2016-11-10T16:29:59-06:00 2015-12-31 420714325 RSM US LLP 1 S WACKER DRIVE STE 800 CHICAGO IL 60606 990 2015-01-01 364219778 PAWS Chicago PAWS 7739357297 1997 N Clybourn Avenue Chicago IL 60614 Paula J Fasseas Chairman 7739357297 2016-11-10 1 Zack Fortsch P00052725 3126343400 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Paula J Fasseas 1997 N Clybourn Avenue Chicago IL 60614 21571706 0 X www.pawschicago.org X 1998 IL PAWS Chicago is a national model in No Kill animal welfare, offering robust adoption and spay/neuter programs. 22 22 237 2000 48140 0 11609561 14959514 2012478 2074119 1442251 777286 277271 -422601 15341561 17388318 0 0 0 0 5287140 6347305 10528 48000 526584 5001067 5339712 10298735 11735017 5042826 5653301 36448022 40843199 586683 781556 35861339 40061643 X PAWS Chicago's mission is to build No Kill communities, starting with a No Kill Chicago; to end pet overpopulation; and to transform animal welfare by setting higher standards. Since its founding, the number of pets killed each year in Chicago has been reduced by 80 percent. PAWS Chicago's lifesaving success is rooted in The No Kill Model, which can be replicated and scaled in any community. The foundation of all lifesaving is community engagement. By raising awareness about pet homelessness and engaging people in lifesaving efforts, we can make lasting change for animals. PAWS Chicago's mission-critical programs - our No Kill pillars of Prevention, Adoption, Animal Health & Behavior, and Volunteers -- sit atop this foundation. These are the robust programs that are essential to building No Kill communities. 0 0 3941105 143021 Animal Health & Behavior:Committing to the life of each treatable pet and providing all medical treatment and behavioral enrichment needed to optimize health and wellbeing is one of the most critical elements of No Kill. Because of our expert veterinary and behavior teams, we are one of the few shelters in the country that can treat and rehabilitate a large volume of sick, injured and behaviorally challenged animals. In 2015, we had a 97.87 percent Save Rate, even while taking in a vulnerable population of animals. Shelter Medicine: The Medical Center - the first stop for homeless animals when they arrive at PAWS-treats the most serious cases onsite. We also utilize a robust foster network for pets receiving more simple treatment. In 2015, more than 41,000 vaccinations, microchips and blood tests were provided and PAWS treated more than 350 animals that had been exposed to the Canine Influenza Virus. Training & Behavior Enrichment: The PAWS Training & Foster Care Center is home to our innovative dog training and enrichment programming and a hub to expand our geographic reach to new foster families. Through this center, our team of behavior professionals and trained volunteers provide our homeless dogs with one-on-one and group training, agility and enrichment. In 2015, 152 behaviorally challenged dogs found new loving homes. Expanding the Medical Center: With the progress we are seeing in Chicago, healthy animals are being saved in record numbers at the city pound, which means we are seeing a sicker population of animals in need of rescue, requiring enhanced medical resources to treat. To save more lives, PAWS Chicago is launching a major expansion of our Medical Center and shelter medicine program to increase our capacity to take in sick and injured animals. 3192277 951030 Prevention & Spay/Neuter:Preventing unwanted pets from being born is key to building a No Kill Chicago. The majority of stray, feral and unwanted pets originate in low income, under resourced communities. With the PAWS Chicago Lurie Clinic located in Little Village and the GusMobile Spay/Neuter Van, which brings life-saving solutions directly to neighborhoods most in need, we performed 18,418 spay/neuter surgeries in 2015. Seventy-four percent of client surgeries were provided free of charge. Outreach Efforts: Broadening our spay/neuter reach and meeting people who would never knew about PAWS Chicago's support and resources is the key objective of our PAWS for Life outreach efforts. Our first neighborhood of focus is Englewood, where more than 49 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. PAWS achieved spay/neuter conversion rate of about 90 percent of all unaltered pets they met through this program. Trap-Neuter-Return: PAWS Chicago's feral cat Trap Neuter Return (TNR) program is another critical aspect of our targeted spay/neuter approach. It is aimed at proactively sterilizing and managing the free roaming cat population, the source of thousands of unwanted kittens born each year. TNR reduces the number of animals entering the sheltering system each year while also saving kittens and finding them adoptive homes. In 2015, PAWS performed 4,867 spay/neuter surgeries on feral cats. 2200320 980068 Adoption:Rescuing homeless pets and uniting them with their new families is at the forefront of what we do. Through PAWS Chicago's adoption centers, offsite events and