes preventing abuse and exploitation of animals, providing companionship to seniors through pet ownership, and supporting veterans with service dogs. The foundation funds various initiatives aimed at rescuing at-risk animals, offering veterinary services, and promoting education about proper animal care. It demonstrates a strong commitment to improving the lives of both animals and the communities they serve.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small-to-mid sized animal-welfare charities focused on companion animals (especially senior dogs, rabbit rescues, service-dog programs and related rescue/rehab work) with an established track record and regional ties or network connections to the foundation’s existing grantees.
Good Fit
- • Mission focused on animal rescue, senior pet care, or service-dog training.
- • Evidence of delivering direct animal care or sanctuary/hospice services.
- • Existing relationships or referrals from organizations the foundation has funded.
- • Capacity to use modest-to-midsize grants (typical grants range from low thousands up to $30K).
- • Geographic proximity or program overlap with states the foundation has funded, notably North Carolina and Maryland.
Geography
Observed grants span six states in the latest year, with the foundation based in SC but directing most dollars out-of-state (about 92% out-of-state in 2024) and a notable concentration of roughly 47% of dollars to North Carolina.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 13 distinct recipients (up from 6 in 2022 and 10 in 2023) across a range of independent animal-welfare organizations, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite dollar concentration among a few top grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation declares it only funds preselected recipients and no public website or contact route was found, which makes unsolicited applicants unlikely to gain entry even though some new grantees have appeared across the observed years.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
