Founding Voice Fund
Giving a voice to the unseen.
Dezire turns overlooked lives into stories people can feel and respond to — using video and heartfelt storytelling to move shelter animals toward forever homes and connect vulnerable people to real community support. Your support funds the production, outreach, and digital foundation behind these first stories. It does not just fund a video; it helps build a mission where one life can inspire many.
Donation Processing Note
Formal donation processing is being prepared. Until then, founding supporters can reach the team directly at donate@dezirefoundation.org — the team will follow up with payment details as soon as the giving platform is ready.
Become a Founding SupporterWhat Your Support Helps Build
Every early dollar goes toward getting the first stories right.
Dezire is founder-funded and early-stage. Your support goes directly into the work of producing the first animal story films with care, dignity, and intention.
Finish the origin episode
Complete the founder's episode inspired by his shelter-adopted dog Harley — the emotional foundation for every story Dezire tells next.
Produce the first animal story videos
Fund the filming, editing, and production of the first adoption story films for shelter animals and strays.
Cover production costs
Memory cards, editing software, transport, equipment, and the time needed to tell each story with care and quality.
Build donation infrastructure
Set up the donor CRM, outreach systems, and giving platform needed to receive and track support responsibly.
Create sponsor materials
Develop the sponsor decks, story packages, and presentation tools needed to invite mission-aligned partners.
Support shelter outreach
Fund the careful, relationship-first conversations with shelters and rescues needed before any story work begins.
Dezire tells stories and builds visibility. Dezire does not independently approve adopters; adoption decisions and procedures remain with the applicable shelter, rescue, or placement partner.
Suggested Giving Levels
Choose the level of support that feels right.
These are suggested launch support levels, not requirements — and they are being finalized through Dezire's review process. Any amount that helps Dezire tell the first stories with care is meaningful.
$25
Help share one story
Covers a portion of production essentials — memory cards, transport, or editing time for one story.
Give $25$100
Support production essentials
Helps fund the tools, editing software, and time needed to produce a story with care and quality.
Give $100$500
Sponsor an animal story
Helps support the production of a Dezire story film — from filming through final edit — as launch support levels are finalized through Dezire's review process. Sponsor recognition, if offered, will follow Dezire's recognition guidelines after they are finalized and approved.
Give $500$1,000
Founding Voice supporter
Helps anchor the public launch of Dezire's first stories. Founding-supporter recognition, if offered, will follow Dezire's recognition guidelines after they are finalized and approved.
Give $1,000$5,000+
Launch partner / sponsor
Join as an early launch supporter. Dezire will reach out personally to talk through how to support the launch together. Recognition, if offered, will follow Dezire's recognition guidelines after they are finalized and approved.
Give $5,000+These suggested support levels are being finalized through Dezire's review process. Formal payment processing is being set up — each button opens the contact form, and the team will follow up with details.
Sponsorship supports Dezire's mission. Sponsors do not influence story selection, adoption decisions, shelter or rescue procedures, partner procedures, or outcomes. Any recognition will follow Dezire's recognition guidelines after they are finalized and approved.
90-Day Launch Goals
A focused plan for a careful beginning.
Dezire is building the foundation carefully: one origin episode, one story workflow, and the internal systems to grow responsibly.
01
Founder episode
Complete and release the origin episode — the emotional beginning for everything that follows.
02
Animal story videos
Plan and begin production of the first 5–10 adoption story films for shelter animals and strays.
03
Donor infrastructure
Launch the giving platform, donor CRM, and outreach systems needed to grow responsibly.
04
Shelter outreach
Build trust-based relationships with shelters and rescues as the foundation for future story work.
05
Sponsor materials
Prepare sponsor decks, story packages, and partner materials for mission-aligned organizations.
Every story starts here
You help make the first stories possible.
One story can open the door to love, safety, and community for an animal who has been waiting to be seen. Your support gives Dezire the foundation to begin.
One voice can change one life. One life can inspire many.