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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.
6 approved senior-dog community stories so far — and counting.
Our impact in numbers
Listings last refreshed on September 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM EDT. Numbers update automatically as shelters add and adopt out senior dogs.
Coverage note: These figures reflect only the shelters and rescues we currently crawl with at least one adoptable senior doglisted today — not a national count. A shelter or rescue with zero current adoptable seniorsisn’t counted, even if we still crawl it. Likewise, the states shown are only states where a currently-crawled source has an adoptable senior listed today; not every U.S. state has a participating source, and this is not a census of all senior dogs in the country.
Momentum
Happy endings shared over time
Approved community happy-ending stories, month by month — 6in this window. These are adoptions shelters and adopters told us about; we don’t rehome dogs ourselves.
6 community stories and counting
Running total of every approved happy-ending story to date — it only ever climbs.
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 dogisn’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 dogs when an approved program, funds, and partners are available — 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 dogsare 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 recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and contributions are not currently tax-deductible as charitable contributions. See our Donation Policy.
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 but is not currently recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Contributions are not currently tax-deductible as charitable contributions. Please consult a tax professional if you have questions, and see our Donation Policy page for full details.
Help a senior dog get seen today.
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