Annual Report 2013 35 performed by ASPCA® mobile by performed Dog and cat surgeries surgeries Dog and cat + clinics and stationary 450 , Dogs rescued in multi- 000 COnTEnTS state dog-fighting raids , in March and August 1879 Grants made by the ASPCA 2 Letter from President & CEO Matt Bershadker + 3 A Year of Growth: 3,398 Community Outreach Adoptions from the 33,000+ ASPCA Adoption Center Animals relocated for a 6 A Year of Firsts: better chance of adoption Anti-Cruelty Group 10 A Year of Rejuvenation: $17.5 Animal Health Services 12 A Year of Victories: million Government Relations Granted to more Foundation & than 1,000 animal 14 and Response team and Response Corporate Support welfare organizations Animals impacted by the by Animals impacted ASPCA Field Investigations ASPCA Field Investigations 10,995 in all 50 states 14 Corporate Partners & Licensees Largest grant grant Largest , 15 Heroes 56 379 Major Donors Cats and dogs saved in 15 the ASPCA Rachael Ray $2 million $100K Challenge 16 Legacy Society 23 Trusts & Estates 24 Founders 46 Financial Statements 47 Board of Directors 1,000,000+ and Senior Staff ASPCA members whose personal and financial support make our work possible. Annual Report 2013 LETTER FROM PRESIDEnT & CEO A YEAR OF GROwTH MATT BERSHADKER COMMunITY OuTREACH For 148 years, the ASPCA® has been animals across the country enjoy Moving On Up: Animal Relocation a leading voice for animals, fighting greater protection under the law. THE EquInE FunD The ASPCA’s Animal Relocation and cruelty wherever we find it and helping Transport (ART) team focuses on saving we also embarked on several The ASPCA® Equine Fund to ensure a better quality of life for lives by helping organizations relocate innovative projects aimed at not only provides grants and professional animals everywhere. Though this is my animals from areas of oversupply to places increasing the scope of our work, but development opportunities to 12th year at the ASPCA, it’s only been a where there are few, if any, similar animals also expanding its impact, including the equine rescues and sanctuaries. year since I became president and CEO. country’s first behavior rehabilitation In 2013, the ASPCA provided in shelters for adoption. Moving animals as a means to save lives has been happening As I look back on it, I feel both proud center for canine cruelty victims, a more than $1.4 million to and grateful: proud to be part of a team equine groups in 43 states— since the 1980s, but it’s only within the last relentless and creative farm animal decade that this practice has really taken that has accomplished so much, and welfare campaign, and a historic groups used their grants to grateful for the support of people like purchase emergency supplies off. In 2013, ART took a giant step forward partnership with law enforcement in its efforts to move animals and help you who enable us to do it. of feed and to fund capital to better ensure that crimes against improvement projects, cruelty shelters develop and carry out their own This year, with your critical help, the animals are treated as seriously as all seizures and rehabilitation work. relocation programs. ART awarded over $1 ASPCA continued to do what it does other crimes. Approximately 20% ($273,000) million in grants in 2013, including grants for 11 relocation vehicles to organizations best—saving lives and preventing we’re at an exciting place in our of 2013’s grant money supported across the u.S., and directly coordinated 36 cruelty. we rescued nearly 11,000 history, saving lives at an incredible the Rescuing Racers Initiative, which aids in the rescue transports resulting in 1,309 animals moving animals in jeopardy, helped bring more level of success and effectiveness, and than 500 criminal charges against and rehabilitation of retired from areas of oversupply to areas where poised to do even more. But we cannot racehorses, saving them from they are more likely to be adopted. alleged animal abusers, and performed do it alone. As you review this snapshot more than 35,000 low cost spay/neuter of the year, know that you played In July 2013, ART and advocates. MAP and ASPCAPro also launched the Moving surgeries. we found adoptive homes an important role in these glowing offer users a library of resources to help Animals Places implement best practices for transporting for nearly 3,400 deserving dogs and statistics and inspiring stories. For that, cats, completed a major renovation (MAP) program, an animals. Included in this resource library are you have my thanks, as well as my hope interactive and free sample forms such as a departure checklist of the ASPCA Animal Hospital, and and encouragement to continue your provided over $17 million in grants web-based map and vehicle supply list, as well as how-tos crucial support of our mission. application that and tips. to organizations nationwide, which in connects animal turn used that funding to help tens shelters across the of thousands of