I’m going to be honest here: I cried as I visited the websites of all the amazing animal support organizations nominated by my newsletter subscribers. It breaks my heart not to be able to donate to every one of them because they all deserve it. 
A portion of the first two weeks of royalties (including pre-orders and international sales) from The Hacker will go to three rescue groups. As always, the minimum donation I make to each will be $1,000. If sales of the book go higher, I will donate more. (For The Money Man, I donated a total of $6,000 to animal rescue groups.)
After a lot of debating, I’ve chosen the groups below—but all of them were worthy. If only I had more royalties!
Forgotten Cats of Delaware: https://forgottencats.org/ The leading trap, neuter, vaccinate, return (TNVR) nonprofit in the region. Servicing Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, Forgotten Cats specializes in TNVR in order to humanely reduce the homeless cat population. Valuing all lives, Forgotten Cats is a no kill organization.
My sister cares for a colony of feral cats in her hometown in Virginia and my daughter worked for a vet clinic that served feral colonies in Pennsylvania so I am supporting this cause to honor their commitments.
Happy Homes Rescue: http://www.happyhomesinc.org/ A no-kill, volunteer-based, non-profit organization that rescues cats and kittens from shelters and outdoors, bringing them to safe indoor environments. They are also heavily involved in TNR efforts in the Old Bridge, NJ area. They strive to help reduce the unnecessary euthanization of cats and kittens in New Jersey and New York.
I’m all about cats nowadays, as you know, and this is a small organization that’s been hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdown, so they really need the help.
Freedom Service Dogs: https://freedomservicedogs.org/ They unleash the potential of dogs by transforming them into custom-trained, life-changing assistance dogs for people in need. The clients they serve live with disabilities like autism, traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis (MS), muscular dystrophy (MD), Down syndrome, cerebral palsy (CP), spinal cord injuries, and more. They also serve veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS).
As the reader who nominated this organization said, “This organization performs miracles!”
The truth is that all the folks who give of their time and resources to animal rescue are miracle workers.
