Make your one-time
Founders Circle gift.
Founders Circle gifts are one-time founding contributions that help build volunteer training, field equipment, and recovery readiness while keeping core TailTracker support free for families, rescues, and shelters.
The Problem
An estimated 1 in 3 pets goes missing in its lifetime — and the systems meant to bring them home aren't built for the emergency.
We have AMBER Alerts for missing children — coordinated response, trained volunteers, proven protocols. For pets, that infrastructure doesn't exist. TailTracker is building it.
Why this exists.
In 2016, founder Anton Glovsky's dog Tilly went missing for seven days. The search was a scramble of homemade flyers, scattered Facebook posts, and well-meaning help with no coordination. Tilly made it home — many pets don't.
TailTracker is the coordinated recovery system that should have existed then. Your founding gift helps build it before the next family's emergency.
What your gift actually supports.
Every Founders Circle gift funds recovery readiness — the training, equipment, and field coordination that make organized response possible. Here is what specific gifts help underwrite:
These figures show how gifts are put to work; they are allocation guides, not a per-donation accounting. Funds support volunteer training (35%), emergency response (30%), field equipment (20%), and community outreach (15%) — recovery readiness and field operations, not private technology development.
"Doesn't a microchip already solve this?"
It's the most common assumption — and it's only half true. A microchip only helps once a pet is already in someone's hands and scanned at a shelter or vet. It does nothing in the critical early hours when a frightened pet is loose, hiding, or moving away from home. TailTracker works in exactly that window: coordinating trained searchers and behavior-informed recovery before a pet ever reaches a shelter. Microchips and TailTracker solve different parts of the same problem.
Your employer may double this gift. Many companies match charitable donations through Benevity or their own giving program — request matching details and your impact can go twice as far.
Choose your level of founding impact.
Founders Circle recognition is tied to one-time campaign gifts. Choose any amount through Stripe, or request more information for employer matching, donor-advised funds, check donations, or Alpha-level recognition details.
| Tier | Gift | Recognition |
|---|---|---|
| Guardian Angel | $25–$99 | Founders Circle member recognition · Reunion Report updates |
| Trail Blazer | $100–$999 | Community Founders recognition · Quarterly reunion event invitations |
| North Star | $1,000–$4,999 | Personalized founder impact report · Annual gathering invitation · Leadership briefing opportunity |
| Alpha | $5,000+ | Permanent founding recognition · Named legacy opportunity · Strategic impact briefing |
Complete your Founders Circle gift through Stripe.
Choose any one-time amount and complete checkout securely. Your gift supports recovery readiness and helps keep core TailTracker support free for families, rescues, and shelters.
Need matching, DAF, check, or Alpha recognition details?
For employer matching, donor-advised funds, check donations, Alpha-level gifts, or questions about Founders Circle recognition, request more information and we will help route the gift properly.
Looking for monthly giving instead?
Sustaining donations support ongoing volunteer training, outreach, and recovery readiness outside the one-time Founders Circle campaign.
Donations may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. 501(c)(3) · EIN: 41-3039667
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