About Us

We do everything in our power to keep pets and their beloved owners together.

Phinney's (or Phinney's Friends) is a registered nonprofit that helps low-income people in Massachusetts keep their pets. Our volunteers educate pet parents, take pets to the vet, foster animals when their parents are hospitalized, walk dogs and care for cats. Donations help us buy pet food and supplies, and assist low-income people with vet bills and boarding.

The most common services we provide are…

• Advice to people on pet care
• Payment of impending vet bills
• Purchase and delivery of pet supplies
• In-home cat care for chronically ill pet parents (litter box changing, nail clipping, brushing)
• In-home dog care for chronically ill pet parents (walks, nail clipping, brushing)
• Pet fostering and boarding when pet parents are hospitalized
• Pet transportation for vet visits and foster situations, when pet parent in hospitalized
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Phinney’s helps pet owners in many ways. Some need regular support, some need help only once.

​EverCare Program

​Assists pet owners living with chronic illnesses or disabilities, or owners who have pets with chronic issues. We help with monthly visits, litter box cleaning, dog walking, nail trims, administering medications to pets, and fostering while their parents are hospitalized.

Also offers financial help with regular vet checks, pet medications, tests, emergency vet bills, and boarding.

​Pet Boost Program

​Distributes pet food and supplies to pets whose owners are going through a financial hardship that requires ongoing help for a limited period of time. These families are not necessarily struggling with a disabling illness but may have lost their job or need support after fleeing from an abusive household.

This program also offers financial help with regular vet checks, pet medications, tests, emergency vet bills and boarding for these families.

​Emergency Program

Helps with one-time needs to solve problems that are putting the pet at risk of being euthanized or surrendered. This could be a pending vet bill, pet surgery, need of boarding, or an outstanding dog license that needs renewing. 

​In many cases we are also able to restore the pet to health and resolve painful conditions by addressing a one-time vet bill through this program.

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​Funds

​Phinney’s manages targeted funds to help different pet parents, endowed by people or groups interested in supporting people going through specific issues in Massachusetts. Donate to any of those worthy Funds by clicking on our Donate page above, and leaving us a message on which Fund you are supporting in the Message of Support slot.

​ADAM Rosen Fund

​The Adam Rosen Fund has been established in 2020 in honor of our late volunteer and friend Adam Rosen, whom we loved very much. Adam, a huge cat lover, offered us Apple- and Mac-related tech support as well as generous donations throughout the years. His Fund, therefore, created out of donations from Adam's friends and family members, is dedicated to helping cats who are going through life-threatening conditions.

​Liam’s Fund

​Phinney’s Liam’s Fund was created in 2016 to financially support low-income families in Massachusetts who are struggling to cover the expenses related to the treatment of diabetes in their dogs. The fund was established with resources from The Deirdre Dickinson Memorial Fund, in honor of Ms. Dickinson's nephew, Liam.

CORONAVIRUS PET EMERGENCY FUND

​Phinney’s created in 2020 a special Fund to help pet owners in Massachusetts who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. People who have lost their jobs, gotten reduced work hours, gotten sick or have had their daily challenges increased by the spread of the coronavirus can get financial help from our Fund to pay for veterinary and pet boarding emergencies.

​Phinney’s Ride Fund

​Phinney’s Ride is a non-competitive bicycle ride that takes place every other year to raise funds for low-income pet parents in Massachusetts living with HIV or AIDS. The group of riders travels to Stow MA to Bristol RI and back in two days, with an overnight stop at a volunteer's house. Each of them has the goal of raising at least $500 for this Fund. The next ride will be in September 2021.