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Your gift saves lives.
Barks of Love Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit (EIN 26-3647040). Donations are used exclusively to carry out our charitable mission: rescuing abandoned, neglected, and homeless animals and providing the veterinary care, foster housing, rehabilitation, and adoption services that place them in permanent homes.
Donations are voluntary gifts. Nothing is sold on this website, no goods or services are provided in exchange for a donation, and no portion of your gift funds executive salaries — our board and leadership are unpaid volunteers.
Our mission
To rescue animals in crisis across Southern California and give each one the medical care, foster support, and family matching needed to thrive in a permanent home.
Our vision
A region where no healthy or treatable animal is euthanized for lack of space, adoption is the first choice, and responsible pet guardianship is the community standard.
Why we ask
We charge no admission, sell no products, and operate no facility. Veterinary treatment, emergency intake, transport, and foster supplies are funded entirely by donations and modest adoption fees that recover only part of each animal's medical cost.
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Donations are tax-deductible. EIN 26-3647040.
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How every dollar is used
Because we are 100% volunteer-run with no paid staff and no brick-and-mortar shelter, the overwhelming majority of every donation goes directly into animal care. Our annual allocation breaks down as follows:
Direct animal care
Veterinary treatment and surgery, vaccines, spay/neuter, medications, emergency intake, transport, food, and foster supplies.
Programs & education
Free humane education in schools, low-cost vaccine and microchip clinics, adoption events, and adopter support resources.
Essential administration
Nonprofit insurance, state charity registration, accounting, and the software required to run intake and adoptions.
Recent examples of donor-funded care
- Emergency orthopedic surgery. A young shepherd mix pulled from a municipal shelter with an untreated femoral fracture received surgical repair and twelve weeks of foster rehabilitation before adoption.
- Parvo treatment for a litter. Five puppies surrendered during an outbreak received isolation, IV fluids, and round-the-clock foster care. All five survived and were adopted.
- Senior hospice fostering. Dogs over ten with chronic conditions receive ongoing medication and comfort care in volunteer homes rather than a kennel.
- Community spay/neuter. Subsidized surgeries for families who would otherwise surrender an unaltered pet, preventing future litters from entering the shelter system.
Donation policy & transparency
- Charitable use of funds
- All contributions are unrestricted charitable gifts applied to the rescue, medical treatment, sheltering, rehabilitation, and rehoming of animals, and to our free community education programs. We do not sell products or services, and donations are never used for political campaigns or lobbying.
- Tax deductibility
- Barks of Love Animal Rescue and Placement Services Corporation is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 26-3647040. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for your contribution.
- Receipts
- An itemized email receipt suitable for tax purposes is issued automatically at the time of your gift by our donation processor. If you need a replacement receipt or an annual giving summary, contact us and we will send one within five business days.
- Refunds & corrections
- Donations are voluntary and non-refundable, but mistakes happen. If you gave the wrong amount, duplicated a gift, or intended a one-time donation instead of a recurring one, contact us within 30 days and we will correct or refund it.
- Payment security & privacy
- Payments are processed by every.org, a registered 501(c)(3) donation platform, over an encrypted PCI-compliant connection. We never see or store your card details, and we do not sell, rent, or trade donor information.
- Independent verification
- Verify our nonprofit status through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search, Charity Navigator, or Candid / GuideStar. Our IRS determination letter is published in full on our About page.
Other ways to support the mission
Giving money is only one way to help. You can foster an animal in your home, volunteer at an adoption event or transport run, or adopt directly from our available animals — all of which advance the same mission at no cost to you.