Volunteer
Walk dogs, groom cats, photograph pets, or help at events.
Find your role →Donate
You can help save animals running out of time.
You can also become a foster caregiver and offer an animal a safe place to stay.
Our thank-you message shares our gratitude for everyone supporting this work.
When you support Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal you're not just donating. You're saving lives, strengthening our community and helping build a place where animals and humans heal.
Every gift, big or small, goes directly toward our current needs: land, permits, housing, and food and medical care for animals in foster.
100% tax-deductible
Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 39-2801580. Every gift is deductible to the full extent allowed by law, and you'll receive an emailed receipt instantly for your tax records.
Where your tax-deductible gift goes
- $25A week of food and supplies for one foster
- $100A month of food for a dog or cat in foster
- $250Vaccines, microchip and spay/neuter
- $1,000Full medical workup and surgery
- Instant emailed receipt for every gift, ready for tax season
- Many employers match donations — ask HR to double your gift
- Monthly giving qualifies for the same annual tax deduction as one-time gifts
Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal is a registered 501(c)(3). EIN 39-2801580. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Consult your tax advisor about how a gift affects your specific situation.
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One-time gift
Love Bug
$25Helps stock a foster home with food and basic supplies.
Pawsitive Impact
$50A week of food and everyday care for one foster animal.
Heart of Gold
$100A month of food for a dog or cat in foster.
Angel Heart
$500Directly funds land, permits, and sanctuary housing.
Legacy of Love
$1,000Full medical workup and surgery for an animal pulled from a shelter.
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$50 covers a week of food and everyday care for one foster animal.
Your gift: $50 one-time
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Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal is a 501(c)(3). EIN 39-2801580. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Prefer goods over dollars? See the wish list
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Prefer to mail a check?
Make it payable to Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal and mail it to:
Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal
PO Box 1473
Costa Mesa, CA 92628
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 39-2801580. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You can give through the online options on this page, including PayPal, Venmo, BetterWorld and Zelle, or mail a check to PO Box 1473, Costa Mesa, CA 92628.
More ways to suit up
Give goods, not dollars
Ship food, medical supplies, or crates directly to our fosters.
See the wish list →Foster
Open your home to an animal in need. We cover all expenses.
Become a foster →Spread the word
Share our mission with your friends, family, and network.
Email a friend →Where your gift goes
Every dollar has a job.
We're a small, volunteer-led organization. Your money goes to animals and to the land that will house them — not to overhead.
- 40% Medical care Spay/neuter, vaccines, microchips, emergency surgeries and heartworm treatment for animals in foster.
- 35% Sanctuary land & permits Acreage, zoning, engineering, legal and site work for a permanent home.
- 15% Food & supplies Everything a foster home needs, delivered.
- 10% Outreach Adoption events, photography, bilingual materials and the tools that find homes faster.
Monthly giving — the Heartbeat Circle
- Predictable support lets us commit to medical cases before we have the money in hand
- Quarterly impact letter with the animals you helped
- Name listed (or not) on our sanctuary founders' wall
- Change or cancel anytime — no questions
Transparency
- Registered 501(c)(3), EIN 39-2801580
- Annual financial summary published on this site
- Board treasurer with two decades of budget oversight
- Receipts emailed instantly for every gift
More ways to give
Employer matching
Many companies double employee gifts. Search your employer's matching portal for Healing Hearts Sanctuary SoCal.
Stock, DAF & IRA
Gifts of appreciated stock, donor-advised fund grants and qualified charitable distributions are welcome. Email us for transfer details.
Tribute gifts
Give in memory of a beloved pet or person. We'll send a card to whoever you choose.
Planned giving
Include the sanctuary in your will or as a beneficiary. Your legacy becomes a home for animals.
Sponsor a foster
Cover one animal's full journey — medical to adoption — and follow their story start to finish.
Sales 4 Tails
Every purchase in our print-on-demand shop sends proceeds to the animals.