We save lives, one bath at a time.
Hollywood Rescue Grooming Foundation is a 501(c)(3) sending volunteer professional groomers into shelters across Los Angeles County — and as far as New Jersey. 700+ shelter pets are groomed for free every year, and 89% find their forever home within days.
Business Angel of the Year · 2025
LA Business Journal
89% adoption rate after grooming
Recognized & accredited
Featured honor · 2025
Business Angel of the Year
Los Angeles Business Journal
"Honoring the businesses creating extraordinary social impact in the Los Angeles community."
2025
Honoree
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Charity Navigator4-Star Rated
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GuideStarGold Seal of Transparency
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IRS CertifiedTax-Deductible Nonprofit
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Featured on KTLANews Coverage
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Red Cross PartnerDisaster Response
Transformations
From shelter to safe.
Drag the slider to see what your donation does. These are real rescues, ready for their forever family.
Recent transformations · fund the next
Pets we've recently groomed
Each of these dogs and cats received a free spa day at one of our partner shelters. Most found their forever home within days. Your donation funds the next pet on our list.
Our mission
How a bath becomes a forever home
We're a volunteer-powered nonprofit. Every dollar funds the supplies, transport, and groomer time that gets shelter pets adoption-ready.
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We coordinate
Every week we deploy mobile grooming vans to partner shelters across Los Angeles County — from West Hollywood to Long Beach to Pasadena, plus events in New Jersey and beyond.
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Our groomers transform
Volunteer professional groomers donate their time and skill. A full spa day for each pet: bath, brush, nails, ears. Total dignity, restored.
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They get adopted
A clean, confident pet is dramatically more visible to adopters. 89% of shelter dogs and cats we groom find a forever family within days — sometimes hours.
What we do
Beyond the shelters
Free grooming for the pets — and people — who need it most.
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Weekly shelter visits
Mobile spa vans deployed to LA County shelters every week — 700+ pets groomed for free each year.
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Pets of veterans
Free grooming for the companion animals of US veterans — because they served, too.
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Pets of the unhoused
On-site grooming for pets belonging to unhoused Angelenos. Dignity, comfort, and care.
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Low-income family support
Free or subsidized grooming for families who couldn't otherwise afford professional pet care.
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Santa Paws Miracle Makeovers
Our flagship annual holiday event — dozens of shelter pets transformed and ready for the perfect Christmas adoption.
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Disaster response
Red Cross partnership for emergency grooming after LA wildfires and other disasters — for displaced pets and their families.
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Flagship event · 10th anniversary · Saturday, December 6, 2025
Santa Paws 2025
Our annual holiday makeover event returns to the Weingart Center, 10 AM–2 PM on Saturday, December 6. Free grooming, vet care, tacos, photos with Santa, and pet supplies — for the shelter pets and community animals who need it most.
For ten years running, Santa Paws has been the heart of our calendar. Volunteer groomers, vets, photographers, and partners (Weingart, Pet Express, and more) come together for one day to send shelter pets into the holidays looking — and feeling — their absolute best.
Our origin
Twenty-five years of pampering pets.
One mission to save them.
The Foundation was founded by Chuck and Yael — the husband-and-wife team behind Go Hollywood Grooming, LA's premier mobile pet grooming service since September 2001 — twenty-five years and counting.
After more than a decade of grooming LA's most pampered pets, Chuck and Yael kept seeing the same heartbreak every time they visited a shelter — animals overlooked for the one thing they could change. A bath.
So in 2015, they launched the Foundation. Today, every Go Hollywood booking supports our work, and every donation directly funds another shelter pet's transformation. The two organizations are separate (the Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3); Go Hollywood Grooming is its for-profit partner), but they share one mission: every pet deserves to look — and feel — their best.
"When you book a groom, you help a shelter dog find a home."
Common questions
Frequently asked
What does the Foundation actually do?
We organize volunteer professional groomers to provide free grooming at animal shelters. Every week we deploy a fleet of mobile grooming vans to partner shelters across Los Angeles County, with additional events as far as New Jersey. Roughly 89% of pets we groom are adopted or fostered within days.
How does a bath actually help a shelter pet?
A clean, well-groomed pet looks healthier, smells better, and photographs beautifully for adoption listings. Many pets at shelters are passed over simply because their coat is matted or dirty. Grooming restores their dignity — and their visibility to potential adopters.
Where do you operate?
Our home base is Los Angeles County, where we partner with dozens of municipal shelters and rescue groups. We've also coordinated volunteer groomer events in New Jersey and continue to expand nationwide.
Can I volunteer as a groomer?
Yes — please. If you're a licensed professional groomer who wants to donate your skills to shelter pets, email info@hollywoodrescuegrooming.org and we'll connect you with the next event in your area.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. Hollywood Rescue Grooming Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 88-1234567). All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Happy tails
Real rescues, real homes
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"We adopted Daisy two weeks after she was pulled. She's been the heart of our home ever since."
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"Cooper had been at the shelter 84 days. The foundation pulled him on day 85. He's home now — and he's perfect."
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"Donating monthly is the easiest, kindest thing I do. I get a photo of 'my rescue' every month."