Your shelter software speaks one language. Your books speak another.
We build the translation layer — and the board packet that comes with it. Fractional finance and systems for animal welfare nonprofits $1M–$5M.
Every system, every workflow, every report is designed for organizations that protect animals.
Animal Shelters
Municipal and private shelters with intake tracking and adoption fee accounting
Rescue Organizations
Foster-based rescues managing restricted grants and volunteer expenses
Wildlife Rehab
Rehabilitation centers with complex vet cost tracking and seasonal funding
Regional Networks
Multi-state networks needing consolidated reporting across jurisdictions
Most small shelters have the first block and the third block. What they don't have is the layer in between — the thing that turns kennel cards and intake records into functional expense reporting, grant performance, and a board packet that actually answers questions.
- A fractional finance and systems practice for animal welfare nonprofits $1M–$5M budget
- Built around Shelterluv, PetPoint, ASM, QuickBooks, Sage, Xero, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace
- Led by Davis Starling, CPA candidate (licensure Oct 2026). CPA-partnered: we sit alongside your CPA
- Available for monthly retainers, systems implementations, diagnostics, and annual strategic planning
- A replacement for your bookkeeper or your CPA
- A software product or ERP
- A generalist CFO taking any nonprofit client
- The cheapest option — and not trying to be
These are the patterns we see in every first conversation with a new client.
Spreadsheet Dependency
Financial operations held together with pivot tables and the ED's personal laptop.
Perpetual Catch-Up
Three months behind on reconciliation. Always reacting, never planning.
990 Anxiety
Form 990 filed late with errors. State registrations lapsing. Constant stress.
Board Blindness
Board members can't get reliable numbers. Finance committee meetings are painful.
Grant Chaos
Restricted vs. unrestricted funds commingled. Grant reports take weeks.
Mission Drift
The ED spends 15+ hours per week on financial firefighting instead of saving animals.
Every engagement is scoped to your organization. Here's the menu.
Ongoing finance ops, reporting, board-grade monthly close.
30-point review of COA hygiene, systems, compliance posture.
Shelterluv/PetPoint/ASM to QBO/Sage integration + COA rebuild.
Board-ready multi-year financial plan.
Animal Welfare Exclusive
We don't do restaurants or tech startups. Every workflow is built for animal orgs.
Founder-Led
Every engagement runs through the founder — Davis Starling, CPA candidate (licensure Oct 2026). No account managers, no handoffs.
Security-First
Multi-factor authentication on every login, role-based access controls, and secure infrastructure.
Tech-Forward
Automated workflows, AI-assisted categorization, real-time dashboards.
Proactive
We flag issues before they become problems. Regs changed? You're already updated.
Mission-Aligned
Every dollar we save you goes back to your mission. That's the whole point.
Davis Starling
Davis has spent his career on full-cycle accounting, ERP onboarding, and chart of accounts standardization across multi-entity organizations. Animal Kingdom Accounting is the systems-and-finance practice he built to solve the specific problems animal welfare nonprofits run into every day.
From startup rescues running on spreadsheets to established shelters managing grant portfolios, Davis brings the same meticulous attention to detail and genuine investment in the mission to every engagement.
We're building a small set of free tools for animal welfare nonprofits — a 990 health check, a runway calculator, and a finance-systems self-assessment. They'll launch once we have client capacity to support them.
The Decree
Monthly insights on nonprofit finance, grant compliance, and regulatory changes.