ABOUT ANIMAL-ANGELS FOUNDATION

Prevention Is the Missing Piece.

Animal-Angels Foundation is a prevention-first animal welfare nonprofit serving seven counties in Central Alabama. We keep families together by changing the reasons they end up in shelters.

We do not compete. We connect.
Serving 7 Counties
Families are out of options, not out of love. We change the reasons they end up in shelters.
OUR STORY

How It Started

Animal-Angels Foundation was built by BJ Adkins, a disabled veteran who saw the same pattern playing out across Central Alabama: families who loved their pets being forced to give them up because the system only showed up after the damage was done.

Shelters were full. Rescues were overwhelmed. And nobody was asking the question that mattered most: what if we could prevent these animals from entering the system in the first place?

Animal-Angels Foundation is the answer. We are not a rescue organization. We are prevention infrastructure. We work upstream, solving the problems that put pets at risk before surrender becomes the only option. A vet bill, a pet deposit, an unplanned litter, a landlord who says the dog has to go. These are fixable problems. We fix them.

7
Counties Served
49,000+
Pets at Risk Annually
6
Core Programs
1
Shared Platform
WHAT WE BELIEVE

Four Truths That Drive Everything We Build

01

Most pet surrender begins before the shelter.

By the time a family walks through those doors, the decision has already been made for them by circumstances nobody addressed.

02

Families are out of options, not out of love.

The people who show up at shelters with their pets are not bad owners. They are people who ran out of alternatives.

03

Prevention is the missing piece in animal welfare.

The system steps in too late. Support should begin before separation.

04

We do not compete with shelters and rescues.

We connect and strengthen them by reducing preventable intake upstream.

THE AWRN

One Platform. Every Partner Connected.

The Animal Welfare Resource Network (AWRN) is the shared infrastructure that connects every partner in the region. Right now, every shelter, rescue, and vet clinic runs their own separate system. Nobody's data talks to anybody else's.

The AWRN replaces all of that. When a shelter in Jefferson County is full and a rescue in Shelby County has space, the network sees it in real time. When a family calls needing help, the Pet Help Desk connects them to the right partner in minutes.

Animal-Angels Foundation builds and administers the platform. The network belongs to every partner in it.

Meet Our Partners Learn More About the AWRN
The AWRN Corporate Sponsors Foundations Government Agencies Landlords Veterinary Clinics Shelters & Rescues
BJ Adkins, Founder of Animal-Angels Foundation
FOUNDER

BJ Adkins

Founder, Animal-Angels Foundation

BJ is a disabled veteran, the sole operator at launch, and the architect of everything being built at Animal-Angels Foundation. She saw the gap in the system and decided to fill it, not with another rescue, but with the prevention infrastructure that animal welfare has been missing.

Years of fostering taught her that most pet surrender starts long before the shelter door. A vet bill nobody could cover. A landlord who said no. A litter that was never supposed to happen. Those are the problems AAF solves.

"When I say we keep families together, I mean it personally."

OUR TEAM

Board of Directors

The people behind the mission.

BJ Adkins

Founder and Executive Director

Disabled veteran. Solo operator building AAF's full infrastructure from the ground up.

Kay Brown

Board Member, Financial and Compliance

Financial oversight and compliance guidance to keep AAF accountable and transparent.

Kellye Wills

Board Member, Animal Welfare and Field

Hands-on animal welfare experience guiding AAF's program design and field operations.

TRANSPARENCY

Where Your Money Goes

Every dollar has a job. We publish our costs and outcomes because you deserve to know exactly what your support does.

$180
SNIP Intervention

One surgery plus a $100 stipend. Prevents an entire litter from entering the shelter system. Saves taxpayers $1,575 per prevented intake on average.

$150
Foster-to-Train Placement

Short intensive foster with professional training. Dog returns with a documented profile. Gets adopted faster. Shelter gets an open kennel.

$75
The Bridge Intervention

Crisis stabilization: emergency vet, food, supplies, mediation. One family stays together. One fewer shelter intake.

No vague promises. No feel-good fluff. Numbers.

We Keep Families Together. That Is the Whole Mission.

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