STEP 01
A dog runs out of options
An owner who can no longer keep a dog, a shelter out of room, a dog nobody came back for. We take in as many as we have foster homes ready for — never more.
ABC Animal Rescue · a 501(c)(3) nonprofit · Ballston Spa, New York
We don’t have a shelter. We have spare rooms.
ABC Animal Rescue takes in dogs who have run out of options, keeps them in volunteer foster homes while a vet gets them healthy, and finds each one a family of its own. Nobody here is paid. What you give pays the vet.
Our mission
What this organization is, in plain terms.
Mission statement
Our mission is to rescue dogs who have lost their homes, restore them to health, and place each one with a family that will keep it for the rest of its life.
Who we are. ABC Animal Rescue Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity in Ballston Spa, New York, run entirely by volunteers.
What we do. We rescue dogs through foster care, not a shelter building. Every dog in our care lives with a volunteer foster family while it is examined, vaccinated, treated and spayed or neutered — and while the foster learns what kind of home it will do best in.
Where the money goes. Nobody at the rescue draws a salary and there is no building to heat, so what you give goes to veterinary care, food, crates, leashes and the drive to every appointment.
How the IRS classifies us. The Internal Revenue Service recognizes ABC Animal Rescue Incorporated as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3), effective 15 March 2023, EIN 92-2323056, and classifies it as a publicly supported charity under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). Gifts are tax-deductible. Read our full nonprofit status and filings.
How a rescue actually works
Three steps, and a spare room in the middle.
A rescue without a building runs on people’s houses. Every dog in our care is living with a volunteer while we get it ready to go home for good.
STEP 02
A foster home and a vet
The dog moves in with a volunteer and goes to the vet: an exam, vaccines, testing, and spay or neuter surgery. The foster learns who the dog is — with children, with cats, left alone.
STEP 03
A family takes it home
An adopter applies, meets the dog, and signs an adoption agreement. They leave with the vet records and everything the foster learned. The spare room is free for the next one.
Four ways in
Every one of these gets a dog home.
Nobody has to do all four. Pick the one that fits your life right now and it still ends with a dog on somebody’s couch.
Give a home
Adopt a dog
Our dogs come vetted, vaccinated and spayed or neutered, with a foster who can tell you exactly how they behave in a house — because they have been living in one.
How adoption worksGive a room
Foster a dog
The single thing that decides how many dogs we can take in. We pay for the vet and the supplies; you give a dog somewhere quiet to wait.
How fostering worksGive money
Make a donation
Every vet visit, vaccine and surgery is paid from donations. Gifts are tax-deductible, and with no payroll there is nothing between your gift and the vet’s invoice.
How to donateGive time
Volunteer
Drive a dog to the vet, staff a table at an adoption event, take the photo that gets a dog noticed. A few hours a month is enough to matter.
Volunteer with usWhat’s new
Where things stand right now.
Last updated 11 September 2026
You can now donate online
Our donation form is live, run by Zeffy, which charges nonprofits no platform or card fees — so the whole of a gift reaches the vet. One-off or monthly, and every gift gets an emailed tax receipt. Donate.
Foster homes wanted before winter
We can only take in as many dogs as we have foster homes ready, so every new foster is, quite literally, another dog out of a bad situation. We cover the vet bills and the supplies; you provide a quiet corner and some patience. How fostering works.
Our 2025 annual filing is in
Our Form 990-N for the 2025 tax year is on the IRS record, as are 2023 and 2024. It is the annual notice small charities file to keep their 501(c)(3) status, and anyone can look it up by our EIN, 92-2323056.
Squint and Dotti at Pet-A-Palooza
We took two of our adoptable dogs, Squint and Dotti, to Curtis Lumber’s Pet-A-Palooza adoption day at its Ballston Spa store — the Capital Region event that puts dozens of local shelters and rescues in one parking lot for a Saturday.
Recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3)
The IRS issued our determination letter, recognizing ABC Animal Rescue Incorporated as a tax-exempt public charity with effect from 15 March 2023. Every donation to the rescue since that date has been tax-deductible.
Accountability
A small charity, on the public record.
ABC Animal Rescue Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 92-2323056, tax-exempt since 15 March 2023, and has filed its annual notice with the IRS for every year since. There is no paid staff and no paid fundraiser.
Somewhere in Saratoga County there is a dog waiting on a spare room.
Every dog we take in needs a foster home first and a vet bill paid second. Either one is how you help.