Name

Owen Care 🇲🇽

Legal name

Fundación Owen I.A.P.

Website

https://owencare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Owen Care (Fundación Owen I.A.P.) is a Mexican nonprofit that trains assistance dogs for people with autism, mobility, visual, hearing, and medical-alert needs, and delivers dog-assisted therapy in hospitals and institutions across Mexico City.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Assistance Dog Training Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Educational Support Services (6117), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Service & Emotional Support Animal (ESA) Accommodations Management (EDALAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Medicine & Training-Integrated Veterinary Services (HLAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Assistance dog training
• Animal-assisted therapy
• Disability inclusion services
• Canine training programs
• Service dog education

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City (CDMX)

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals worldwide. Donation options include preset amounts (€30, €60, €120) or custom amounts. Online donation portal at dona.owencare.org.
2. Monthly Membership / Collaborator Program: Monthly recurring contributions from individuals who become 'colaboradores' (collaborators/members) of Owen Care. Newsletter updates and impact reports provided to members.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Volunteering: Companies engage through corporate volunteering programs (e.g., 144+ CISCO volunteers contributing 596 hours), team-building visits, and donations. Employers socially responsible initiatives.
4. Training and Capacity-Building Services: Training and inclusion workshops for schools, companies, hotels, restaurants, sports and tourism venues. Personalized advisory for assistance dog users facing discrimination. Legal accompaniment services.
5. Petition / Advocacy Campaigns: Public advocacy campaigns (e.g., 5,000 signatures petition to Mexican Secretary of Health) seeking official recognition of assistance dogs. Non-monetary but drives policy change.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Owen Care (Fundación Owen I.A.P.) trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities through a 22-month program (over 4,590 hours per dog) covering five specializations: autism (TEA), mobility assistance, medical alert, guide dogs for visual impairment, and signal dogs for hearing impairment. The organization also delivers DOGtores dog-assisted therapy in hospitals and educational settings, runs the aDOGtables rescue and adoption program, and provides inclusion training to institutions. All services to beneficiaries are provided free of charge.

Product overview

Owen Care (Fundación Owen IAP) is a Mexican nonprofit organization that operates as a comprehensive assistance dog school and therapy provider. The organization offers multiple programs including the Assistance Dog Training School (Escuela de Entrenamiento), DOGtores therapy program, and aDOGtables adoption program. The training school specializes in five types of assistance dogs: TEA (autism), mobility, medical alert, guide dogs for visually impaired, and signal dogs for hearing impaired. The DOGtores program provides animal-assisted interventions in hospitals and educational settings. All programs work together to support the independence, mobility, and inclusion of people with disabilities or medical conditions through the human-dog bond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DOGtores: Therapeutic dog program providing emotional support interventions in clinical, educational, and community settings. DOGtores participate in designed sessions to improve physical, emotional, and social well-being of patients, particularly children with cancer at Hospital ABC.
• aDOGtables
• Escuela de Entrenamiento de Perros de Asistencia Owen Care

Products and services

• Escuela de Entrenamiento de Perros de Asistencia Owen Care (Assistance Dog Training School) The core training school that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities across five specializations (autism/TEA, mobility, medical alert, guide/visual, signal/hearing) using a 22-month intensive program totaling over 4,590 hours per dog. Services are free to beneficiaries.
• Perros de Asistencia TEA (Autismo) - Autism Assistance Dogs Assistance dogs trained specifically for children and youth with autism. They provide security, prevent runaway (fuga) behaviors, reduce stress, foster communication and socialization, and serve as emotional bridges to the world. Approximately 57% of graduated dogs serve this population.
• Perros de Asistencia para Movilidad Reducida - Mobility Assistance Dogs Assistance dogs trained to help people with limited mobility perform daily tasks including opening and closing doors, turning lights on/off, picking up objects, retrieving items from refrigerators, and providing physical support. Approximately 23% of graduated dogs serve mobility cases.
• Perros de Alerta Médica - Medical Alert Dogs Medical alert dogs that detect changes in the body through smell and body signals before a crisis occurs, accompany during seizures, and support recovery. They serve people with epilepsy and other medical conditions, restoring independence and ability to return to work and social life.
• Perros Guía - Guide Dogs Guide dogs trained to accompany visually impaired people, helping them move safely, avoid obstacles, and navigate their world with confidence and freedom.
• Perros Señal - Signal Dogs Signal dogs that alert hearing-impaired individuals about doorbells, phones, alarms, and other essential sounds in their environment, providing security and confidence.
• DOGtores - Dog-Assisted Therapy Interventions Therapeutic dog intervention program providing emotional support in clinical, educational, and community settings. Each session is guided by a multidisciplinary team and personalized according to individual needs, working on self-esteem, grief, abuse, inclusion, and mental health. Includes DOGtores like Mambo, Coco, and Uma.
• aDOGtables - Rescue and Rehabilitation Program Program that rescues and rehabilitates dogs from vulnerable situations, training them with love and preparing them for adoption into responsible families. Dogs receive physical and emotional rehabilitation before being matched with suitable adopters.
• Capacitación para Inclusión - Inclusion Training Workshops Training and workshops that promote a more empathetic and accessible society by educating schools, universities, businesses, hotels, restaurants, and sports spaces about the rights, realities, and needs of assistance dog users. Includes personalized advisory for users facing discrimination and legal accompaniment services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 875 individual DOGtores therapy sessions conducted in 2024 at Hospital ABC
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, flagship, minor and supporting.

