Volunteer management · Purpose-built for animal shelters
Every shift saves a life.
Shelter Focus is a volunteer management tool for animal shelters — one warm, simple app for shifts, hours, dog walks, cat cuddles, and shelter communication. It plugs into your existing volunteer and shelter software so you don't re-enter a single record.
Built for real shelters
Managing 484 volunteers and 25,000+ logged hours today.
What's inside
Everything your volunteer coordinator wishes existed.
Built from the ground up with real shelter staff. No feature creep, no enterprise nonsense — just the tools that make Saturday morning easier.
Shift scheduling
Volunteers browse categories, pick from a calendar, and sign up in seconds. Approval-only tiers (like Woof Pack) built in.
Automatic hour tracking
One-tap check-in and check-out. Volunteers log which animals they cared for. Lifetime hours from your existing platform roll in automatically.
Multi-platform integrations
Live-connect the volunteer and shelter management tools your team already uses — no CSV shuffling, no duplicate data entry.
Animal issue reports
Volunteers snap a photo, describe the concern, and your team gets an instant email — with severity, animal, and reporter.
Shelter bulletin board
Pin announcements to the volunteer home screen. Every volunteer sees what matters the moment they log in.
Dogs and cats in the building today
Volunteers see the current roster of adoptable animals, pulled live from your shelter management system.
See it in action
Made for phones. Made for volunteers.
Real screens from the app your volunteers will actually use — no polished mockups, no marketing fiction.
Home & bulletins
Sign up for shifts
Hours & animals
And your control room
One dashboard for every shift, hour, and animal.
From onboarding to Saturday morning
Live in a week. No IT department required.
01
We import your volunteers
Your existing volunteer roster and their lifetime hours flow in with one click. Nothing is lost.
02
Your animals sync in
Currently-available dogs and cats appear automatically from your shelter management system. Adopted animals disappear from the volunteer roster.
03
One email launches the app
Every volunteer gets a personalized welcome email with their own password-setup link. They tap it, set a password, and they're in.
Works with what you already use
Bring your own volunteer & shelter software.
Shelter Focus is a volunteer management tool — it doesn't replace the systems your shelter already relies on for animals and hours. We plug into the platforms your team already knows so nothing has to be re-entered.
Volunteer management
We pull your roster and lifetime hours so volunteers keep credit for what they've already done.
Shelter management
We pull your currently-available animals so volunteers know exactly who's in the building today.
Live integrations available today. Beta platforms activate on request — we wire them up for your shelter, typically 1–3 business days.
Private by design
Volunteer data lives in your shelter's own database instance. No cross-shelter mixing.
Built for nonprofits
Priced for shelter budgets. No per-volunteer fees. No enterprise sales calls.
Made with real staff
Every feature was requested by an actual volunteer coordinator managing real dogs, cats, and people.
Get in touch
Ready to make Saturday morning easier?
We're onboarding a small group of animal shelters this quarter. Send us a note and we'll get you set up.
Or sign in to your shelter's account if you're already onboarded.