Safe Humane

“Cynthia Bathurst (President and Executive Director) and James F. Rodgers (Treasurer) are married.”

“The Board of Directors were emailed a copy before filing.”

“At every Board meeting in which agreements, events or partnerships of any sort come up, the Conflict of Interest policy is reviewed and any potential conflict of interest is noted and resolved.”

“This process was undertaken for the Executive Director before the decision was made for the organization to hire her in 2012. The Executive Committee of the Board, excluding the Executive Director, conducted a review of compensation for comparable positions in non-profit and for-profit organizations in the Chicago area and through such organizations as GuideStar. The Executive Committee presented the findings without the presence of the Executive Director or Treasurer, who is the spouse of the Executive Director, and a decision was made. The decision is summarized annually, but there was no need for a formal additional salary review in 2013 or 2014 because revenues were insufficient to cover the compensation agreed upon in 2012.”

“Safe Humane makes its governing documents, conflict of interest and other policies, and financial statements available to members of the Board electronically and in copies distributed at meetings or upon request. Copies are also available to the public upon request.”

“VALOR - Veterans Advancing Lives Of Rescues: New and piloted in late 2014, the VALOR program partners U.S. military veterans who are clients in the Veterans Project of the nonprofit Thresholds organization with abused and neglected dogs in Safe Humane's Court Case Dog Program. Five VALOR veterans worked with Court Case Dogs in a structured 8-week education program with two, 2-hour sessions per week for the veteran-dog teams, customized by Safe Humane trainers, with input from mental health professionals, where appropriate. Each veteran-dog team is paired with a skilled handler, supervised by an oversight trainer. The veterans learned new skills as they provided socialization, training and a brighter future for these animals. Quantitative and qualitative measures of outcomes were used to evaluate the program. The pilot was very successful, and the program is to continue in 2015 both with the session for new veterans and with a continuing session for those who graduated from the pilot and wish to continue.”

“$70,302 includes all program-related grant & contract expenses:$68,675 program-related contracts (independent contractors) plus $270.59 program-related stipends for interns.”