Rescue BankSM is an exempt organization under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS code. Please browse our unique gifts on CafePress or make a secure PayPal donation today to support our mission!

Rescue BankSM is not a chartered bank or trust company, or depository institution. It is not authorized to accept deposits or trust accounts and is not licensed or regulated by any state or federal banking authority.

Welcome to our New Website!

We'd like to thank our very talented and hard working volunteers Ines and Alexander Silkeit for their work developing our new website. They have redesigned the site and added several features that will make it easier for us to update the information more frequently- providing better service to our member groups. We love the new look and can't wait to start applyng all of the options that they've added. Thank you Ines & Alex!

Hurricane Recovery Update- HUGE food distribution!

Through the substantial generosity of Nutro Products, Purina, and Del Monte, Rescue BankSM has supplied almost 3/4 MILLION pounds of dry, canned, and pouch dog and cat food to more than 75 animal shelters and foster groups throughout the Gulf Coast area. This is our largest redistribution to date, made possible by the incredibly hard work of our volunteers and critical support of donors. Our priority has been to help organizations that were directly impacted by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, or have taken in pets to help damaged or overcrowded shelters.

In addition to our food donors, we're very grateful for the support provided by the Animal Rescue Resource Foundation (especially Craig Neilson), Grubb & Ellis (commercial real estate), Capital Concepts (real estate investment), Toyota Lift of Houston, and ACE Hardware (Memorial Drive at Tully).

To assist our groups with spay-neuter expenses, foster programs and emergency vet care, you can make a donation through the PayPal button on the left, at any WaMu branch (specify "Rescue Bank"), or by mail at 1331 Upland, Building 2, Houston, TX 77043. Rescue BankSM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity; your donation is tax deductible.

Thanks, in advance, for your help!

Foster Time!

Also, our groups STILL need foster families! Please go to our Registered Groups page and contact one or two groups to ask how you can play a key role in a very rewarding process.

Who We Are

Rescue BankSM is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization committed to supporting the animal rescue and rehabilitation community with much-needed supplies and services.

Operating on the "food bank" model, Rescue BankSM is a collection and redistribution point for surplus pet supplies and donations. We are working to relieve area rescue groups and fosters of one of their most difficult tasks- identifying and soliciting donors for the everyday supplies needed to keep their animals healthy.

We are also providing a much-needed service to potential donors- verification. Most small groups have a difficult time presenting up-to-date credentials, seriously diminishing their chances of corporate or foundation donations. Rescue BankSM will maintain current information on rescue groups to assure donors that their contributions are actually supporting legitimate, successful animal welfare activities.

Please take a few minutes to review our mission statement, policies and procedures. Maintaining a vital, effective animal rescue and rehabilitation community is difficult, important work. We hope you'll support- and use- the services we offer.

Mission Statement

Rescue BankSM, a non-profit organization, supports animal rescue and rehabilitation groups by providing services and supplies that

  • Make them more self-reliant, and
  • Improve their standards of care.

Rescue BankSM services include

  • Improving our member groups' abilities to deliver services and secure needed resources.
  • Assistance with administrative issues such as establishing and maintaining tax-exempt status.
  • Donation collection, warehousing and distribution services.
  • Grants for spay/neuter, emergency veterinary care and prosthetic devices.

Rescue BankSM recognizes that the smaller, less-visible groups represent a substantial portion of a community's animal rescue resources. Our goals are to increase their visibility, provide greater access to supplies and raise their standards of care.

Policies

Every American city has a hard-working community of rescue groups and foster families dedicated to caring for abused or abandoned animals. Rescue BankSM policies are designed to

  • Increase awareness of and trust in each group's activities, particularly among potential donors
  • Help groups and fosters raise their standard of care
  • Create a safe, healthy city for animals.

Specifically, it is the policy of Rescue BankSM to

  • Maintain current information on all rescue groups and fosters.
  • Promptly provide rescue group contact information to qualified donors.
  • Qualify rescue groups and fosters for distributions from inventory, based on their meeting reasonable- and increasing- standards of care.
  • Distribute donated inventory as rapidly as possible.
  • Maintain a transparent organization with respect to its finances and management actions.

Procedures

Throughout this web site, Rescue BankSM describes the procedures to be used by donors, rescue groups and fosters. We strive to balance three important considerations- making the process simple, assuring that there is enough control to meet our fiduciary duties, and improving the lives of the animals needing your care.

Please navigate our site using the menu at left. We look forward to working with you.