• Hospital ABCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ongoing partnership for the DOGtores animal-assisted therapy program. In 2024, 875 individual therapy sessions were delivered across Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Dentistry, Ambulatory Chemotherapy, and Physiotherapy departments. DOGtores include dogs like Mambo, Coco, and Uma. A multidisciplinary team designs each intervention with clear therapeutic objectives.
• Instituto Técnico y Cultural ITYCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for puppy training: future assistance dogs completed 400 hours of obedience and socialization training at ITYC in 2024, interacting with students in a human-canine educational environment. The program also raises community awareness about inclusion.
• CISCO (employees)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024144+ CISCO employees served as volunteers in 2024, contributing 596 hours of in-person training support. Volunteers trained puppies in real-world environments including streets, shopping malls, restaurants, cinemas, and self-service stores, practicing access to escalators, elevators, and crowded spaces.
• Assistance Dogs International (ADI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOwen Care is the only Mexican organization in the ADI candidate certification program. This membership requires adherence to the highest international standards for assistance dog training and placement, and provides access to global best practices and peer networks.
• Instituto Iberoamericano de Turismo InclusivominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounder Márgara Bravo Mariño was invited to join the Expert Group on Inclusive Tourism in 2020, contributing expertise in accessibility and assistance dog accompaniment for inclusive tourism experiences.
• CONAPRED (Consejo Nacional para Prevenir la Discriminación)supportingOthersMexican national council for preventing discrimination. Owen Care refers families to CONAPRED for filing discrimination complaints when assistance dog users are denied access to public or private spaces. CONAPRED provides free complaint filing and guidance on disability rights.
• COPRED (Consejo Nacional para la Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad)supportingOthersMexican national council for disability inclusion. Owen Care refers families to COPRED for discrimination complaints and legal accompaniment. COPRED offers free orientation and complaint procedures for people whose assistance dog rights are violated.
• Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH)supportingOthersMexico's national human rights commission, with a specialized area for disability (phone: 800-715-2000 ext. 1644). Owen Care directs families to CNDH for human rights violations related to assistance dog access denial.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Assistance Dogs International (ADI): Global coalition of nonprofit assistance dog organizations that sets international training and welfare standards. Owen Care is the only Mexican organization in ADI's candidate certification program, making ADI the relevant ecosystem/standards body peer.

Broad incumbents

• Guide Dogs for the Blind: US-based ADI-accredited guide dog school providing guide dogs to the blind and visually impaired. Directly comparable as a long-established, internationally certified assistance dog nonprofit with intensive training pipelines and beneficiary placement services.
• Canine Companions for Independence: Largest US nonprofit assistance dog organization providing service, hearing, and skilled companion dogs free of charge. Directly comparable as an ADI-accredited nonprofit assistance dog school with a similar multi-specialization training model (autism, mobility, hearing) and a multi-decade track record.
• Pet Partners: US nonprofit that trains and registers therapy animals for hospital, school, and community settings — directly comparable to Owen Care's DOGtores program in delivering animal-assisted therapeutic interventions in clinical environments.
• Fundación Teletón México: Mexico's largest disability and rehabilitation nonprofit operating rehabilitation centers for children with disabilities. Comparable as a Mexico-based nonprofit providing disability-related therapeutic services and operating on a donation-driven model with broad public visibility.

Regional players

• Fundación ONCE del Perro Guía: Spanish guide dog foundation affiliated with ONCE that trains guide dogs for visually impaired individuals and provides them free of charge. Comparable as a Spanish-speaking, ADI-affiliated national assistance dog nonprofit with a similar beneficiary-funded model.
• CONADI (Confederación Nacional de Personas con Discapacidad) Mexico: Mexican national disability advocacy organization. Comparable as a domestic ecosystem actor addressing disability rights, accessibility, and inclusion — a thematic peer operating in the same Mexican disability-services space.

Direct peers

• Bocalán: Spanish-language assistance dog foundation operating in Spain and Latin America, training service and therapy dogs for people with disabilities. Direct peer in mission, training methodology, and Spanish-speaking market reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/owen_care
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@owencare2447
• Facebookfacebook.com/FundacionOwen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundacion-owen
• Instagraminstagram.com/owen.care

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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