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DALLAS PETS ALIVE

Dallas, TX   |  https://dallaspetsalive.org

Mission

Our mission is to promote and provide the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals.

Ruling year info

2013

Executive Director

Leslie Sans

Main address

11700 Preston Road Suite 660 #263

Dallas, TX 75230 USA

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EIN

46-2768869

NTEE code info

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

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

The main problem Dallas Pets Alive! is working to solve, is the surrender to shelter rate and the unnecessary killing of companion animals in North Texas.

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 Program

Trap-neuter-return (TNR) is a management program where homeless, free-roaming cats are humanely trapped, evaluated and sterilized, vaccinated, and then returned to their original habitat.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (PASS) is a program provided by Dallas Pets Alive! to aid people in finding new homes for their pets or to assist people in keeping their pets in their current homes.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Fostering is the heart of Dallas Pets Alive’s rescue mission. Because we don’t have a shelter facility, the number of dogs and cats we can save depends entirely on the number of fosters who open their homes and hearts to our community’s homeless pets.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

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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.

Number of animals rescued

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

Foster Program

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

This is the total intake (rescued from shelters, external intakes, and owner surrenders)

Average number of days of shelter stay for animals

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

Foster Program

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

This is the average length of stay for animals in our foster program

Number of animal adoptions

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

Foster Program

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The number of adoptions may decrease as the number of animals sent on transport increases

Number of animals surrendered by their owner

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

Other - describing something else

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

These are previously adopted animals that are surrendered back to us

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 mission is to promote and provide the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals.

Our goal is to one day make North Texas a no-kill community.

Our organization is run mostly by volunteers, and all of our pets are housed by dedicated foster families throughout North Texas.

We focus on helping the healthy and treatable pets who are at risk of euthanasia at Dallas Animal Services — by rescuing the pets at greatest risk and helping owners who are having problems so great that they need to surrender their pet(s) to a shelter.

In our rescue program, we focus primarily on the pets who have already been passed over by other groups and the Dallas Animal Services’ adoption programs, taking only the healthy and treatable pets who have no other options.

Our PASS (Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender) program works with families to help before the animals ever have to go to the shelter. We provide free medical, training and temporary boarding assistance to Dallas residents in need.

Our TNR program humanely spays/neuters feral cats and returns them to their communities in hopes that the cats live out healthier lives without breeding future generations, and therefore decreasing the feral cat population altogether. We took in dozens of kittens too young to release back into the wild.

Over the years, we have built our reputation as a leading animal welfare organization in the Dallas rescue community. Thanks to the good work of Dallas Pets Alive, Dallas Animal Services’ (DAS) live release rate has increased from 42.7% in September 2012 to an outstanding average of 82% in 2018 and most recently an incredible 89% in 2019. DPA believes in an innovative approach to animal rescue and creating a paradigm shift in the way our community views animal rescue: Adoption is not only the right thing to do but THE thing to do.

We have helped the City of Dallas to achieve No-Kill in December, 2018. We are looking forward to expanding our lifesaving rescue work to other North Texas shelters, with the ultimate goal of helping all of North Texas achieve No-Kill.

Dallas Pets Alive! believes it has just the innovative project to push North Texas forward: a project to change the way Dallas perceives rescue animals and to truly shift the culture of animal welfare in Dallas, proving there is beauty in used. A project to transform the face of rescue from broken and abused to hopeful. We will create a space that personifies the way we see our rescue animals: as individually unique and beautiful. A space that is just for adoption, where technology and rescue intersect, a building that has been transformed just as our companion animals have been. Shipping containers turned adoption center.

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 strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, 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

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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DALLAS PETS ALIVE

Board of directors
as of 05/16/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Adam Stetson

Kevin Kirksey

Hana Ickes

Tammi Carter

Christopher Skoog

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 ? 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

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/15/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 05/16/2023

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 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.
Policies and processes
  • 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 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.