Skip to the page content
Your donations
Passes our checks

Augusta Dog Adoptions

EIN 45-1878094 · Richmond, VA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood84 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

AS A CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT NON-PROFIT, NON-STOCK CORPORATION, WE FUNCTION TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR COMPANION ANIMALS, PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF COMPANION ANIMALS THROUGH RESCUE AND REHABILITATION, TO SEEK TO PLACE SUCH ANIMALS WITH PERSONS SUITABLE FOR CARING FOR THE SAME, TO SECURE VETERINARY SERVICES ON BEHALF OF SUCH ANIMALS, TO EUTHANIZE SUCH ANIMALS IN A HUMANE MANNER IF THEY, FOR ANY REASON, CANNOT BE PLACED IN PERMENANT HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH (SECTION 18.-221) OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, AND TO DO GENERALLY ANY AND ALL LAWFUL ACTS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO CARRY OUT THIS PURPOSE WHICH IS GENERALLY TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONG THEM.

Income
$114,059
Spending
$130,350
Reserves
18.3 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 82%
Highest pay
$15,780, president

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 18.3 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    4 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 14% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)
  1. IN 2025, AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS SAVED 190 DOGS, AND 4 HOMELESS CATS AS REPORTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THANKS TO A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE AT YEAR END 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES TO 127 OWNED CATS AND DOGS IN STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO, AND AUGUSTA COUNTY IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025. SINCE THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2020, WE HAVE ASSISTED 1,120 PETS. THE NEED FOR DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPAY/NEUTER COSTS IN OUR AREA IS STAGGERING AND WE EXPECT THE NEED TO INCREASE DUE TO THE RISING COST OF VETERINARY CARE. WE ARE CONTINUING COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES IN 2026 IN HOPES OF REACHING MORE PEOPLE AND PETS IN NEED.
  2. IN 2020 AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS WAS AWARDED THE "COMPASSION AWARD" FROM THE VA FEDERATION OF HUMANE SOCIETIES FOR OUR WORK IN PATRICK COUNTY, VA. BEGINNING IN 2017, ADA HAS HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PATRICK COUNTY PUBLIC ANIMAL SHELTER (PCPAS). SINCE MAY OF 2017, ADA HAS TRANSFERRED IN 688 DOGS FROM THE PCPAS, SLASHING THEIR EUTHANISIA RATE BY 50% IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS ALONE. WE ORIGINALLY REACHED OUT TO PCPAS IN 2017 AFTER DISCOVERING THEY HAD THE THIRD HIGHEST EUTHANASIA RATE (42%) IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WE ARE ESTATIC TO REPORT THAT BY YEAR END 2017, THEIR EUTHANASIA RATE DROPED TO 21% AND TO 13% IN YEAR 2018 AND 2019, 6% IN 2020, AND .03% IN 2021 AS REPORTED TO THE VA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE. PATRICK COUNTY PUBLIC ANIMAL SHELTER EXPANDED THEIR TRANSFER PARTNERSHIPS TO INCLUDE OTHER RESCUES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ALLOWING AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS TO RESCUE DOGS IN DANGER OF EUTHANASIA FROM 12 OTHER VIRGINIA PUBLIC ANIMAL SHELTERS.
  3. MANY OF THE DOGS AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS ACCEPTS INTO OUR FOSTER PROGRAM ARE LEFT BEHIND BY OTHER RESCUES BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED "UNADOPTABLE OR DIFFICULT TO ADOPT. WE ARE OFTEN THE LAST RESORT FOR LARGE MIXED BREEDS, HOUNDS, PIT BULL TYPE DOGS, AND SENIOR DOGS FACING EITHANASIA AT PUBLIC ANIMAL SHELTERS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. DONATION TO AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS ALLOW US TO PROVIDE CARE EACH INDIVIDUAL DOG NEEDS. WE THEN OFF TO THE PUBLIC A HEALTHY, FULLY VETTED DOG THAT IS NOW SAFE FROM EUTHANASIA AND READY FOR ADOPTION AT AN AFFORDABLE FEE. THIS ENCOURAGES ADOPTION AND DECREASES THE PURCHASE OF ANIMALS ONLINE AND AT PET STORES. SINCE 2007, OVER 5,426 DOGS HAVE BEEN SAVED. AUGUSTA DOG ADOPTIONS DOES NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL SHELTER. WE RELY ON THE KINDNESS OF FOSTER HOMES AND EXIST SOLELY ON DONATIONS AND ADOPTION FEES.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since June 2011.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.