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How donations help

Turn a gift into practical wildlife care.

Donations help cover the supplies, transport, safe housing, and emergency needs that make rehabilitation possible for licensed and permitted caregivers.

Fund priorities

The unglamorous needs matter most.

Many animals survive because someone had the right formula, carrier, heat source, enclosure, cleaning supply, or gas money at the right time.

Food and formula

Species-appropriate formula, feeding supplies, produce, seed, protein, and other food costs used in wildlife care.

Rehabber support

Micro-grants, reimbursements, or direct supply help for approved licensed or permitted caregivers and wildlife nonprofits.

Transport and urgent supplies

Fuel, carriers, bedding, gloves, cleaning materials, heat support, emergency replacement supplies, and other care-related needs.

How support decisions work

Care first, with records behind it.

The goal is simple: get useful support to the people doing qualified care while keeping donor trust intact.

Confirm the request is connected to wildlife rehabilitation, public safety, education, or prevention.

Prioritize licensed or permitted rehabbers, wildlife nonprofits, and approved care partners.

Use receipts, request notes, and follow-up details to keep support accountable.

Share public impact updates without exposing private rehabber, finder, or animal-location details.

Receipts and transparency

Donors deserve plain language.

Before asking for trust, the alliance should be clear about gift status, how funds may be used, and what kind of public reporting donors can expect.

Gift status

Donation receipts and tax language should match the organization's current charitable status at the time of the gift.

Use of funds

Gifts should be directed toward animal care, rehabber support, public education, prevention, and reasonable operating needs.

Public updates

As the fund grows, updates can show supplies purchased, rehabbers supported, and outcomes made possible.