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Starlight Outreach and Rescue

Lighting the Way for Abandoned Pets to Find Their Forever Homes

aka Starlight Outreach and Rescue   |   Alvin, TX   |  www.starlightoutreachandrescue.org

Mission

Starlight Outreach and Rescue supports Houston-area shelters to provide better quality of life for stray and abandoned animals, provide medical attention beyond the scope/capabilities of the facilities, and provide fostering and rescue services for animals with special needs. Some of the services we provide are: - Transportation to veterinarian appointments - Foster care - Medications - Specialized/prescription foods - Long and short term housing of pets - Equipment for shelters - And more We also serve the community directly by helping with medical care for families who love their pets, but cannot afford special treatment. These families would be forced to turn their pets into shelter without our help.

Ruling year info

2018

Principal Officer

Amy P Castro

Main address

P.O. Box 1642

Alvin, TX 77512 USA

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EIN

82-3878915

NTEE code info

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Starlight Outreach and Rescue (S.O.A.R.) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, foster-based animal rescue serving Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties in Texas. Starlight was established in 2017 to support the efforts of local area shelters to provide a better quality of life for stray and abandoned animals, medical attention beyond the scope/capabilities of the facilities, and fostering and rescue services for animals with special needs.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Save a Heartworm Positive Dog

This is a specific fundraising effort whereby we cover the cost of heartworm positive dogs who might otherwise be euthanized and if not, are at minimum less likely to be adopted. We offset the cost of treatment, or pay for it entirely depending on the potential adopter's budget.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of animals with freedom from pain

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In 2023 we helped more special needs and hard to place pets. As a result, animals spent more days in foster and fewer animals taken in. We also helped more owned/at risk animals not included here.

Average number of days of shelter stay for animals

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

In 2023 we took in many more special needs and hard-to-place animals which impacted both length of stay and total animals helped.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Starlight Outreach and Rescue (S.O.A.R.) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, foster-based animal rescue serving Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties in Texas. Starlight was established in 2017 to support the efforts of local area shelters to provide a better quality of life for stray and abandoned animals, medical attention beyond the scope/capabilities of the facilities, and fostering and rescue services for animals with special needs.

As we’ve grown, our mission has too! Since we began, we’ve expanded our efforts beyond helping shelters to include:

Directly rescuing animals from the streets of the community and providing medical care and housing until they find forever homes

Trap/Neuter/Return services for community cats to keep cat colony populations from growing and animals healthier

Community outreach to loving community members whose pets need medical care beyond their financial needs to avoid having these families make the agonizing decision to either euthanize their treatable pet or give it up to a shelter to receive care

Education of the community on rescue-related issues such as the importance of spay/neuter and microchipping and what to do when you find abandoned pets

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to identify actionable feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Starlight Outreach and Rescue

Board of directors
as of 02/02/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Amy Castro

Triad Communication, LLC

Kelsey Castro

Lisa Moguel

Shelley Hyde

Catherine Mergele

Amy Castro

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/2/2024
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 08/11/2021

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Policies and processes
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.