Programs

  • Education Engagement and Policy

    EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY: DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VALUED AT $391,337. WBI PROVIDES INFORMATION TO ITS FOLLOWERS THROUGH BIMONTHLY NEWSLETTERS 22 PER YEAR WEBSITE CONTENT AND A DIGITAL LIBRARY WBI STUDIES REPOSITORY - WBISR THAT ADDRESSES ISSUES THAT ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO WBIS AND PARTNERS PROJECTS. WBIS OUTREACH HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY. WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS OF 220,000 IN 2024 DOUBLED COMPARED TO 2023 AND SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS ROSE BY 33% OVER 2023. WBI DISTRIBUTES ACCURATE DATA-DRIVEN MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT ITS PROJECTS AND ADVOCACY. WBISR OFFERS FULL-TEXT ACCESS TO RELEVANT ACADEMIC PAPERS AND REPORTS. IN 2024 THE WBISR HOSTED MORE THAN 6,200 OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. SINCE 2014 WBISR HAS BEEN VISITED OVER 3.8 MILLION TIMES BY INDIVIDUALS FROM 232 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REPRESENTING 35,000 INSTITUTIONS. IN 2024 WBISR HAD OVER 576,000 USERS INCREASING BY 26% COMPARED TO 2023.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $70.8K

  • Healthy Humane Communities Initiative

    HEALTHY HUMANE COMMUNITIES: DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VALUED AT $114,850. WBI EXAMINES THE INTRICATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN URBAN AREAS HIGHLIGHTING THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE. WBI CONTINUES TO LEAD THE CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OF UKRAINE FOLLOWING THE CONFLICT. WBI CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH WITH SHELTERS IN UKRAINE. IN COSTA RICA WBI TRACKED THE IMPACT OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE AND ITS EFFORTS TO SEIZE ANIMALS FROM ABUSIVE SITUATIONS IN 2016 AND TRANSFER THEM TO A WBI PARTNER SHELTER. THIS SHELTERS INTAKE INCREASED FROM 2,018 IN 2015 TO 12,383 IN 2022 WHILE ITS ADOPTIONS GREW FROM 1,825 TO 11,879 OVER THE SAME PERIOD. IN 2024 THE COSTA RICAN GOVERNMENTS SEIZURES OF ANIMALS FROM ABUSIVE SITUATIONS DECREASED BY 50% POSSIBLY INDICATING POSITIVE CHANGES IN HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $12.8K

  • Sustainability and Well-Being Initiative

    SUSTAINABILITY: PEOPLE ANIMALS AND ENVIRONMENT: DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VALUED AT $75,887. WBI INVESTIGATES THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PEOPLE ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT HIGHLIGHTING THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE. FOLLOWING A U.N. ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM INITIATIVE WBI CREATED A SPECIAL EXHIBIT IN THE WBISR ILLUSTRATING THE LINKS BETWEEN ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. COLLABORATING WITH PARTNER NGOS WBI TACKLES HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICTS AND WORKS ON PRESERVING THE CONNECTIVITY OF NATURAL AREAS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL WELL-BEING. ADDITIONALLY WBI CONDUCTS A "FEEL BETTER" CAMPAIGN TO URGE INDIVIDUALS TO ADOPT DAILY PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. THIS CAMPAIGN EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN PROMOTING A HARMONIOUS BALANCE AMONG PEOPLE ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH THESE ENDEAVORS WBI AIMS TO BOOST AWARENESS ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND STEER POSITIVE CHANGE TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $5.2K