It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

We decided a long time ago that getting humiliated by having a pie thrown in the face of employees or volunteers to raise money may not be the best fit for us, what would some of our larger donors think? No thank you. 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

Thank you for sharing this. I had heard one story before about him and always wondered if it was a "one off" or if that is what he is really like. Hearing multiple people share the same type of story now, helps shine some light on this. I will let our fundraising team know!

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

We did an event last year and our experience was positive. We raised 31k and walked out with 26k. I thought the amount they took was kind of high for trying to help struggling non-profits however there is no way we could raise 26k on our own especially not in 3 hours with not much work on our end.  Also they do have to make money to pay for their travel, employees.  So for us they were a huge help. We were also at the Wichita Falls event. That was a bust for sure. There are definitely many things they should have done differently but it was their first year so I figured it was a live and learn situation. 

Terry

Executive Director

Tired Dog Rescue 

Gulfport, MS 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

I guess the one thing that bothers me is the monthly patreon "dues" they get people to sign up for. The way it is presented it seems that the only is for the dogs but it goes to his company. If the shelters have to provide te supplies and everything for the live events then the monthly "dues" are for his overhead/salary

We did an event last year and our experience was positive. We raised 31k and walked out with 26k. I thought the amount they took was kind of high for trying to help struggling non-profits however there is no way we could raise 26k on our own especially not in 3 hours with not much work on our end.  Also they do have to make money to pay for their travel, employees.  So for us they were a huge help. We were also at the Wichita Falls event. That was a bust for sure. There are definitely many things they should have done differently but it was their first year so I figured it was a live and learn situation. 

Terry

Executive Director

Tired Dog Rescue 

Gulfport, MS 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

We did an event last year and our experience was positive. We raised 31k and walked out with 26k. I thought the amount they took was kind of high for trying to help struggling non-profits however there is no way we could raise 26k on our own especially not in 3 hours with not much work on our end.  Also they do have to make money to pay for their travel, employees.  So for us they were a huge help. We were also at the Wichita Falls event. That was a bust for sure. There are definitely many things they should have done differently but it was their first year so I figured it was a live and learn situation. 

Terry

Executive Director

Tired Dog Rescue 

Gulfport, MS 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him 

Terry, I'm glad you had a positive experience, 26k is nothing to sneeze at! As far as him needing to pay for the travel, etc., he asks for donations for that, and he's not legally allowed to do that.

Britt and anyone else looking for something LEGIT, what I would say is beware of anyone or any organization that uses hype and hyped-up social media videos and lives; YouTubers, TikTokers, etc. are more about attention and followers than they are about real rescue. And ALWAYS do your research! If someone is claiming to be a nonprofit, check them out with the IRS and any state agencies that require registration.

Lee Asher/The Asher House is another huge social media presence and an even bigger fraud. 

We did an event last year and our experience was positive. We raised 31k and walked out with 26k. I thought the amount they took was kind of high for trying to help struggling non-profits however there is no way we could raise 26k on our own especially not in 3 hours with not much work on our end.  Also they do have to make money to pay for their travel, employees.  So for us they were a huge help. We were also at the Wichita Falls event. That was a bust for sure. There are definitely many things they should have done differently but it was their first year so I figured it was a live and learn situation. 

Terry

Executive Director

Tired Dog Rescue 

Gulfport, MS 

It's that time of year for the Jordan's Way tour. For anyone who doesn't know about it, Kris Rotonda goes around the country doing Facebook live fundraisers for animal shelters, in the name of his nonprofit, Jordan's Way. He's super energetic and creates a ton of hype, and at this very moment he's looking for the country's longest stay dog.  

Sounds really great, right?!

WRONG!  There are several very concerning issues:

1. The IRS revoked his 501(c)3
2. He never registered with the state of Florida 
3. He uses his illegal nonprofit to get donations to fund his tour
4. He apparently charges the shelters $250 up front and takes 25% of the funds raised (so I've heard)
5. If he shows up and isn't happy with the amount of people there, he will get irate, cuss people out, and cancel right on the spot. You can see this for yourself in a video posted on the Jeanette Hunt-Blair Animal Shelter Facebook page from late January.

It's extremely disheartening, I know; all this information is verifiable.

If anyone here is, or is contemplating, talking to him about coming to your shelter, I beg you to please discontinue any talks and relationship with him.  You're putting yourself, your shelter, and your reputation in danger by working with him