How Shelter Partnerships Strengthen Communities

One of the leading causes of animal surrender is unexpected veterinary costs. Families adopt a pet with the best intentions, but when an unexpected health event arrives — and it almost always does — many find themselves unable to afford care and return the animal to the shelter.

SkyTails was designed to address this directly. By giving adopters a dedicated savings account on the day they bring a new pet home, we help families build financial readiness from day one.

Our shelter partnership program connects shelters to SkyTails in a simple, three-step model: register, distribute co-branded adoption materials, and receive recurring donations for every active account opened through your shelter link.

In our first cohort of partners — including HSCI, IPAAW, Paws of Nome, and MARS — early data shows adopters who opened a SkyTails account at adoption were significantly more likely to keep their pet through the first year, even after unexpected health events.

For shelters, this creates two compounding benefits: fewer returns (keeping more animals in loving homes) and a reliable, recurring revenue stream tied directly to successful adoptions — not one-time drives or grant cycles.

We believe every adoption should come with a financial safety net. Our shelter partners make that possible at scale.