My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been a foster through this rescue and am torn on my feelings, but I think it’s fair to share my experience.

Like another former foster said, it can be very difficult and frustrating trying to get responses from your coordinators. Yes, they are volunteers (as are we.) And yes, everyone has lives, jobs, families, etc. However, the lack of support and response sends a loud message that “we don’t really care about you”. The snarky and self-involved response I read on this site by one such member reinforces that sentiment. Like he/she could have responded to a lot of people in the amount of time it took to write that angry novella. (I will also say that many of these volunteers are very young so lack of maturity might explain some of the communication issues).

For myself personally, I would not foster again through this organization with this current attitude/culture that I experienced. It’s not an easy job opening your hearts, homes, schedules, and often times pocketbooks to support, and it’s exhausting to do all of that and feel totally abandoned by the organization. I sadly can’t recommend any of my friends to foster through them either. You can’t pour from an empty cup, and there are a lot of rescues that will treat you better also needing foster volunteers, and the dogs don’t care what non-profit sponsors them.

That being said, I think that the organization has good intentions and truly wants to help animals. It’s a heartbreaking sector to be in. They do a massive amount of volume, which is probably why they struggle with disorganization and lack of response. They also don’t have needlessly strict guidelines for fosters and adopters (like some rescues do) that exclude a lot of good potential homes. I don’t personally believe there is anything suspect happening as suggested in some other comments- I think they just can’t keep up with everything they are committing to and have their priorities kind of wonky.

I do wish them luck because (regardless of me disagreeing with some of their methods) they are doing a lot and helping a lot of animals, but for my own mental health I won’t be involved. I also hope they will use feedback to improve.