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Top 21 Shelter and rescue nonprofits based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 60 shelter and rescue nonprofits headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 685 professional contacts across them, including 241 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.

This list covers shelter and rescue nonprofits headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
60Companies
685Contacts tracked
241Verified emails
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The 21 largest shelter and rescue nonprofits based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 21 of 60 shelter and rescue nonprofits based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to shelter and rescue nonprofits: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNorth Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1910 The Lost Dogs’ Home has been a voice for animals without owners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceGold Coast, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AWLQ is one of Queensland’s most dynamic and best-loved charities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceWingfield, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20063 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Animal Welfare League of South Australia (AWL) bring together lost and abandoned pets with caring humans to create happy homes where everyone feels loved.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceKemps Creek, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20049 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Animal Welfare League NSW (AWL NSW), we don’t just rehome animals-we change lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceStrathfield South, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sydney Dogs & Cats Home was established in 1946 and today, is Sydney's only charity pound that responsibly reunites and rehomes lost and abandoned pets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceKeysborough, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Australian Animal Protection Society (AAPS) rescues, cares for and rehomes animals in need.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceColdstream, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Animal Aid strives to provide excellence in Animal Welfare by ensuring the animals and people we care for receive the best possible outcomes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidencePerth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PetRescue is a national animal welfare charity with a vision of a future where every pet is safe, respected and loved.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Strong evidenceCraigieburn, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Second Chance Animal Rescue was founded in 2008 after vet nurse and local shelter volunteer Marisa Debattista witnessed first-hand how many beautiful animals needed help, versus…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceMoolap, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GAWS is a not-for-profit animal welfare organisation providing best practice care, community education and re-homing programs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidencePegs Creek, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SAFE (Saving Animals From Euthanasia Inc) is an animal rescue & rehoming organisation, the largest in Western Australia using the foster care model - founded in 2003 by Sue Hedley…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCheltenham, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pets of the Homeless Australia (POTH) provides food, veterinary care and other support to pet owners in need.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceGlen Iris, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Save-A-Dog Scheme (SADS) is a community-based not-for-profit animal welfare organisation that saves hundreds of dogs and cats from being killed every year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceRisdon Vale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-2002 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dogs’ Homes of Tasmania has been here for dogs for more than 70 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceAdelaide, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cat Adoption Foundation believes that helping animals is helping people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Happy Tails Animal Rescue is a Brisbane-based animal rescue organisation dedicated to saving the lives of cats and dogs and re-writing their happy tale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Waldo’s Friends is a not-for-profit organisation that runs an online store and collection of resources designed to create awareness and raise funds for animal rescue through…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Humane Animal Rescue is small but mighty group of volunteers who rescue cats & dogs from pounds facing euthanasia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Street Dog Support has been set up by Dog lovers who have seen first hand the struggles that rescue organisations have in developing nations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSurfers Paradise, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Global Animal Welfare Fund (GAWF) was created to help fund Australian animal charities, with a view to expand into the developing world in the future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Shelter and rescue nonprofits based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
35.2%Verified-email coverage
11.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
11.7%Largest-city concentration · Melbourne
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
28
11-50
20
51-200
6
201-500
2
501-1,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 60 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among shelter and rescue nonprofits, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “shelter and rescue nonprofits”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names shelter and rescue nonprofits), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among shelter and rescue nonprofits, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 241 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names shelter and rescue nonprofits, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many shelter and rescue nonprofits are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 60 shelter and rescue nonprofits headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Lost Dogs' Home, headquartered in North Melbourne, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most shelter and rescue nonprofits?

Melbourne leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Perth (4) and Brisbane (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 241 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 60 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.