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Our impact
Helping senior dogs get seen — measured honestly.
Lily's Second Chance is a Tennessee nonprofit corporation with one job: making sure overlooked senior shelter dogs get noticed before they run out of time. Here is what that looks like right now, drawn straight from our live listings.
Our impact in numbers
Listings last refreshed on July 9, 2026. Numbers update automatically as shelters add and adopt out senior dogs.
What we do
Visibility for the dogs who wait the longest
Senior dogs are the last to be noticed and the first to run out of time. We work to change the first part.
We gather
We pull adoptable senior dogs from shelter and rescue sources across the country into one searchable place, so an older dog isn’t hidden on a page no one visits.
We surface
People can search by name, state, and breed, and every listing links straight back to the shelter or rescue that cares for the dog — we never stand between an adopter and a shelter.
We share
Senior dogs are posted and shared publicly, and the community adds memorials, messages, and happy-ending stories that keep older dogs in front of people who may be ready to adopt.
We support
We gather care resources for adopters and offer limited assistance for senior pets when funds and partners allow — never a guarantee for any individual dog.
How we measure impact honestly
We only report numbers we can stand behind. The figures above are counted live from the same catalog you browse, using the exact rule that decides which senior dogs are adoptable — so a dog that has been adopted or whose listing has closed drops out of the count automatically. We don’t publish lifetime totals, projected reach, or “dogs saved” figures we can’t verify, because Lily's Second Chancedoes not rehome dogs directly and taking credit for another organization’s adoption wouldn’t be honest.
If a metric can’t be sourced from real data, we leave it off this page rather than estimate it. That is the same standard we hold for every claim on the site.
Lily's Second Chance is a Tennessee nonprofit corporation. It is not currently representing donations as tax-deductible unless and until federal tax-exempt status is approved by the IRS. Please consult a tax professional if you have questions.
Our impact — frequently asked questions
Where do these numbers come from?
Every figure on this page is pulled live from the same senior-dog catalog the rest of the site uses. We only count dogs that are currently listed as adoptable seniors, so the numbers reflect what you actually see when you browse — not lifetime or projected totals.
Do you take credit for adoptions?
No. Lily’s Second Chance is not a shelter and we don’t rehome dogs ourselves. Every adoption happens through the shelter or rescue that cares for the dog. Our role is visibility: helping more people see and share senior dogs who are waiting.
How current is this data?
Listings are refreshed automatically on a recurring schedule. When a dog is adopted or a listing closes, it drops out of our adoptable counts on the next refresh, so these numbers stay honest rather than inflated.
Is Lily’s Second Chance a 501(c)(3)?
Lily’s Second Chance is a Tennessee nonprofit corporation. It is not currently representing donations as tax-deductible unless and until federal tax-exempt status is approved by the IRS. Please consult a tax professional if you have questions.
Help a senior dog get seen today.
Every share, adoption, and gift widens the circle of people who notice older dogs before it’s too late.