Midcoast Humane

Midcoast Humane's strategies are introspective, yet comported to achieve the greatest impact on the lives of the animals and people in our community. We align our standards of care to complement our plans for long-term financial sustainability, driven by an engaged and goal-driven Board that supports the organization’s short- and long-term strategic priorities. Focused and diverse business lines to sustain the organization, while supporting community needs, will improve our current revenue streams, manage costs, and balance the operating budget, allowing continued effort to support, and maintain a sustainable and proactive volunteer structure that supports shelter operations and helps to achieve agency and program outcomes. Stakeholder engagement and communication will support organizational capacity, as we continue to build and grow a robust development program that maintains trust, solid customer service, proactive communication, and results based accountability, fostering new and expanded partnerships. These activities are standard industry best practices to establish long-term organizational sustainability within the non-profit community and animal sheltering organizations. The activities have been established and adopted by the Board of Directors and senior staff, and incorporated into the organization’s current three-year strategic plan to ensure internal buy-in and implementation. Each of these activities requires a strategic plan that incorporates Board and staff engagement, cooperation, and support, in order to establish and achieve successful outcomes.

Midcoast Humane's capacity to achieve its goals are rooted in a dedicated staff and passionate volunteer program, 300-strong. We rely on our partnerships and collaborations to improve our impact on the lives of animals and people in our community, in tandem with sustainable, industry best practices in the shelter. Driven by an engaged Board of Directors, our senior leadership empowers the organization to continuously thrive and achieve our goals and objectives.

Midcoast Humane's progress indicators are marked by a global understanding of the organization's needs and capacities of our stakeholders; staff, Board members, volunteers, animal welfare and community organizations, Town Managers, Animal Control Officers, adopters, funders, donors, and vendors. Using shelter management software, tracking outcomes, and evaluating our successes and challenges in quarterly senior team meetings will be used to inform future shelter practices, and program outreach and engagement. Fundraising goals, volunteer participation, community and Board approval are also important indicators toward progress.

Midcoast Humane has accomplished an impressive network of supporters, funders, donors and volunteers, who support this organization. These connections allow Midcoast Humane to expand further into our community and increase our ability to impact the lives of the animals and people in our community. We have engaged in a number of successful community events and fundraisers, raising awareness, and benefiting the community at large. With continued support and an implacable network of stakeholders, Midcoast Humane will evolve further, to encompass a larger community benefit, touching the lives of animals and people, keeping beloved pets in their homes, providing excellent medical care, spay/neuter and life-saving surgeries, vaccinations, preventatives, and microchips for those in our care, helping them to find their forever homes.