Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Out mission is to build a no kill Louisville, where no adoptable animal is euthanized because of resources, space, or economics. Animals are put down in our city shelters due to lack of space. Our work is geared to getting those adoptable animals out of the shelter, into foster care, until they can be adopted, thus giving space for new animals to enter the shelter without putting the currently housed animals at risk.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Pet Food Bank
Providing free pet food to low or no income families to keep their pets at home and out of our shelters.
Foster/Adoption Program
We pull homeless animals that are at risk of euthanasia from shelters and place them info foster care until they are adopted to forever homes.
Fixing the Future
When grants or donations are available, we will offer low cost or free spay/neuter surgeries for low or no income families. Fixing unaltered animals prevents unwanted litters and reduces the amount of animals that are surrendered to shelters.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To help make Louisville a no kill city where are all shelters are no kill, having a 90% live release rate.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our current programs are instrumental in our mission.
Our spay/neuter program offers low or no cost spay/neuter surgeries, preventing unwanted litters.
Our Pet Food Bank helps provide food and supplies to low or no income families that are struggling to feed their animals. Keeping healthy and happy animals in homes where they are loved and out of the shelters.
Our Foster/Adoption program pulls adoptable animals from shelters and places them in foster care until they can be adopted. Thus, giving space for new animals to enter the shelter without putting the currently housed animals at risk.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are an all-volunteer organization comprised of a "working" Board of Directors, several committees, and many hard-working, compassionate volunteers. We communicate well, are committed to seeing our goals through, and are dedicated to the life saving work. Our volunteers offer a variety of skills which help us continue successful programs to save more animals lives.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
With our biggest goal of helping our city shelter gain and maintain no kill status, our next goal is to build our own No Kill Facility where we can offer run all our programs in house and help house animals that are needing to find forever homes.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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NO KILL LOUISVILLE
Board of directorsas of 06/26/2022
Mrs. Rebecca Ficklin
Debra Miller
Jeremy Ficklin
Ruthetta Ashley
Brenda Vasquez
Jessica Mueller
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? No -
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? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- 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 seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.