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3 Tips to Train Volunteers with Staying Power

Follow these three training tips to ensure your volunteers are prepared for duty—and that they stick around for the long term.

5 Tips for Training and Retaining Volunteers

Learn how one small all-volunteer organization uses five tips to effectively train and retain an army of dedicated volunteers.

How to Use Whiteboards to Share Information about Shelter Animals

Sharing information about animals in your care is critical. Use these tips for creating effective whiteboards—and get a few ideas for other ways to convey important information visually.

COVID-19 Animal Welfare Survey Offers View of Future Shelter Operations

A survey of shelters and rescues during the pandemic revealed challenges, lessons learned, and new approaches to help dogs and cats going forward.

They Did It: DIY Capital Campaign

Learn the successful strategies employed when a Colorado large-animal sanctuary needed to raise $100,000 fast.

Fast Track Planning

Use this resource to better understand how to fast track your shelter population.

7 Tips for Animal Shelters on Giving Tuesday

These seven best practices can help you leverage the philanthropic powerhouse of Giving Tuesday on behalf of your organization and its animals.

Cultivate Generosity from Within: Create a Giving Culture

Fundraising is a collective effort. Every staff member, from directors to care and administrative staff, plays a role in donor engagement.

2025 ASPCA California Wildfire & Disaster Preparedness Fund

$5 million in grants are available in the ASPCA California Wildfire & Disaster Preparedness Fund for animal welfare organizations.

Essential Tips for Effective Fundraising

The ASPCA’s Philanthropy team offers tips and best practices in animal welfare fundraising strategies.

Join The Rescue Effect