Greyhound Adoption Center

“Gac has members who receive occasional newsletters and information for their membership donation. The members have no voting authority.”

“The 990 is prepared by an independent cpa firm and is reviewed by management and the board of directors prior to the annual filing of the return.”

“Each director, principal oficer, member of the board of directors, or any employee or volunteer who can influence the actions of gac shall annually sign a statement which affirms the person: 1. Has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy; 2. Has read and understands the policy; 3. Has agreed to comply with the policy; and 4. Understands gac is charitable and in order to maintain its tax exemption must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“Greyhound adoption center is governed by an all-volunteer board of directors and volunteer management. There are no paid directors, officers, executive staff, or management.”

“Greyhound adoption center is governed by an all-volunteer board of directors and volunteer management. There are no paid directors, officers, executive staff, or management.”

“Gac makes its governing documents, policies, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990 is also available at guidestar.org.”

“Our mission is to find loving homes for rescued dogs, mostly racetrack greyhounds, but also non-racers and greyhound mixes. Our goal is to save as many dogs as we can while maintaining a quality program focused on each individual dog and prospective adopters' needs. To this end, we serve as advocates for each person adopting and each dog welcomed into their home as family.”

“Conditioning running during the hot san diego summers, and we keep the dogs warm in the winter. Our facility is licensed, clean and well-maintained; our dogs are secure and comfortable. We manage expenses in a professional, businesslike manner. In 2017, gac sheltered between 55 and 70 dogs at a time in the shelter and in foster homes. 131 dogs were taken into the shelter during the year, 125 were adopted, 4 dogs died or were euthanized while at gac. Euthanized animals were primarily due to cancer conditions in older dogs. Spay and neuter surgeries totaled 108 in 2017, and 64 hounds were sheltered at december 31, 2017.”

“Splinting, bandaging and rest, and at worst, expensive surgery and lengthy recuperation. Greyhounds requiring specialty medical treatment totaled 28 in 2017. Medical conditions included eye problems, broken bones (sometimes requiring amputation of limbs), internal medical issues, heart conditions, and seizures. Gac provided funds that totaled 57,084 for the treatment of specialty medical conditions. Gac intends to increase fundraising efforts to continue to provide treatment for severely injured greyhounds in the future, and possibly to improve racetrack conditions at the caliente mexico racetrack to attempt to reduce the number of severely injured greyhounds.”

“Veterinary services 94,204 0 0 educational video preparation 35,598 0 0 total 129,802 0 0”