Shelter Animals Count 2026 State Data Drive

What you can win

Ten $2,500 organization awards: one participating-organization prize and one referral-organization prize in each of Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

The listed value is $2,500 USD for the largest individual prize or prize package. It is not the total prize pool, a guarantee of cash instead of the prize, or expected winnings.

Top prizes listed: 10. This count does not tell us the total number of entrants or your odds.

How to enter without a purchase

Register or maintain an eligible organization in the Shelter Animals Count portal, complete the required profile and January–September data, and attain confirmed status. A qualifying organization receives one organization-prize entry; referral entries depend on other eligible organizations naming it in the portal.

There is no simple repeat-entry schedule recorded for this listing. Use the specific sponsor instructions below rather than assuming it is a daily giveaway.

A no-purchase method may still involve ordinary postage, internet access, an account, or another requirement stated in the rules. Use the exact method and deadline that apply to your entry.

Who can enter

Countries

United States

Included states or regions

Iowa (IA), Nebraska (NE), New Jersey (NJ), Pennsylvania (PA), South Dakota (SD)

Excluded states or regions

PR, GU, VI, AS, MP

Age

18 or older

Additional requirements: Trade promotion only; not open to the public. Entrant must be an eligible shelter, rescue, fostering organization, animal-care/control agency or similar organization approved in Shelter Animals Count, with a primary operating location in IA, NE, NJ, PA or SD. It must supply organizational details and complete January–September 2026 intake/outcome data in the portal. An organization can win only one prize.

Sponsor employees, contractors, board members, directors and officers are excluded; official rules apply.

Country and age alone do not establish eligibility. Check residency, household, employee, membership and other exclusions in the official rules. PrizeOtter’s profile match is a screening aid, not sponsor approval.

Dates and entry limits

Closes

November 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM EST

Sponsor’s deadline wording

11/7/2026 at 8:00:00 pm EST

Dates above use the promotion’s recorded time zone (America/New_York). Mail-in postmarks, receipt deadlines and bonus periods may differ from the main closing time; check the entry instructions. Understand entry limits and deadlines.

Sources and verification

Listed sponsor: Shelter Animals Count, a program of the ASPCA. Rules last reviewed September 24, 2026. Promotion edition: 2026.

First-party rules verify the five eligible state pools, organization-only requirements, ten $2,500 awards, no purchase and the November 7 8:00 p.m. EST cutoff. The final cutoff occurs after Eastern Standard Time resumes and supports America/New_York. The rules also label the September 1 opening as EST while daylight time was in effect, so no opening timestamp is stored. The broad introductory country language is narrowed by the operative primary-location and state-pool clauses; only IA, NE, NJ, PA and SD are represented. | 2026-09-24 detail backfill: Current sponsor rules verify the account-based organization route, exact Eastern cutoff, referral-entry mechanism, and ten separate $2,500 state-pool awards.

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