Whether it is a birthday, graduation or Christmas – it may be a time of celebration for you and your friends, but for homeless or endangered animals it is just another day – usually with not much reason to celebrate.
This shopping guide for animal lovers (or maybe you would like to buy yourself something special) offers a collection of brands that give back to animal charities all around the world – making these retailers the perfect place to shop for gifts for anyone who loves animals in your life.
These brands are all doing good in the animal community and offer a variety of gifts that help animals – making it seem like you are giving 2 gifts for the price of one!
Our Animal Lovers Gift Guide focuses on gifts that give back to the animals. So not only will they be receiving a gift that they you know they will love – knowing that the item is doing good for homeless animals or welfare organizations is like a whole other gift in itself!
If your gift giving plans include a toddler, then you can check our Animal Toys for Toddlers gift guide which offers the best animal toys that teach important lessons on animal care and pet ownership. We think these are the best gifts for kids to help them learn compassion, pet care from vet visits to daily maintenance and so much more.
We also have a guide that profiles some great alcohol brands that are helping animals! So if you have a wine or bourbon lover on your list who loves animals just as much – these are the brands you may want to give as a gift!
GIFTING TIP: When wrapping your gift that gives back – add a little note to make sure the recipient is aware of the impact the purchase has on animals!
For the Home
PET HOUSE
Pet House offers a variety of options for dealing with pet odors in the home – making it a great gift for every animal lover! From candles to air fresheners for your car and even room sprays in a variety of scents that everyone will love. The brand offers a fundraising program for animal rescues and also donates as well!
WILD BEAUTIFUL FREE CANDLES
Organic candles that are also vegan and eco-friendly but also support environmental and conservation efforts with their proceeds. Some of their charity partners that receive a 10% donation include the lion, gorilla and elephant rescue sanctuaries. All products are made in the USA.
RESCUE CANDLE
A candle line that is solely focused on creating great smelling candle that are environmentally conscious. Each candle is hand poured in the USA and they use cotton wicks for the cleanest burning. They are also available to use as a private fundraiser for animal groups. With cute names like “Go Fetch Cinnamon Sticks” and “Walk in the Park Fresh Cut Grass” – these are an adorable gift that gives back!15% of proceeds are donated to various animal rescues.
UNDER THE SKIN
These handcrafted prints are not only bringing awareness to the world’s most endangered animals, they are also incredibly creative. They are screen printed but the magic really happens when a UV light is used – it will show the skeleton of the animal – representing their fall into distinction.Every print sold results in a 20% donation to a related charity. They work with several charities that support the animals they are using in their art.
HAPPY SPRITZ
Happy Spritz offers a collection of handcrafted aromatherapy products for men and women. Their products are 100% natural, vegan & kosher, use no alcohol or parabens and are cruelty free and and contain no animal ingredients.A portion of all proceeds go to animal rescue organizations and they are active participants in the animal welfare world.
Food & Drinks
BREWING GOOD COFFEE CO.
With a tagline of Drink Coffee. Save Animals – we know coffee lovers will adore this brand. It looks like the select a new group to work with throughout the year (at the time of the writing they were supporting a horse rescue with their donation) and that rescue receives 10% of proceeds. Coffee, tea, subscriptions and more are available on their website.
ENDANGERED SPECIES CHOCOLATE
A super socials good company focused on creating fine chocolate that offers vegan, non-gmo, fair trade, gluten free yumminess while contributing 10% of their profits to a variety of animal welfare organizations like Chimp Haven and Rainforest Fund. You can find their products on Amazon or on their website.
KOMBUCHADOG
Kombucha Dog offers your healthiest pet lovers a beverage treat they will love to receive know as Kombucha. Their handcrafted Kombucha is free of processed sugars, syrups or pasteurized flavors and they allow for natural fermentation to produce the best product. Every bottle of Kombucha features a current dog in need of a home!
TITO’S VODKA
Known as the vodka for dog lovers, Tito’s is a great gift for the drink lover who loves dogs. The vodka is made in Austin, TX using old-fashioned stills and techniques for the best flavor.Tito’s does a lot of different fundraisers throughout the year to assist animal rescues.As an example here is a holiday fundraiser where they will donate up to $150,000 in matched donations.
RESCUE CHOCOLATE
What better way to make someone happy than with lots of chocolate where proceeds are donated back to rescues. They have a variety of flavors and rumor has it the chocolate is pretty awesome.And vegan lovers rejoice – because all of the chocolates they make contain no animal products and are also certified as Kosher. A portion of the sales from every chocolate item they sell will get donated to an “animal rescue” of the month.
GROUNDS & HOUNDS COFFEE
Where every pound saves a hound! Ground & Hounds is a coffee brand that prides themselves on creating coffee that is fair trade organic with a purpose of helping their rescue partners. A variety of coffee blends and coffee related items are available and make the perfect gift for the coffee lover on your list.20% of net proceeds are donated to their partner animal rescue organizations.
ONE HOPE
One Hope Wine offers a variety of wines, coffees and treats, but what makes them special is their philanthropic work. They donate to a variety of organizations – animals being one.There are specific products on the website that will help fund the adoption of animals, the direct link to that page is below.Their donations are powered by One Hope Foundation.
Jewelry & Accessories
Savannah
Savannah offers a collection of bracelets and shirts and proceeds help support lions in Africa.
Kind Style Shop
A gorgeous collection of vegan and faux leather accessories that animal advocates will love. Kind Style Shop supports a variety of organizations with the proceeds of their sales.
FETCH EYEWEAR
Fetch Glasses offers regular sunglasses and reading glasses as well, all with animal rescues in mind. For someone that may not have insurance – a gift card or prepaid order from this retailer may be the best gift ever! Each year an amount that is equal to or greater than the total profits earned from sales is donated to The Pixie Project as well as other animal welfare groups by the Ann and Robert Sacks Philanthropic Fund.
