Nonprofit Visibility & Giving Platforms Team

The Shepherds Ark is a Christ-centered ministry on a mission to build a sanctuary of hope and justice for both animals and people. We are a volunteer-based ministry dedicated to providing rescue, care, and advocacy for at-risk animals while also addressing the systemic injustice that leads to the destitution of both animals and people.

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About The Animal Cause, Inc.

The Animal Cause, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Christian animal-welfare nonprofit dedicated to saving vulnerable animals and advancing practical solutions to the problems affecting animal welfare.

Our work includes animal rescue, transport, animal visibility, fundraising, volunteer development, partnerships, advocacy, education, and programs designed to address both immediate animal needs and the larger systems affecting animals and communities.

We are building infrastructure that allows animals, programs, services, volunteers, donors, partners, and the organization itself to become more visible and connected to the resources needed to serve animals effectively.

The Animal Cause, Inc. is volunteer-based and funded through donations and fundraising. We believe the work we do is ultimately service to God through service to His creation.

“Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” — 1 Corinthians 10 31

Position Summary

The Nonprofit Visibility & Giving Platforms Team will help The Animal Cause, Inc. become more visible and discoverable across the online platforms where donors, volunteers, corporations, foundations, grantmakers, sponsors, and other potential supporters find and evaluate nonprofit organizations.

This team will identify where The Animal Cause already has a presence, determine where profiles need to be claimed or updated, identify platforms where the organization should establish a presence, and help prioritize the opportunities most likely to increase access to funding, volunteers, workplace giving, corporate support, grants, sponsorships, technology resources, and other mission-aligned opportunities.

This is a research, registration, optimization, and implementation role.

The objective is not simply to create a list of websites. The objective is to build a practical visibility infrastructure that makes it easier for the right people and organizations to find The Animal Cause, understand who we are, verify our nonprofit status, understand our work, and identify appropriate ways to support it.

Mission Context

The Animal Cause, Inc. is building infrastructure to help vulnerable animals move from being

unseen → visible

unsupported → supported

unfunded → funded

disconnected → connected

unready → placed into responsible pathways toward care

Visibility is therefore not merely a marketing exercise.

It is part of the organization's ability to connect animals and animal-welfare work with people, resources, funding, volunteers, organizations, and communities capable of helping.

Core Responsibilities

Team members may help with

• conducting a nonprofit visibility audit;
• identifying platforms where The Animal Cause is already listed;
• determining which profiles have been claimed;
• identifying incomplete, outdated, or inconsistent profiles;
• identifying platforms where The Animal Cause should establish a presence;
• researching eligibility requirements;
• identifying required organizational documentation;
• documenting registration requirements and deadlines;
• helping prepare standardized organizational information;
• identifying opportunities related to corporate giving;
• identifying workplace-giving platforms;
• identifying volunteer-recruitment platforms;
• identifying matching-gift opportunities;
• identifying grantmaker and foundation discovery platforms;
• identifying corporate sponsorship opportunities;
• identifying nonprofit technology and software-access opportunities;
• identifying platforms that increase donor confidence and nonprofit credibility;
• helping prioritize registrations and updates;
• maintaining a visibility-platform tracker;
• documenting completed registrations and outstanding requirements;
• coordinating with fundraising, marketing, volunteer, technology, and administrative teams as appropriate.
  
  

Platform Areas

Depending on the volunteer's experience, the team may research and work with platforms and systems such as

• Candid / GuideStar;
• Charity Navigator;
• GreatNonprofits;
• Benevity;
• YourCause / Blackbaud;
• CyberGrants / Bonterra;
• Deed;
• Double the Donation;
• Idealist;
• VolunteerMatch;
• Catchafire;
• Google for Nonprofits;
• YouTube Nonprofit;
• TechSoup;
• Canva for Nonprofits;
• corporate giving platforms;
• workplace volunteer platforms;
• matching-gift platforms;
• nonprofit directories;
• other relevant nonprofit visibility, funding, volunteer, technology, or giving platforms.
  
  

The list above is not intended to require experience with every platform.

Screening Questions

• What experience do you have with nonprofit directories, giving platforms, workplace giving, corporate social responsibility, fundraising, or nonprofit technology?
• Which nonprofit platforms have you personally worked with?
• How would you conduct an audit of an organization's online nonprofit presence?
• How would you determine which platforms deserve priority rather than simply registering everywhere possible?
• What information would you want standardized before updating multiple nonprofit profiles?
• How would you handle a platform requesting information that you are not authorized to provide?
• Describe a project where you had to research multiple systems, compare requirements, and organize the results.
• How would you distinguish between a platform that creates genuine funding or volunteer opportunities and one that provides little practical value?
• How comfortable are you maintaining a detailed tracker of registrations, requirements, access, and follow-up?
• How would you protect confidential organizational information while performing this work?
• What is your realistic weekly availability?
• Why are you interested in helping The Animal Cause, Inc. become more visible and connected to resources that can help animals?
  
  

How To Apply

Send your resume and answers to the screening questions to hr@animalcause.org

Applications are only open to current residents and citizens of the United States and those over the age of 21.