animals. we scored country. Developed legislative and regulatory victories in in collaboration 29 states, helping to ensure that with Fujitsu America “Broward County Animal Care Inc. and using is very excited to join the ASPCA technology courtesy MAP team! Giving our pets slaughter and repurposing them of salesforce.com, MAP is the first resource every opportunity to find a for other areas of the equine of its kind that allows participating shelters world such as pleasure riding. In with surplus animals to find and partner wonderful home is important to 2013, the equine team hosted with shelters that have available space and a us. We feel that by being part six ASPCA/Rosalind & Franklyn higher demand for adoptable animals. In less of the MAP network, we will Schaefer Equine Workshops on than one year, MAP reported: be doing everything possible to fundraising, board development, • 420 members in 47 states and Puerto Rico accreditation and best practices, increase their chances of finding social media and coalition- • 616 connections made between shelters love whether here in our own building in Fort worth, Texas; • 491 animals transported community or across the miles.” Jacksonville, Florida; Tacoma, washington; Billings, Montana; MAP can be accessed on ASPCAPro.org, the -Lisa Mendheim, Broward County Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and ASPCA’s website that provides tools and Animal Care & Adoption Lexington, Kentucky. resources for animal welfare professionals Page 2 ASPCA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ASPCA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Page 3 The year also saw the relocati on program’s ASPCA Partnership ASPCA® Professional SHELTER RESEARCH In 2013 successful completi on of The Carroll Petrie ASPCA Partner communiti es are citi es or The ASPCA is committ ed to providing educati on to animal welfare staff and Foundati on Dog Rescue Project. The project, The ASPCA Shelter and Research tools and resources for animal welfare made possible through a $1 million grant regions whose major animal sheltering volunteers. team identi fi es and studies data professionals and volunteers at animal patt erns to provide the tools from The Carroll Petrie Foundati on, used agencies have applied and been accepted Our innovati ve shelter competi ti on, the shelters and rescue groups, as well as for for animal shelters and their relocati on strategies to save animals at to work intensively with ASPCA experts veterinarians, humane law enforcement and ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge, communiti es to save more dogs risk of euthanasia in municipal shelters. By to save animals most at risk in their emergency responders. In 2013, through engaged 49 private and municipal animal and cats. Here is a sampling making 16,600 subsidies available to source neighborhoods. In 2013, our eight acti ve 70 webinar off erings on ASPCAPro.org, we shelters across the country in saving 56,379 of the projects and studies we shelters, the project made it possible for partner communiti es included Buncombe provided some 26,000 hours of conti nuing animals’ lives in just three months. hosted in 2013: more dogs to go to rescue groups, other County, north Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio; shelters, permanent off -site adopti on Food Guarding Louisville, Kentucky; Miami-Dade County, locati ons (like a veterinary offi ce or pet- Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; This research found that dogs supply shop) or to foster homes with direct- who guard their food in the Sacramento, California; Shelby County, from-foster adopti on programs. shelter environment can be Alabama; and Tallahassee-Leon County, successfully and safely adopted Project subsidies could be spent on anything Florida. Collecti vely, the communiti es into homes with behavior from crates and gasoline to preparatory saved 87,739 animals through adopti ons, modifi cati on and post-adopti on veterinary services, or source shelters could returns to owners, and transfers to rescue support. share the money with rescue groups or desti nati on shelters that took the dogs to groups. All eight communiti es saw a X-Maps Spot decrease in their intake and euthanasia off set costs. In the early months of 2013, Through a partnership with BY THE nuMBERS: 11,287 lives were saved for a total of 18,812 rates and a big boost in their eff orts to save PetSmart Chariti es, this multi - THE ASPCA® dogs saved during the span of the project. more animals’ lives. community project uses mapping ADOPTIOn CEnTER soft ware (GIS) to help identi fy The ASPCA Adopti on Center in areas of high shelter intake and new York City started 2013 with 2013 Grants by Program Area off er appropriate interventi ons. Total awarded: approximately $17.5 million an ambiti ous goal to transfer ASPCA GRAnTS Is This Cat Feral? 1,000 cats at risk of euthanasia from Animal Care & Control This research resulted in the of nYC.