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 99% 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
- 2,691 shelter pets were adopted into loving homes (1,570 dogs & 1,121 cats) in 2025
- We celebrated a save-rate of 99 percent in 2025
- We assisted 69 unique urban and rural shelter partners and pulled 288 animals from Metro Animal Care and Control
- 2,764 total animals benefited from NHA’s transport program
- Our Foster Program spanned across 679 homes and gave 1,720 animals a break from the shelter environment
- 571 active volunteers gave 13,279 hours of their time to the animals in our care
- Our medical team helped 162 neonatal animals and 54 heartworm-positive dogs, and performed 2,226 spay & neuter surgeries
- We launched a 24/7 Microchip Scanning Station at our shelter to help reunite lost pets with their loving families
- Our Low-Cost Clinics provided 1,794 vaccines, including 722 rabies vaccines
- Through our Food Bank and Community Food Program, we distributed more than 65,098 pounds of pet food
