ANIMAL CARE TRUST
Saving Animals. Helping People.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are working to end overpopulation and animal homelessness.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Fetch-A-Book Program
The program is focused on combining the love of animals as a means to provide an incentive to read. The program has several facets such as the in-house reading program at the McKamey Animal Center that allows schools and organizations to transport youth to the center for a program that consists of a brief humane ethics presentation followed by a reading session for each child with their own shelter dog or cat to read to. This helps to enhance the human/animal bond between the children and the animals that are so despair for companionship. Twice a week** McKamey staff and or volunteers bring shelter dogs to the schools in several of the undeserved areas of the community where we meet with sixth graders to introduce them to pets while engaging them in reading to those pets. Our goal is to familiarize them with dogs and improve their reading skills.
**please note some program restrictions may be in place due to Covid-19**
Volunteer Program
The volunteer program enlists citizens to provide a variety of tasks at McKamey Animal Center from walking dogs, scooping litter pans, providing customer service to animal behavior modification and special events. The program consists of over 400 volunteers and is responsible for over 16,000 volunteer hours annually.
Safety Net
Emergency boarding for pets of domestic abuse victims
Free Vaccinations, flea treatments, spay/neuter surgeries for pets of homeless people in Chattanooga
Low cost, high quality and volume clinic services to low income families in Chattanooga
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of animals with freedom from hunger and thirst
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
Numbers of animals brought into the shelter over the course of the year.
Number of animals with freedom from fear and distress
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of animals with freedom from discomfort
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of animals with freedom to express normal behavior
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of animals with freedom from pain
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of animals rehomed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The number of animals adopted through our adoption Center.
Number of animals rescued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Adoptions and owner reclaims combined
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of animals spayed and neutered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of sheltered animals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
This calculates the total dogs and cats cared for. Please note other animals may have been cared for during the calendar year that are not reflected in these numbers.
Average number of animals spayed and neutered per day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total dollars of operating costs per animal per day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of full-time staff members per animal
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
* Educate the public about overall animal welfare
* Diminish the number of shelter animals in need
* Reunite pets with owners
* Provide spay/neuter & vaccination resources
* Be a Referral Center for Pet Resources
* Promote adoptions, transfers, transporting and responsible pet ownership
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The model for McKamey should be to educate the general public to allow a greater community understanding of a shared desire for improvement in animal welfare in Chattanooga. Important components of are to continue a focus on spay/neuter as the key ingredient of a resolution to pet overpopulation. Other important factors are influencing and educating not only our own community but surrounding municipalities. Daily calls from other communities requesting assistance with animal issues to will only end when every community is accepting their role in animal welfare. Many grants are available for programs such as these, but there are very few communities proactive enough to take advantage of the myriad of possibilities. It is the goal of the McKamey Center to work with local resources to obtain national grants that will aid Chattanooga residents in need of assistance with providing proper animal care.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
* Manage Homeless Pet Population
* Excellent Customer Service
* Active team of Board and Volunteers
* Highly Trained and Evolved Management and Staff
* Spay/Neuter Clinic
* Community Clinic for Vaccinations & General Services (low income clients not served by local veterinarians)
* City Animal Services
* Education Center for Animal Welfare
* Training Center for Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians
* Responsive to local Media
* Social Service Agencies
* Community at Large
* Other Animal Welfare Organizations
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
o Quality of life is of paramount concern at the McKamey Center. Although we have not had to euthanize for space we do not believe in “warehousing" animals. We are very cognizant to the needs of each individual animal. For some animals six months living in the Center is just part of a desirable routine, for others it would be torture. Owner relinquished animals historically do not do well in a shelter environment. Being shut off from the family routine and living in an environment of confinement and constant noise is very emotionally stressful for many of these animals.
o Nationally accepted, standardized behavior assessment training through has raised our staff knowledge to a new level. Behavior assessments are conducted on an ongoing basis to help the McKamey Assessment Team filter through and monitor the state of mind of the animals in the Center. In this way we strive to prevent adoption of animals that are "not adoptable" due to behavior or medical issues and allow animals in need to have additional enrichment. Using this model enables the McKamey Center to be a facility that focuses on the rescue, quality of life and re-homing of animals suitable to be pets.
The addition of responsible, trained middle managers has allowed McKamey to exceed many of the original expectations. Changes in how animal services are provided in Chattanooga have occurred as a direct result of the influence of McKamey.
o Weekly rabies clinics
o Proactive community animal standards
o Ordinance changes, cruelty investigation/prosecution, enforcement
o Licensing as a means to give incentives for spay/neuter of animals
o Programs to reduce overpopulation
o Programs to increase public awareness of animal welfare
o Community collaboration with other animal organizations
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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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
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, 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 demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), 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
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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ANIMAL CARE TRUST
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Ms Lee Towery
Karla McKamey
Capital Toyota
Term: 2019 -
Doug Swafford
Charles Sanford
Astec Industries, Inc.
Karla McKamey-Valadez
Capital Toyota
Robert Jackson
Retired
Bruce Baird
Cynthia Dale
Ellie LaPorte
Allie McKamey
Lexus of Chattanooga
Board leadership practices
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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? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.