3,500 animals.
Zero salaries.
One community.
ASAP is a foster-based rescue that has placed more than 3,500 animals since 2013 — and never once taken a salary. Adopt, foster, or give.
Started with two women and a shelter in crisis.
In 2013, Connie and Martha walked into a shelter euthanizing animals for space and decided to do something about it. Thirteen years and more than 3,500 rescued animals later, that shelter euthanizes zero animals for space — and ASAP has never once taken a salary. Every dollar goes to the animals.
Connie & Martha · ASAP founders
Homeless to a forever home
Every rescue follows the same four steps — and you can step in at any point along the way.
Found or surrendered
A sick, injured, or homeless animal turns up at a shelter or is reported by the community.
Report an animal →ASAP steps in
We take responsibility — scheduling vet care, funding treatment, and lining up a foster home while the animal heals.
Foster care
The animal lives with a caring family. ASAP covers all food, supplies, and medical costs. Fosters provide the love.
Become a foster →Forever home
Through adoption events and retail partnerships, the animal finds its permanent, loving family.
Adopt →Your spare room could save a life.
ASAP covers all food, vet care, and supplies. You provide the love — for as little as two weeks. Fostering is the one thing that lets us say yes to the next animal.
Become a Foster →— 2 animals in foster right now —
Animals who need you right now
See all 6 →Each has its own page you can share — a share is often what changes everything.
Bear
Sat 10 months at a shelter because he prefers to be the only dog. Loyal beyond words.
They made it. Because of people like you.
Read more happy tails →
Buddy
Arrived skinny and scared. Six weeks of foster care and a steady stream of love later, he became the heart of his new family's household.
“We didn't adopt Buddy — he adopted us. Best decision we ever made.”
Daisy
Found as a stray with her littermates and bottle-fed around the clock. Adopted at 10 weeks — she now rules the couch.
“She runs the house now, and we wouldn't have it any other way.”
Scout
Came in with an injured leg and a broken spirit. After months of patient care, he walked into his forever home and never looked back.
“Watching him learn to trust again changed our whole family.”
The people behind every rescue
Meet the whole team →
Connie Gilkerson
Martha Cummings
Polly Bartee
Partners in saving lives
The shelters, clinics, and stores that make every rescue possible.
Three ways to save a life
Adopt
Give an animal its forever home.
Meet the animals →Foster
Open your home — we cover the rest.
Become a foster →Give
Every dollar goes straight to care.
Donate →Every application here lands straight in ASAP's system — nothing gets lost.
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