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Free, comprehensive guides for sanctuaries, shelters, rescue groups, and individuals. We’re building the resource library we wish existed when we started.

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FreeGuide

How to Vet an Animal Sanctuary

A diagnostic checklist for evaluating whether an animal sanctuary is legitimate before you donate, sponsor, or place an animal — 501(c)(3) verification, tax filings, board governance, capacity claims, visit policies, and red flags.

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Where Your Donation Goes

What a $50 donation actually buys at a small farmed-animal sanctuary. Specific dollar amounts tied to specific outcomes — feed, vet care, sponsorship, infrastructure, and what we intentionally don’t spend on.

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Steampunk Farms
Rescue Barn

A 501(c)(3) farmed animal sanctuary in the high-desert mountain backcountry of NW San Diego County. Cruelty-free-practice, all-volunteer, no-salary, community-integrated animal advocacy. EIN: 82-4897930.

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