The placement operating system for animal shelters and rescues.
Intake notes scattered. Applications buried in inboxes. Foster updates lost in group chats. Follow-up tasks with no owner. WhiskerMatch connects every step to one reviewed animal record — from intake to placement to follow-up.
Illustrative example · no real animal data
Six fractures. One record holds them together.
The placement chain, held together.
WhiskerMatch does not replace judgment. It keeps the handoffs connected — from the first intake note to the 72-hour check-in after placement.
- Latest intake note is attached
- Applications stay in one lane
- Foster concern has an owner
- Public profile waits for review
- Follow-up due date stays on the case
One animal. One record. Every handoff survives.
Instead of letting every step live in a different tool, WhiskerMatch keeps intake notes, applications, foster updates, public profile status, and follow-up tasks on one reviewed record.
Juniper is not a listing card. She is an intake note, a foster update, an application thread, a profile gate, a pickup packet, and a follow-up date. WhiskerMatch keeps that chain from breaking.
Medical note missing
Case can move forward once a named reviewer fills this in.
1 application pending review
Application from A. Reyes attached to the animal record.
Leash reactivity noted — routed to coordinator
Update from foster M. Tate, day 3 check-in.
Held until reviewer signs off
Profile is drafted. Nothing publishes without a named reviewer.
72-hour check-in scheduled
Owner and due date attached to the case.
Built for the people doing the placement work.
Shelter directors
See stalled cases, blocked profiles, and workload before the work disappears.
Adoption coordinators
Keep applications, documents, and decisions attached to the animal they belong to.
Foster coordinators
Turn foster updates into visible notes, routed concerns, and next steps.
Reviewers and volunteers
See what needs review before anything publishes.
Adopters and fosters can get clearer updates when the organization chooses to use that side. See the shelter page →
AI helps with the paperwork. People make the decisions.
WhiskerMatch can draft, summarize, organize, and flag missing information. It does not place animals, reject applicants, rank adopters by payment, or publish without review.
Start with one workflow.
WhiskerMatch runs alongside your current tools. Start with the workflow that costs your team the most time.
Small first group, reviewed carefully
You review and send a prepared email
Read by a person, not routed through a form backend
A practical conversation about volume, tools, and pain
Start with intake, applicants, foster updates, profiles, or follow-up
Fields, owners, and review steps configured with your team
Expand only after staff are comfortable
No fake-filled counters, no countdown timers, no manufactured urgency. If the pilot is not a fit, we will say so plainly.
Pilot pricing: $20/month per organization. No seat limits. Full pricing details →