Your Donation Dollars at Work
From natural disaster relief, supporting cruelty and hoarding cases, our community food bank, transporting pets to support overpopulated local and rural shelters, to thousands of perfect matches and forever memories annually, Nashville Humane is here to support the pets and pet people in our community. And we couldn’t do it without your support – none of it.
As an entirely gift-based 501c(3) not-for-profit, Nashville Humane Association relies entirely on the support of donors and programming to perform our lifesaving work. We’re not a government-funded facility. We do not have a supporting national organization. For 80 years, we’ve served Nashville and middle Tennessee as a local, neighborhood shelter. And we wouldn’t want it any other way.
With your support, we’re able to save thousands of animals with a 98% annual save rate. With your support, we’re able to rescue pets from hoarding and abuse cases and say “yes” when so many others say no. With your support, we fight every day for pets in need.
That’s Nashville Humane. And that’s your donor dollars at work.
NHA At a Glance
- 3,139 shelter pets were adopted into loving homes (1,915 dogs & 1,224 cats) in 2024
- We celebrated a save-rate of over 98 percent for the seventh consecutive year
- We assisted 70 unique urban and rural shelter partners and pulled 428 animals from Metro Animal Care and Control
- 2,797 total animals benefited from NHA’s transport program
- Our Foster Program spanned across 551 homes and gave 1,711 animals a break from the shelter environment
- 567 active volunteers gave 12,323 hours of their time to the animals in our care
- Our medical team helped 76 neonatal animals and 48 heartworm-positive dogs, and performed 3,187 medical procedures
- We assisted during the Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief and helped transport 51 animals into our care to free up space for animals and families displaced by the disaster
- Our Low-Cost Clinics provided services to 620 families, including 1,620 vaccines and 385 microchips
- Through our Food Bank and Community Food Program, we distributed more than 70 TONS of pet food