innovative programming, 5,987 animals found loving homes in 2015.While saving and adopting pets from the local community is PAWS Chicago's primary mission, because of the progress we have made in Chicago, we are able to rescue and find homes for at risk animals from other states. Our dog spay/neuter efforts have been so successful that in Chicago all the puppies at the city pound are being rescued, and there are more families wanting to adopt puppies than the Chicago rescue community can provide. To meet adoption demand, we have developed relationships with groups in Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi to save puppies who would otherwise be killed.Pippen Fasseas Adoption Center: The Pippen Fasseas Adoption Center in Lincoln Park, which opened in 2007, redefined animal sheltering as the first cageless, state-of-the-art, No Kill shelter in the Midwest. Glenn L. Felner Adoption Center: PAWS Chicago's first satellite adoption facility, the Glenn L. Felner Adoption Center, represents an important step in PAWS Chicago's mission to expand lifesaving and build No Kill communities. Located inside the Highland Park Petco, the center was responsible for 622 adoptions in 2015. PAWS also holds innovative on-site adoption events like our spring and Holiday 36-Hour Adopt-a-Thons to raise awareness and bring in the community, resulting in more lives saved. Offsite Adoption Events: In addition, through our Angels with Tails off-site adoption events in Chicago and various suburban locations, we bring adoptable animals to high-traffic shopping centers and retail stores where people will stop, play with the animals and think about adopting. PAWS Chicago also hosted additional offsite adoption events almost every weekend during 2015. 497502 Volunteers are the life-force behind PAWS Chicago's operations and an essential ingredients to building a No Kill Chicago. In 2015, volunteers dedicated 117,007 hours of service, fulfilling the work of 56 full time employees. And this doesn't even include foster families who took in and cared for animals in need. During 2015, 2,841 animals were placed in foster care. In addition to the time they commit to PAWS Chicago, volunteers are also our ambassadors, reaching new people and engaging new communities in the cause of homeless animals through their everyday interactions. 615789 Community engagement is the foundation for creating lasting change for animals and is the basis upon which all of our programs are built. Shining a light on pet homelessness-and the resultant killing-has mobilized thousands of people to get involved in our cause by adopting, volunteering, fostering, advocating for and donating to homeless pets. We continued to raise awareness by working with the media to promote the cause of homeless pets, as well as through our web site, social media and PAWS Chicago Magazine, which has the largest circulation of any Chicago magazine publication. Impacting the Broader Movement: Through our No Kill model in action, PAWS Chicago is also is leading a movement, creating a community and preparing the foundation to be able to share our learnings on a national basis. Every year, we welcome shelters, rescue groups and individuals from around the country to shadow our operations. Our teams help start-up adoption groups and spay/neuter clinics around the world. 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Part X, Line 2: The Organization is a not-for-profit corporation exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code except for income derived from unrelated business activities, as defined under the Internal Revenue Code. There was no provision for income tax required for 2015. The Organization's federal Forms 990 and 990-T for 2015, 2014, and 2013 are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service, generally for three years after they are filed. In addition, the Organization's state Forms AG990-IL and IL990-T are subject to examination by the state tax authority for similar years. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Special Events Expenses 1,074,593. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Special Events Expenses 1,074,593. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 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) William and Maria Smithburg are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors; 4)Barbara Bradford and Robert Sherman are married. They are major fundraisers and contributors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 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. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c 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. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Chairman of the Board and President perform an annual comparison of PAWS Chicago's 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. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 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 organization's website www.pawschicago.org.