Sanctuary
Lifelong homes for rescued farm animals — cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, hens, and the soft-nosed others who need somewhere safe to land.
Founding fund · land & first residents
$0 raised of $75,000 goal
0 of 100 Founding 100 donor seats claimed.
Our mission
Compassionate living, taught one backyard at a time.
We’re building a sanctuary that gives rescued farm animals a calm, lifelong home — and a conservation education center that helps families turn their own yards into living habitat for pollinators, birds, and native plants.
“Conservation starts at home. Every porch, every garden bed, every backyard can become part of a wider refuge.”
— Eileen Keating, Founder
Building toward
What your founding gift makes real.
5+
acres of pasture we’re seeking
12
first-year residents we’re preparing for
100
Founding 100 donor seats
These are the numbers we’re building toward in year one — not promises. Every gift moves them closer.
Who we’re here for
The animals others can’t take in.
We’re building Sleepy Tales for the residents most sanctuaries can’t accept — seniors who need quiet pasture and pain management, animals with medical or special needs who require ongoing care, and bonded pairs who must not be separated.
Every intake gets a veterinary exam, a thoughtful introduction, and a permanent place at the farm. We’ll always say no rather than overcrowd.
From the pasture
Glimpses of the sanctuary we’re building.
Conservation starts at home
A pollinator garden begins with one plant.
When you donate to Sleepy Tales, you’re funding a sanctuary and the workshops that teach our community how to turn a back patio into a refuge. The animals are our heart. The garden classroom is the multiplier.
The Founding 100
Be one of the first hundred people to make this real.
We’re inviting one hundred founding donors to seed the sanctuary. Founders are recognized on the donor wall (with permission), invited to a private opening-day walk-through, and receive our Backyard Conservation Starter Guide as a thank-you. 100 of 100 seats remain.
100% donor-funded. Every founding-fund gift goes to land, fencing, shelter, veterinary care, and the pollinator garden — itemized in our annual report.
Together
A sanctuary is built by a community.
Who we are
A founder-led nonprofit being built around lifelong farm-animal sanctuary and community conservation education. We’re starting small on purpose, and growing only as we can do it well.
How we work
Sanctuary work in partnership with local animal control, neighboring sanctuaries, and individual surrenders. Every intake decision starts with the animal’s welfare and our current capacity.
Why backyards
Animals are the heart; native plant restoration is the multiplier. Aggregated across a community, ordinary yards become a meaningful conservation surface for pollinators, birds, and native species.
Stay close
Quiet updates from the farm.
A short note when a new animal arrives, when the pollinator garden blooms, when a workshop opens. Sent occasionally. Never sold.