Animal Samaritans Spca Inc

“The CEO and Board Finance Committee, which includes the Board Treasurer, reviews the form 990 prior to its filing.”

“Board members, officers, employees, and volunteers are required to report to the board any actual or perceived conflicts of interest. The board reviews all such transactions to determine if a conflict exists and ensure all such transactions are not for the benefit of the individual but the organization.”

“The Board Finance Committee and / or Executive Committee is authorized to make recommendations to the full Board of Directors regarding executive compensation.”

“Verification of our 501 (c) (3) nonprofit status is posted on Candid (formerly Guidestar) and Charity Navigator.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Animal Companion Therapy: In 2023, our ACT volunteers and their therapy dogs continued seeing more local residents as restrictions and anxieties from the COVID 19 pandemic continued to lift. In total, our Pet Therapy Volunteers and their canine ambassadors logged 1068 hours of volunteer services, an increase of 861 hours over 2022. Additionally, our volunteers and therapy dogs visited 66 participating locations, an increase of 43 locations over last year. Some of these locations included: Atria Senior Assisted Living, Banyan Treatment Center, Brookdale Assisted Living & Memory Care, Destiny Hospice, Neuro Rehabilitation Center, John Glenn Middle School, Palm Springs High School and The Bob Hope USO. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Animal Rescue: This charitable resource for adoptable, treatable at-risk homeless shelter animals is provided free of charge to the County of Riverside and greater Desert community. Last year we rescued 693 animals from Riverside County Animal Shelter in Thousand Palms, an average of 58 animals per month. This was a decrease of 184 animals over 2023. Because our Animal Rescuer retired in August, the program was without a rescuer the last quarter of the year while we recruited and interviewed candidates to fill this important role. Throughout 2023, we worked with 279 animal rescue agencies. Specifically, the numbers for 2023 show we rescued 364 adult dogs, 258 puppies, 24 adult cats, and 27 kittens from RCAS. Additionally, we saved another 20 pets, including: Adult domesticated rabbits, wild bottle baby rabbits, turtles and tortoises, domesticated chickens, guinea pigs and hamsters, and two bearded dragons.”