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For the Love of Cats Inc.

Saving lives in SW Florida since 2002

Naples, FL   |  http://www.fortheloveofcatsfl.com

Mission

Our mission is to end the cruelty of pet over-population. Our programs include working with the community to sterilize stray, community and feral cats through TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), assisting the low income public in need with low cost spay/neuter, wellness and emergency veterinary care along with other support programs to help people to keep their pets.

Notes from the nonprofit

The founders and the Board of Directors of For the Love of Cats have a long-term sustainable strategic plan to enable the organization to continue to grow and meet the needs of the animal welfare community and the pets of the underserved families of Collier County. Since 2002, our work has formalized into specific programs in response to the unmet needs of the community. Our goal is to continue to evaluate, expand and create programs that help save feline lives and help families keep their pets. Our vision is a world where all cat's lives matter.

Ruling year info

2006

President

Jan Rich

Vice President

Jim Rich

Main address

4915 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd #230

Naples, FL 34113 USA

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EIN

20-4188963

NTEE code info

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

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Domestic cats and kittens are being abandoned due to lack of resources and education. There is estimated to be over 50,000 abandoned cats in Collier County, FL. Reasons for abandonment include irresponsible pet ownership, lack of available shelter and rescue capacity, lack of convenient low cost or free spay/neuter services, lack of individual resources for pet deposits and premiums on rental properties, lack of affordable pet friendly apartments and condominiums. Lack of low cost veterinary wellness and emergency care.

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?

TNR for Feral Cats of Marco Island and surrounding communities

Trap, Neuter, Return is a full management program for free roaming cats. The cats are sterilized, vaccinated and returned to their location under the lifelong care of volunteers who provide daily food, water and health monitoring.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Emergency and Wellness Veterinary Care for cats of low income families who cannot afford the care to save the life of their pet who would otherwise be abandoned or euthanized for lack of funding for care.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people

Adoption fee is paid for adopters over 55 who adopt a cat over 5 years old. Adopter also received a complete care kit for the cat including litter, litter pan, litter scoop, canned food, dry food, toys food bowls and pet carrier at no charge to them. This program is available to all rescue groups in Collier County and Domestic Animal Services of Collier County, FL.

Population(s) Served
Seniors

Sterilization costs for cats owned by qualified low income families are paid for as well as basic vaccinations.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Accreditations

Guidestar Gold Member 2014

Great Nonprofits Top Rated Nonprofit 2014

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2015

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2016

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2017

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2018

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2019

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2020

Great Non-Profits Top Rated Non-Profit 2021

Awards

Walter Turkin Award 2009

Humane Society of Naples

Affiliations & memberships

Great Nonprofits Top Rated Nonprofit 2022

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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.

Dollars donated to support advocacy efforts

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

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of overall donors

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

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

2016 is the first year with new Contact Management Software where we can accurately track donor and support activity.

Number of animals with freedom from discomfort

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Help em, Keep em

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Cats and kittens of low income families in need of emergency or wellness veterinary care to save them from abandonment or euthanasia.

Number of animals with freedom from fear and distress

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Seniors for Seniors

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Senior cats over 5 years old whose adoption fee and complete supply kit were paid for through our Seniors for Seniors Program enriching the lives of senior citizens and saving the lives of older cats.

Number of animals with freedom from hunger and thirst

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

TNR for Feral Cats of Marco Island and surrounding communities

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

TNR (trap, neuter, return) is a full management program for feral, community and free roaming cats that includes sterilization, rabies vaccination, ear notch along with daily food and water.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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.

Our goal is the end the cruelty of pet abandonment.

Our strategies include programs that address the various causes and effects of cat abandonment.
Our most important program is TNR (trap, neuter, return) to help control the population of free roaming, community and feral cats already of the street to slow the birth of kittens that overwhelm shelters and rescues almost year round here in Florida.
Help 'em Keep 'em is a program that addresses the financial shortfall of low income families to properly care for their cats on a spay/neuter, wellness and emergency basis to prevent these cats from being abandoned or euthanized.
Seniors for Seniors is an adoption incentive program that pays for the adoption fee and supplies a turnkey care kit to senior citizens adopting a senior cat throughout Collier County, FL to promote and increase adoptions of senior cats that are usually the last to be adopted.

We have over 70 volunteers that share our vision and mission.The majority of our volunteers have been with us over 5 years. We are a dedicated group of people willing to do whatever it takes to rescue/save, help and nurture to make a difference for the abandoned cats and kittens in our community.

We have stabilized the feral cat population of our local communities of Marco Island, Isles of Capri and Goodland, Florida after using our TNR program to sterilize over 3000 cats since 2002 and adopted out over 2500 rescued cats and kittens . We have additionally used our TNR program to sterilize another 3000+ cats throughout Collier County, Florida. The key to a TNR program is management of the cats in our local communities that includes year round feeding and monitoring for health issues as well as the rescue of any abandoned domestic cats and kittens. This is an ongoing responsibility of the organization.

Help 'em Keep 'em wellness and emergency veterinary care program for low income families has helped almost 300 cats at a cost of almost $50,000 since 2009. We are expanding this program beyond the one veterinary office that we have been working with to include several more veterinarians and the 24 hour emergency facility to we can increase our ability to help more cats of low income families in need. We are the only non-profit organization in the county offering this program.

Seniors for Seniors program has increased the adoptions of senior cats in Collier County by almost 160 cats since its beginning in 2010. The program was expanded in 2016 to include all rescues in Collier County. We will be continuing to promote the program by offering updated posters, press promotion, online promotion and expanded availability of the turnkey supply kit.

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 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 collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, 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, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, 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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For the Love of Cats Inc.

Board of directors
as of 02/01/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Jan Rich

For the Love of Cats, Inc.

Term: 2002 - 2024


Board co-chair

Jim Rich

For the Love of Cats, Inc.

Term: 2002 - 2024

Jan Rich

President

Jim Rich

Vice President

Bobbie Confer

Director

Ann Daly

Treasurer

Melody Kappauf

Secretary

Kim McIntosh

Director

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 ? No
  • 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? Yes
  • 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? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/1/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/01/2024

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • 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 employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • 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.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • 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.