Is Beer City Dog Biscuits Woke?

What They Do

Beer City Dog Biscuits is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that bakes and sells handmade dog biscuits. It was formed in 2018 by two couples — Tad and Suzanne Wilcox and David and Leslie Hooker — "on behalf of their adult sons, both of whom have disabilities."

The biscuits are the means, not the end. The organization states its mission as "to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing vocational t[raining]," and it is built so that the work itself fits the people doing it: the operation "is tailored to meet the unique abilities of each volunteer and employee to enable them to participate in all aspects of the business," including planning and forecasting. The founders put the goal simply: "Our goal is to provide them with an opportunity to be productive every day." The organization also runs a donation program and names an annual "spokesdog" — for 2026 it is Sawyer, a two-year-old Golden Retriever who trained as a service dog before a "career change" sent him to a forever home. The organization's city is not stated on the pages we reviewed, and staff count is not stated.

Why There's No Political Footprint Here

There is no ESG report, no DEI program, no HRC Corporate Equality Index rating, and no PAC. That is not a stand these families took — it is what a small nonprofit bakery is. Corporate political activism is a function of scale: investor relations departments, compliance officers, government affairs budgets. This is four parents, a commercial kitchen and a mission that fits in one sentence.

What We Checked

We reviewed the organization's public website and searched federal campaign finance records, lobbying disclosures, and corporate advocacy databases. We found none, and no FEC-registered committee exists under this name. For an organization this size that is the expected result — and as a 501(c)(3), it is barred from partisan campaign activity in any case.

The Bottom Line

Money spent here goes to a small nonprofit and to paying disabled adults for real work, not to a corporate political apparatus. We make no claim about the founders' personal politics — we don't know them, and it isn't our business. What we can tell you is that your money isn't funding anything.