Animal Protective Association of Missouri
Bringing People and Pets Together
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The APA Adoption Center helps bring people and pets together through adoption, educational and outreach programs, and wellness initiatives.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Veterinary Clinic
The APA Veterinary Clinic provides routine care including vaccinations, heartworm medication and flea treatment at a reduced rate.
Pet Adoption
We find homes for over 3,500 animals each year. We strive to find each animal a loving home and our average length of stay for animals is 4 days.
Humane Education
Our humane education program serves people of all ages. We have Tuesday Tails which is story time for our youngest animal lovers, curriculum for school aged children, and our PetReach program visits seniors in nursing homes and hospitals.
Wellness and Outreach
The APA understands that keeping people and pets together is important. We also know that high-quality wellness is important to maintain a healthy pet population. Our outreach and wellness initiatives help address the needs of pets living in poverty and those with limited resources. The primary focus of these initiatives is on spaying/neutering and vaccinations, but also providing other things that help pets remain where they should be - in their home with the family who loves them.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of animal adoptions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Pet Adoption
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of lost animals reunited with their owners.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Pet Adoption
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of animals transferred to organization for a 2nd chance at adoption.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Pet Adoption
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Animals benefiting from foster care program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Pet Adoption
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of pet patient visits in the APA's low-cost wellness clinic.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Veterinary Clinic
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of services provided through Pet Partners, our community outreach program addressing the needs of pets living in poverty.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Wellness and Outreach
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Pet Partners is a program designed to help address the needs of pets living in poverty in order to improve wellness and keep pets where they belong - in their home.
Number of pets cared for through Safe Care & Crisis Housing, an APA program that assists individuals escaping domestic violence or sex trafficking situations, or those experiencing housing instability.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
SafeCare and Crisis Housing programs helps individuals experiencing domestic violence or housing instability by caring for their pet at no cost while they find stable housing and get to safety.
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of spay/neuter surgeries preformed prior to adoption
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Pet Adoption
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our main focus is bringing people and pets together. We accomplish this in a number of ways, including adoption, education, outreach and wellness programs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We work with the community and a variety of partners to find new homes for healthy, adoptable pets. Through our transfer program, we are also able to help place adoptable pets that are brought to our shelter from rural areas where adoption is more difficult. We provide a variety of educational programs aimed to teach children about safe interactions with animals, as well as how to keep animals healthy. For our senior community members, we offer programs to enrich their lives and provide interactions with companion animals without the long-term commitment of pet ownership. Through our Pet Partners program, we also help keep people and pets together in vulnerable communities, by providing needed resources, like food and vaccines, while raising awareness of free spay and neuter services. Finally, we offer a number of wellness programs at our shelter, including a veterinary wellness clinic, a free spay/neuter service, and community wellness events in collaboration with partners.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The APA has a number of community partners who provide support for our work. We are especially proud to be a Purina-fed and supported shelter. In addition, we receive a significant level of charitable support from generous community donors and friends. Our board members work hard to ensure that the APA is well positioned to continue our long history of bringing people and pets together. Staff are well-trained and bring years of experience working with animals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
2020 was another great year for the APA --
Adoptions = 3,519
Lost pets reunited with families = 133
Animals transferred to the APA for a 2nd chance = 2,526
Pets benefiting from our Foster Care Program = 1,928
Children reached by No More Bullying Program = 140
Volunteer Hours = 33,276 hours completed by 392 volunteers
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 collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, 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, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently
Financials
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Animal Protective Association of Missouri
Board of directorsas of 08/24/2023
Marissa Curran
Commercial Liability Partners, LLC
Annie Castellano
Edward Jones
Annie Castellano
Marissa Curran
Sandra Lehrer
Patrick Barry
Shawn Simmons
Suzie Craft
John Lynn
Debbie Caplin
Jason Ellis
Jason Gagne
Matthew Murphy
Timothy Bahr
Marvin Crumer
Brandon Hall
Susy Tejayadi
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 ? Yes -
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? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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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 employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- 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 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.