Lawrence Humane Society Inc.

“The committees of the organization are advisory in nature and do not have the authority to act on behalf of the governing board.”

“Board of directors reviewed a preliminary copy of form 990 prior to filing.”

“Board reviews all pay rates annually.”

“Disclosure of governing documents, policies and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Shelter operations: the lawrence humane society accepts and provides temporary care for stray animals found within the city of lawrence, ks and douglas county; animals seized by animal control; pets relinquished by their owners; and animals transferred from other animal welfare agencies lacking time, space, and resources to find positive placement for their animals. During their stay, animals receive daily essential feeding and cleaning, and exercise and enrichment. There is no time limit on how long an animal may stay in the shelter's care and staff work to find a positive outcome for all animals that are friendly, healthy, treatable, and rehabilitatable. Of the 3,629 animals housed at the shelter in 2020, 457 animals were reunited with their owners, 2,991 animals were adopted to new homes, and 36 animals were transferred to other agencies for placement. We achieved an overall live release rate of 95% for 2020. In 2020, the lawrence humane society completed a full year of operations in a new 20,000 sq. Ft. Facility. The new shelter, made possible through generous donations from supporters, has significantly improved daily shelter operations. It offers lower-stress animal housing with less risk of disease spread. The new facility was also designed to be community-centric, with a multipurpose meeting room for community use, a pet resource center to provide aid to pet owners and prevent pet surrender, and a vet clinic with increased capacity to offer low cost public veterinary services to community members struggling to access care.”

“Community engagement: in 2020 lawrence humane has made enormous strides to serve our community in more holistic ways outside of just being a place where people go to either surrender or adopt animals. We believe that the future of animal sheltering includes work that happens outside the shelter, so we actively partner with other community organizations and social service agencies, including - but not limited to - our local food bank, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and youth-serving organizations. In october 2020 we launched the crisis pet retention (cpr) fund with the goal of helping pets and people stay together through poverty, houselessness, job loss, and other systemic issues and inequities. The cpr fund assists community members with pet deposits/pet rent; essential pet supplies (pet food, litter, crates, etc.); basic, essential veterinary care (spay/neuter, vaccines, microchips, etc.); emergency and specialty veterinary care; behavior consulting; and temporary boarding for pets whose owners are in crisis. In 2020 250 individual households were assisted with veterinary care, housing support, pet food, pet supplies, and/or behavioral support. Those 250 households translated to 383 individual animals that lhs was able to keep with their owners by providing assistance through the cpr fund.”

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