Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    4(A): FOTAS WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MEET OUR MISSION THRUGHOUT 2020, DESPITE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MAKING IN-PERSON EVENTS AND ANIMAL SERVICES DIFFICULT. FEWER VISITORS CAME THROUGH THE SHELTER DUE TO THE SHELTER BEING CLOSED FOR A FEW MONTHS AND LATER TRANSITIONING TO SOLELY APPOINTMENT-BASED VISITS; HOWEVER, LIVE OUTCOMES FOR DOGS STAYED AT 93% COMPARING 2019 TO 2020 AND CAT LIVE OUTCOMES INCREASED FROM 59% IN 2019 TO NEARLY 69% IN 2020. THESE POSITIVE OUTCOMES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY FOTAS SPONSORING MORE THAN $12,000 WORTH OF ADOPTION SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO INCENTIVIZE ADOPTING PETS AT A REDUCED PRICE. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO COVER MEDICAL AND FOSTERING EXPENSES FOR THE SHELTER ANIMALS WHICH TOTALED OVER $24,000 IN 2020. THE MEDICAL EXPENSES RANGE FROM ANTIBIOTICS AND MORE ROUTINE VET CARE TO EMERGENCY NEEDS SUCH AS AMPUTATIONS. FOTASS IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON ANIMAL WELFARE, IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTION AND SPAYING/NEUTERING PETS WERE MORE LIMITED DUE TO COVID-19, BUT WE CONTINUED TO DISPLAY ADOPTABLE PETS AT VARIOUS BUSINESSES AROUND TOWN DURING OUR MONTHLY PET PREVIEWS. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWSPAPER, AND VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS ON TV. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO OFFER FREE SPAYS/NEUTERS FOR PETS OF LOW-INOME INDIVIDUALS FOR SIX WEEKS IN FEBRUARY-MARCH OF 2020 FOR OUR ANNUAL SPAY DAY ACTVITIIES. FOTAS ALSO CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON FUNDRAISING FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER DURING 2020, WITH MULTIPLE VIRTUAL OR OUTDOOR FUNDRAISERS TOTALING OVER $46,000. WE ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL LARGE ESTATE DISTRIBUTION TOTALING $669,796. THESE DONATIONS GOT US MUCH CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF RAISING $1.5M FOR THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER BY JUNE 2021.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $86.7K

  • Friends Of The Animal Shelter Program

    FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ST JOSEPH INC (FOTAS) HAS A MAIN MISSION OF ASSISTING THE ST JOSEPH ANIMAL SHELTER IN SUPPLYING MEDICAL CARE TO THOSE ANIMALS IN NEED AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE ADOPTION RATE OF THOSE ANIMALS, WHICH AFTER ANALYSIS, ARE DETERMINED TO BE ADOPTABLE. OUR OVERALL GOAL BEING THAT THE ST JOSEPH ANIMAL SHELTER CAN SUCCESSFULLY BE CONSIDERED A NO KILL (90% SAVE RATE) SHELTER WITH OUR HELP. WITH FOTAS HARD WORK AND OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE SHELTER, THEY HAVE REACHED THAT GOAL WITH DOGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND KEPT INCHING CLOSER TO REACH THE GOAL WITH CATS. HOWEVER, THE RATE DICTATING THIS NO KILL STATUS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPTED DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMY WHICH CAN DICTATE THE NUMBER OF STRAYS, RELINQUISHMENTS, AND THE DISCOVERY OF HOARDING SHUTDOWNS. AGAIN, THROUGH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SHELTER AND FOTAS, THE 2023 SAVE RATE FOR CATS INCREASED FROM 6% WHILE THE DOG SAVE RATE DECREASED 5% DUE TO THE ABOVE DISCOVERIES IN THE HOARDING SHUTDOWNS. THIS GAVE THE SHELTER AN OVERALL 89% NO KILL PERCENTAGE, JUST SHORT 1% OF THE OVERALL NO KILL STATUS FOR ANIMALS.OBVIOUSLY MEDICAL CARE HAS TO BE SUPPLIED, OTHER THAN SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES, TO ALL THE ANIMALS BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER REGARDLESS OF ADOPTABILITY AND OUR COSTS FOR THAT CARE TOTALED $67,587 WITH INCORPORATES THE DISCOUNTS OUR LOCAL VETERINARIANS CHARGE US FOR THOSE SERVICES. WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH SIGNAGE, WEEKLY TV PET PREVIEWS, AND OUR OWN PET PREVIEWS ON THE NEED TO SPAY AND NEUTER. WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF SPONSORING A REDUCED COST OF A SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM WHICH IS A KEY TO THE ONGOING INFLUX OF ANIMALS INTO THE SHELTER WHICH CANNOT BE HOUSED WITHOUT OUR HELP WITH ADOPTION SPECIALS.WE HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE YEARS AND WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, THE ST JOSEPH ANIMAL SHELTER WOULD NOT BE WHERE IT IS TODAY. UNFORTUNATLY, THE CITY OF ST JOSEPH IS UNABLE TO FUND THE ANIMAL SHELTER COMPLETELY AND THAT IS WHERE FOTAS ASSISTS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $148K