Comfortably settled in their home offices, Give Lively employees are hard at work building and maintaining digital fundraising tools, and making them available for free to nonprofits that need them. It’s business as usual. 

But sometimes, something curious happens. Whisper quiet, a tabby cat walks across a keyboard. The tip of a fluffy tail trails across a Google Meet screen. A raspy meow crosses state lines mid-meeting. 

The fundraising felines of Give Lively might know more about our platform than the people who built it. After all, they’ve always been there, curled up at our sides or relentlessly seeking a spot on our keyboards. Fortunately for staff job security, they’d rather be napping than coding.

In honor of Happy Cat Month, a month dedicated to awareness of feline-focused healthcare, welfare and fanfare, learn about some of the nonprofits that protect vulnerable cats. And get to know Give Lively’s adorable furry family. 

The Nonprofits

City of Elderly Love 

City of Elderly Love aims to help as many senior cats and dogs as possible spend the best years of their lives in loving homes. Each year, Philadelphia's open-admission animal control shelter takes in around 20,000 stray, lost and unwanted animals. City of Elderly Love partners with Philadelphia-area animal control and animal shelters to save senior pets from euthanasia and helps prevent seniors from being surrendered to the crowded shelter system through its pet retention fund. City of Elderly Love believes that every animal deserves a second chance regardless of species, breed type, size, gender and age. 

This nonprofit is 100% donor funded and completely volunteer-staffed, so $0.94 of every donated dollar goes directly to veterinary expenses and pet supplies.

City of Elderly Love uses a Give Lively–powered Branded Donation Widget to collect donations on its website. It also uses Text-to-Donate to direct donations to specific programs. For example the textcode “KYLESCATS” is associated with the Campaign Page for its Trap-Neuter-Release program. 

Tenth Life Cat Rescue

This nonprofit believes that every cat deserves a chance at a fulfilling and happy life. Tenth Life provides veterinary care, foster homes and adoptive placement to stray cats and kittens, prioritizing those with injuries and special needs. By serving as a safety net for these underserved cats, Tenth Life works to end unnecessary euthanasia and cat homelessness through educational outreach, community programs and collaborative partnerships. Tenth Life Cat Rescue was founded in 2009 to address a lack of resources dedicated to stray cats and kittens in the St. Louis area. Starting with a single foster home and no funding, Tenth Life has grown to a network of approximately 80 foster homes with 150+ cats in its care at any given time.

Tenth Life Cat Rescue uses a Give Lively–powered Branded Donation Widget to collect donations on its website. 

Bordentown City Cats 

This entirely volunteer-run nonprofit organization has been dedicated to rescuing, spaying/neutering, fostering and finding loving homes for feline friends since 2003. Bordentown City Cats cares for community cats in the New Jersey areas of Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Crosswicks, Chesterfield, Columbus, Florence and Roebling.

Bordentown City Cats uses a Core Profile fundraising page to collect donations through its website. 

Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation

This organization helps homeless pets find their way to loving homes through rescue and adoption in Virginia. Since 2001, Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation (LDCRF) has saved the lives of more than 45,000 homeless pets, most facing the threat of euthanasia at overcrowded municipal shelters. LDCRF is overwhelmingly a volunteer-run organization with a small paid staff providing direct care to animals at the Lost Dog & Cat ‘Rescue Care Center’. LDCRF was founded with the belief that an open, friendly adoption process allows great people to match with homeless pets without unnecessary barriers. 

Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation is using Give Lively-powered Campaign Page to rebuild their emergency fund after several rescued pets required significant veterinary attention.