Online Donations for Animal Shelters & Rescues.
Emergency medical fundraisers, sponsor-a-pet recurring gifts, and capital campaigns for new kennels. Built for how shelters actually raise money.
A giving page that looks like your shelter.
Your logo, your colours, your animals. Supporters see the shelter, not a payment processor.
Suggested amounts, a live progress bar toward the goal, and one tap to give.
How Animal Shelters Use CoreCause
Emergency Medical Campaigns
Spin up a dedicated campaign for an injured or sick animal in minutes. Add a name, a story, a photo, a goal. Share the QR code or pay link via email and social. Funds land next business day to cover urgent vet bills.
Sponsor-a-Pet Recurring
Build a sponsor-a-pet page where supporters choose an animal and a recurring monthly amount. The Automatic Card Updater keeps sponsors active when their card gets reissued so you do not lose support to dead cards.
Memorial & Tribute Giving
Donors can give in memory of a pet that passed, their own or a friend's. Optional message and dedication on every gift. Many shelters dedicate a memorial wall page that updates as gifts come in.
Foster Care Fund
A dedicated restricted fund for foster supplies and reimbursements. Donors can direct their gift to fostering specifically, not just the general fund. Track exactly how much has come in for foster support.
QR Codes for Adoption Events
Generate a QR code for any campaign and put it on signage at adoption events, on flyers, in the lobby. Visitors scan, give, done, no cash, no awkward card-reader fumbling at the table.
Automatic Tax Receipts
Every donor receives a branded tax receipt within seconds of giving, including the IRS-required statement that no goods or services were provided. Year-end donor statements export in one click.
Donor Records by Animal
Tag donors to the specific campaigns or animals they have supported. The next time a donor gives, you know whether they are an emergency-fund supporter, a monthly sponsor, or a memorial giver. Stewardship gets personal.
Next-Business-Day Deposits
Urgent vet bills, foster reimbursements, and seasonal capacity surges do not wait. Funds clear next business day on average so your shelter's bank account moves in step with your incoming donations.
No Donor Tipping
Animal welfare donors are generous and pay attention. CoreCause never prompts them to add a percentage on top of their gift to support the platform. Their gift goes to the animals. With Platform Fee Offset, you decide if donors cover the fee, optional or required.
Ready to Raise More for the Animals?
Explore and build for free. No contract. Underwriting happens when you go live.
Donors cover the fees. You keep the whole gift.
That is the average gift a donor gives, not what CoreCause costs you.
Donors give more when the form is fast, the branding is yours, and nobody asks them to tip on top of their gift.
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