PAWZAAR
A variety of pet related products that are created from artisans all over the world. There is jewelry, apparel and more for both cat and dog lovers.10% of every item sold benefits a weekly shelter/rescue partner.
Clothing
PARADISE ISLAND
We all love our comfy clothes and this brand is all about comfy! Paradise Apparel (PI) is a fantastic line of yoga inspired apparel that will have you as comfy as you can be while allowing you to be a part of sea turtle conservation! 10% of their net profits are donated to help sea turtles.
SAVE THE DUCK
While your friends are out and about wearing their winter coats filled with goose down – you can be flaunting your animal friendly, but still warm and stylish winter coat from Save the Duck. They focus on animal and environmentally friendly products and also work with a variety of charities, including animal organizations, to help make the world a better place. They even have a Disney line for the Disney lover in your life!
WHOLESOME CULTURE
This brand is passionate about the living a vegan life and preventing animal abuse. With apparel designs like “Team Herbivore” and “Skip A Straw Save A Turtle” their mission is pretty clear. They have a variety of offerings from eco-collection clothing to a variety of accessories.15% of their net profits are donated to animal rescue organizations. In 2017 they donated to Rancho Relaxo and The Gentle Barn.
Emi Hope
Emi Hope was inspired by a rhino named Emi – and the brand wanted to create something that would help create awareness about the world’s rhino population which is declining. The brand offers clothing and accessories with cute sayings and imagery.10% of their net profits are donated to the International Rhino Foundation.
MAKAI CLOTHING
A beautiful beach inspired collection of apparel that really carries that “life at the beach” attitude. Great colors and their “sea turtle” love shows through in every item in their store. They also dedicate a whole page on the website to talk about the threats to sea turtles showing they are really involved and want to make a difference through donations and education.A portion of all sales are donated to Sea Turtle Conservation efforts to help with education, beach clean up, sea turtle care and more.
I ♥ TYLER MADISON
The perfect indulgence for the fashionista who loves their pets with all of their soul. This line of clothing is edgy and fun and created by sisters who are animal rights activists and supporters of canine rescue.A portion of all sales are donated to a variety of shelters including Fauna, ASPCA, Wildaid and more. They are a verified ASPCA Business Ambassador which shows their commitment to helping animals.
N:PHILANTHROPY
A designer clothing line that offers a beautiful collection of apparel that is comfortable, hand-distressed and uses vegan leather! From comfy tees to sweatshirts to jackets – for both men and women, this is the place to go for high end apparel that gives a darn about animals.They donate 10% of their proceeds to the ASPCA and other animal welfare charities.
IVORY ELLA
Good clothes for a good cause! A clothing line that offers a large selection of styles from shirts to bralets – and all items focus on inspiring people to live a life with the ideals of the elephant. A life of empathy, creativity, strength and loyalty. With a mission of saving the elephants, this brand is doing great things.10% of net profits are donated to Save the Elephants and other charitable organizations.
ONE TRIBE APPAREL
With the primary focus of creating the most comfortable clothing on earth – One Tribe Apparel company also supports elephants with every item they sell. With a large selection of comfy lounge pants, yoga pants, tops and more in great styles and beautiful colors and designs – these are clothes every one will love to own. $1.00 of every sale goes to save the elephants at the Elephant Nature Park.
LOVE BRAND & CO.
Launched in 2010, Love Brand & Co. has created a line of swim and resort wear for men and children with a giving mindset to help wildlife groups. Although they are based in the UK, they do shop worldwide.5% of their annual revenue is donated to the following organizations: Elephant Family, The David Shelddrick Wildlife Trust and Tusk Trust.
Cosmetics & Beauty
Lush Charity Pot
Make a purchase of the CharityPot at Lush and help save animals and give a gift that everyone will love.
Love Goodly
Love Goodly is a subscription box focused on nontoxic, cruelty free and vegan beauty and skincare and a portion proceeds are donated to a variety of animal organizations.
Miscellaneous
Animal Kingdom Playing Cards
$1.00 of every deck of these playing cards will be donated to the World Wildlife Foundation.
KURGO AUTO GRASS
A great gift idea for the guy or girl that loves to take their pooch on the road but is always having problems getting them to stay out of the front seat and prevent slipping. We love Kurgo too for all of the good do for rescues all over the country as shown on their website at: https://www.kurgo.com/giving-back/.
HOORAY FOR THE UNDERDOG!
Hooray for the Underdog is a photography brand focused on helping rescue animals. From notecards to art prints – you can find a collection of unique gifts that will make recipients smile. They provide a variety of services and donations that help rescues.
Have a brand in mind that you think should be listed here? Please let us know!
If you know of a retail brand that is doing great things to help animals whether via donations, awareness or some other way – we want to know! Just leave a comment or email us at hi@charitypaws.com and let us know about the organization!
Lauren says
The Dapper Paw sells dog tags and coffee mugs and they donate part of their proceeds to charity!
Jill Caren says
Thank you Lauren! We could not easily find anything on the website that noted that or where they have donated so far – so we won’t add them to the list, but will leave your comment up so others can see it!
Kim says
What a great blog post. Thank you so much for this. And a lot of the company products make amazing gifts for all occasions.
I may have to purchase a few as pressies
Kitty Cat Chronicles says
I love this! I had never heard of most of these companies, so I’m excited to check them out. I love how they are all giving back to animals in need. Will do some Christmas shopping from this list for sure!
Kelly says
I’m a big believer in giving back and love it when I see companies donating a portion of sales to help those in need. I don’t know how I would choose but I could see myself lighting a candle, having a cup of coffee and sitting in my elephant pants