Organization Details is the first page in Settings. It controls how your organization is identified inside PawPlacer and what visitors see on its public page.
Identity
The Identity section contains:
- Organization name
- Logo
- Your locked public-page address:
/shelters/[organization-id]
The organization ID in that address is generated for the account and cannot be changed. It is safe to share and also appears in application URLs and widget code. It is not an API key and does not expose private workspace data.
The logo uploader accepts an organization image used in the workspace and on public surfaces. Name and logo changes are included in the page's save bar.
Public Profile
Owners can publish or unpublish the organization page with Profile Visibility. After publishing it, they can turn these public sections and actions on or off:
- Pets
- Foster Applications
- Volunteer Applications
- Surrender Applications
- Donations
- Payments
- Wishlist
- Events
- Flyers
- Schedule
- Street address and map
Profile Visibility also publishes your public pet profiles, forms, and widgets, and your adoptable pets are shared with GetBuddy based on it. PawPlacer has no searchable directory of organizations; visitors reach you through your public page address, the links and widgets you share, and GetBuddy.
Use View public page to open the public page in a new tab. Unpublishing the profile makes the organization page, and the public pets, forms, and widgets that depend on it, unavailable to visitors.
Pets shows your eligible pets on the public page; each pet's own public-visibility settings still decide whether it appears. The public page shows the city and region from the saved address. Street address and map adds the full street address and a map; it starts off for new organizations, so home-based rescues and fosters are not placed on a map unless the owner turns it on.
Contact Information
Add the public contact information visitors and staff need:
- Phone
- Address
- Organization description
The address field uses address search and fills the structured location details used by public maps and other location-aware features.
The email must be a valid address; clear the field to remove it. Emails PawPlacer sends for the organization, such as contracts, invitations, notifications, and receipts, use it as the reply-to address.
Tax and Receipts
Configure the organization details used on receipts and tax documents:
- Legal name
- Tax ID number
- Tax-exempt status
- Receipt signatory
- Receipt disclaimer or footer text
These values support receipt generation; they do not determine tax status for the organization.
Supported Animals
Choose every species your organization works with. Supported animals shape species choices and filters elsewhere in PawPlacer, including pet records and adoption-fee settings. At least one species must remain selected.
PawPlacer supports ten species. You can enable any combination of them:
| Species | Animals it covers |
|---|---|
| Dog | Dogs and puppies, all breeds |
| Cat | Cats and kittens, all breeds |
| Rabbit | Domestic rabbits |
| Horse | Horses and ponies |
| Small & Furry | Guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, ferrets, chinchillas, and hedgehogs |
| Bird | Parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, canaries, finches, doves, lovebirds, macaws, and conures |
| Barnyard | Goats, sheep, pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, llamas, and alpacas |
| Fish | Fish, frogs, toads, and other amphibians |
| Reptile | Snakes, lizards, geckos, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises |
| Invertebrate | Tarantulas, scorpions, insects, snails, and hermit crabs |
New accounts start with Dog and Cat enabled.
Enabling a species turns on its breed, color, coat, and age-bracket lists everywhere in the workspace. Turning a species off removes it from new pet forms and filters; existing pet records of that species are kept.
Social Links
You can save links for Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, and your website. Valid links appear with the organization information on the public profile.
Locale
Locale settings apply across the workspace:
- Currency
- Date format
- Timezone
- Country
Locale does not choose the language PawPlacer is shown in; each person picks that from their profile menu or the mobile menu. See Language.
Times follow the language you use PawPlacer in, except that an English workspace shows times on the 24-hour clock when its Country uses it, such as the United Kingdom or Ireland. That applies everywhere times appear: lists, cards, the calendar, reports, the public profile, and the date and time picker.
New accounts start in the time zone of the browser used to sign up. When that zone is not one of the listed options, it appears first in the Timezone list so the current setting is always visible.
If the account has a slug, it is displayed for reference. Use the footer save bar to review and save changed organization fields.
Permissions
Owners and Admins can edit organization identity and logo, contact details, tax and receipt settings, public-profile preferences, supported animals, social links, and locale settings. Organization deletion and ownership transfer remain restricted to the owner.