Paws Chicago

“1) paula fasseas, chairman, and peter fasseas, board member, are married; 2) alexis fasseas, treasurer and board member is the daughter of peter and paula fasseas; 3) michael and melissa canning are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors; 4)barbara bradford and robert sherman are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors.”

“Before the form 990 is filed it is reviewed in detail by the secretary, treasurer, the chairman of the board, and the independent auditors. After that review and before it is filed, a copy of the form 990 is distributed to all members of the board of directors.”

“Board members and senior staff will annually disclose and promptly update any disclosures previously made to the chairman of the board in the section below that requests them to identify their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest, such as a list of family members, substantial business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members as well as other nonprofit organizations. For each interest disclosed, the chairperson of the board will determine whether the organization should: (a) take no action or (b) disclose the situation more broadly and invite discussion/resolution by the full board of what action to take, or (c) refrain from taking action and otherwise avoid the conflict. In some cases the person with the conflict may be asked to excuse him/herself from sensitive discussions so as not to unduly influence the discussion of the conflict.”

“The chairman of the board and president perform an annual comparison of paws chicagos top management compensation to other similar organizations and by evaluating industry standards. During this evaluation the roles, experience, and level of education are taken into consideration. The process was documented. The executive management, the chief medical officer and human resources department perform annual evaluations of veterinarian and other key management salaries based on experience and areas of specialty.”

“The organization makes its forms 1023, 990, 990-t and its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in irc section 6104(d). In addition, form 990 is commonly available on the organizations website www.pawschicago.org.”

“In summary, 2020 results include 9,453 spay/neuter surgeries; 4,100 adoptions of homeless animals into new, loving families; a 98.17% save rate; 9,606 medical diagnoses treated; 29,889 pounds of food and supplies distributed through the pet food pantry; 2,834 homeless animals placed in foster care; 84,167 hours worked by volunteers (the equivalent of 41 full-time employees); 1,399 pets from under-resourced communities medically treated; and the 18th consecutive year charity navigator's highest 4-star rating. All of paws chicago's programs work toward building no kill communities through the comprehensive no kill model. The foundation of the no kill model is community engagement. Paws chicago's mission-critical programs the no kill pillars of prevention, animal health & behavior, adoption and volunteers sit atop this foundation.”