Raising Aid for Dogs At Risk
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Dogs are already at greater risk in poor, rural shelters, and all the more so for senior dogs, black dogs, hounds, bully breeds, dogs with heartworms or other medical issues, and dogs with special needs. As much as many rescues want to help save these dogs, they often lack the financial resources to do so.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Assisting Dogs At Risk
RADAR provides financial assistance to cover part or all of the costs of necessary veterinary expenses for otherwise adoptable at-risk dogs at rural animal shelters. These are dogs who are least likely to get adopted and whose lives are most at risk in rural shelters (older dogs, black dogs, hound dogs, bully breed mixes, dogs with medical or special needs, etc.). With these needs provided, shelter experience has proven that these dogs are much more likely to be adopted or taken by rescue groups.
In some cases rescue groups cannot cover the costs of transporting these dogs from shelters to the rescue groups. RADAR can assist with these costs. Also, due to shelter overcrowding, sometimes there is a need for dogs awaiting treatment or transport to be temporarily boarded. RADAR can assist with these costs as well.
RADAR limits its assistance to more moderate expenses rather than major expenses so that more at-risk dogs can be helped.
While RADAR is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and operates out of Lancaster, Pa., its program services are provided primarily to at-risk dogs in rural animal shelters in Appalachia and the Southeast.
Shelters and rescue groups interested in RADAR’s assistance are required to be either a government agency (a municipal animal shelter) or a 501(c)(3) organization (animal shelter or rescue group), and complete an initial application. An online application form is available on RADAR’s website. The qualifications and requirements are posted on RADAR’s website on the applications page.
Whenever an approved animal shelter or rescue group needs assistance for a specific dog with a specific need, a request is made using the pre-approved online application form on RADAR’s website. Unlike with shelters seeking grants or fundraising for a specific dog, RADAR provides more immediate financial assistance to quickly get the necessary care for the dog. This assistance is available on an
ongoing, year-round basis, providing RADAR has funds available.
Advocacy for Dogs At Risk
When RADAR agrees to provide financial assistance for a specific dog, it then features that dog on its website (including photos, narrative, estimated cost of assistance, etc.) in a two-fold effort. The first priority is to promote the dog to increase the likelihood of adoption or rescue. The other priority is to use the dog’s story to assist in generating donations to RADAR.
Updates on the dog are posted. When the dog is ultimately adopted, the dog will be included in a webpage gallery of success stories (with photos). In addition to its website, RADAR actively promotes the dogs it assists through all possible means, including social media like Facebook.
Education about Dogs At Risk
RADAR raises awareness and provides information about the plight of at-risk dogs. This is done primarily through its website. For example, the website includes information and videos on the two most common types of at-risk dogs: senior dogs and black dogs. RADAR also uses social media (for example, its Facebook page) to educate the public about at-risk dogs. RADAR also seeks media coverage and participates in dog-friendly events and venues.
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.
Total number of grants awarded
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
Amount shown represents the number of dogs receiving RADAR grants per year.
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Assisting Dogs At Risk
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Amount shown represents the dollar amount that RADAR provides in grant funding per year.
Average grant amount
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Assisting Dogs At Risk
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Amount shown represents the average dollar amount that RADAR provides in grant funding per dog, per year.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To save the lives of at-risk dogs by raising funds and using 100% of those funds received to aid the specific dogs we have committed to assist. These dogs are otherwise adoptable, but need financial help. Our assistance can be used to provide for their veterinary care, temporary boarding or rescue transport. Among the the dogs must urgently at risk that we assist are senior dogs, black dogs, dogs with medical or special needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of breed. We also use our website, Facebook page and other social media to raise awareness of the plight of at-risk dogs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
For raising the aid, RADAR relies mostly on online appeals on our website, Facebook page and other social media. We have several themed innovative online fundraising campaigns each year, including one for the summer (Tails at the Beach) and one for the year-end holidays (Home for the Holidays). We create a fund to cover the exact costs for each dog we assist, and include that on dog's page posted on our website. We also have five special funds to better enable us to assist with the most at-risk categories of dogs: Chloe's SOS Fund (Saving Our Seniors), Helping Hand for Hearts Fund (for heartworm treatment), Black Dog Fund, Hound Dog Fund and Bully Breed Fund.
Dogs are at-risk in Whenever we agree or offer to assist a dog, we encumber the funds to cover our commitment. To be sure that our funds are used for the dog we committed to assist, our payments are only made directly to the vet or service provider.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
RADAR has the organizational and operational capacities in place to continue to expand. There certainly is no shortage of at-risk dogs in need of RADAR's assistance within our primary focus area: poor, rural shelters in Appalachia and the Southeast. Key to our ability to help more at-risk dogs is the ongoing need for funding. So far, our funding has increased at about the same rate as our funding needs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
When we started RADAR in January of 2012 these were our "ambitious" goals for our first three years of operation: for 2012, assist 12 dogs at $2,000 (we assisted 121 dogs at a cost of $17,918); for 2013, assist 20 dogs at $3,200 (we assisted 287 dogs at a cost of $55,748); and for 2014, assist 30 dogs at $4,700 (we assisted 350 dogs at a cost of $81,899). In 2015 we assisted 360 dogs at a cost of $88,051. In 2016 we assisted 366 dogs at a cost of $95,477. In 2017 we assisted 335 dogs at a cost of $92,264. In 2018 we assisted 312 dogs at a cost of $92,656.
Our ability to assist more at-risk dogs is only limited by our available funds. We need to continue to expand awareness of RADAR and our donor base.
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Raising Aid for Dogs At Risk
Board of directorsas of 04/04/2022
Rick Thompson
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Term: 2012 - 2013
Kenneth Siegert
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Term: 2012 - 2014
Steffi Ridgel
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Rick Thompson
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Kenneth Siegert
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