Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program
GRCA was one of the first Parent Clubs to enlist in the PPCP in 2003. This program encourages PPCP members to submit scans of their receipts for Purina products, with benefits to themselves as well as GRCA.
Through the PPCP Program, Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation work together to help parent clubs address priority health concerns for their breeds as well as providing funds for education and rescue. Here is how the PPCP Program works:
Pro Club members scan receipts from the purchase of participating Purina brand dog foods. Purina tracks these submissions, and for every $100 of qualifying points earned by Pro Club members, Purina donates $10 to the participating national parent breed club.
Points are accumulated throughout the calendar year, and in June, checks representing 10% of the value of the submitted receipts for the year are received. Fifty percent of the funds will go to the Canine Health Foundation, in the name of the Golden Retriever Foundation (designated as a GRCA/GRF donor advised fund) and will be specifically directed for research of Golden health issues. These monies are eligible to be matched up to 100 percent by the Canine Health Foundation if it meets the Foundation’s funding guidelines. The remaining fifty percent is sent to GRCA for use in rescue, education, or research as the Board decides.
The total amount donated since 2003 is $365,145!
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* 2003: $ 9,300
* 2004: $11,816
* 2005: $15,005
* 2006: $14,938
* 2007: $17,655
* 2008: $17,325
* 2009: $16,473
* 2010: $16,143
* 2011: $15,099
* 2012: $15,189
* 2013: $15,575
* 2014: $17,851
* 2015: $18,096
* 2016: $17,810
* 2017: $17,910
* 2018: $39,875
* 2019: $15,573
* 2020: $12,676
* 2021: $12,196
* 2022: $14,090
* 2023: $18,848
* 2024: $15,702
The last statistics I received from Purina show there are 2361 PPCP members who ave declared for GRCA, but only 577 have actually submitted receipts to generate money. We need to find a way to encourage more members to send in their receipts. This is such a win-win program for GRCA and Purina!
Respectfully submitted,
Dianne Barnes
November, 2025